y.y's notebook

Apr 5, 2008 at 17:15 o\clock

shi ba ra ku de su ne

by: yanyin

shi ba ra ku de su ne ! Hey what's up? Seems I'm only talking to myself, but the fact is not so. I know every day there were people stopped by this page and realized the site was no longer updated since last year. Happy  However the site counter shows that this blog is still alive! Glad to know this, which agrees with writer's thought. You know, writer's block kind of stuff, you never know when you can get through it. For me, it took 6 months.CrazyOMG, I can't believe I am back now!

 

Oct 21, 2007 at 18:32 o\clock

my new video about marine turtle

by: yanyin

Mood: light

Jul 26, 2007 at 09:41 o\clock

awesome and awful

by: yanyin

For the first time in four years, I went to the theater to watch a film. The name of it was "TRANSFORMERS". A big name huh! Last time in cinema was in 2003, I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl with my dad. He was quite fond of the film, considering it an exciting and enjoyable experience, and I totally agreed with him.  

This time the screening started at 21:45, I chose the seat at the box office, happy to see only a dozens of people bought this hour. So I thought it would be cozy to watch a film in a screening room with a lot of empty seats. But it was a Hollywood hit as I was awaken to realize when I saw people swarmed in, filling the seats around me few minutes before the film began. Disappointed, plastic bag noise, cell phone light, chatty people, and on top of everything, I would have liked to fight with the man sit in front of me for my right to see the subtitle. The man stupidly had a long neck, his head sticking out like a giraffe. He kept this pose through out the film!  I would put all the blame on him for not understanding why allspark dropped on earth at the prologue. Honestly, this theater is a bit old. Its seat arrangement was not so humanized.

 The film began on time and I noticed everyone was attracted by the setting and action and humorous characters. AWESOME was the best word I can think of to describe it when I was only amazed by the special effects. That was a 30,000,000 USD budget production deserved; even it had only a just-average script. The information was transferred at the beginning that we should focus on the visual and sound effect since it was a real blockbuster live action movie. Look at the credits, hundreds of technician people were behind the scene.  Logical is not you should trace out about the film, simply being entertained by tons of funny parts in it,  you don’t even had time to do the reasoning, or you will feel dazzled.  Ok, now comes the awful part, in my opinion, of this movie, I DON’T LIKE THE ENDING at all. It was ruined! Owe… … RUINED! I was expecting heroic Autobots returning to their own planet, a splendid big holy farewell to earth people and why Bumblebee would like to be live his rest live as if Sam’s dog. This was not fare! He was after all an Autobots.  Autobots should retain their dignity and be proud of their own race! Oh! Is there going to be a sequel? .

Jul 19, 2007 at 15:35 o\clock

Another video

by: yanyin

I have the good reason for the bad quality of this video, because I’m not professional. I simply enjoyed the process of making it. For another thing that the footage was captured off DV by USB wire, which resulted in such a bad pictures.

You may be familiar with the lines, yes, it’s from Garden State, Zach Braff is one of my favorite actors, so I make him the father. The son is perhaps an unknown future star.

 If you have trouble reading the dialogue, remember other people is too confused by this. The story is meaningless, so don’t take it seriously. I hope you enjoy this video as I do! If you don’t like, just stop it.

 

Jun 16, 2007 at 06:40 o\clock

The lost art of letter writing

by: yanyin

 
Video weekend!
I know it's pretty much the same trick as the last video, but with different subject obviously.
This stack of letters is made possible with the help of my penpals from different countries and DW radio.
May this video here motivate you to write a letter to that precious friend or "special someone!"
Music by Ryan Farish

Jun 15, 2007 at 17:16 o\clock

A video experiment

by: yanyin

Jun 14, 2007 at 15:51 o\clock

fruit with different colors in memory of my dear flickr

by: yanyin

Since last friday, the photos on my flickr account were inaccessible. I guess I lost flickr foreverSad And for all the China based flickr lover, flickr is dead.

Jun 11, 2007 at 16:31 o\clock

I think I would like to kite surfing

by: yanyin

Today is a lovely day! I went to the beach,took the jumpping photo in the water,caught a tiny crab, throwed sand into the air, stepped on the shit of horse, grrrrr... ... ,brought home the so-called cosmetic mud for my mother's feet, and most of all I decided to buy a power kite. The beach is a great place to to kite surfing in Shanghai.
Last month I made a kite out of A3 paper and it flyed as high as the store-bought kite. I was quite excited about it. The feeling of controling a flying thing up in the sky was wonderful. I could feel the power of wind through the string. If I buy a power kite I would like to kite surfing, maybe I can do kite skating too.

May 31, 2007 at 16:31 o\clock

I hate writing paper/Poem

by: yanyin

I hate writing paper

 
 Paper paper paperI hate you You know what I hate youYou deprived my sleepYou spoiled my night  Paper paper paperI hate you I look down upon youYou stupid stinky thingYou make me angryVery very angry  Paper paper paper I hate you, I hate youBut I will build you up And your final destinationWill be the trash can  Paper Paper PaperI HATE YOU, I HATE YOUThat's the last and the big truth I want to tell youAnd GO TO HELL

 

Apr 15, 2007 at 20:12 o\clock

Bad luck caught me

by: yanyin

I've been through the worst days in the past few weeks. First I dropped a window from 19th floor and made it hit a stupid automobile. The driver shamelessly extorted 2,400 yuan from me and so far he hasn't sent me the invoice.   Then my mobile got stolen today. I slipped it to the pocket of my jacket and rode my bicycle off. I didn't zip the jacket and the pocket was left by sideway, where my arm was not able to cover it when I had to held the bar. The whole thing was like a ghost moment. I only felt a quick and soft breeze went through my pocket and before I realized something happened the dirty hand disappeared with my mobilephone. errr... this is so sick, I curse the thieves get squashed by car.Angry

Mar 24, 2007 at 11:44 o\clock

Egypt plan

by: yanyin

Last Sunday, the navy blue DS Lite I purchased at www.taobao.com was delivered to me on time and safely.Crazy Great to have a new toy for a big relax after two weeks' life in hell. We just finished the shoot for a children’s program, and believe it that dealing with children are never an easy job. Fortunately, it's all over now. No screaming and no crying any more. Anyways I have to say these kids were quite professional in front of the camera, which made me wonder how they were trained into the tamed cuties and know how to pose exactly for the camera? Hmm… a layman's query…. ? Never mind. Now I've got a big family news!  My mother is going to Egypt late this month!  

It's a big news but is kept secret from everyone except me. My mother's decided to shock the families after boarding the plane. Kind of acting mysteriously. She tell dad she is going to do a business trip to Shengzhen. I will later told him about her Egypt plan when she leaves. And we’ll just wait and see how my dad's reaction to the truth that mother is actually in Africa.Happy

 Must be funny.Happy

Mar 7, 2007 at 14:46 o\clock

The Color Test

by: yanyin

My test result:
" the first color you chose reveals that you're feeling Calm today.

For centuries, colors have been known for their energizing, calming and empowering qualities. In schools of psychology, a leading color theory suggests that your color preferences can also indicate what's on your subconscious mind. From your choices, here's what we found out about you. Like other people who chose Blue first, you tend to take things in stride. Instead of getting worked up over situations, you probably solve problems without feeling too much emotional stress. The fact that you chose Blue first also indicates that others probably see you as a mild-mannered person who has a balanced approach to life.

How rare is this color choice? 33% test takers also chose Blue first, but less than 0.10% of test-takers share your exact 8-color sequence. ”

Feb 23, 2007 at 18:48 o\clock

Draw something if you're bored.

by: yanyin

simple drawing watercolor

This is a recent work I did for a little bit wall decoration.

Feb 23, 2007 at 18:35 o\clock

About writing habit and blar blar blar

by: yanyin

I hate to stare at the computer screen and can think of nothing to write for a blog entry. Everytime I want to update my blog the words and sentences escape my mind right after I enter the title. So I always keep a paper draft(but not for today,because it's such a short)before I write the blog on computer.It feels awesome to type without pause, because I like typing.

I also hate that I have to get back to work since 25th. The holiday is over.I didn't make the cycling trip to my uncle's, which was upsetting. I didn't get my touring bike, either, for my birthday.I didn't go to do my hair,which was growing wild on my head.

Bumpped up with an ex-classmate in the afternoon, who said I looked fatter. Well, I knew what he meant, I was not fat at all. My face created illusion,because it picked up fatty easily always.I wish I would have got more fat in other part of my body.

We stayed in the hotel last night. Watched "Duplex" for a good laughter.I don't care it got the worst actress nomination for the Razzie Award.It's a lovely movie.Plus I didn't see how bad Drew Barrymore was in the film.

Dec 25, 2006 at 13:30 o\clock

First Moleskine postcard is born!

by: yanyin

First Moleskine postcard is Made and Designed in China!

"This is the 2007 New Year Post Card from Moleskiner.cn, which was designed by emo+ with the pictures of users' fingerprints and red moleskine."- 广善    My fingerprint is in it!

Dec 6, 2006 at 06:45 o\clock

Moleskine podcast Part Two

by: yanyin

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The last few pages of my third book was filled with the records of snail mails in and out dating back to June 18, 2002 and I did the same thing with my fourth book because I found I love writing letters and journaling. So when I finished the last entry in the fourth book I decided that writing was such a pleasant course that I should find a perfect match for it. I searched the market for a long time and the result was upsetting until I met Moleskine this summer. Definitely, Moleskine will be one of the big discoveries in my life!


Yesterday, I talked with guccio, interestingly he mentioned how people keep the line straight when writing in a blank page? I can't guarantee the horizon of each word but I try to keep the page looks neat. Ok, that's all for this edition. Thanks for listening, Bye!

Dec 6, 2006 at 06:19 o\clock

Moleskine podcast Part One

by: yanyin

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Hi! Today I'm here to talk about how I work with my Moleskine, though the theme of the first episode is How do you work and live with your Moleskine. I don't actually use Moleskine to plan my life long-term or short-term, so it's better to focus on the work, yes, the work I do with Moleskine, not the work related to my job that needs to be tracked down in my Moleskine.

I'm currently keeping a pocket plain Moleskine, it is a cute solid stylish black book of legendary. I don't use it everyday, because I'm not a productive thinker and sketcher, but I do read and appreciate it everyday, even the blank page yet to be filled seems so charming to me.

Basically I write journals with my Moleskine. I adopted the habit of journaling since 2002. So far I've filled up four notebooks. I copied the small essays into my first notebook; started to paste my ugly sketches into my second one; the last few pages of my third book was filled with the records of snail mails in and out dating back to June 18, 2002 and I did the same thing with my fourth book because I found I love writing letters and journaling. So when I finished the last entry in the fourth book I decided that writing was such a pleasant course that I should find a perfect match for it. I searched the market for a long time and the result was upsetting until I met Moleskine this summer. Definitely, Moleskine will be one of the big discoveries in my life!


Yesterday, I talked with guccio, interestingly he mentioned how people keep the line straight when writing in a blank page? I can't guarantee the horizon of each word but I try to keep the page looks neat. Ok, that's all for this edition. Thanks for listening, Bye!

Dec 6, 2006 at 05:37 o\clock

Wired to hear my own voice

by: yanyin

It's wired to hear my own voice on a website. But you may be interested to hear my voice, here is the link for you. I made a podcast for moleskiner.cn with the kind assist from guccio. He translated the Chinese script for me. For those who don't understand what I am talking about in the podcast, you're lucky to read the original transcript in the next entry.Happy

Dec 1, 2006 at 04:58 o\clock

2:25:47---my new record

by: yanyin

Once again I felt and learnt I was so cool. To finish a half marathon without proper trainning was my biggest achievment in 2006, and on top of everything I was running faster than last time, which was 3 years ago.  Thrilled and excited, I just can't  wait for next year's race! Happy  It's also amazing that it only took me three days to recover from the sore muscle. You know, after the race last time I could only go downstairs like a crab for one week. This was really painful but funny since I got the chance to walk a different life and the marathon experience was absolutely remarkable. Happy       http://www.flickr.com/photos/79779939@N00/

Nov 25, 2006 at 13:29 o\clock

Running the half marathon tomorrow

by: yanyin

It's raining cats and dogs outside and it is 19:46. Ten hours later I will take part in the half marathon. Sounds a bad idea since the rain seems to last forever. Not sure how it's like to run in the heavy rain. It must be cool, maybe funny,cold,crazy,depressing, and whatever it will be, I'll not suffering alone, my cousin is running the race with me. Poor guy, he's running his first marathon in the rain.Sad

This monday, we went to shoot a program for a kid's magazine. It was absolutely hard to work with children. We expected to end the outdoor shooting before noon, but it turned out to be a ten hours work. They were simply naughty and that was the nature of every kid. I've been working overtime in the past few weeks and the reason to it was someone always visited the office when we were counting down for the bell to run 18:00 and assigned some jobs that would not be finished until the street was left with nothing but air and the light of the road lamp. It was ok since the office was 15 minutes' ride from my home. I only hope I will get the right payment for my effort. I have no complain about this job because I love my job.Happy