Inception (2010, Movie)

Director Nolan throws a perfect storm of stunts, effects, locations and actors at one big idea: that it’s possible to pilfer ideas from dreams by a process called ‘extraction’, which involves hooking yourself up to a drip, falling asleep and entering the world of the subconscious. The holy grail of this process is to reverse it, which is ‘inception’, the planting of a new idea in another’s mind.


It's said that Christopher Nolan spent ten years writing his screenplay for Inception. This is a popular entertainment with a knockout punch so intense and unnerving it'll have you worrying if it's safe to close your eyes at night.

My orchids at home

One orchids already bloomed 11 bulbs, 3 more remaining. Amazing!

《菩提道》(作者: 夏瑪仁波切; 譯者: 林淑貞)

「修心法」是一門廣泛的修行法門，適合各類根器，它涵概了整條修行道且無需依賴修法者之背景。「修心法」滋養培育佛性，彼為正覺的純淨種子，存在於每一個有情眾生心中。此法具備轉化自私的我執成無我的力量，精勤修行，它已足以引導你至正覺。在本書中，夏瑪仁波切詳盡詮釋切卡瓦．耶希．多杰的《修心七要》，此法本在西藏被採用為基礎的轉化修行法近一千年。本書清晰，易於理解但深奧，充滿實用智慧，哲理及禪修指引。

Dance Performance at NBC restaurant, 03/13/2011

Nancy, Jenny and I were invited to perform a couple dances at Sue's husband's class reunion yesterday. It was a crowded and noisy environment. However, Nancy has garnered considerable applause from the audience. The following are links to our dances. Bear with the videos which were shot by my hubby using a camera ending with shaky result, not quite professional work though. Enjoy!

1. Nancy's 'Happy Torch Festival': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLY0rctK0Os&fmt=22
2. 'Dai Dance': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FMMdgfh7M&fmt=22

Miracle (2004, Movie)

The Olympic Team That Melted a Nation's Heart

Russell is terrific as coach Herb Brooks.

Miracle's most concrete achievement is in showing how, step by demanding step, Brooks was able to transform 20 young men used to playing as stellar individuals -- the American way -- into an unintimidate-able, egoless team, i.e., the Soviet way. Miracle gives every American something to cheer for.

Powerful in its recreation of a magical time and place and it really does make us believe that miracles are possible.

Shrek Forever After(Shrek: The Final Chapter) (2010, Movie)

Shrek is tired of not being a scary ogre anymore and strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to have a day where he is able to be a "scary" ogre again like the old days. Not the best Shrek movie, but enjoyable.  

Half Day at Huntington Library

We are really blessed living in Southern California with such beautiful sunshine, when worldwide is suffering from snow storms, cyclones, floods, and tornadoes. This time we visited mainly Desert Garden.