I watched two more movies recently. The Shawshank Redemption andCrash. The former is amazing nice novel; one of the best I ever saw. Ihave seen many good movies, but this one indeed stands out among themany others. Hope is the main theme throughout. I was so mesmerized byit that I could not even speak for a while. I really stronglyrecommend everyone to watch this masterpiece.Crash was not anything very special in my view. The main theme isracism and white/black tension. No wonder it got a few Oscars though Ihonestly don't think it deserves so many Academy awards. I guess sinceI am not an American per se, I would probably not…

Man, the thing I like so much about Vancouver is its liveliness. Yesterday, on the new year’s eve, I went out with a friend to downtown & north Vancouver (oh btw, I had my first Translink ferry ride since I came here ;)). Man, it was awesome. In north Vancouver, we went to the Sailor’s point, just 5 mins walk from the ferry and you could see all the city lights across the waters. It was really something unique. You could also actually see the Grouse mountain lights from there. The dark night and melancholy environment added some extra juice to the whole experience. We came back and had beer…

Man, I saw my favourite movie Dante’s Peak again. Really, Pierce is awesome! But most importantly, the thing I like about the movie is the story. Pierce plays a vulcanologist who arrives at a country side (fictitious) named Dante’s Peak after his boss instructs him to investigate the possibility of a dormant volcano (the Dante’s Peak) getting active again in that region. As story progresses, we see that Dalton (Brosnan) getting increasingly convinced that the volcano might blow up but his boss is reluctant to declare an emergency in the city yet (because of possibility that if the volcano finally does never erupt, the real estate prices will plummet anyway…