journal 3/22~3/28

This is week, I want to introduce a movie that I love so much and have watched for many times. It is a French film that released about 8 years ago and the name of the movie is” Le Fabuleux Destin Amelie Poulain”, the Taiwanese translation is 艾蜜莉的異想世界. The director is Jean Pieiie Jeune and the main characters are Andrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz. The movie talks the story about Amelie’s special life, fantasy and the struggle within her heart. When she was a little girl, she had no friend and her parents were squeamish and odd. Her fantasy became the core of her life and made her be more and more autistic. She could not open her mind and embrace a sincere love. Until there was a thing change her and made her understand the meaning of helping people to gain happiness that she had opportunity to meet her Mr. Right, a young man who is as odd as she is.
The movie’s photography technique is surreal but at the same time, the color tone and the atmosphere of the film tends to be old school. I think, besides the plot, the unique style and the exquisite performance are the important factors of the success of this movie. Moreover, in the movie, there are lots of metaphors. That makes the whole film become intriguing. Another reason of why I love the movie so much is because of the main actress, Andrey Tautou. She is not merely a beautiful woman but has a tempting temperament. Her acting is so delicate that whenever I watch the movie, I can have some new discoveries. In the film, she is a little bit tricky, sensitive as well as tender woman. You can hardly resist her charisma.
I think the movie “Le Fabuleux Destin Amelie Poulain” is like a fairy tells. Those lovely characters and the beautiful while fragile humanity made me deeply fall.

journal 3/15~3/21

Last weekend, during March 12 to 14, I went to Kaohsiung for Mega Port Music Festival with my friends. The performance was held in the Pier-2 art center. There were many stages with different types of bands, including rock, folk, metal and so on. People could whichever stages and bands they like. Apart from live bands performance, there were outdoor radio broadcast. You could directly seat in front of our idols and see them being on the air. Moreover, there were films exhibit and campo market (creative designer piazza). Though there were lots of novel activities and concerts, I still thought the place is not suitable for these big scaled activities. Since the performances would interact one another and the vendors in the campo market was inadequate for audience. The space’s factor would limit the audience will to keep enjoying the performances and other activities.
However, I thought the performances were great and the atmosphere there was awesome! The Kaohsiung’s peculiar climate and temperature were quite agreeable at night and they totally fitted to the “sweaty types of music” With cold beer and warm breeze, the music seemed to be more appealing than recording version.
Among all the performances during these three days, the one I enjoyed the best is “silver bus”. The bands like ”1976”, “Bear Babes” and “Staycool” have always been my beloved one and I have been very familiar with their music and performances. As for “Silver Bus”, I roughly knew their music for certain extent but not that acquainted.
This time, I was glad that I went to Mega Port Music Festival and found something precious. Formed by three people (trio), with profound lyric and soft voice, their music was warm and harmonious. Besides, unlike the electrical music which mushroomed in recent years, their music presents original instrumental sound and exquisite emotion. If you love folk or soft rock, I strongly recommend you this band. You can never miss it.
Silver bus live performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rICb-f7PM44&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uClJ0QFqfrQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7p2m8m_Gg&feature=related

Mega port music festival’s official website:
http://www.megaport.com.tw/

journal 3/8~3/14

Previously, Dr. Gina introduced us a website for both entertainment and listening practice but I didn’t feel like using it. Until the winter vacation, I happened to browse the website; as a result, it carved out a whole new vision for me. The name of website is ”Ted”. Literally, the term means spreading out things and drying them under the sun. The interesting thing is that the slogan of the website is “the ideas worth spreading” and the picture of each lecture fan out on the page. It is exactly what “ted” means.
The latest speech I have watched is “Five lives of an artist”, addressed by Raghava KK, a famous Indian artist. When he was about a teenager, he dropped out of school and started his own business. At first he painted for people and then he paint for himself. His painting is original, innovative and pioneering. He raised a holistic idea for his future, which includes discipline, curiosity, learning, hard work and sustenance. His painting style was always changing. He even combined painting with fashion and dancing. Also, he taught children painting, worked with them and raised art schools at the age of 18. From the children, he learned how to be spontaneous, mad and crazy. Through traveling, he met many interesting and talented artists which helped him on his work and his life.
I never heard of him before seeing this speech, but now I think Raghava KK is really an amazing person. He is confident but humble. As the holistic idea he has mentioned, he works very hard and always stays curious. For a celebrity, those are not easy at all. He treasures his family, his friends and every relationship with each person during his journey of life. His painting shows his full emotion thoroughly and makes every endeavor to live up to his criterion. His attitude toward art as well as life is admirable. I think his experiences and the one who he is are both inspiring.