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!
Every year Shanghai holds a large musical instrument exhibition and I had made plans months ahead to attend. I ended up going on the last day, and unfortunately was an hour later than I should have, as it started to close down at around 3:30pm. But it was an adventure!
在上海每年会开个乐器展览会，邀请很多人来到新国际展览中心去参观。 我早几个月已经写在我的日历里，希望去看大陆的乐器选择。 我去的是最后一天，可能晚了一个小时，不够时间轻松地光。可是还是满好玩的！
First sight walking through the piano section…Steinway. Like Frankenstein, you wouldn’t be able to miss them if you were blind and in the dark.
这种钢琴应该是最经典的。无论在什么展览该会看到他们。
And no piano show would be complete without Kawai as well….but onto other instruments I find more interesting..
还有kawai的钢琴，没有他们就不完美。
Hello Zelda! I thought an Ocarnia was an fantasy instrument, one which only elves and possibly hobbits play! But no, these are made of porcelain and some made of wood! I guess I now know better!
真的没想到这种乐器是真实，一直以为只在电脑游戏的zelda才有的。。。
Ahh…much better…yes, I feel much more at home now. These guitars are locally made but quality-wise, they won’t beat a Larivee but they’re pretty darn good!
哎。。。好很多。终于找我的家乡。这些吉他还好，没有Larivee的吉他那么好，可是还能接受！
However, these are a little over the top, no?
是不是有点夸张呢？
But finally, i found someone who spoke English, and it happened to be Mr. Epiphone. Thanks for reading, and we both wish you a wonderful day!
终于找到一位会讲英文的。他的名字是Epiphone先生。谢谢你们读到这里，我们两都祝你今天快乐！
Answers to last blog (starting from top left, going clockwise): 361 degrees, Anta, LiNing, TeBu, GuiRenNiao, Deerhui
I’ve been dying to write this post. Here’s a quiz for you. Name all the shoe brands listed below. Yes, I dare you.
Taking their cue from a somewhat..ahem…well-known American shoe company, Chinese sport shoe companies have attempted to brand their shoes in a similar fashion to achieve the same success. Unfortunately for a poor consumer like me, I can’t tell one from the other. Talk about horrible product differentiation. Since they’ve already done such a great job mimicking Nike, why not try and imitate Adidas? Instead of 3 vertical stripes, why not try 2? Or perhaps 3 horizontal ones?
I’m going to stick with my New Balance, thank you very much. (Answers to the picture in a later post).
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