Kung Fu Panda

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present."

The mark of a true hero is humility.

Movie - TBV

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Bathing Beauty (1944)

Sissi (1955)

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Catch-22 (1970)
Last Tango in Paris (1973)
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Die Hard (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Dances with Wolves (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ghost (1990)
Havana (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
The Bodyguard (1992)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The Firm (1993)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Broken Arrow (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
Primal Fear (1996)
The Rock (1996)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
The Peacemaker (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Mulan (1998)
Primary Colors (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
Star Wars (1999)
The Matrix (1999)

Chicken Run (2000)
The Family Man (2000)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Crash (2004)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Garfield (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Corpse Bride (2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
La Marche de l'empereur (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Departed (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Into the Wild (2007)
Burn after Reading (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008.7.18)
The Reader (2008.12.10)
Revolutionary Road (2008.12.26)
An Education (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2009)


牧马人 (1982)
倾城之恋 (1984)
青梅竹马 (1985)
刀马旦 (1986) 钟楚红、林青霞、叶倩文
芙蓉镇 (1986)

异域（1990）
纵横四海 (1991)
双城故事 (1991)
赤裸羔羊 (1992)
阮玲玉 (1992)
新不了情 (1993)
重庆森林 (1994)
红番区 (1995)
少女小渔 (1995)
红河谷 (1996)
色情男女(1996)
春光乍泄 (1997)
宋家皇朝 (1997)

男人四十（2002）
光阴的故事（2003）
向左走向右走 (2003)
天边一朵云 (2005)
云水谣 (2006)
图雅的婚事 (2007)
爱情呼叫转移 (2007)
蓝莓之夜 (2007)
集结号 (2007)
立春 (2008)
画皮 (2008)
梅兰芳 (2008)
天水围的日与夜 (2008)
疯狂的赛车 (2009)
斗牛 (2009)
十月围城（2009.12.18）


火垂るの墓/萤火虫之墓/Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ/平成狸合战 (1994)

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)

Le vieux fusil (1975)
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)

Good Bye Lenin! (2004)

NYTimes: Paterson Picks Chief Judge Nominee

Paterson Picks Chief Judge Nominee (1-13-09)

Gov. David A. Paterson nominated Justice Jonathan Lippman on Tuesday to be the next chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.

Readings from a historic day

From Books, New President Found Voice

Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President

奥巴马寒冬就职：现实压力下的理想主义

The Asian man sitting behind Obama during Inauguration

His name is Konrad Ng, half brother-in-law of Obama. (kudos to Yi)

His homepage at University of Hawaii

From his blog:

Maya Soetoro-Ng is Barack’s younger sister. Maya is a high school teacher at La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls where she teaches US History, global studies and peace studies. She earned her PhD in Education from the University of Hawaii as well as an MA in Second Language Studies. She also has an MA in English from New York University. Konrad Ng is Maya’s husband. He is an Assistant Professor in the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii. Konrad earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaii and a MA in Contemporary Social and Political Thought from the University of Victoria.

Obama's brother-in-law taking it all in stride:
WEEKEND INTERVIEW WITH KONRAD NG (8-23-08)

Inauguration

华尔街日报中文版

美总统就职仪式上的圣经誓言

图片报导：总统就职仪式轶事

NYTimes: Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands (2008-8-13)

Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands (2008-8-13)

Editorial: Mr. Ng’s Death (2008-8-17)

wiki: Hiu Lui Ng

《环球时报》：华裔工程师在美国拘留所遭虐待致死 (2009-1-17)

匪夷所思的是，《环球时报》称：“今年1月16日，美国《纽约时报》披露了美国入境和海关执法局对吴晓磊死亡一事的调查报告。报告详细描述了吴在被拘期间惨遭拘留所人员虐待和侮辱的细节。” 可报道明明是去年8月13日的。真令我百思不得其解。

NYTimes: Lawyers Wanted: Abroad, That Is (2008-11-21)

Lawyers Wanted: Abroad, That is (2008-11-21)

The Financial Crisis--a personal take

Lehman Brothers' website as of January 8, 2009.

NYTimes: A Professor and a Banker Bury Old Dogma on Markets (9-20-08)

The Fed chairman and the Treasury secretary have cast aside long-held views about regulation and government intervention.

The plan to buy $700 billion in troubled assets with taxpayer money was shaped by two men who did not know each other until two years ago and did not travel in the same circles, but now find themselves brought together by history. If Mr. Bernanke is the intellectual force and Mr. Paulson the action man of this unlikely tandem, they have managed to create a nearly seamless partnership as they rush to stop the financial upheaval and keep the economy afloat.

“There are no atheists in foxholes and no ideologues in financial crises,” Mr. Bernanke told colleagues last week, according to one meeting participant.

经济观察报：用浪漫逃避现实 (9-26-08)

所谓“裙摆理论” (Skirt Length Theory)，通俗点说就是经济繁荣时代，女性的裙摆会越来越短；一旦经济开始衰退，短裙则会随之变成更让人有安全感的长裙。这听起来有些无厘头的理论却在二十世纪被反复的印证着。1929年美国股市崩盘、大萧条到来的时候，女人们的裙子还能盖住小腿的一半，到了道琼斯指数直上万点的60年代的黄金时期，迷你裙便成了女装中的当红，到了70年代阿拉伯国家石油的禁运导致美国经济萎靡，在纽约大街上走过的大部分女人都换上了长可及踝的裙子。今年3月份 Prada、Dolce&Gabbana等一线时装品牌齐齐推出的长裙设计更是成为了裙摆理论支持者最新的例证

Warren Buffett: Buy American. I am. (10-16-08)

I’ve been buying American stocks. Why? A simple rule: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.

David Brooks: The Behavioral Revolution (10-27-08)

The financial crisis may be a coming-out party for behavioral economists to the realm of public policy.

WSJ: Rich Cut Back on Payments to Mistresses (11-18-08)

You know times are tough when the rich start cutting costs on their mistresses. According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts and allowances. ...

Women were far more generous to their paramours in the face of financial crises. Less than 20% planned to lower allowances, gifts and perks, while more than half planned to raise them.

Thomas Friedman: China to the Rescue? Not! (12-20-08)

The partnership between Chinese and American enterprises is about to undergo a radical restructuring as a result of the current economic crisis.

The Atlantic: Why Wall Street Always Blows It (December 2008)

The NYTimes: The Reckoning (ongoing series) aka The Blame Game

WSJ: The Weekend That Wall Street Died (12-29-08)

WSJ: Beijing Expands Subway Despite Feng Shui

Beijing, Digging Out of a Jam, Expands Subway

风水禁忌不再 北京大兴土木建地铁

For years, sprawling Beijing seemed destined to be another Los Angeles, with endless traffic jams and long commutes. But suddenly, Beijing flows. Credit an ambitious subway network that's finally starting to draw commuters off the street.

With accompanying video.

太有才了

抛开“顶”这个词的意义不说，这个贴实在太有才了。世界

上也只有中文这么奇妙吧。

网易山东日照网友(124.132.*.*) 的原贴：

顶
要顶
必须顶
不得不顶
用尽全力顶
再加上千斤顶
总之把它顶到顶
接着使出葵花宝顶
就算顶到史前也要顶
老子看了会用道德经顶
孔子亲自拜你为师天天顶
秦始皇站在阿房宫上使劲顶
汉高祖挥师杀向东罗马为你顶
吕布抛弃了貂禅而选择了帮你顶
张三丰见了后用太极拳九式全力顶
左冷禅召开武林盟主大会商讨如何顶
西门吹雪从此学会了最强一招剑神一顶
龙剑飞的如来神掌最后一式改为万佛朝顶
陆小凤从此再也不管闲事了而专门来为你顶
四大名捕四面出击看天下还有没有人敢不在顶
黄飞鸿的宝芝林里从此多了一味药叫做吃了就顶
霍元甲其实根本就没有死因为他还想要努力帮你顶
蒋介石之所以秃了顶就是因为天天晚上在费力为你顶
希特勒消失在人们的视线当中其实是在暗地里不断地顶
爱因斯坦宁愿自已把相对论彻底的否定也要来为你顶一顶
萨达姆成了亡国奴可是一直到现在都没有屈服而在拼命的顶
本拉登在曼哈顿不小心放了两个大花炮现在只能躲起来为你顶
小泉这厮本来不想让他顶但他有这么厚脸也没办法只能让他也顶
小布什调集了全球美军所有的战斧式巡航导弹向华盛顿发射来狂顶
阿扁的腿已吓得发颤大小便也已经失禁却还要硬着头皮说我就是要顶
外逃的贪官们已被抓回了一大批但还有一些心存侥幸的家伙在想办法顶
张艺谋为了表达心中对你的感慨而去专门拍了一部片子大红灯笼高高挂顶
超级女声的名头越来越响但实际上在她们内心的世界里只爱你一人只为你顶
姚明竭尽全力在总决赛第七场的最后一秒高高跳起不为了扣蓝而是为了帮你顶
乔丹在蓝球场上之所以这么伟大是因为他在多年前就预感到了伟大的你而为你顶
贝克汉姆在一场比赛里踢出了一百个香蕉球都被对手奋不顾身的往自家的球门里顶
国际乒联为了取悦于你而彻底的将乒乓球击球的规则由向前拍打改为只准用拍向前顶
全国人民代表大会所有委员一致通过将你的精神写进宪法让全国人民来一起围着你狂顶
所有的这一切都是我再世卧龙在背后所精心策划的为了让你能够光宗耀祖而煞费苦心的顶

网易上海网友(210.22.*.*) 的原贴：

我居然看完了。。。

Update to the "Renmin University of China" fan page

Dear Renda Alumni,

Happy New Year! A new album has been added to our fan page. The purpose is to 抛砖引玉──elicit more & better pictures of the campus that carries so many of our memories.

As usual, here is the fan # update:

Chinese universities fan # (1-5-09):

Peking University: 1727 fans
Tsinghua University: 1006 fans
Fudan University: 620 fans
Zhejiang University: 281 fans
Renmin University of China: 210 fans
Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 176 fans
USTC: 134 fans

Not to make us sound like some number-obsessed official--but this is a nice way telling the world the true value of this great/growing university that is our Alma mater.

All the best for 2009!

Alan Paul

The Expat Life @ The Wall Street Journal
Blog

Signing Off (June 26, 2009)

Watching the Chinese Watch the U.S. Elections (Nov. 5, 2008)

Younger, Nimbler, Cheaper: 'Halfpats' Are the New Expats (Sept. 12, 2008)

Opportunity's Knock Can Mean The Adventure Is Nearly Over (July 18, 2008)

The Annual Expat Exodus Never Gets Any Easier (June 20, 2008) [Chinese translation: 浮萍聚散两依依]

A Capital Reminder of What It Means to Be an American (Aug. 31, 2007)

James Fallows

Bio & Article Archive
Blog



All published in The Atlantic Monthly.

• China's Way Forward (April 2009):Idle factories, moored container ships, widespread bankruptcies, massive migration back to the hinterlands, strangely clean air—the signs of depression are everywhere in China. Because it makes so many of the goods the world isn’t buying now, China stands to be worse hit than the rest of the world —just as America was during the Depression, when it was the world’s sweatshop. But like America then, China will use tough times to design innovative products that will get it the high profits and the high-value jobs Americans kept to themselves for decades. And that is very bad news for the United States, unless it uses tough times to reinvent itself, too.


• Musical Chairs (March 2009): Michael Pettis is a finance pundit by day, a Beijing rock impresario by (very late) night.

• "Be Nice to the Countries that Lend You Money" (December 2008): An interview with America's Chinese banker, Gao Xiqing.
  

• Their Own Worst Enemy (November 2008): China is stunningly bad at managing its own reputation. Here's why.
  

• How the West Was Wired (October 2008): Two idealistic Taiwanese businessmen happened into the most rural part of China and thought: Let’s bring it from the 15th century to the 21st. [Slideshow: China's Wild West narrated by James Fallows; Chinese translation of this article]
  

• "The Connection Has Been Reset" (January/February 2008): China’s Great Firewall is crude, slapdash, and surprisingly easy to breach. Here’s why it’s so effective anyway. [Interview: Penetrating the Great Firewall]

• The $1.4 Trillion Question (January/February 2008): What do we owe China?

• Macau’s Big Gamble (September 2007): Even as foreign investors pour billions into ever-glitzier casinos, the tiny peninsula’s bid to become the Vegas of the Orient depends on China’s larger willingness to embrace transparency and the rule of law.
  

• China Makes, The World Takes (July/August 2007): A look inside the world’s manufacturing center shows that America should welcome China’s rise—for now. [Slideshow: Made in China]

• Win in China! (April 2007): A reality-TV show is teaching the Chinese how to succeed in business.

• Postcards From Tomorrow Square (December 2006): Our man in Shanghai samples budget beer, survives subway scrimmages, and starts living the contradictions of China’s breakneck modernization.

Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China (Vintage, January 2009).

Book Review: "Many Chinas", by Jonathan Spence, renowned Sinologist and Yale history professor (New York Times, March 5, 2009).

Sergey Brin and Larry Page with Jim Fallows at Zeitgeist '07: James Fallows moderates a discussion with Google co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page at Zeitgeist '07.