Gods of Egypt (Movie, 2016)

This is a mythological fantasy, and I had to leave my brain at the door, and just enjoy an old fashioned sword and sandal epic! The young human hero seemed to sail through tasks that were almost impossible without breaking a sweat and his acting seemed poor. BTW, it is also an awful CG inflated movie! 

Moribana style

Zootopia (Movie, 2016)

This was a fun movie. The part where officer Judy Hopps goes to the DMV to run a license and finds the entire place staffed with Sloths is worth seeing the movie for. The animation is beautiful, and many of the characters are likable. 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (Movie, 2015)

In the final film of The Hunger Games series, this time 'The Rebellion' aims to take down the Capitol once and for all. Our famous female heroine, Katniss Everdeen, has a goal of her own though... assassinate President Snow. The fate of Panem rests in the balance. In addition to flat characters, the action of Mockingjay II's plot felt like it might have been acceptable in a regular-length TV show, but was far too slow in a two and a half hour movie.

Contemporary Free Style with wires

Shimputai and Free Style

林彬懋"離四句"

林彬懋 于 2016-1-27 5:28:32 说

《離四句》說了三件事：其一、披露一個建構中文書寫的新管道，一方面搭建「中文文學」為「經學」與「玄學」的橋樑，並破除大行其道的「西方文字邏輯」成為「中文文學」敘述理肌的潛在危機，另一方面，則借此中文書寫的新管道來逆轉已成窮弩之末的「民主與科學」為「文字與哲學」的新世紀議題，並於「思想與文字」待發未發之覆，重喚「易傳」以「幾者動之微」來探索「心物合一」的可能；       其二、披露一個詮釋「序卦」的新管道，探索「習坎」如何將「觀、晉、明夷、家人、鼎、渙、井、升」的「冥升八象」轉為「蹇、屯、蒙、需、訟(師、比)、困、解、節」的「緩解八象」；       其三、披露我對夏瑪巴上師的孺子之情，並尋找一個能夠化解兩位大寶法王在一個分治的基礎上，分而併之、進退無恆，卻又共同謀求「噶瑪噶舉」的萬世福祇的途徑。 我說： 正因為此書包含太多易經及八卦的辭彙, 加上作者一貫的文字堆砌技倆, 讀來艱澀難懂. 假如真正要表達對於上師的濡沐之情, 何必長篇累牘? 更遑論企盼化解兩位大寶法王之僵局? 不過是螳臂擋車罷了! 也許是我無法消受假借史實的小說型式吧!

The Princess Bride (Movie, 1987)

This is one of  the classic fairy-tale satires. Oldie, but a goodie. 

BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Visit

Bochasanwasi(B) Akshar(A) Purushottam(P) Sanstha(S), often abbreviated as BAPS, is a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. This is an excellent Hindu mandir. The icons inside the mandir represent various divinities holy to Hindus.  It was opened in Dec 2012 which is a mega temple with authentic Hindu temple construction. 

A temple or mandir is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together, using symbolism to express the ideas and beliefs of Hinduism.

The visitor center's carvings are made of teak wood and the shrine's intricate, awe-inspiring carvings are made of Italian marble in India. Every single piece on and inside this Mandir is hand carved in India and brought to the United States.  It took 1500 craftsmen over 5 years to build all this. The Mandir structure is a representation of the Body of Deity so the bottom represents the foot of God while the top represents God's head. I love the carving on wood and marble stone.

There is a small food shack, we got to try the famous mango lassi, plus other India vegetarian food which was really good. 

Took the elevator on to the ground floor to see the exhibition area. They have explained the rich culture of India with beautiful and colorful pictures.