回家前去了理发学了很多关于中国历史。你知道剪头发时候就不能作别的东西，而且不想听也很难避免。 这位理发师是从四川来的，跑到上海工作。 他分享了很多关于四川，觉得我该去看一看。 他也分享了关于上海我是从来没学过的。 很多年前，上海是个非常笑的城市，只有城华庙的地区是算上海。 他说如果想找到真正的上海人要跑到松江去因为他们保留的文化是比较稀释的。
这次过年就回了一唐家。 应该对我父母和家庭一个很开心的时间，终于可以全家都能一起庆祝新年。 你们的家乡有什么过年的习惯呢？我们红包传统是结婚后才要送红包。羡慕吗？过年也有瓜子，年糕，桔子吃。 你过年是吃什么的？
最近在百度搜索网站找到许多的2006年“十大“列表。 我跟大家highlight几个：
Just recently found a bunch of search top ten lists from Chinese search engine Baidu. Will highlight a few for you…
十大电视节目： 第一）超级女声 - 如果你没看过，你应该住在大陆之外。
十大男艺人: 第一）周杰伦 - 几年以来还是那么火，真的不容易！
十大女艺人： 第一）李宇春 - 好失望，好失望。。。
十大网络红人： 第一） 芙蓉姐姐 - 几年以来还是那么火， 真的太BT!
对我最有趣的搜索的题目是： 十大为什么: 第二）为什么活着. 大陆的在线社会还是有很多人问同一个问题。如果你点进去的话，你能看到许多的答案，可是很多都讲道德，可是这些道德该有个愿根，对不对？
Top 10 TV shows: #1 - Super girl competitions - If you’ve never seen this before, you’re definitely not from China…
Top 10 Male artist: #1 - Jay Chou - to be top for such a long time is very impressive
Top 10 Female artist: #1 - LiYuChun - oh so sad, so sad…
Top 10 Web Personalities: #1 - Sister Furong - to be top for such a long time is very disturbing…
To me the most interesting fact is that the #2 item in top “Why..?” questions is “What is the meaning of life?”. Seems like the online community also face these problems. If you click into this item and read on the answers provided, a lot of them list a lot of characteristics, morals. But the question remains what grounds these morals stand on…and if they don’t have grounds then are they worth seeking in their own self?
It’s been about a month since I went to the Vancouver Film Festival to check out another movie. Obviously, I’m a sucker for a good Chinese movie, and allow me to put the emphasis on sucker. Let’s take Leon Lai movies as an example. I know they’re usually pretty bad, but I watch them in case THIS happens to be the movie that turns the corner. For Leon, I’m still waiting.
The movie is based from a book, The Aunt’s Post-Modern Life, which is also the English name for this movie. It features some serious stars that make very spirited appearances, including Chow Yun-Fat and Zhao Wei. I really enjoyed how they played their characters out in the movie.
This movie started out with a very interesting premise. The story starts out with a lady taking care of her nephew for the summer break and gets tied up with one incident after another. I won’t spoil it for you but by the end, what started as a rather humorous and welcome change for me ended similar to most Chinese movies from the mainland. It is somewhat depressing since it was filmed in Shanghai and I can understand the turmoil many people can go through. But I also realize that there are a lot of tough people out there, and they adjust because they have to.
The synopsis is provided here if you want more info. Other info about the movie can be found at IMDB although I don’t agree the story is about the swindler.
In any case, I want to thank JW and L for taking me out for a fun night out and CONGRATS on the beautiful baby!
