Current Events:Kaohsiung MRT commuter numbers skyrocket

"Commuter numbers have skyrocketed in the first week since the opening of
Kaohsiung's mass rapid transit (MRT).
The MRT company and city government host some performances of bands
and singers to attract Kaohsiung youths.
Residents in Kaohsiung can take free rides in trial runs until April 6."
The news resource from
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/kaohsiung/2008/03/16/147418/Kaohsiung%2DMRT.htm


I am glad to see this news. It's an important mass transit in Kaohsiung city.

I am a kaohsiung resident, but I study at north Taiwan. I usually ride the MRT

in Taipei to go to many places, so I think that the MRT in Kaohsiung could

bring residents great convenience.

Kaohsiung is a beautiful city which fills with romantic atmosphere.

The KMRT(kaohsiung MRT) stations’ shape symbolize the spirit of

Kaohiung. I believe that Kaohsiung city will become more convenient,

complete, and attractive. I hope the problem of air pollution will reduce

so that our life quality will be better.

By traveling with KMRT, I wish that this beautiful harbor city could be

well-known some day.

I had introduced some Kaohsiung’s night view in February posts

last year. Just take a look if you want to know more about Kaohsiung!

cook cook!

The picture is fromhttp://www.sc.xinhua.org/content/2004-09/27/xinsrc_1109012711345461364919.jpg

Last time, I went to my aunt’s coffee shop. She cooked many dishes to treat me,

and I love the “egg-over-rice” most. It’s delicious, but it’s a little expensive.

It is 120 dollars a dish in her coffee shop. But finally I realized that cook a delicious

one by ourselves is so easy if you follow these steps.

First, you should prepare ingredients you need included cooked rice, ketchup,

eggs, some meat diced, onion diced, and pepper. Second, you should fry the meat

diced and onion until it almost well-done. After that, you should put the cooked

rice in and spread ketchup on the cooked rice and mix it well. The amount of

ketchup is adjustable. All depends on how much you like ketchup; moreover,

ketchup is the main key to this dish. The third step is to fry eggs. You should

stir two or three eggs and fry eggs to be big and flat shape. Finally, it’s time to

put the fried rice on the half side of egg and make another side over it. Pepper

and ketchup could be added on the top of it to increase palatability.

As you can see, egg-over-rice is quite simple to make. After I know how to cook it,

I can make it by myself anytime if there is a kitchen. You can try to make one

and follow these directions.

I hope that you will like it!

American photographer - Robert Mapplethorpe

Most of Mapplethorpe's portraits of children were made within the more

controlled conditions of the studio, stripped of settings and props and rendered in a

rich palette of blacks, whites, and grays. Unlike his eroticized male nudes, the

photographer's images of children are never cropped, nor are sections of their body

blown up into fetishistic details. Their bodies are aestheticized, but not as sexual

beings; rather, in works such as Melia Marden (1983) and Eva Amurri (1988),

they resemble the eternally childish putti of classical and Renaissance art.

His first Polaroids were self-portraits and the first of a series of portraits of his close

friend, the singer-artist-poet Patti Smith. These early photographic works were

generally shown in groups or elaborately presented in shaped and painted frames

that were as significant to the finished piece as the photograph itself.

This stunning example of Robert Mapplethorpe's work demonstrates the dramatic

evolution in the treatment and meaning of still life over the past two centuries.

Mapplethorpe's still lifes cannot be fully understood apart from his homoerotic

figurative works. Mapplethorpe interpreted flowers, the reproductive structures

of seed-bearing plants, as interchangeable with the male sex organ. Of all flowers,

he was especially attracted to the calla lily, a symbol of homosexuality.

Biography:
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/biography.html

The informations are from http://www.mapplethorpe.org

movie response- "I am David" and "Big"

Big

This movie is funny and memorable. It shows many important points

in the life, like friendship, mother love, and how to make a choice when

you confront difficults…

My favorite part is the Billy find the machine every where to help Josh

come back his really world. Without Billy’s help, Josh maybe lose his

mind in the “big” world where he has career, love, money…

I feel that the friendship between Billy and Josh is more “adult” than

some friendship between adults.

I feel have a childlike heart is important. Like toys factory, without a

childlike mind how can you design a toy that can touch the children’s

heart. I believe that if it can add this factor into industrial design that the

product may be more interest.

In the end of movie, I feel it’s too quickly to be caught unawares. But it

truly gave us much imagine space. I hope that Susan can find the machine

someday then come back to the same age with Josh. They can meet again

and create another memorable story.


I am David

This movie is so affecting. When it begins，freedom is just a dream to

David . In the movie，the process David faces his fears of outside world

and gets selfless love from the artist touched me so much. My favorite

scene is David hugs the women，Sophie，just like a children. It means

David can trust people completely from this time and also proves the

true love is the power. And I often recall the words Sophie said:

「Most people in the earth are good. In fact，you can tell apart them in

the first sight. Maybe sometimes it will wrong， but you can not afraid

to trust people because of that. If you can not learn to trust， anything

in you life is no mean. 」

I am so happy that David discovers the real meaning of trust，courage，

laughter，and hope in the end. Knowing this real story，I feel I am the

lucky one in this world. It look like we us almost has smile by nature，

but David cost so many years to learn how to laugh. I must to treasure

this bliss even much more than unlucky persons in the earth.

If I can help someone someday，I will do the best of my ability.

Graphic design project

This is graphic design project. The main idea is to use sport star to be the

opera’s main role, and then create a movie poster could be put on the bus

and bus stop’s advertisement board. It’s not a easy job. First, I should do

research about the sport star, movie poster, opera, bus, bus stop, and so on.

It cost a lot of time because it’s an important work.

The opera I choose is Turandot. In the first poster, the main role I use is

Anna Kournikova’s image. I though her eyes emption is similar with Turandot

-cold at the appearance but with passion in heart. I change her golden hair to be

black, and add some element in the background. The finish poster has the

Chinese feeling.The second poster’s main roles are Maria Sharapova and

David Beckham. I put two images together and create a new one. I use several

techniques and finally create a modern feeling’s movie poster.

I like both two so much.

Young Designer's Exhibition

We went to young designer's exhibition yesterday. There are so many

design products, and those are made by university students. I am glad

to see so many wonderful products! I hope that I had learned

something. I show some photos about the products in the exhibition.

Take a look!

A beautiful day

Last week, we went to the Chang Gung health care village.

The purpose was to accompany elders to see the tung tree's flowers.

We had walked for a long time. It's a tired work, but I really feel that

it's meaningful.

It was a sunshiny day so that everyone was sweating. We walked in

the grasslands, so we were badly bitten by mosquitoes and ants. It's

not a comfortable condition. Almost half people of our group were

given up half way. I am glad that finally I had arrived the destination.

The tung trees are so beautiful! The flowers are aplenty, small,

and white. We plucked flowers to be a commemoration for this activity.

It's another chance to be close to the elders. I am glad about it.

It's a meaningful thing and could make me grow to maturity.