GasLand (2010, Documentary)

In this Oscar-nominated documentary, director Josh Fox journeys across America to examine the negative effects of natural-gas drilling, from poisoned water sources to kitchen sinks that burst into flames to unhealthy animals and people.


Everyone needs to see what is being done to our home, our land, our country is being poisoned. However, the camera work was too shaky and blurry, that plus the narrator's low murmuring voice made me nauseous trying to watch this.

Evergreen Cup Tai Chi Chuan Championship (常青盃太極拳錦標賽)

I participated both individual and group competitions of Yang’s 24-Form (24 式太極拳). After a tiring long day, I got the chance of watching all forms demonstrations from talented people around the world. Although no winning trophies for myself, I believe there is always next time.

香巴仁波切傳授＂岡波巴四法＂

岡波巴四法(Four Dharmas of Gampopa）講解:

 祈求加持我與一切衆生，
 願轉心向法：（Turming mind toward the Dharma）
 願法順於道：（Dharma may follow the Path)
 願道清迷惑：(Path may clarify the confusion)
 願開惑成覺： (Confusion may dawn into Awareness）

岡波巴為噶瑪噶舉教派之祖師，密勒日巴大師之弟子，也是第一世噶瑪巴杜松潛巴之上師。

My new hobby: Pressed Flower Art (壓花藝術)

I've indulged myself into this new hobby lately and love it. The above are my crafts work. Believe me, they are all from real delicate flowers and/or leaves. Through patience and perseverance, such detailed art opened another door of beauty for me. I think that the embossing is another style of nature which is rendered in different guise. 
  
Without artificial dyeing and finishing, completely natural colors embossed fully reflect the beauty of nature.  Use of modern drying technology and embossing techniques, the flower of life is an extension for a long time. 

Beowulf: Director's Cut (2007, Movie)

First, I did not know that it is computer-generated animation.  The characters looked too much like cartoon characters. The voice acting was very well done though. 

Half day at the Huntington Library

Return of an Icon  

The wait is over! After a year-long closure and a $6.8 million renovation, the historic Japanese Garden has reopened, marking its centennial as one of the most beloved and iconic landscapes at The Huntington. Completed in 1912, the nine-acre site, with its picture-postcard views of koi-filled ponds, distinctive moon bridge, and historic Japanese House, has attracted more than 20 million visitors since the institution opened to the public in 1928.

Now several new elements enhance this “magical place.” Among the new features visitors will see is an authentic ceremonial teahouse, situated on a ridge above the existing Japanese House and set within a traditionally landscaped tea garden. A newly created waterfall cascades down the slope, visually connecting the tea garden to the ponds below.

Restoration of the Japanese House, a structure built in Japan around 1904, showed elements such as the distinctive curves of the roof line, an elaborately carved ornament atop one of the gables, and original plaster and wood finishes have been restored, giving the house a dramatically different appearance, but one more authentic to the building’s past.

A Storied Past

The Japanese Garden is among the oldest and most elaborate of its kind in America. Begun in 1911, it was inspired by widespread Western fascination with Asian culture.  In 1968, The Huntington added the Zen Garden and a bonsai display that was expanded in 2010.

真 原 醫 21世紀的預防醫學 (楊定一博士 著)

身心靈的完整，人才會是健康的。楊博士不以西醫為侷限，能廣納多方醫學概念，好！

但此書統合性十足. 原創性則未如書名! 作者嘗試以整合性健康醫學概念. 創造一種養身新顯學. 只是讀罷後會發覺. 書中所論述的內容. 多年來已有許多書籍與作者分別論及. 本書並未顯示其獨特的原創性... 它的特色是較具統合性. 它將身心靈各層面的養身健康觀完整論及...  或該說. 本書較為重視東方心靈修持. 因全書約一半篇幅在講述情緒與內在平衡. 唯涉及心靈內層的所有學問(或心法). 其實是法門萬千. 不一而足. 以靜坐或宗教體驗等方式來安定心靈.也可說是其中之最.