Archive for the 'Literature/Poetry' Category

“I love magic..”

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire :
I just came back from watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and as you can tell, I kinda liked it. An exquisit movie in all areas. Acting, faithfulness to the book, and creative directing.
As many of you know, there has been three different directors for [...]

The Da Vinci Code at Lincoln Cathedral

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

Filming on The Da Vinci Code began late June and I’m glad I finally found photos of the progress of the movie. I don’t know how old they are but who cares. Here are a few images of the Lincoln Cathedral in England. Apparently, this is where the Westminster Abbey and the funeral scenes. It’s [...]

Fortune Cookie

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

I had Chinese food yesterday. I thought I deserved some pampering since the day before I had my ftoor at 11:30PM, 5 and a half hours late. Also because I only eat ftoor. No dinner and no s’hoor. So basically I was starving and I felt my stomach started to eat my organs because it [...]

Falling Up

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

Falling Up by Shel Silverstein is one of my favorite books to read over and over. The collection of poems and illustrations by silverstein are delightful and amusing to people of all ages. You can find other books by Shel Silverstein here. Below are a couple of poems from the book.
Falling UpI tripped on my [...]

The Real Mulan

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

The Disney feature film, Mulan, is one of my favorite movies of all time. I knew the fact that it was a true story but I neve really thought about looking it up. Then last year in my Composition for Non-Natives class, people were asked to do a presentation on a favorite hero of their [...]

it may not always be so

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

it may not always be so; and i say
that if your lips, which i have loved, should touch
another’s, and your dear strong fingers clutch
his heart, as mine in time not far away;
if on another’s face your sweet hair lay
in such a silence as i know, or such
great writhing words as, uttering overmuch,
stand helplessly before the [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

DON’T WORRY, NO SPOILERS
Ladies and gentelmen, this is no children’s book. The first one might have been but not the rest. Wow. Each book just gets better and better. And darker and darker. I bought it last week and it took me two nights to finish it. And I regret not spending more time to [...]