Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Bolt (2008)

This review is dedicated to Walt Disney and Walt Disney pictures hard working Men and women who worked on Bolt. Good Job and Thank you for a wonderful movie. Happy New Year Walt Disney.

It all started when Bolt was at the pet store when a girl named Penny came in. She adopted Bolt and 5 years later Bolt became a Television star. Bolt has been a television star along with Penny his whole life. He does not know it is televison because he has never been off the set. He has always stayed in a trailer on set. Penny loves him. Then one day when something wrong happened on the set, Bolt accidentally got shipped to New York. The accident happened when the Green eyed man captured Penny. Bolt thought it was all real and he escaped from his trailer and fell in a shipping box. Now he met an ally cat named Mittens and they met when the pigeons tricked Bolt to thinking that the cat worked for the Green eyed man. The pigeons wanted to get revenge on mittens. Now Bolt and Mittens are tied togeather to travel all the way across the country to Hollywood. In Ohio, They met Rhino. Rhino is just fan that watches a lot of the Bolt shows and is the ultimate fan. He is a hamstuter that lives with an old lady in an RV. In this cross road adventure Mittens and Bolt get friendlier to each other when Bolt realized that he is just a dog on a TV show. He started as a dog that thinks that everything in his show is real to a more realistic dog at the end. This reaches a happy ending with Penny taking care of both Mittens and Rhino. Bolt is no longer enemies with the cat, Mittens instead they are good friends. My favorite part was when they reached Las Vegas , Nevada because I went to Las Vegas recently and was so excited to see the famous Las Vegas strip again. I saw MGM Grand, Treasure Island, New York New York, Paris Las Vegas, Bally in animated form. That was just cool how I can see a place in a movie and I just recently been there. The coolest part of the movie is that I got to see Bolt in Disney Digital 3D.
The storyboard was excellent because it gave background imformation on how Penny got Bolt at the very begining then leads to several scenes Bolt episode shots that leads to why Bolt ended up in New York. It Ends with how Bolt returned back to Los Angleses Hollywood. It also shows the experiences that Bolt had with Mittens and Rhino. It shows that Bolt has gotten more realistic of his TV show character's super powers. He also have 2 new friends, so this adventure has been more than trying to find Penny. It was an experience learning about the outside world. The world that was different from the glamor of a Hollywood set.
This movie has great shots with lots of shot variety and great visuals. The movie showed the great places around the 48 states. My favorite was Las Vegas because I just visited lasvegas during Thanksgiving and I got to see the foundain show of Bellagio again. They made every landmark especially Las Vegas with high pixels.This movie is pure hard work, intellegence, creativity, and high goals. A proverb once said, "It is not that you are afraid of setting your goals to high , but you set it too low that you can't reach it"
I was discussing this movie and believed that this movie can reach an Oscar. It might be Best sound effects, Best Visual effects, Best Animated film , Best Supporting Actress, or Best actor.
The best part about this movie is that it has a solid movie that does not loose focus. It is the best Disney animated movie of the year. Good Job Disney. You reached exceed Expectations and you will get an Oscar. That is the reward for your Success and hard working employees.Thank you Disney.
Walt Disney you have set a legacy, thank you. Not a single filmmakers have made so many good animated movies as your company did. From Alice in Wonderland to Bolt you have built a foundation for future filmmakers of Walt Disney Studios. Thank You and happy new year.

Overall Grade: A

Story: A



Acting: A



Direction: A



Visuals: A

Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2000 years ago in 236 BCE, China is in a great civil war. The different warring states are fighting each other. One person named the Dragon Emperor is going to defeat all empires and form China.He enslaves his enemies to serve on the Great Wall construction and bury them in his wall. He kills the one that betrayed him. He pulls their limbs apart. Now the O'Connells'have discovered his tomb. They have awakenked the Dragon Warrior. If he reaches the Pool of Shangri-La then he will be immortal and able to summon his terra cotta army. Now the O'Connells and two immortal women who lived 2000 years to bring him down before he destroys the world.
In this epic series the O'Connells are going to China. This movie has awesome visual effects, special effects, camera shots, and story.
One of the best movie of the season.
The story does not have random scenes, everything flows not like Hancock. When they were filming in the Himalayas,they made it so real. Everything has great action like the battle between the undead and the Terracotta warriors.
This is my absolute favorite of the season. Rent it or buy it at Walmart. They have the greatest prices. This movie has great acting. The best acting was acting in acting when the O'connell's friend betrayed them and worked for the enemy that wants to bring the Dragon Emperor back from the grave.

Overall Grade: B

Story: B+



Acting: B



Direction: A+



Visuals: A

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Fly me to the moon

Fly me to the moon is a movie that takes place in 1969 during Apollo 11 moon landing. It is about three flies that board the Apollo 11. They landed on the moon with the Apollo 11 three man crew. Join Scooter, IQ, and Nat in a animated comedy.
This animated film is not just funny, but it has historical details into the movie.
My favorite fly is Scooter because scooter eats non stop. He loves food and can't let go of a choclate cake. He is like me , but not as fat or eat as much. Even when his life is in danger, scooter keeps on eating.
My next favorite is IQ. IQ is my favorite because he is the smartest fly I've seen. He knows how to read english, do math,and do science. I just find it funny because how many flies do that.
Another favorite is Nat. Nat is a funny fly that likes to explore. His grandfather helped Amelia Eairheart fly to France across the Atlantic. Nat is just inspired by his grandfather's journey.

This movie is a animated comedy perfect for the Holidays. Rent it from your locatal video store.

Overall Grade: B

Story: B



Acting: B+



Direction: A



Visuals: A

Hancock

Hancock is a movie starring Will Smith and is another superhero movie. It is about a loser superhero who saves lives while he causes damage to Los Angles. The citizens of Los Angles hates him, but he saves lives. He was insaulted and called loser by everybody in Los Angles. From a child to adults, they all insaulted him the same way. It wasn't until he met Ray. Ray works for helping the world. Ray wants to help Hancock and his son believes Hancock is his Hero. Aaron, Ray's son, loves Hancock and he thinks of Hancock as a hero or a role model.
Ray decides to help Hancock be more active with the people of Los Angleses. Ray decides that Hancock go to jail for 2 weeks and no hero work. That way crime willm increase and the city will beg to release Hancock. They will release him 2 weeks after because they know Hancock is needed.
This movie has great camera shots, visual effects, and camera effects. They had lots of Shot variety and made me excited. I love how they had Hancock fly. I know that he's on a blue screen, but they created the perfect illusion. I also enjoy how they created the part between super women and Hancock. Hancock got her angry and you can see in the background tornados forming. I just enjoy seeing that part because they demonstrated to me that Super Women is more powerful than Hancock.
One of the cons is the Story and plot. They story goes well in the being with hancock saving lives,but then it jumps to him fighting Super women. It has no connection to the story. I don't think there even is a story. This movie has a terriable story that it made me want to change the channel.
You can watch one time and rent the disc, but don't buy it. It is not worth a rewatch.

Overall Grade: B-

Story: C



Acting: A



Direction: A-



Visuals: C+

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

Journey to the Center of the Earth is based upon the book by Jules Verne. This book starts with a geoly professor named Treavor Anderson. He is the brother of the Late Maxwell Anderson. Max and Treavor has studied the Earth and believed that there are volcanic tubes in the earth that passes the mantle to the Center of the earth. Max came to a conclusion that there is life below the surface, but Max gone missing in July 1997. About ten years later, his brother Treavor and his son, sean is going to Iceland. They believe that Max went to Ice land as well to investigate. They found his research, but the metal containment unit was destroyed by lightnig. Togeather Treavor , Sean, and there Icelandic mountain guide, Hannah, are going to the center of the Earth to find proof for Max's research. In this epic journey, Treavor, Sean and Hannah are going to discover dinosaurs, a terearium at the center of the earth, and extinct lightning birds. They find diamonds, rubies, feldspur, and emerald. This is an exciting journey with excellent camera shots and great visual effects. The camera shots are excellent. I never gor bored from looking at the movie. The Director of Photography is excellent. The movie is suspenseful, exciting, mouth-watering makes me want to see it again and again. I watched this movie at least 5 times and still wants to see more. This movie may have great camera shots, viusl effects, and special effects, it lacks a strong story and plot. It is not creative enough. They should have added to Verne's novel. It is not enough, they did not reach exceed expectations, they aimed for medicroacy. Medicrocy is great, but that is what 95% of the world's population does. Be like the 5% like Bill Gates, Tigar woods, Steven Speilburg, and Zhang Yimou. I am disappointedated at the stroy and plot. I found so excited at the suspense , but disappointed at the story and plot.

Story: C Medicore

Acting:B Good

Direction: A outstanding

Visuals: A outstanding

Overall: C medicore

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Weekly Report

This message is dedicated to President Elect Barack Huessin Obama.
I was watching Obama's weekley Internet address and was feeling that Obama is responsible. He takes the time every week just to have a Internet address. He has mentioned in this address that American soldiers are fighting in Iraq. He mentions that although it has been a long time since the first American Christmas, the purpose or the message has never worn out. The message of Christmas is hope. Obama take direst action, he does not slack around. He can get serious or fun, but in his job he puts serious efforts. That is the type of President we need for the United States of America.

Grand Canyon Message 7

I am currently going 50miles/hour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. This is a 5 and 1/2 hour trip. It takes up half a day and even worse is that there is a 1 hour time difference between Nevada and Arizona. The Grand Canyon is an National Park and a popular tourist attraction. Millions of tourist visit the Grand Canyon each year.
When arriving at the Grand Canyon's South Rim visitor center parking lot, I saw a magnificent wonder. The color of the Grand Canyon was red, red orange, orange. It had different colors depending on the different Rock Layers. There are 12 different Rock Formations. This includes the Kaliab Formation which is the newest formation, the Toroweap formation, Coconino sandstone , Hermit formation, Supai group, Redwall limestone, Temple Buttle formation, Muav limestone, Bright Angel shale, Tapeats sandstone, Grand Canyon super group , and finally the oldest Vishnu basement rocks. These layers have different rocks. These different rocks include the sandstone, limestone, shale,etc. Native Americans have settled here and left there mark and the United States Department of Interior turned this into a National Park in the 20th Century.
I took numerous pictures of the grand Canyon and even recorded the Grand Canyon. I just couldn't get away from the Grand Canyon's beauty. The next step is heading towards the free shuttle. I took the Free shuttle to Bright Angel Trail. I headed down the Bright Angel trail avoiding the horse droppings. This trail takes you 2,000 miles to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The Bottom of the Grand Canyon is the Colorado river. As I am heading towards the bottom, I am recording every step I take. I used numerous different shot variety like a pan, wide shot, zoom in or out, and tilt. When the sun sets it glows red and makes the grand canyon look gorgeous. The different rock formations look totally different from each other. That is because it is composed of different rocks. I hiked the Bright Angel trail, but did not reach the bottom. I asked another hiker did you reach the bottom? He said yes, but it took me 5 hours. I hiked until 5 pm when the sun was starting to set.
I hiked about 1/4 or 1/8 of the Grand Canyon until I climbed back up again due to the fact that I had no source of light like a flashlight or a lamp.
When I took the shuttle back to the visitors' center, I drove to the hotel. It was Holiday Inn Express. Holiday Inn Express has morning continental breakfast, fitness center, and nice, comfortable Priority club rooms. After checking in , I went to Wendys' to eat a fast food dinner. They have much better food quality than McDoanlds. After Dinner I headed towards my Priority Club hotel room. It was nice and big. It had a microwave and a refrigerator.
After dumping my stuff at the room, I took a 1 hour dip in their pool. It was Small, but large enough for me. This dip cooled my aching body from hiking for 2 hours in the Grand Canyon.
The next day, I took went back to the Grand Canyon South Rim to take more pictures. After doing this for 1 hour, I went to the Grand Canyon Bookstore to buy postcards, magnets, and other souvenirs.
Then I headed back to Las Vegas, Nevada.
On the trip back , I witnessed the barren desert lands of Arizona. There were catuses and people living in trailers. There was no oasis for miles. There was plateaus and mountains. In the opposite direction I saw snow capped mountains that touched the clouds. There was also a National Forest association's protected forest refugee outside of the Grand Canyon.
Since the Grand Canyon South Rim is near the desert, there is a sign that shows you the way to the desert. You can see the barren, dry land with little to no rain water or water.
All the water that the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas comes from Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Hoover Dam supplies Grand Canyon and Las Vegas's electricity while Lake Mead supplies their water. It so happens that Hoover Dam and Lake Mead is a place where you cross to reach Las Vegas from the Grand Canyon.
The Hoover Dam was the crossing point between the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. It has been operating since the Great Depression. It produces electricity for states like Colorado, Arizona, California , Nevada.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Hoover Dam message 6

This message is dedicated to the thousands of Americans during the Great Depression built Hoover Dam. America thank you for building a architureal marvel.

From Las Vegas, I drove to Boulder city. Boulder city is home of Hoover Dam. My motive was to travel to the Grand Canyon, but stopped on Hoover Dam to take pictures. When I parked my car , I started walking and videotaping this gigantic architure. I walked to get better shots. I tried to get pans, zoom in and out, widescreen, and tilt. It was extremely difficult to get the whole dam in one shot. As I walked towards the Visitor center to have a tour, I took shots of Lake Mead and the Colorado river.
When I entered the visitors' center, I watched a video on Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam was built during the great depression It was during the Great Depression that a lot of people wanted to work on a Dam. The workers were payed $2 a day and were given homes near the dam for them and their families. It was those houses that were considered the first neighborhood near Hoover Dam. This was originally a seven year project, but completed it in five years. It was because of a new cementing technique. They also speeded up the process of drilling a tunnel to diverge the Colorado River. This tunnel sent the river towards the other side thus forming Lake Mead. Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake in the World. It is approximately the same size as the state of Pennslyvannia. President Herbert Hoover started the project and after his administration, President Frankin D. Roosevelt ended the project. It was originally named Boulder Dam, but renamed to Hoover dam because of Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover was an architect, humanitarian, politican, and environmentalist. Hoover Dam generates enough electricity to millions of homes. It generates electricity for Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Hoover Dam is between the state of Nevada and Arizona. It has two time differences. One is Central time and the other is pacific. Both times are posted at the two towers.
Hoover Dam represents American strength in a hard time period. America learned how to make a dam before the world. America was the first to build a dam and put a man on the moon. Obama was right because in our period, we can get out of this recession. If we got through the great depression than we can ge through the Recession.
America is not the number one nation because of its military strength or its technological achievements, but because of America's liberty, freedom, constitution, and democratic system.
These principles fuel our nation to be the number one nation in the world.
Hoover Dam is an architureal marvel that may not generate enough electricity now,but it stands for American freedom and strength.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

New Jersey Nets against The Houston Rockets or message 10

This message is dedicated to all the players on the Nets and Rockets.

I was watching a Nets game yesterday, December 22, 2008,against the Rockets. It was a game with the Nets , Yi Jiannian and the Rockets, Yao Ming. It was basically all asians watching the game. There was so many Chinese that they had a traditional Chinese lion dance at the begining of the game. The purpose of drafting Yi Jiannian was so that the Nets could build an Asian Fan Club, but I think that Asians only come once a year to Meadowlands Sports complex to see Yao Ming and Yi Jiannian. Even with an Asian Fan club, not all the seats are filled. The Nets did play well , but the Rockets were just better than them. Yi played well, but he does not have consistent shots and constantly miss. The Rockets had the same problem , but they try to reach exceed expectations and all their players can shoot. Every single player on the Rockets have great aim in yesterday night's game. A Few years ago, I watched the same game and with the same resaults , but there was a difference. Yao Ming did not shoot as well as he did yesterday. If we used today's resaults and replace with 3 years ago resaults then the rockets would be undefeated now. My point is that if you work on something and have the right mindset then you can accomplish anything. It was tested through Yao Ming. I see great improvements in Yao Ming. He is the greatest Chinese Basketball player in China because he works hard. I the Chinese olympic basketball team,he was the best. This is good, but basketball is team sport. You can't depend on one person. That is what the Nets are doing now. The Nets is depending on Vince Carter and Yi Jiannian. The Rockets used to depend on Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, but now their entire team is great at shooting, layups, and rebounds. It is great to have one or two great players, but it is a team sport. If you just depend on a few players you can never defeat a team full of good trained players.
Yesterday's game made me extremely proud of both teams because the Rockets improved teamwork and the Nets stayed in the game until the very end. The Nets did not give up hope. That is extremely important in both life and game. You must be hopeful of what improvements Barack Obama will do to the economy. You need to be hopeful of your schoolwork, homework, work, and buisness. If you have a poor buissness you can't give up hope, you have to make changes or improvements. The Rockets used to be a terriable team, but they worked on their fundenmentals and teamwork. That is what the Nets need to do because I have faith in the Nets that they will one day defeat the Rockets. It may not be this season, or the next season, but the importance is teamwork. Sometimes when you want to move forward you must love back a few steps.
In this game of Nets 86 to Rockets 112, it was a proud game because the Nets scored 2 more shots during the last minute.
The key here is never give up hope and work on teamwork. Teamwork in basketball is important. If one of the Nets player is reading this , then consider working on your fundementals and teamwork. Work with your team more. Stay positive and give motivational tips to your fellow teammates.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Las Vegas, Nevada

During my Thanksgiving, I was fortunate enough to travel to Las Vegas. Las Vegas is in Nevada and Clark's County. You may think it is all gambling casinos, but that is not true because at my stay in New York New York Hotel and Casino, I found out that each hotel and casino has some unique attraction.
The New York New York is the Unique attraction because they made models of the Chrysler, Empire, statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island. Then there was Paris Las Vegas where they have a model of the Eiffel Tower and Arch of Triumph. Another few blocks away, you reach Venice. Las Vegas is the only place where you can move from Venice to Paris to New York on the same street.
It was on my first day at Las Vegas , Nevada that I seen the Red Rock Canyon from afar and visit the Flamingo hotel /casino. This casino has a nice Buffet and a Flamingo habitat. I ate lunch at the Buffet and found it appetizing. The Flamingo habitat had many other animals like the Japanese Kol. This fish is the world's longest living fish. The oldest fish lived about two hundred years old. That is almost the same age as our Constituion and Declaration of Independance.
The buffet was perfect because it had fruits and vegetables that hydrated my body from the dry air.
Across from the Flamingo was Caeser Palace. Caeser Place was gigatic, it has numerous buildings and spans a huge chunk of the roadside. In Caeser Palace, you can watch Atlantis, fight between the Gods. In Caeser Palace, there is replicas that make it realistic. They have statues of Greek and Roman Gods. They have Roman and Greek styles in the Caeser place because of the Roman style fountains and Roman style statues. It has a replicated Roman Colassium that is the Parking Garage. From the Rooftop of the parking Garage, you could see Paris Las Vegas,New York New York, Flamingo, The Strastasphere, Circus Circus, Bellagio, and Monte Carlo.There was a small shrine for Buddha outside Caeser Palace. It was a donation to Caeser Palace.
In Las Vegas, there are several bus stops that take you anywhere in Las Vegas. During the night, I brought tickets to th Wynn hotel and Casino bus stop. It goes downtown. I love those ticket machines because it is a rare machine that gives change in Presidential dollar coins. Wynn hotel and Casino is a high class and expensive hotel. It is about 5 stars. It is beautiful inside and outside. Wynn was built in 2005. Wynn isn't the only pretty hotel and Casino because MGM Grand and Mirage are both 5 star hotels. MGM Grand is the largest hotel in Las Vegas.
A Few blocks away from Wynn is Treasure Island. Treasure Island has a show called Sirens from the Deep. It is a musical show. It was directed by High School Musical director Kenny Ortega.
It was amazing because of its special effects. I was amazed that the sailors ship sank and rose back up again. I am still wondering how they could have shot a canon because the sailors shot a canon and the building behind the Sirens caught on fire.
Next to Tresure Island is Mirage. Mirage is part of MGM Grand. It is owned by the same owner as MGM Grand. Mirage has a dolphin habitat and a wonderful forest inside. There were huge trees and water. Across from Mirage was Venetian. Venetian is a replicated versian of Venice Italy. There was a gandla ride with a full blood itlain who sings Italian for you. I went on that gandla ride and was amazed at his wonderful voice. I was fortuate to have him as my rower because it was only him that can sing beautifully. It is a wonderful ride.
Next to Venetian is Paris Las Vegas. Across from Paris is Bellagio. Outside of Bellagio is a fountain show. It has a different show every half hour. It was an amazing show with music. Inside of Bellagio is an American Art Exhibit. It features Georgia o'keefe. Her artwork was inspried by New Mexico. I saw a famous painting with an animal skull attached to a huge pole. It was said that it must have been very painful and that was how Georgia O'Keefe felt. Her husband in New York passed away and she moved to New Mexico. In their lobby, was a gracious greeting by 2,000 dynamic hand-blown glass flowers peering from high above their spectacular ceiling stage. Allow your senses to take flight as your gaze ascends to appreciate this vivid piece of creative expression commissioned by world-renowned artist, Dale Chihuly. I was impressed at the design as soon as I came into the lobby. It was Thanksgiving time when I went to Las Vegas, so the Bellagio garden was decorated with pumpkins and vine gate. I even saw a tree that could move its eyes. It could even talk. There was a plant that could open its mouth and snap back up again. Brilliance abounds inside our breathtaking Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. The attention to detail is astounding. The passionate display of nature in all its awe-evoking glory - quite simply, sensational! Let your imagination wander as you assume a leisurely stroll amongst rare natural finds selected distinctively for Bellagio from all over the world.

Admire the essence of every season recreated with exceptionally gorgeous plants, flowers and trees thoughtfully arranged to inspire full splendor. Specially designed lighting spotlights every flower to accentuate its best features. To ensure the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens maintains magnificence 365 days a year, 140 expert horticulturists theatrically arrange gazebos, bridges, ponds, and water features uniquely for each season. Treat yourself to this unrivaled attraction's ever changing personality for the Holidays, Chinese New Year, spring, summer, and fall!
Then there is the Richard MacDonald exhivit with sculptures that he sculpted. It is near the O Theatre. A Few steps away is the American Moderism Art Exhibit. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art is currently showcasing the best of American Modernism. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), the exhibition will feature masterpieces by American modernists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Arshile Gorky and others.

The collection is devoted to American artists who worked during a dynamic period in American art. The period, known as American Modernism, began at the turn of the 20th century and reached its pinnacle between World War I and World War II. During this time, which had been dominated by Impressionism, many younger artists responded in a variety of ways to the modern age. Celebrated artists such as O'Keeffe began experimenting with painting by offering a subjective take on the traditional subject matter of still life and landscape. Some of the artists explored the natural world with abstract forms. Modernism was bold, new, and controversial no matter which of these styles an artist employed.

An engaging retrospective, the carefully chosen display features more than 30 of the MFA's most renowned paintings. This contemporary presentation will advance Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art's dedication to enhancing the cultural landscape of Las Vegas.
The Paris Las Vegas is right in front of Bellagio has the Effiel Tower and Arch of Triumph. Right next to it is the Las Vegas Monorail. The Monorail takes you all over The Las Vegas strip. There is no traffic congestion. It is extremely fast. You can see all sorts of scenes from the monorail. For those of you not famailar with the Monorail. The Monorail is a train that only travel on one rail.
Next stop on the strip is Monte Carlo and M&M World. M&M World is the largest in the world. It has 4 stories of Fun. It features a 3-D show called I Lost my M in Vegas. There is penny souvenirs stations. There are souvenirs, t-shirts, and post cards to be brought. Next to it is Outback Steakhouse. Across from it is New York New York and right next to it is MgM grand. MGM Grand has a Lion habitat.
Across from MGM is Tropicana and across from Tropicana is excalibur. Excalibur is decorated in Europe's renaissence and medival period. There are free shows in there as well. Neighbors with Excalibur is Luxor. Luxor has the Luxor Pyramid, obelisk, and sphinx. It has the Human bodies exhibitian that was once in the Metroplitain Museum of Art. There is also an obelisk inside the pyramid.
Adjacent to Luxor is Mandalay Bay. Mandalay Bay has an Aquarium and a Shark Habitat. In the Aquarium there is jellyfishes.The Jellyfish is from Australia. If it stings you , you die immediately. There are several sharks that were born in the Aquarium. Mandalay Bay is very proud of that.
On the otherside of Las Vegas is Circus Circus and Strastosphere. Circus Circus has an adventuredome perfect for children. I has an indoor rollar caster. In Circus Circus, there is an acrobatic show that features people jumping or swing from one side to the other. Then the first person has to catch the second person upside down. It is a mini show that they show you at cirsuses.There are carnival games in Circus Circus as well.
In the strasphere is an rooftop rollar coaster rides. The Strasphere is Las Vegas tallest tower. It stands several 100 feet tall.
The present Las Vegas was later build, but the older Las Vegas is Las Vegas downtown. It traces its roots back to the 1930s. In the downtown is a lazershow. In the lazor show every show is different than the previous one 30 minutes after. It is amazing and you must see it. I saw three lazer shows and was impressed at how they could have made it on a roof that covered the entire old strip.
At the Chinese Chinatown mall, there are resturants including Canton,Sezchuan, Shanghai food. I fortnate enough to eat at most of the resturants. There is also a place where you can buy bubble tea. I love the bubble tea. It is my favorite chinese drink.
If you need food or supplies there is a grocery store at the mall.
If you want to travel to Las Vegas, the first thing you do is buy water at the nearest convient store.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

The Lives of Pearl Buck A Tale of China and America by. Irvin Block

The lives of Pearl Buck;: A tale of China and America (Women of America) The lives of Pearl Buck;: A tale of China and America by Irvin Block


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
When I read this biography, I felt it gave me imformation about Pearl Buck , but not enough. The book states her life in China , Japan, and America, but it is not like Peter Conn's book where it states more valuable imformation. It explains her life in China and how she learned Chinese and how see fell in love with China. It also explains what her transition to America was like.


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Friday, November 21, 2008

This I believe

I was born in a small town near the yangzte river. I was born in china and raised in the united states. I have seen a lot from being educated in America and this is what I saw.
I was a 8 pound baby as I was told later on. I was born 20 years after a great revolution happened in my country. It was a hot , dry July 4th. I did not fully realize the the significance of my birthday until I came to America.
My father quickly came home from work to see his only child. The child that he can ever have in china. China has the one child policy launched during the 1980s.
When I was 4 years old, I travelled to Singapore. Singapore was one of the richest countries in Asia and I got to be in Singapore's great preschool. They taught Malayasian, math, english, chinese. I may not remember what happened in Preschool , but I have my school report as records.
When I came to America as a 5 year old kid, I knew that the United States was different from Singapore and China.
When I was in Middle school I was upset to hear that when my classmates got a C they feel it is the end of the world. I felt that very upsetting because tests and quizzes are products of the process. My teachers taught me the knowledge and they test us. If we get a C then I must have a missing link between the knowledge. So my philophsophy grew as I witnessed my classmates. I believe that you fix the process and not the product. The product is the final form. You must go back to the process to find the mistake.
As I am writing this , I feel that the amount of work you put in studying is worth more than any grade. If you at least tried your hardest than it doesn't matter what your grade is.
Students in china should know grades are not important. They should understand that their future careers will not look at their grades, but instead how well they work togeather with other people and the amount of work you put in

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Madagascar 2 Escape Africa

When I was watching the movie, Madagascar 2 Escape Africa, I was intrigued by the way that they started the movie. They started with the birth of Alex in Africa and then he plays with his Father the Lion King. His father is training him to be a fighter , but Alex keeps on dancing. Alex has talent for dancing and then His father's Arch enemy wants to fight , so he fights , while Alex follows a rope out of the reserve and pochers capture him. Alex was put in a box and on a truck. His father saw him disappear and runs out of the reserve to save him. Then he got shot and Alex fell in the river while being in the box. His father assumed that he was still on the truck , so he follows the truck for days, while Alex gently flow half way around the world to Manhattan, New York. He was put in Central park Zoo , and started dancing for audiences. People called him the King of New York.
When he reached Magascar in the first movie, Alex now has a method of escaping to Manhattan with Gloria, Melman, and Marty. Today they have an opening theme of the original song. They will travel by plane flew by penguins, but the plane is so old that it landed in Africa or crash landed. Alex explored the area and found his parents.
Things go wrong when he has a fight and that fight was with the biggest lion. He lost and was banished from the water hole for 1000 years. His parents came with him. What will happen to Alex the lion and his family?
The animation and sound effects were amazing. Ben Stiller as Marty had an amazing voice and he worked extremely hard.The sound effects like the plane crashing and the plane flying were amazing. I really found it funny that an old women was able to beat up a grown, male lion. There was one part when they were about to roast Alex and his father rescued him. His father could have been shot , but Alex the Lion immediately broke into a dance. He was dancing the way he was in New York, that everybody reconized him because the people trying to kill him were stranded tourists from new York. His father found it amazing that dance can be useful and he was so happy He felt a pulse and started dancing with his son.
This is a comedical animated movie, but it can get dramatic.
I would rate the movie:
Overall Grade: B+

Story: A
The story may contiue the first , but it was better than the first. It has a comedian that makes people laugh like in the first part where the plane almost crashed , but flew back up. One penguin says, "I have some good news and Bad news. The Good news is that we be landing immediately, the bad news is we be crash landing."
I was laughing so hard that I was running out of breath.



Acting: B+



Direction: B+



Visuals: B

Friday, November 14, 2008

Spirited Away

When I first watched Spirited Away in 2004, I cried in some of the dramatic parts. John Lassiter , the executive director of this film did a great job on story, plot, characters, and animation sounds. In this Japanese anime movie, Chihako and Haku finds adventure to save Chikuro's parents'. It starts with Chikaro's family moving and then suddenly they appear at a old abandoned theme park. Then they travelled to where food was being sold. After Chikaro went to investigate, she saw Haiku. Haiku said, "Your not supposed to be here, go before it's too late. They are lighting the lanterns , go now."
She went back to her parents and found that her parents were turned to pigs. They were eating plate after plate of food.In the end, Chikaro learned that her parents are the most important thing in her life. She was happy to see her parents in their human form.
Spirited away is a classical tale about a girl that goes on an adventure to save her parents. This is an excellent example as a great japanese animation film.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Barack Obama chills out with playing basketball

On election night , Barack Obama is chilling by playing basketball with his Hawaii high school buddies and friends.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Kung Fu Panda review

Kung Fu Panda (2008)Kung Fu Panda starts out with Po a fat panda , that works in a noodle shop. Dreaming to be a Warrior, then Master Wu chose him as the Dragon Warrior. When Master Wu passed away, and leaving Po's master to guard the Jade Palace. His master soon learns that Master Wu was right to choose him. Po learns Kung Fu by food. Po soons became the warrior and defeated the evil that though to become Dragon Warrior. This movie is very original and has detail parts, humor, and action scenes. The scene that takes place in China makes the scenary beautiful because of Chinese wonderful environment.
I started thinking that in Kung Fu Panda , it explains the start of Kung Fu. Those 6 warriors, master Wugua, and , and Po's master use the philosphy of Dao. I realized that when Po was at the pool of tears with Master and I saw a Yin and Yang symbol.
This motion picture film has great shots, humor , and great acting.
Tai Lung was defeated by Po with a special move he learned from a book. Master Wu said that ,"I cannot control when the peach starts growing, I cannot control the where it lands, when it is ripe. "
I liked the slow motion with tai long and Po. Tai Long was charging at po slowly and it created suspense and built a mood. I also liked how he imagined the scroll as a piece of bread. It gave him inspiration to get the scroll. I also enjoyed how tai long hit him numerous small hits while Po ended it with a big punch.
In the end Po used the Wuxi finger to defeat tai long. In the end his dream came true.
The secret to the Dragon scroll was nothing. That was why the scroll was blank.
That can relate to life as well because there is no secret to success. The secret is you. You control your future. As Master Wu said the future is a mystery.
I say that you control your future.
I liked the end credits because they had the chinese characters for all furius five's animal character. For example, in chinese they wrote monkey on top of the actor which was Jackie chan.
I hope this movie can bring out chinese culture in a humorus way.
The producers, writers, and filmakers must really understand Chinese history and culture because I saw that there were chinese firecrackers, chinese style homes. Those homes were what homes in ancient china looked simular to.

The Dark Knight movie review

The Dark Knight starring Heath Ledger and Christopher BaleThis movie is awsome, but gives you the chills sometimes. Especially if you watch it on IMAX because the sound of gun shots and the Joker. Heath Leadger played the Joker very Well. The Joker sometimes can be scary like in the begining when he shot a lot of his men and the bankers. He then tried to make a deal with the mob , but the gang leader says," Whoever can get the Joker dead gets 5 grand." The Joker fakes his death and come back to the gang leader and stick a knife in his mouth. He said, " Do you know why I have so many scars? It's because my father was a drinker and one day he would come back home drunk and my mother would protect herself with a knife. Then my father takes the knife to me, the Joker, and sticks it up to my mouth and says why are you so nervous? Smile and points the knife up in his mouth and then said, "you will always smile now." These are some of the things that make this movie creepy and scary. There is another part where the Joker says to the mob,"I will make this pencil disappear. He lets a mob leader come up and slams his head on the table. It disappeared because he can't see it any more." Some parts are also too bloody like when Harvey Dent was rescued , but half his face is on fire. Half his face got the skin burned off and you could see his bones and jaws and muscele. That was one of many that says this movie should be rated R. The Joker kills many People just to see the Batman's real identity. In a Press Conference, Harvey Dent, the Attorney says well I am the Batman. Bruce Wayne just stands there while a fake Batman gets arrested. These were one of the things that made Bruce's friend Rachael angry. There is romance, action, and crude comedy. The next thing is how the director, Chris Nolan, made the Batman's gadgets look so high tech even though only the military now a days can get that technology. I realized it really cool when he could the track the Joker with Mr. Fox's sonor idea. It was confuing in the end when the Batman said to Commissioner Gordon, "A person dies a hero or lives long enough to see himself a villian. I am a Villian. Get the police, dogs and SWAT team after me." It was confusing because he didn't do anything wrong. He rescued Commissoner Goron's son from the evil Harvey Dent. Harvey was about to kill Commissoner Gordon's son , but the batman knocked Harvey down the building and rescued Gordon's son. Even the commissioner's son said, " But he didn't do anything wrong." Chris Nolan should make the ending better and clearer. The other creepy part was how the Police unhandcuffed the Joker and let the Batman deal with him. The Batman went crazy and slammed the Joker's face into the wall, threw him through the room. That was crazy, but necessary. That was one of the parts where it had a bloody part. The other creepy part was when the Batman flips over the truck the Joker was in, but the Joker survived. The Batman fell and tripped on a string the Joker set up. I thought, " The Joker is like a cat, it has nine lives."

Story B+

Direction A

Acting B+

Visuals A

Total B

Iron Man review

Iron ManAs a critic, I need to judge movies to see if it's worth for both adults, children, and adolance. This movie can only be for children and teens because to adults this movie exaggerated the technology too much and only the military can afford all this technology. This also exaggerated how the military atytacked an unidentified object without knowledge. Then there was when Stark went to a press conference and Stark gave the identity away which might lead to poperaziis in real life. The pros of this movie is that it is fit for the whole family, not too violent, and fit for kids. This movie also shows impressive technology on how they can build in a cave. It shows powerful energy to fuel Iron Man and the heart and the body. It also shows a generator that can power the entire country built by Stark industries. It also shows what terrorists like Usmama Bin Ladin what they can and can't do in the cave. It shows that people in the United States can also illegally sell weapons to terrorist. It also can get Children's imagination going on inside their brain to see what if the world today had that power, imagine the energy , and no fossil fuel nessecary. So the Pros and Cons are even and people use this movie to relax and enjoy with their popcorn.

Overall Grade:
B+

Story:
A+

Acting:
A-

Direction:
B+

Visuals:
A+

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Book Review for Game Set Life Peak Performance for Sports by Ed Tseng

I was reading the book Game. Set. Life: Peak Performance for Sports by Edward Tseng and I was thinking for someone who failed out of college twice, he wrote a really great book. Nolonger do I feel that going to a good college proves intelligence. I read the entire book in three days because I just thought it was really good. My favorite part of his book was when he would tell short stories for his readers. Those stories all had a meaning to the book. Those means were either about wanting to learn more, and have a strong mindset.
He says that if you make negatuve comments, body language, or even negative sounds like sighs then they will perform poorly. He says that a positive comments, body langauge, or even sounds can make people perform better. He wants his students, readers, friends, or family to have a positive mindset.
In the first lesson or chapter of the book he says that he wants his players to ACT like champions. He says that you don't have to be the best to ACT like a champion. Focus more on positive thoughts and try to elimate negative thoughts and choose positive thoughts. He says, " Your mind is like a garden, if you plant strawberries, you'll get strawberries. If you plant rasberries, you'll get rasberries. You can't get strawberries from rasberries seeds. Your mind is the same way, you can't get positive resaults from negative thoughts."
I believe thatn was one of the best says in the book.
In his last chapter he mentions how winning is not important. If you had fun, learn, and make adjustments. Don't get upset with an test score because if you learned from your mistake and made adjustments, then that is more important than a test score.
Game.Set.Life.Peak Performance for Sports is the greatest Sports Pshchology /sports recreation books I've read. He teaches you the success of great buissnessmen, athletes, and teachers. He teaches you how can tigar woods, Michael jordan , or Bill gates be so successful.

Smithsonian Natonal Zoo in Washington D.C.


It was the spring of 2008, when I travelled with my family to the National Zoo to see pandas. They had three pandas and they are named; Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Tia Shan. Tia Shan is the baby panda of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. They were not the first pandas to visit because when Richard Nixon came back from China, he brought back two pandas. Those two pandas only survived til 27 or 28 years of age. One of those panda got sick and passed away.
Currently, the three pandas are on loan. When a panda is on loan and it suddenly gave birth, that extra panda would cost the zoo extra money. These panda's bamboo were bought by the zoo from a farm in Maryland. Tia Shan will return to china by 2010.
The research for pandas is called cross research because scientist from china come here to study pandas and scientist from the United States goes to china to study.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election Night Message 4

This message is dedicated to President -Elect Obama for a nice victory speech.
Barack Obama has compassion for Senator McCain and Governor Palin. Obama has mentioned how much America has changed. He uses the example of the 106 year old women in Georgia. She was a generation away from slavery, she saw the bombs at Pearl Harbor, and the Mongomery bus boycott. Obama has mentioned how well McCain has served this nation in vietnam. Obama did not directly say it that way , but he meant it.
My favorite part was when Obama mentioned that change has come to america. Obama mentioned President Lincoln and his Gettysburg address. Obama said, "Do you still doubt our founders are with us to this very day? Do you still doubt that democracy in the United Sates of America has not perished from the earth. "
Obama mentions how he still believes America to be hopeful. He mentions that if the 106 year old women in Georgia can see change in voting than imagine seeing what changes Obama's daughters would see when they are 106 years old. That 106 year old women was not able to vote in the past due to the fact of her gender and race. For the first time that 106 year old women can push the button on the voting machine.
"Change has come to America."
When Obama was saying his speech he had a firm voice. That voice has talent like Clinton's voice. That voice makes people want to listen to him.
Thank Barack Obama for a well spoken speech.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Outsiders

In the Outsiders, There were Ponyboy, Darry, Dallas, Sodapop, Johnny, Two-Bit Matthews, and the rest of the Greasers gang. In this gang, they are bullied by the rich gang called the Socs or Socials. The two have been rivals ever since. The movie starts with Ponyboy and they have a foreshawdowing. The foreshawdowing in the first line was great because at the end he uses the same line and the same shot.
My favorite shot in the movie was at the start of the rumble. They had a pan of all the Greasers. That was cool and they made a wide shot for the Socs. I really like the visual photograhy in this movie. They had great shot variety in the rumble. I enjoyed the shot where blood splatted in the foundation to symbolize Johnny killed Bob. It was an excellent transition from one scene to another , but I think they might have exaggerated the blood a little bit.

For a 80s movie, I think the director did a good job. The director of photography planned out all the shots well and that made a difference. The actors for all the charactors were perfect. The actor for Darry really did great in the shot when Darry hits Ponyboy for being late back home. They had excellent shot variety because one shot shows Darry's angry face , which looks superior to Ponyboy's. Then it shows a shot from Ponyboy's position.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

World renowed author Pearl S. Buck House and Farm

Today's November 1, 2008. Currently I am going at 40 m/h to Pearl S. Buck's Farnmhouse / home. Pearl S. Buck is one of America's most famous author. Her Parents were missionaries sent to China. Pearl S. Buck was born in 1892 and she came to America in 1892. She was only 3 months old when she arrived in Zhenjiang City in China. She was born in West Virginia, but spent the majority of her life in China. She learned Chinese before English. She also learned Chinese traditions, culture, and history. Pearl S. Buck has learned about Confusist and Confusisium from a Chinese tutor. Mrs. Buck , but formly Ms. Sydenstricker came to America for College. She attends Randolph-Macon's Women's College in Virginia. Her first husband is Lossing Buck and later married her publisher Richard Walsh. When Buck and Sydenstricker had their first child named Carol. Carol had some problems. Carol Grace Buck has Protein problems because there is not enough proteins to get to their brain. That caused Carol Buck's brain to not grow as expected.
In order to have Carol Buck sent to a Special place called Vinland School in New Jersey, Pearl S. Buck was inspired to write a book. She wanted to sell the book to pay for Carol's school. The first book she wrote was published in 1930 called The Good Earth. The book was about Chinese Peasants. At first the publisher did not want to publish it because they all said, " Nobody would want to read about Chinese Peasants. "
Richard Walsh took a chance and published her book and The Good Earth won the Pulitzar.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck may have one natural born daughter, but she adopted more children. She also had foster children , after she realized that she was taking care of more children than she was supposed to. When Pearl S. Buck , her adopted daughter Janice, her puublisher Richard set off for the U.S , she never returned to China.

She married Lossing in Chiangking, China in 1917, the two were two years apart. When they first met, Pearl was 24 and Lossing was 26. They adopted Janice in 1925 as an infant in New York. In 1935 she divources Lossing Buck and marries her publisher Richard Walsh. Pearl did not change her last name to Walsh was because Richard agreed that Pearl S Buck was already a famous name and she did not need to change it.

The following year ,Pearl and Richard adopts two infant boys named Richard and John. Then in 1937 , she and Richard adopts another boy and girl named Edgar and Jean. The next year in 1938 she learns of her Nobel Literature prize award. Richard and herself adopts Henriette in 1951 and Chieko in 1955. In 1960, Richard Walsh dies of stroke. They were married for 25 years.

She and Richard lived in Green hills farm. She purchased it in 1934 to 1935. The tour guide was named Sandy Bates. I saw in the White House website that she was the same person that gave first lady Laura Bush a tour as well. Sandy Bates said that the original farm house was small, but she had enough money to expand. That way, she could fit all her adopted children a and foster children. One of the barns that she purchased dates back to 1720s. Green Hills farm later became the Pearl S. Buck Foundation. Pearl formed her foundation in 1964 to assist children overseas.

Pearl S. Buck has her name in chinese at the Green Hills Farm museum. Her name was written in origianal chinese characters, not simplified.

In her lifetime, she has written over 300 books. Pearl S. Buck passed away in 1973 of Lung canacer in Veremont. In 1972, when Pearl S. Buck wants to return to China, she was denied Visa. The Chinese government obivously does not like her.

When I went to Green Hills Farm, I was amazed to see the amount of open space that Pearl S. Buck owned. I saw her grave, that grave was in Green Hills, that was her wish. She had a lot of money and in the museum , I saw her collection of Asian art. She had Korean, Japanease and Chinese dresses. One of her dress was sent to China because China is starting a museum that is about Pearl S. Buck in China. She has a robe that has dragons on all sides of her dress and there is even one on the inside. That robe was traditionally made for an emporer , but the Tour guide explained that they do not know how she recieved the robe. She has small boxes given to her by President Nixon after visiting China. It also displays the desk that was used for typing the Good Earth. The Typewriter she used was chinese because of the chinese characters on the typewriter. She has chinese fans, buddhas, her books, chinese books, and a collection of chinese history. She has a Buddha silk that was given to her by the current Dali Lama.

One of her collection included a shoe that women wore when they were babies. They would have their feet tied to the shoe, so their feet would not grow. There were books and photographs. In one room in the second floor she had a collection of trophies, and awards that were awarded to Pearl S. Buck. There were even letters sent to her from the white house. John F. Kennedy invited her because Kennedy liked to invite Nobel Peace prize winners. Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman and Eleaner Roosevelt, and FDR all met her at some point. She won the nobel peace prize because of her book, The Good Earth. There was one other American that won the Nobel Literature Prize award, which is Toni Morrison. She actual complained that her Nobel Peace prize was smaller than Pearl S. Buck. They later changed the size into the size that Pearl S. Buck had. The Tour guide explained, "That painting of Confucious is an antique , but it was originally for her brother. Then her brother's widow sent the painting back to Pearl. "

Pearl S. Buck also have one of those ink dips made out of stone. It was a huge piece of stone that was used for ink.

Some of the places that Pearl S. Buck went to were very close to the place of my birth. I was born in Yangzhou. Yangzhou isn't far from Nanjing. Some of the volunteers at Pearl S. Buck Interational actually went to china last year and followed the route of Pearl S. Buck. They came very close to my Birth place.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

The grossest thing ever

I just recieved an email about someome seeing little mice at Wal-Mart.
"While Julia and I were at Wal-Mart (West Windsor, Nassau Park Blvd.) last night in the self check out line I spotted a little something out of the corner of my eye. As I turned to see what it was I saw that they were little mice scurrying along the shelves and crawling all over the bags of stuffing mix.

I just thought I’d pass this along b/c I found it rather gross and the employees could have cared less so who knows what else goes on there. I couldn’t keep this to myself w/o sharing w/ you. "

Have a wonderful day.
______Alyse Rusecky
Purchasing Coordinator
Beazer Homes – NJ/NY/PA/DE
275 Phillips Boulevard
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
( p 609.538.0244 ext. 152
( f 609.538.0511

Sunday, October 19, 2008

The City of Ember Critics

I was the City of Ember on Sunday October 19, 2008. It statrted watching and realized that the mood of the movie was established right away. I was listening to the music and had a creepy feeling inside of me. I felt scared and excited. There was definitily suspense, adventure, and fiction. Jeanne Duprau's book is pure excitemient. The movie that Tom Hanks produced was excellent.The story begins with a young boy named Doon Harrow being woken up by his father. Today was Assignment day. He wasn't the only one late, because a young girled named Linna Mayfleet was so late she had to have her friend cover for her. They sang the Ember song and everyone started choosing their assignments. Linna wanted Messagner , but recieved Pipeworks. Doon later traded with Lina his messager for her pipeworks. He wanted pipeworks, because he also dreamed of getting near the generator and fixing it. He soons finds out that the generator room needs a key. With the help of his frienf Lina, they found the box that has a way out of Ember. The Builders were a group of the world's finestest architects, engineers, scientists, and thinkers. They put togeather a box that was dated 200 years to open. There would be a letter and key. Except that key is not complete. The Box was given to the first mayor. The first mayor also recieved the other side of the key. The two items would be passed on to one mayor and the next mayor. Then another mayor lost the box , but kept the key. The box was stored away and it slowly opened without notice. Until Poppy, Linna's baby sister found it in their home. It has been there for at least a hundred years. Linna and Doon has the find a way out before Ember's corrupted Mayor and his goons catch them. This movie has excitemnet and mysteries around every corner. Doon has many questions including one that was mentioned in the movie, Why were the bugs and animals so big , but in the book it stated that they were supposed to be tinnie weenie. Doon then set out with Linna and Poppy to the Pipeworks, to the Generator room and soon down the river and up to the surface. They brought along the map and their brains. They first had to raised the water level using the controls. The Controls only worked if the two keys are matched up. Then you slide and turn the key to control water levels. In the end they sent a message down to Ember and Doon's father picked up the message. This movie was awsome, but I was sad that the movie did not recieve all the popularity and the money. I believe more people should watch this movie. It gives people a jolt in life. I was frightened when the mole chased Doon and Linna. I was scared when the mole attacked the Mayor. Some other imformation would be that the 7th Mayor was Linna's Great, Great , Great Grandfather. Linna's parents both passed away and when the movie started she was living with her grandmother.
I heard that this movie has already gotten to Asia. The Republic of China's media has mentioned this movie in one news broadcast.

Bear Mountian National Park

The trees and water make a perfect harmony of colors. I got the chance to capture that balence with my Canon EOS camera. I captured the leaves colors with the Lake's clear water. When I saw the colors of Autunm at Bear Mountain National Park, I felt that I needed to capture the colors, not that I wanted to. It was just so beautiful and I wanted take more and more. I enjoyed my vacation at Bear Mountain.
Then I hiked up the mountain to enjoy a beautiful mountaintop view. When the tower on the mountin and with the 0.25 cents binoculars, I saw the skyscrapers of New York City. It was amazing how far you can see with those binoculars. You can also see the Empire State building crystal clear.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

West Point Tours

I was down in West point and Bear mountain national park today and I purchased 1 hour tour at West point. The tour guide was speaking as the driver was driving. She talked about all buildings inside West Point. West Point is several thousand acres. It has tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pools , 100 foot climbing walls, golf cources, putting greens for cadets to practice putting, football practice fields, and a giant football stadium. On one of the buildings it wrote Sink Navy and defeat Air force. At the first stop was a parade field and a field with cannons and a thousand pounds chain. They used that chain in the revolutionary war to stop the British from coming in the British Harbor. It was placed across the whole river and constitution island. All these canons of different sizes were things that resembled different wars. One monument was representing the civil war. On the sides were canons , at the top was a human figure holding a wreath and harp. There were inscriptions , and staues surrounding the monument and on the monument itself.
Across the street, the tour guide talked for minutes without end about the surroundings. We were at the parade field where we can see the Superintentant's building, the new renovated library, Washington's statue, Eisenhower's statue, and another person's statue.
Washington was the person who wanted a Military academy that can train cadets for the army. Washington never had that military academy during his administration, because it was the end of a big war and america was not ready for a military academy. It wasn't until the nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson, that he signed a act that created United States Military academy West Point.
President/General Eisenhower passed by West Point when he was a cadet. He later became a 5 star general and president.
The goal of West Point was to train young cadets in a four year college for the United states military. West Point is just a college and the first four years is still the Bachelor degree and they can move on to masters. One out of 12 applicants get to go to West point. They need to pass academic tests and physical tests. Not every body can go to west point. Egdar Allen Poe went to West Point for eight months and left. He was planning to stay for 6 months , but they made a law that you must pass all 4 years.
After the West Point Tours, I stepped in to the West Point Museum. The West Point Museum has weapons, big weapons, small weapons, wars through United States history, Wars in ancient civilizations, and ancient weapons. I saw the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima , Japan at the end of WWII. That atomic bomb was just a replica, but once I saw the very thing that the Manhattan Project used to end the War in East Asia. Right nest to the atomic bomb was the atomic shooter, the atomic shooter was used in the Cold War by the Soviet Union and the United States. It was so dangerous that the United States Military removed it from there weaponary. There were other weapons, like canons of different sizes , and remote control tank. The remote control tank was used by the German in WWII to take down tanks and bombs.
There were War Jeeps used to travel on unstable land and dirt roads. It was also used many years after WWII and used in France Military.
It has a great display of different bullets , guns, and machine guns through time.
There were war armors and medival weapons that were used in Europe to conquer more lands. They had a wonderful display of weapons used by Hiter , Napolean, and Romans. This was a excellent museum of showing weapons, wars, and history.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Roanoke, Virginia Obama speech

I was wathching the Obama speech in Viriginia on 1:00:00.
I was listening to one of his stories. He was saying, " I was on my campaign trail in Ohio with the Ohio governor and he wanted to eat pie. We went to a very excellent pie resturant, but it didn;t have my favorite flavor. Then the employees asked me for a picture before the owner came back. I asked why, and they replied that the owner's a die hard republicain. Then when the owner came back, I asked him,how's your buissness. He relied, not so good because of the economy. I asked him who has been running the economy for the past 8 years. He said the republicans. I said to him, if you banged your head on the wall so hard, would you stop. He replied good point. Then I said to him try the Democrats. We can't do worse than the republicans."

Obama and McCain final Presidential debate.

I was watching the final presidential debate , and I really like how McCain said that Sarah Palin disagreed to a pipeline in Alaska that could provide oil and natural gas for lower America. She prefers to increase funding for Autism research. She wants a cure for Autism. This does not mean I support McCain , but it just means I like what McCain says. I prefer Senator Obama for president because he wants to reduce oil dependance in the next 10 years. He wants to use resources in solar, wind, electricity, and biofuels. He believes free trade and a good free trade agreement.A president that avocates free trade and agree to the peruvian government. A president that enforces unfair trade agreements and loan guarentees to car companies. He says that health insurance that you can keep People will use the insurance that Senator Mccain and I use. People will use government certified doctors and dentists and perscription drugs.
Small buissnesses will pay 0 tax dollars and affordable healthcare for small buissness owners. Under John McCain's policy you could lose your employer based healthcare. Obama's health care requires tax dollars and he will raise taxes for the Upper, upper class. Most millionaires and billionaires have ways of paying only 5% taxes. Is this fair to the middle class who pays 30% of income. No way. Under Barack Obama your tax would not raise . John McCain wants to give tax cuts to Exxon Mobil and other big buissnesses. McCain's policy is not fair. Obama may not be running against President Bush , but he is running against Bush's policies. Those are the same policies that John McCain voted for and those are the same policies McCain will continue. The middle class can't afford to have the same policies for another 4 years.
John McCain's Joe the plumber does not have certification for plumber and he does not earn 250,000 a year. John McCain lies about Joe the plumber. Joe the plumber wants to contiue the Iraq war.
John McCain has voted for George Bush 90% of the time. We cannot afford for another Bush policy.
Barack Obama believes that all Americans are entitled to affordable healthcare.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Obama and McCain

Barack Barry Obama is an American senator. He was born in Hawaii and raised by his single mother. His father and mother divourced and his father died in a car accident. His Father was from Kenya. Barry's grandmother still lives in Kenya and has not passed away. Barry went to Los Angles for college , then Columbia, and Harvard Law school. He has made his way up the eduaction ladder. His mother has trained him well not to deal with drugs, alcholism, or smoking. Currently in 2008 Barack Obama is running for president against John Mcain. John McCain has his grandfather, his father , and himself in the military. You can track his ancestry all the way back to a Revolutionary war general. He is not fit for president, instead he is fit for Defense secretary. He is also way to old. His policy is George W. Bush all over again. He is promising Tax credits, but on the other hand he is taxing the middle class more. It is like two hands, one is taking and another is giving.
Barack Obama has high diplomacy and well educated in Law. He is also very respected in Chicago because of his achievements with Africian Americans there. Barack Obama has also married a well educated PHD degree wife. His wife Michelle Obama worked with law , the same as him. John McCain fought wars like Vietiam. He think that being a POW is an achievement, but in my book that is far from an achievement because Obama started out a low grade student , but worked his way up to an A student in Harvard. That is what I call Exceeding expectations. I would like to thank Barack Barry Obama for his acomplishments to the middle class. He knows the middle class much better because he is a middle class tax payer. Obama will also have energy independance with solar, wind, and electricity, so we can forget about oil, gas, and coal.
His running mate, Joe Biden is also a hard working person because Joe Biden reminds me of Bill Clinton. He has that voice and that abiltity to assist Obama. He can persuade easilly and most of the time will stay on topic. McCain's Running mate, Sarah Palin a governor can't even stay on topic for questions in a debate, how can this women be vice president.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Message 3

Today I was at a family picnic. I played soccer and frissbee. My soccer skills has improved, especially my dribbling and kicking. Improving at something needs determination and focus. You must want to improve in order to try to improve. I have improved on me basketball free throws because I was thinking of how to shoot. I used to shoot with two hands , but now I shoot with one hand and the other as a guide.
Pracitice is another key concept because practicing at the violin or piano or any musical instrument helps your mind settle. If you stink at the piano, then find a private teacher and practice 25 to 30 minutes a day. I play the violin and I realized that I have gotten much better at it because I have been practicing more often. You also need to focus on a task and not have your mind wander around.
At the family picnic you would eat pizza and fried rice and juice. Pizza could be any pizza like Papa John's or Pizza hut. Chinese fried rice also taste extremely delicious and you have to try it when you go to china. At my family picnic we would also play badmitton. Badmitton is played in china and around the world. Badmitton is one of my favorite sport because it is easy to learn for all ages. Try it some day.

Message 2

I was playing tennis this afternoon and realized that tennis is fun because I finally got the concept of tennis.I am still working on my serve and backswing, but I am progressing very well in bouncing the ball on my racquet for very long time.
For those who have not learned tennis, you should try it because it is really fun and it is fit for all ages. From age 5 to 95 , people have been playing tennis all over the world. It first officially started in France and moved to England. England then spread tennis to all of its colonized nations. Now all the english speaking countries have tennis courts. In america all newer deveolpments have tennis courts.

Friday, October 10, 2008

My West Windsor Library Reuse, recycle, and reinvent contest

Iwas working on a West Windsor Library contest project. The Project was about Recycle, reuse, and reinvent garabage into into treasure. My project won 2nd place and I was so excited that I jumped so I high I was about to reach the nine foot ceilling.
I was reading West Windsor Plainsboro today when I caught the contest winners, I read all the names and all the groups and I was 2nd place in the 14 to 17 group.
My project was the Dinosaur egg. The Dinosaur egg was made with recycled nespaper and a material I like to calle goo. Goo is an material I mixed with flour and water. This is extremely environmental and no artifical materials were made. I have been working on this project for about three weeks.
If you read a WW-P Today, then go to the People's section and you can see the name Henggao Cai. This is an excitement and a shock because I just found out on October 10, 2008 at 10:20 PM.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

What is the secret?

I was talking to Ed Tseng , author of Game Set life : Peak performance of Game, and I asked him what was the secret of those athletes?
He replied, " The secret of Michael Jordan or Derek Jeter is that they both act how they want to feel and not what they are feeling. This is very important in school, life , and work. You need to keep your mind focused , so if you are stressful, then you want to feel calmer. For example; In Tibet Province, monks laugh when the gong is hit and regardless if they want to laugh or not. Then the gong is banged again, so the monks are supposed to stop laughing, but they can't control their laughter because they are really laughing. This is the same for life, if you are feeling stressful, then act calm. Later on you will really feel calm. If you don't believe then try it yourself."
I went to try it myself at my Private violin lesson and I was feeling sleepy , so I listened to what he said and acted energetic. So I just proved Ed Tseng's philsophy works.

Tennis racquets

Why do pros carry so many racquets?
According to Trish Faulkner's book, Pros carry a lot of racquets is because if a string breaks, a grip fails, or a tennis racquet just doesn't feel right you could always switch a racquet. Trish put up an example, that she broke 2 racquets and the third had a bad grip and she didn't have a new grip, she was gripping it uncomfortably and she lost the match. If you are a begininer then buy 2 racquets, one for yourself and another for your parthner.
There are a lot of different racquets of different sizes and shapes, but it wasn't this way forever. Before the 1960s they only had wooden racquets, and pros started designing new racquets with steel or aluminum frame. If you are under the age of eighteen, then try to earn the money,because if you earn the money you have a better chance of learning the sport for a longer time.

Tennis Champions in History

There has been numerous tennis champions, but one American women was the first to win Wimbleton was Mary Sutton. She defeated one f the best volliers and leftiers named Norman Brookes of Australia. Another great tennis player was Englishmen Fred Perry. he also lent his name to a stlylish line of Tennis clothing for men and women. Althea Gibson was the first black women to win Wimbleton and showed us a great form of serve and volley power tennis. Arthur Ashe was the Men's top ten for 12 years and helped found the Association of Tennis professionals and served as a spokesperson for the men's game. According to Trish Faulkner if you could know about a player by reading about them, then take their strokes, take their keen minds, and their athletic ability and put them in one person , this person would be unbeatable.
Tennis was first played in its current form in 1874 and France first played it, but it was the English who spread the word. The France had beautiful cement courts and the english had beautiful lawn courts.
France and England had beautiful courts , but it wasn't unil 1881 that New Orleans had its first Lawn tennis club.

Tennis equiment history

Tennis is a international game played in all English speaking countries. It was the French who first pioneered it. They had more than 100 indoor and outdoor tennis courts. Then the English HenryVIII played lawn tennis. If someone beat Henry the VIIIthat meant beheading. Tennis has revolutionized very much. From the net, to the racquet , and to the balls.
The early equiment was just using your hands to hit the ball. Then they invented a racquet, this racquet was made ou of simple materials, and then it became today's racquet. Today's ball is made out of rubber, early balls were made out of wool and twine. The ball became rubber when the world realized that rubber could be used to make balls. This revolutionized Major Windfield's lawn tennis game. The equimented gradulated as well. The ball developed and the racquets density , material, and weight all changed in the ball and racquet. The Shape of the head of the racquet changed.
The Tennis court was first shaped like a hourglass, invented by Major Windfield. By 1877 , the court became more rectanglur. The net was set to 3 feet from the center and 3 feet 6 inches on the sides. The governing body of Tennis in the united states was the US National Lawn Tennis Association and then became the United States Tennis Association.
It was called Lawn Tennis because Major Windfield's rules said it had to be played on grass or Turf, but the ground needed to be level.
The score also changed. It is currently 15, 30, 40, deuce, advantage, love. The score love was from the french word l'oeuf meaning egg or the shape zero. Deuce is from the french word deux meaning two. So deuce in the scoring system means the two have the same score which is 40 to 40. It may be hard to memorize, but think of this as 15, 30, 40, and game. The scoring system was by the old french currency.
You could also play a game with 1, 2, 3, 4. When the player reaches 4 they win. Then when the person reaches 3 they are in sudden death mode, which means that whoever gets this point wins the game. I remember when I was playing sudden death. I was really nervous and that costed me the match.
Now you know the history and the scoring , go play one match. Remember this sport is Co-Ed.

Message #1

Welcome to My blog, World News at Blogger.
World news at blogger explains news that you have not heard of in the United States. My name is Henggao and I will be your host.
Today's message is about Taiwan's former president Chen shwai Biang. He has been in Taiwan's CTi a lot because he has withdrew money from all over the world and it was Swedan that found out he hacked in to accounts and stole money. He is very corrupted. There is still not enough evidence to arrest him ,but they will find more.
Current President Ma yingjiu wants to improve relationships with Mainland China. Chen shwai biang administration wanted to break away, but President Ma wants to improve relationships. He does not feel it is necessary to break away because the majority of Taiwanese all immigrated to Taiwan island from Mainland China during China's civil war.
China's first leader was nationalist named Sun zhong shan. Dr. Sun created the Republic of China in mainland , but was later moved to Taiwan. Taiwan is nationalist and China won the civil war so they became communist. Dr . Sun's mausoleum is in Nanjing , Jiangshu. You can visit it when you visit china.

Change in China

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=95545734&m=95545711 China is not expected to hold on to it's purse strings. China is the World's fastest growing economy , but is not expected to rush to the rescue of the United States economy.
I was just hearing NPR about how China has a Capitalize economy and a communist government. Capitalism has grown all over the world. Capitalism allows free trade, Private companies, stock exchange with other nations , and businesses. China's government no longer have control over the economy because they do not own a lot of companies. Communism is weakening in China and the economy has numerous famous stores like Hagan Dias, Papa Johns, and subway. Some of the ice cream stores are hard to spot in America are moving to China like Hagan Dias. Hagan Dias is a famous European ice cream store. Dairy Queens is in China as well. Some businesses that lost many stores are moving to China, for example Pizza Hut is famous in Asian countries
Pizza Hut in China is a order restaurant, and not fast food. It is considered high quality. It is also extremely expensive.
Before during The Culture Revolution , China's government owned everything, and you can't say a single bad thing about the leaders. If you do , Mao's red guards will punish you severe.
The Red Guards are only 15 to 21 year old kids. They were created to spread Culture revolution throughout china. Chairman Mao, who was the highest position, started the Culture Revolution to reeducate those accorrding to his Red book. He would sent those people to the countryside for years. Everybody only got a few dollars a month. (Compared to now rich people in China can earn up to 100,000 dollars a month.) Then in 1976 , Chairman mao passed away and ending the culture revolution. It was a ten year revolution from 1966 to 1976.
If you read Chun Yu's Little Green, then you will know true accounts of the Culture Revolution through a child's eyes.