Friday, March 25, 2005

Go to See a Doctor


Go to See a Doctor Posted by Hello 來了荷蘭已經有7個月了,最近身體欠安,終於還是要乖乖的去看醫生,看到帳單的時候,才發現,在荷蘭看個醫生原來這麼貴,還不包含藥費,只是Consulting一下,應該不到10分鐘吧!~就要24.8歐元(合台幣大約$1016);第二天,再來Consulting個大約30分鐘,馬上激增至74.4歐元,這下加起來要99.2歐元哩!~(合台幣4000多元!) -no.827-

Monday, March 21, 2005

Movie - Closer

After watching this movie, I don't know why I want to drop my tears somehow once listening the Soundtrack of movie. The Blower's Daughter(Soundtrack) - Damien Rice [See MTV] Official Movie webiste - Closer -no.827-
Movie - Closer Posted by Hello Mike Nichols' "Closer" is a movie about four people who richly deserve one another. Fascinated by the game of love, seduced by seduction itself, they play at sincere, truthful relationships which are lies in almost every respect, except their desire to sleep with each other. All four are smart and ferociously articulate, adept at seeming forthright and sincere even in their most shameless deceptions. "The truth," one says. "Without it, we're animals." Actually, truth causes them more trouble than it saves, because they seem compelled to be most truthful about the ways in which they have been untruthful. There is a difference between confessing you've cheated because you feel guilt and seek forgiveness, and confessing merely to cause pain. The movie stars, in order of appearance, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Law plays Dan, who writes obituaries for his London newspaper; Portman is Alice, an American who says she was a stripper and fled New York to end a relationship; Roberts is Anna, an American photographer; and Owen is Larry, a dermatologist. The characters connect in a series of Meet Cutes that are perhaps no more contrived than in real life. In the opening sequence, the eyes of Alice and Dan (Natalie Portman and Jude Law) meet as they approach each other on a London street. Eye contact leads to an amused flirtation, and then Alice, distracted, steps into the path of a taxicab. Knocked on her back, she opens her eyes, sees Dan, and says "Hello, stranger." Time passes. Dan writes a novel based on his relationship with Alice, and has his book jacket photo taken by Anna, who he immediately desires. More time passes. Dan, who has been with Anna, impersonates a woman named "Anna" on a chat line, and sets up a date with Larry, a stranger. When Larry turns up as planned at the aquarium, Anna is there, but when he describes "their" chat, she disillusions him: "I think you were talking with Daniel Wolf." Eventually both men will have sex with both women, occasionally as a round trip back to the woman they started with. There is no constancy in this crowd: When they're not with the one they love, they love the one they're with. It is a good question, actually, whether any of them are ever in love at all, although they do a good job of saying they are. They are all so very articulate, which is refreshing in a time when literate and evocative speech has been devalued in the movies. Their words are by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning play. Consider Dan as he explains to Alice his job writing obituaries. There is a kind of shorthand, he tells her: "If you say someone was 'convivial,' that means he was an alcoholic. 'He was a private person’ means he was gay. 'Enjoyed his privacy' means he was a raging queen." Forced to rank the four characters in order of their nastiness, I would place Dr. Larry at the top of the list. He seems to derive genuine enjoyment from the verbal lacerations he administers, pointing out the hypocrisies and evasions of the others. Dan is an innocent by comparison; he wants to be bad, but isn't good at it. Anna, the photographer, is accurately sniffed out by Alice as a possible lover of Dan. "I'm not a thief, Alice," she says, but she is. Alice seems the most innocent and blameless of the four until the very end of the movie, when we are forced to ask if everything she did was a form of stripping, in which much is revealed, but little is surrendered. "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off," she tells Dr. Larry, "but it's more fun if you do." There's a creepy fascination in the way these four characters stage their affairs while occupying impeccable lifestyles. They dress and present themselves handsomely. They fit right in at the opening of Anna's photography exhibition. (One of the photographs shows Alice with tears on her face as she discerns that Dan was unfaithful with Anna; that's the stuff that art is made of, isn't it?) They move in that London tourists never quite see, the London of trendy restaurants on dodgy streets, and flats that are a compromise between affluence and the exorbitant price of housing. There is the sense that their trusts and betrayals are not fundamentally important to them; "You've ruined my life," one says, and then is told, "You'll get over it." Yes, unless, fatally, true love does strike at just that point when all the lies have made it impossible. Is there anything more pathetic than a lover who realizes he (or she) really is in love, after all the trust has been lost, all the bridges burnt and all the reconciliations used up? Mike Nichols has been through the gender wars before, in films like "Carnal Knowledge" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Those films, especially "Woolf," were about people who knew and understood each other with a fearsome intimacy and knew all the right buttons to push. What is unique about "Closer," making it seem right for these insincere times, is that the characters do not understand each other, or themselves. They know how to go through the motions of pushing the right buttons, and how to pretend their buttons have been pushed, but do they truly experience anything at all except their own pleasure? BY ROGER EBERT / December 3, 2004 Jude Law and Julia Roberts get "Closer" in the new Mike Nichols film. Posted by Hello The Blower's Daughter And so it is Just like you said it would be Life goes easy on me Most of the time And so it is The shorter story No love, no glory No hero in her sky I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes... And so it is Just like you said it should be We'll both forget the breeze Most of the time And so it is The colder water The blower's daughter The pupil in denial I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes... Did I say that I loathe you? Did I say that I want to Leave it all behind? I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind off you I can't take my mind... My mind...my mind... 'Til I find somebody new

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Friends from Spain and Malta


Utrecht Dom Church - Inside of the Garden Posted by Hello This weekend, there are two friends visit me from Spain and Malta. Therefore, of course, I took them to the Dom for sightseeing...^_^ There is a garden inside of the Dom Church. A small statue is in the middle of the garden. I really like this statue. -no.827-

Sunday, March 13, 2005

Friend from France


Utrecht Dom Posted by Hello Everytime, if friend visits me, I always take him/her go to see the Dom in Utrecht. This Dom is the highest tower in Holland (112 metres, 465 steps). Today, a friend visits me from France. Needless to say, I took my friend to see this most special symbol in Utrecht. Meanwhile, I also took this picture. Website: http://www.domkerk.nl Here are also with many travellers' pictures and articles. -no.827-

Sunday, March 06, 2005

Easy Time in Den Haag

Yesterday, after the exam, we went to Den Haag with a couple of classmates. Clint asked a part-time MBA classmate, Ronald, took us having a little tour around Den Haag. It was a nice easy time after the pressured exam.
Part-time MBA Classmates - Ronald Posted by Hello I like this picture. Ronald looks so nature in his smile.
One Sight in Den Haag Posted by Hello
The International Court of Justice in Den Haag Posted by Hello
My MBA Classmates - me, Clint, Beryl, and Kathy Posted by Hello 看看這張照片, 有沒有那種'到此一遊'的感覺!!~ 呵!~ -no.827-

Saturday, March 05, 2005

Strategy Management Exam on Saturday


The Road to School Posted by Hello Today is Saturday. But, it is not first time that we had an exam on Saturday. It is 'Strategy Management' today. Last time, we had an Globalization & International Business' exam on Valentine's Day. The road in this picture which I used to go to school everyday. Today, it coverd white color. It is still beautiful in winter.
Exam on Snow Day Posted by Hello After snowing, the road is getting slippy. Be careful walking on the snow, but I still cannot stop taking pictures when I walked on the street. -no.827-

Friday, March 04, 2005

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