Movie: Slumdog Millionaire 一百萬零一夜 March 29, 2009

Plot:

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show’s questions. Each chapter of Jamal’s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/plotsummary

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Haven’t had time to go to the cinema to watch this movie. I have bought a book “Q & A” in a bookstore to instead. I think the book could give me much more details about this story.  Now, I am reading about how Jamal Malik’s life in the past. Meanwhile, it let me understood something about the life of those poor indians in the slum.

Besides, it’s interesting to know how he could get those knowledges as all the people thought he should not know about it…..

Earth Hour 地球一小時 March 29, 2009

Earth Hour Hong Kong About Earth Hour

It’s as simple as the flick of a switch.

What began as a campaign to get Sydney-siders to turn their lights off, has grown to become the world’s biggest climate change initiatives. At 8:30pm on March 28 2009, people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. We’re aiming to reach one billion people, more than 1000 cities, all joining together in a global effort to show that it’s possible to take action on climate change and play a part in ensuring a sustainable future.

Earth Hour, initiated by WWF in 2007, had 2.2 million people and 2,100 businesses in Sydney, Australia turn off their lights for one hour. It caught the world’s attention when its icons like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House turned their lights off. In 2008, 50 million people in 370 cities across 35 countries participated in Earth Hour. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square, New York, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

If Sydney and 370 cities around the world could make it, Hong Kong can make it too.

It is our turn to make a difference. On 28 March 2009, Hong Kong, will be joining Beijing and Shanghai to make history by joining Earth Hour, turning off the lights for one hour from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.

It will be a time when Hong Kong joins other cities around the globe to turn our city dark, and for Hong Kong people to think about how we can change our lifestyles to reduce our impact on the environment, It will be a time when we rejoice and celebrate our determination to save our planet; it will be a time when we encourage our families, friends and colleagues to take actions on climate change.

We can make a big difference with one simple action. So gear up for what will be the biggest and most important Earth Hour of our planet’s history. Join us for Earth Hour 2009, and turn off your lights at 8:30pm on Saturday, 28 March for a brighter future. We will see hope in darkness.

EARTH HOUR 2009 – SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2009 8:30 PM

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Chinese Version:

地球一小時 關於地球一小時

只要熄燈，就這麼簡單

「地 球一小時」─ 一個始於澳洲悉尼的關燈活動，已經成為世界上表達關注氣候變化的最大型公眾參與運動。在2009年3月28日晚上8時半，世界各地的民眾將再次熄燈一小 時。我們希望號召全球十億人、超過1000個城市加入「地球一小時」，證明我們有能力協助解決氣候變化問題，確保地球擁有可持續的將來。

「地 球一小時」由世界自然基金會於2007年在澳洲悉尼發起，有220萬市民和2100家企業參與。悉尼地標如悉尼大橋、悉尼歌劇院破天荒地熄燈，引起了世界 關注。2008年，「地球一小時」更成為全球性的公眾參與運動，吸引了35個國家、370個城市，以及5000萬的人口加入熄燈行列。許多國際知名地標， 如：三藩市金門橋、羅馬競技場和紐約時代廣場的可口可樂燈箱廣告，全都在「地球一小時」期間熄燈，為日漸迫切的氣候問題，燃起希望。

如果悉尼和全球370個城市可以做到，香港也一定做得到！

我們是時候行動了！2009年3月28日晚上8時半至9時半，香港將聯同北京、上海加入「地球一小時」熄燈行動，為自己寫下歷史。

聯同全球其他城市一同熄燈，這是個好時機，讓香港市民思考如何改變生活方式，以減少對環境造成影響。我們需要你推動家人、朋友和同事一同採取行動對抗氣候變化問題，展示你承諾愛地球的決心。

簡單的行動也是足輕重的一步，現在就加入「地球一小時2009」，在3月28日晚上8時半，爲地球的未來熄燈一小時。這將會是全球有史以來最重要的一小時，我們相信在黑暗中看到希望。

地球一小時 2009 – 2009年3月28日（星期六）晚上8時半

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I joined this event this evening, though it seemed didn’t do much, just switch off the light for an hour. However, it raises the public awareness about our EARTH. Our EARTH is too sick for so long… Hope we human could put much effort to help our EARTH, the weather is changed a lot and unpredictable. In the long run, the sufferers would be ourselves if we still keep the EARTH sick lol. Actually, we are suffering now lol… especially, the local farmers.

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Source: http://www.earthhour.org.hk/chi/index.html

WWF(HK): http://www.wwf.org.hk/chi/index.php

English link: http://www.earthhour.org/news/hk:en

Movie: Departures (禮儀師の奏鳴曲) March 26, 2009

Movie details:

Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his wife. There he gets a job as an undertaker. He sees himself as a sort of gatekeeper between life and death. However, Daigo’s work is despised by all the people around him. But it is through his relationship with death on a daily basis that Daigo begins to understand what life is really about.

Chinese version:

導演:	瀧田洋二郎
主演:	本木雅弘,廣末涼子,山崎努
片種:	劇情
片長:	130分鐘
日期:	2009-03-19

“請您輕閉雙眼，讓我送您走完最後一程。”

在東京當職業大提琴手的大悟(本木雅弘)，所屬樂團突然解散，他無奈帶著妻子美香(廣末涼子)回到故鄉山形的老家落腳。失業的大悟發現一則「旅程歸途助理」的招聘廣告，誤以為是旅行社助理，在見工時才得悉是送別先人的禮儀師，負責在葬禮上清潔遺體和整理儀容等的入棺儀式。

大悟雖然非常恐懼和抗拒，但為了生計只得接受新工作；跟隨著老闆(山崎努)經歷一場場的儀式，他漸漸了解妝扮死者的重要意義，甚至尋回失落已久的親情…

《禮儀師の奏鳴曲》是一個美麗而又不尋常的動人故事，借複雜又獨特的日本禮儀，表達世人共鳴的喜悅和感動。

Source: http://hk.movies.yahoo.com/movie.html?id=mcl_departures

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810038113/details

瞳をとじて(輕閉雙眼)-平井堅 March 26, 2009

This song came from a Japanese movie  “Crying out love in the centre of the world”, it was the theme song of this movie.

Japanese version:

瞳をとじて(輕閉雙眼)

作詞：平井堅　作曲：平井堅　編曲：亀田誠治

朝目覚める度に 君の抜け殻が横にいる
ぬくもりを感じた いつもの背中が冷たい
苦笑いをやめて 重いカーテンを開けよう
眩しすぎる朝日　僕と毎日の追いかけっこだ
あの日　見せた泣き顔 涙照らす夕陽　肩のぬくもり
消し去ろうと願う度に 心が 體が 君を覚えている

Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ それだけでいい
たとえ季節が 僕の心を 置き去りにしても

いつかは君のこと なにも感じなくなるのかな
今の痛み抱いて 眠る方がまだ いいかな
あの日　見てた星空　願いかけて 二人探した光は
瞬く間に消えてくのに 心は 體は 君で輝いてる

I wish forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ それしか出来ない
たとえ世界が 僕を残して 過ぎ去ろうとしても

Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ それだけでいい
たとえ季節が 僕を残して 色を変えようとも
記憶の中に君を探すよ それだけでいい
なくしたものを 越える強さを 君がくれたから
君がくれたから

Chinese Version:

輕閉雙眼

每當早晨醒來　你脫下的軀殼總在身邊
過去總能感受到你背後的溫暖　今天卻是一陣寒冷

停止苦笑　拉開沉重的窗簾　炫目的朝陽　每天追趕著我

那天　讓你見到我哭泣的臉　眼淚映照著夕陽
每當我祈禱著能夠卸下肩膀上的溫暖
我的心　與身體　卻都牢記著你

Your love forever
輕閉雙眼　在心中描繪你的樣子
這樣就好　不管季節將我的心置於不顧

有一天對於你的事　我將會失去所有的感覺吧
所以現在我仍然懷抱著這痛苦入眠　也無所謂

那天我看到的星空　許下了願
兩人一起探尋那光芒　雖然瞬間就消失了
我的心　與身體　都因為你而閃耀

I wish forever　輕閉雙眼　在心中描繪你的樣子
我只能如此　即使世界把我留下置於不顧

Your love forever　輕閉雙眼　在心中描繪你的樣子
這樣就好　儘管季節將我置於不顧　自顧自的改變顏色

我搜尋記憶中的你　這樣就好
超越了失落而獲得的堅強　是你給我的　是你給我的

The Moment:遇見 March 26, 2009

遇見- 孫燕姿

聽見  冬天  的離開  我在某年某月醒過來

我想  我等  我期待  未來卻不能因此安排

陰天  傍晚  車窗外  未來有一個人在等待

向左  向右  向前看  愛要拐幾個彎才來

我遇見誰  會有怎樣的對白

我等的人  他在多遠的未來

我聽著風  來自地鐵和人海

我排著隊  拿著愛的號碼牌

我往前飛  飛過一片時間海

我們也曾  在愛情被受傷害

我看著路    夢的入口有點窄

我遇見你  是最美麗的意外

總有一天  我的謎底會解開

Why are you so silent??? March 21, 2009

Your silent made me worry, your silent sometimes made me feel lonely…. your silent……. are you going to disappear? Is it something will happen soon… like the eve of Tsunami?

Is it your silent just because of me? Maybe I am thinking too much… I hope I am really thinking too much…

You are not like before to tell me things, or to share your feeling. You seems get used to be closed up to me and be active and open up at somewhere…

Is that mean you are being good to me to being like this? I do not think so. I am hurt. My heart is still here but seems getting empty.

I am not too tough as you thought. Sometimes I did cry a lot. Something cannot ask “to stop and then Stop”… is that the difference between man and woman? I have to say we are the same, we are just HUMAN.

Life is still have to going on…. but I know my heart is still having you, having you inside deeply like a root deeply embedded in my heart. I know I am still loving you and waiting for you till the end of my life.

Maybe everything is just a dream, but please do not wake me up because I really do not want to wake up….I know something changed but I cannot hide my feeling and lie myself. No matter you say I am fool and stubborn….

I am who I am..

P.S. I adore you forever.

What’s the meaning of life? March 11, 2009

It seems the topic of this post is quite negative. I know it is the reflection of what I think in my mind at the moment.

Every people always busy at their work, work so hard all day, need to work overtimee. After work, just take a shower and go sleeping. Next day, again to do the same things for 365 days. Busy at work again for earning money for life expenses..They lack of any interactive with friends or relatives.

Sometimes, people would get lost… (I think most of the people have this experience), they keep working and working …of course, they also want to have rest too but if they stopped working, maybe they got problem to feed themselves or family. ACTUALLY, some people could rest, but they just to keep themselves busy to forget THINGS.

Entertainment is quite luxury to those people who always need to work all day long (almost non-stop working) and just to earn a little bit money for themselves. Some people used to say ” It’s LIFE” and I know so many people are still working like that without saying any words.

” What’s the meaning of life? “, this question is always in my mind. Some people heard that what’s wrong with me… ? I have to tell I got many problems in my life, I know I have to deal with it because it’s life. I do not think “It is life” is the good reason to explain what’s the meaning of life.

I know life should live meaningfu and happily. As I said, it is much depends on what you define of what is meaningful and what makes you happy…

There are tons of problems happened on me lately. Though there were some of my good friends consoled me for the unhappiness because of  the problem of my family and work. I am still feeling lost …Lately, i have changed a new job, trying get used to it. Some relationship changed, I am still getting used to it.. Family is changed, I am still getting used to it, but i can tell sometimes I really can’t stand to it.. I did think about to ESCAPE..

ESCAPE is not the good method to solve these problems. Sometimes, I do not want to let  myself  think too much of it….I am really getting mad and tired. I haven’t thought any ways to solve my problems at the moment, the problems are still keep chasing me….. I JUST want to have some rest….let myself to stop annoying by these problems and being good to myself… I know I have to love myself, to take care for myself. Being alone is not a big deal.(though I am feeling lonely sometimes)

Hope to be strong…. especially not to cry a lot anymore….