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Cloud Atlas, Inception…and now we have Interstellar.

*no spoiler alert*

Is Interstellar THAT good?
Cloud Atlas: 70%
Inception: 95%
Interstellar: 90%

These three movies are somewhat similar..
Long. (CA: 172 mins, Inc: 148 mins, Int: 169 mins)
Starring a all-star cast
Absolutely thought-provoking
Stunning visual effect
Grandiose scores
..in other words, epic.

There is just one thing about Interstellar that I don’t really like – it’s not merely “hard to understand”, it’s just “impossible to understand” for some parts of the movie without having some prior knowledge.

Having a Caltech physical theorist as executive producer and consultant, I have no doubt that everything in the movie is as accurate as possible.

But what I enjoyed about watching movies is the heated debate & discussion right after stepping out the movie theatre. E.g. for “Inception”, I still remember our family was happily discussing about the movie on our way back home.

Anyway, it’s a truly impressive movie. Matthew McConaughey performance is simply fantastic. A must-watch!

Unbelievable. I promise. (Update)

原來呢d 誇張標題網頁係有個名，叫Content Farm…

Read: 「內容農場」滋生呃Like吸金標題譁眾取寵文章真假難分

hahaha

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(Blog post in April 2014)

Random

I am really annoyed by those trending articles listing out some random collection of facts which end with an extremely exaggerated comments:

“Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?”
“Insanely Clever….Amazing.”
“It’s Kind of Shocking.”
You’ll Never Guess What Happen Next. Wow.”
“Simply Left Me Speechless.”
“It Will Change Your Life Forever.”
“The Last One Gives Me Goosebumps.”
“Unbelievable. I Promise.”
“These Photos Will Make You Cry. You’ll See Why It’s Totally Worth It.”
“I love #15.”
“You Will Never View The World The Same Way Again.”

Every single time it raised my expectation to an astronomical level, then I am like “oh? That’s it?” How mind blowing is it?!” Mind blowing? Time wasting!!

As a writer, please write responsibly!!

2014年最精神透支的一天

(Disclaimer: Exhaustion is not equivalent to sadness!)

Station 1: Surveying Lecture at 9am

第一次officially接受英國大學教育，哈哈。
原來我依然係好中意係d notes度畫公仔。
但一大清早就要同d同學s交換卡片… tired T_T

Station 2: Wedding

再會好多“中五以後就無再見過面”既同學，
唔知點解..極速消耗晒我d能量…tired T_T
(its like setting ur iphone to max. brightness for 5 hours..)
好似一剎那回帶，返番去中學時既state of mind一樣
which is..well.. you know.

Station 3: BBQ

Great gathering but I am already so exhausted…T_T

Designing Cities!

終於完成PennDesign 10-week online course Designing Cities 總共三份功課，者係可以畢業啦！
雖然功課唔計分，我都超級比心機去做架，呢d先叫做「求學不是求分數」架麻。

如果對city planning有興趣，或者無興趣都好，我都誠意推介呢個course，d lectures好時髦(?)，少少theory，然後supported by好多好豐富既examples。更令我有衝動去HKU讀個 MSc Urban Planning（但原來無part time架，算 :< )。

有兩個examples d professors成日會提到：第一個係NYC既High Line，第二既係被譽為”the most innovative city in the world”既Medellín, Colombia。本來Medellín係一個充斥住暴力同毒品既貧民窟，治安混亂。到底政府點樣單靠纜車 & 扶手電梯，將呢個城市由內到外脫胎換骨呢？！呢個blog summarize得不錯（懶）。

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“Solitude matters, and for some people, it is the air that they breathe.”

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坊間有無數篇關於introverts的文章，但基本上篇篇都差唔多，無咩驚喜。
但最近Huffington Post既一篇“10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World”，有多少少points，等我補充下先。

When surrounded by people, they locate themselves close to an exit.
哈哈哈所以一大班人唱k，我一定坐最近門口，等我隨時smoothly離場。所以有時都興幸自己住新界，可以好自然地彈一句（望一望手錶）：「哎呀，就黎無火車啦，要走先啦唔好意思byebye :D（光速逃）」

Deeper conversations make them feel alive. Introverts prefer deeper conversations, oftentimes about philosophical ideas.
Make us feel alive , exactly! 所以畢業後都不時會約「告解」飯局，i.e. 同另一位同樣需要告解既朋友 (sosad)，吹水吹到天南地北，然後兩位都舒服晒~ haha。我覺得飯局最多只可以有4個人，otherwise係傾唔到計的。

They physically can’t stand talking on the phone.
笑左。因為剛剛同A過往一個鐘就係用whatsapp voice messages 黎傾計，其實可以用電話的說。哈哈哈摺友behavior orz。

They succeed on stage — just not in the chit-chat afterwards.
我d chit-chat skills…會突然變左口吃。

Anyways, 記得有一次同某人講到我內向既性格，佢立刻話：「你做乜要咁話自己呀?!!你唔內向呀!」
我：「下?! 內向有咩問題先?? (下刪一千字…..）」
都係個句啦，內向慢熱無罪，只係個性既一種，我們也很可愛。