Archive for December, 2009
Every 26th of December, Commonwealth countries such as Canada and Australia celebrate the Boxing Day by going shopping goods on dramatic sale. This is often the day of the year when merchants profit the greatest revenue. According to an American friend, there isn’t such a day named Boxing Day in their country, but maybe black [ READ MORE ]
When it comes to Hollywood hits, everyone thinks about ticket office and profits. Especially when Avatar covered billboards and screen trailers in the holiday season, you presumed it just another over publicized cliché. Until your eyes wide friends came back from the cinema, denied all of your pre-judging, and strongly recommended it. Curiosity driven, you [ READ MORE ]
To meet an old friend at his lunch break, I took the 12 am tube to London Bridge station. One simple transfer made me half an hour early, so I strolled to kill time. Turned from a road corner, I found myself in a congested street. People shuttled in and out. Some looked hasty while [ READ MORE ]
Friday night, a bar experience reminded me of a dream 3 months ago, in which I pictured the 2012 doomsday: I failed to book a flight back to my parents in China, trapped in an American (abroad) restaurant lobby due to busy transportation and over crowded street. ©Photo by Junjie Dou There are a number of [ READ MORE ]
Over 20,000 people protested against climate change in central London Friday December 5. ©Photo by Junjie Dou Hundreds of cyclists cycled 6 miles long starting from Lincoln’s Inn Field earlier at 10 am whist speeches were made at the Hyde Park speech Conner. The rally started at 1 p.m. from Hyde Park to Parliament [ READ MORE ]
Based on the Charles Dickens’s classic novel, the Disney animated 3D film A Christmas Carol brought the fictions onto an advanced level. Director Robert Zemecki eventually topped this one onto the box office after his failure of directing Beowulf and The Polar Express. After 200 years, the story still has a full sense of morality [ READ MORE ]
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