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    December 22

    new pics released

    1. Subject
    Pics taken by puppy since back to Montreal.

    2. Materials & Method
    Camera: Canon 400D (also known as Rebel XTi)
    Lenses: 50mm F1.8 & 17-40mm F4L
    Software: DPP, Photoshop & Photomatix Pro.

    3. Future Directions
    Canon 70-200mm F4L IS lense;  Canon 35mm F1.4 lense
    ;  Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash

    4. Acknowledgement
    Special thanks to Soroush and Qian who helped me finish these pics.


























    September 02

    08.17.07@Weihai, Yantai

    Fresh pics taken by puppy using the new camera: Canon 400D + 17-40 F4L USM Lense, followed by PS modification.
    TAG: portrait (fay) / scenic (cloud) / LOMO (limbo)
     
    (due to the inferior editing mode of msn space, some pics cannot be shown correctly, will resize pics next time 微笑)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    July 22

    Puppy in Quebec City

     从镜头后走到镜头前的puppy有什么不同呢? 哈哈! Special THANKS to Lennie and Tonny who took those pics for me.
    July 05

    George Carlin on Religion

    一段非常有意思的有关religion的swear,不可不看!文字对白见后,不知道听得对不对
     
     

     

     
     
    When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it, religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
     
    But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!
     
    But I want you to know something, this is sincere, I want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize, something is fucked up.
     
    Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say "this guy", because I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it has to be a man.
     
    No woman could or would ever fuck things up like this. So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he's at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn't give a shit. Doesn't give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results.
     
    So rather than be just another mindless religious robot, mindlessly and aimlessly and blindly believing that all of this is in the hands of some spooky incompetent father figure who doesn't give a shit, I decided to look around for something else to worship. Something I could really count on. And immediately, I thought of the sun...

    July 02

    Niagara Falls

    Trip to Toronto & Niagara Falls:
     
    Day 1: Montreal --> Thousand Islands (Kinston) (pic No.8-9) --> CN Tower (Toronto) (pic No.10)
     Video shot on top of CN Tower, looking straight down (over 300m high)
     
     
    Day2: Toronto --> Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls city) (pic No.1-7)--> Montreal
    Video shot on Maid of the Mist Niagara (VERY CLOSE to the water fall, special thanks to my UV lens)
     
     
     
    Video shot beside Niagara Falls
     
    June 25

    MUSIC in "THE CLASSIC"

    假如爱有天意

     

    假如爱有天意 在命运的冥冥安排中,我们总会有相遇的那一天!

    《假如爱有天意》(《THE CLASSIC》)是我所看过的电影中给我留下印象较为深刻的电影之一。影片一直在进行着两代人间的对比,通过母亲的情书,观众的视角在时空间穿插切换,见证着故事情节在最后戏剧性的交融——那段未完成的感情断点后的延续,老树新花,分外感人。

    除去严谨独特的画面和构图,电影的成功,往往许多时候和电影的配乐有着莫大的关系,《THE CLASSIC》也是这样一个成功的例子——温馨,动听,抒情而又略带伤感的音乐无疑为影片增色不少!《THE CLASSIC》的配乐出色的完成了给电影做铺垫和推动发展的作用,除了那永远的卡农Pachelbel(Cannon In D Major),还有表现奇慧读信的那一段钢琴曲《妈妈的情书》。它的浪漫清新不做作,它的温柔不甜不腻,它的诉说平静有序,它的悲伤内敛不矫情,它每一个音符的铺垫都恰到好处,完美的衬托出了主题。整个故事配乐的旋律是由钢琴和管弦乐组成的,在两者细腻的交织与碰撞中编织出了一幅美丽感人的爱情画卷,使得这部电影的魅力又上了一层楼,让人一听到其中的一部分配乐就会回想到这个电影中的某段情节。

    前几日偶然翻出这张碟,索性回顾了一遍,因为其中的音乐太过好听遂把blog的背景音乐顺带撤换了~

    June 22

    Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vermont

    A nation still using fahrenheit, mile and gallon;
    a town only with 500 people.
                                                   ----first time in US
     
    顺便换首歌
    June 02

    Je m'appelle Hélène

    贴首非常喜欢的老歌: Je m’appelle Hélène
     
    Hélène Rollès, 其成名作 "我的名字是伊莲" 曾是连续25周的冠军单曲。她低沉浪漫的嗓音配合法文的咬字嚼音,能让人体验到超乎想像的音乐美感。法国人告诉我她在法国并不是主流歌手,法国人并不怎么喜欢她的唱法。但这首歌却是我最喜欢的法文歌之一。
     
    start ------------------>>
    Hélène
    Je m'appelle Hélène
    Je suis une fille
    Comme les autres
    Hélène
    J'ai mes joies mes peines
    Elles font ma vie
    Comme la votre

    Je voudrais trouver I'amour
    Simplement trouver I'amour

    Hélène
    Je m'appelle Hélène
    Je suis une fille
    Comme les autres
    Hélène
    Si mes nuits sont pleines
    De rêves, de poèmes
    Je n'ai rien d'autre

    Je voudrais trouver l'amour
    Simplement trouver l'amour

    Et même
    Si j'ai ma photo
    Dans tous les journaux
    Chaque semaine
    Personne
    Ne m'attend le soir
    Quand je rentre tard

    Personne ne fait battre mon cœur
    lorsque s'éteignent les projecteurs

    Hélène
    Je m'appelle Hélène
    Je suis une fille
    Comme les autres

    Je voudrais trouver l'amour
    Simplement trouver l'amour

    Et même
    Quand à la télé
    Vous me regardez
    Sourire et chanter
    Personne
    Ne m'attend le soir
    Quand je rentre tard

    Personne ne fait battre mon cœur
    lorsque s'éteignent les projecteurs

    Hélène
    Je m'appelle Hélène
    Je suis une fille
    Comme les autres
    Hélène
    Et toutes mes peines
    Trouveront l'oubli
    Un jour ou l'autre

    Quand je trouverais l'amour (x4)

    伊莲
    我叫伊莲
    一个很普通的女孩
    伊莲
    我也有快乐和悲伤
    有喜怒哀乐的生活
    我只想找到简单的爱情
    属于我的爱情
    伊莲
    我盼望夜里诗歌和美梦的陪伴
    那样我会别无所求
    每星期报纸上都会有我的照片
    你却从没留意
    只剩下我一颗破碎的心
    和偷偷的哭泣
    每天在电视里
    你都微笑着轻唱歌曲
    我只有更难受的心
    和更深的哭泣
    我的悲伤终会埋藏于记忆深处
    只要我找到简单的爱情
    属于我的爱情  ^-^
    <<------------------ end
    May 27

    绿的遐想

    趁周末有空,试了一把H2的焦外成像,欢迎交流拍砖~
     
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    29日更新: 加入一张照片,并对前两张稍事修改~
    May 21

    落日熔金

     
    落日熔金,暮云合璧,人在何处?染柳烟浓,吹梅笛怨,春意知几许?...
                                                                        李清照. <永遇乐>
     
     
    前3张照片为黄昏时分在皇家山所拍,第四张照片由lennie (http://joylennie33.spaces.live.com) 友情提供,欢迎大家拍砖~~
     
    May 16

    how to swear properly

    到了北美半年有余了,英文水平没怎么见长,slang倒是学了不少。还记得刚到这里的那几天,跟实验室的哥们说了句: I am not shitting you,反倒被旁边的一mm嘲笑,问我怎么不直接说: I am not fucking with you,并教导道要swear就swear的彻底点,不然还不如不说!搞得我当时巨没脸面,从此立志发奋,只争朝夕,恶补swear words, 终于小有所成。有些同志看到这里可能要不高兴了: swear words?! 语言中糟粕中的糟粕,学它干嘛!果真如此吗?试想一下:两个人同时搞砸了一件事,学生A随口接上一句恰当的swearing, 别人至少会敬他是条汉子;而学生B呢,swear了,但是不幸用错了... 别人会怎么想呢?##$%^··*%#@。在此我归纳了几点学习swear words的必要性,还请大家指正:
     
    第一:工作学习压力大,需要合适的途径来排解。与打人摔东西这种费力破财的办法相比,动动嘴皮子更加省时省力。
    第二: 兴趣是语言学习最好的老师,swear words做为语言中最有力度的一类词汇,有助于语言学习兴趣的培养。
    第三:男人不坏,女人不爱,学会proper swearing可以提高魅力指数。
    第四:避免重蹈鄙人的覆辙,被mm嘲笑。
    第五:可以更好的swear.
    第六:没想好,有待补充...
     
    好了,废话到此为止,进入正题。待我先从最versatile的词汇 "fuck" 讲起。
    1. fuck up 
    puppy评点:有志学好英语的人必须掌握的词汇。
    1.1 搞砸,等同于 "mess up"
    Ex: Don't fuck up my table.
    1.2 痛击, 等同于 "beat sb. hard"
    Ex: Tonny was fucked up by Puppy last night.
    1.3 恼怒,等同于 "be pissed off"
    Ex: Leave me alone, I am fucked up...
    1.4 故障, 等同于 "be broken". [进阶知识:做此意思讲时up可省略]
    Ex: What happened to your western blot? It was fucked (up).
     
    2. fuck off
    puppy 评点:使用频率仅次于fuck up的词组,必须掌握。
    2.1 滚开 "go away"的粗俗版本。
    Ex: Fuck off, SOB!
    2.2 搞砸 等同于 "fuck up"
    Ex: Don't fuck off my bench.

    3. what the fuck
    puppy评点:好用的greeting词组, 可缩写为"WTF"。
    表示surprise
    Ex: What the fuck are you doing here at this time?
     
    4. fuck with
    puppy评点:原始词义依旧有效,使用时需注意场合。
    表示对某人开玩笑,等同于 "be shitting sb." 或 "be kidding sb."
    Ex: I am serious, not fucking with you.

    5. fuck around
    puppy评点:好用的口语词汇。
    5.1 表示故意搞砸,破坏,严格等同于 "sabotage"
    Ex: Try not to fuck around me.
    5.2 表示闲逛,等同于 "dangle around"
    Ex: Take it easy, I am just fucking around.
     
    6. fuck this/that
    puppy评点: 非常实用的词组,但要注意场合。
    表示对某事或某人恼怒,等同于 "be mad at sth./sb."
    Ex: The western blot still didn't work, fuck that!
     
    7. give a fuck
    puppy评点:高阶词汇,表示无所谓,等同于 "give a shit"
    Ex: It is no big deal at all, I don't give a fuck.

    鉴于上述用法多出自US army,为了扩展大家眼界,在此附上经典越战电影"Full Metal Jacket"的部分对白:
    "The best part of you went down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!"
    "You look like the kind of guy who'd fuck a person in the ass and not even have the God damn common courtesy to give him a reach-around!"
    "I want that head so clean that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to take a dump in it!"
    "Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me."
    "I am hard, but I am fair! There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless!"
    "What is your major malfunction?"

    未完,待续...
     
    版权所有,转贴不究,但请注明出处,谢谢~ presented by puppy
    May 15

    VISA pic

    下午去使馆把passport拿回来了,按耐不住兴奋,发张图片给大家瞧瞧~
    由于是DC翻拍的,照片变型严重,光线也不理想,大家将就着看看吧,呵呵~
     
    PIC在Montreal那个分类里面~ msn space怎么不能调整相册顺序的,晕...
    May 14

    VO Killer

    昨晚看武林外传一没留神干到2点多, 结果早上9点才爬起来,想了想我的appointment是9点半的,吃了片面包就直奔使馆。到了地方就后悔了,外面黑压压的一长串人,排到我不知道到啥时候了。果然,花了2个小时才挪到安检,又花了一个小时终于见到了传说中的VO。其间由于听错号还闹了一回笑话,丢了次人,这里就不说了。面试过程仅有5分钟,VO瞟了我几眼问了几个非常特别以及十分stupid的问题后就让我明天来取签证了,可能是RP大爆发吧,哈。可惜身边没有中国移动的手机,不然一定会发送RP到10086查询一下的。好了,继续外传!