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Katharine Zhang's BlogWake me up when September ends Thanks for visiting!
November 09 W.This is one of the most boring films I've ever seen! The film's running time is two hours and I found it really hard to sit through. Han and I fell asleep several times in the cinema. The only funny thing in the film is when W. got choked with crisps while watching TV. Half of this film is dedicated to boring meetings between Bush and Rice, Powell, Cheney et al. The conversations sound so ridiculous that you can hardly believe that the US or even the whole world is ruled by these stupid people.
Oliver Stone should retire from directing. Every time I have some hopes for his new film but I've been really disappointed. I don't know from which aspects he wanted to portray W Bush. There's not even a scene about how he got elected as president of USA. And what was his reaction after 9-11? The plot of this film can be summarised as follows: W got drunk -> W decided to go for a town election -> he got drunk again -> he went for governor -> he didn't get drunk but disappointed by his father's defeat to Clinton -> he got elected as president -> he started the Iraq War. That's all.
No need to waste money on this film and don't believe those reviews on IMDB. November 05 Ich bin sehr sehr ratlosKeine Ahnung, warum Leben in Oxford ist schwerer als gedacht... Kein Arbeit, kein Verständnis zu Statistik, mit R zu programmieren und LaTeX. October 12 牛津杂记好久没在这里写过什么东西了. 暑假好好休息了一番, 现在终于来到了我上高中以来最想去的地方读书了. 以前虽然来过几次Oxford, 不过要么是以旅游者的身份, 要么是以offer holder的身份, 以学生的身份还是第一次, 不过这辈子恐怕就这一次了, 除非过几年我突然心血来潮来这里读DPhil. 真正以学生的身份呆在这里, 才发觉, Oxford的生活质量和Nottingham差远了, 东西贵就不说了, 关键是超市商店又小又少, 想买个什么东西吧, 往往要跑遍整个市中心! 就连电影院都找不出一个像样的! 更不爽的是, 这里的店员对人冷漠...... 果真应验了英国人常说的, 越往英国南部走人越冷漠, 东西越贵. 算了, 这个地方让人清心寡欲，一心钻研学问…… 我的学院还不错，离stats department和math institute都很近，离市中心也很近，但又避开了大量旅游者的光顾，比起high street和broad street上的学院，还有那个"harry potter college"，要幸运多了，那些地方经常可以看到一大群来自世界各地的旅游者。我不禁回忆起原来在清华，经常想去近春园或者水木清华那儿散心，每次都被一大群游客给倒了胃口，虽然我理解他们景仰名校的心情，可这毕竟是学校啊！突然想起我的college tutor说的关于我们Keble的一件往事。当年好莱坞的film makers本来是看中了Keble的hall作为Harry Potter里的dining hall，因为Keble Hall是老学院hall里最大最壮观的，可是他们要求把墙上的画和天花板上的装饰全部拿掉，于是Keble的Warden就不干了, film makers转而求其次, 找到了Christ Church. 在所有Kebelles看来，这样做会破坏了学院的传统. 虽然不能在电影中出现有点遗憾, 但转过来一想, 要是当初在Keble拍, 现在旅游者就会蜂拥而至, 那我们就会很惨了. 周五下午, 我冒着生命危险, 爬上了Keble Chapel的屋顶, 上下用的楼梯几乎和水平面垂直, 下来的时候尤其可怕, 现在想想都浑身冒冷汗啊, 不过风景确实不错~~也不枉费我的一番劳累了~~So have a look at my photos. May 06 Byebye for a while I'm going to sit my final exams from May 12th to 27th, so I won't update my space until exams are over. My revision is a big mess and I need to sort it out... I regret choosing Microeconomics and Experimental Economics!!!! Can "regret theory" explain the sudden structural change in my preference??? May 01 Something funny今天上facebook一看,著名的Matt Barker同学已经把我加成了他的朋友. 为什么这位同学这么出名呢, 这要从我们third year的environmental economics的lecturer, Dr Dijkstra(不知道是否拼对了)说起. 这位老兄上课, 还可以顺带帮人发生日祝福slide. 于是, 在这学期的一次课前, 他在教室打出happy birthday to Matt Barker的slide, 可惜教室里学生的反应比较冷淡, 原来Matt同学并不在. Dr Dijkstra十分郁闷, 于是, 上课迟到进门的男生都不免被他用搞笑的, 带着荷兰口音的升调英语问候一次:"Are you Matt Barker?" 每问一次, 课堂上就爆笑一次, Dr Dijkstra还是锲而不舍. 可最后Matt同学也没来上课, 可以想象Dr Dijkstra有多么懊恼. 为了宽慰Dr Dijkstra, 有才的Andrea和Mandy同学商量一番, 两人在module feedback form上同时写上了 "I'm Matt Barker. Thank you for the birthday wish!" 不知道Dr Dijkstra看了会不会更郁闷. 一个同学可以引发这么多笑料. 出于好奇, 我便facebook了他. |
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