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jian

My Interests

Music:

Mina Mazzini, Ornella Vanoni, Angelo Branduardi.

Movies:

Umberto Eco - The name of the rose

Television:

No cables installed. Don't like Televison.

Books:

Italo Calvino - Invisible city ; Camus - The Stranger; Luigi Pirandello - The late Mattia Pascal; Guido Crepax;

Heroes:

Wuhanese Breakfast StreetFish Market and Bo Sea - QingdaoPeep into Shanghai Museum

Painting from Xu Baba

My Blog

Husband is...

 "To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job." Simone de Beauvoir ...
Posted by jian on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:30:00 PST

LOVE ISRAELI FOOD

Before working for my Israel company, all I know about their cuisine is Falafel and Babakanewish.  They are plenty of great Israeli restaurant in Long Island.  This one is very close to the ...
Posted by jian on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST

Umberto D.

I started exploring Vittorio de Sica's work. Ieri, Oggi, Domani ( Yesterday, Today Tomorrow) is the first one I watched. Since Marcello is  there, I am totally in love with t...
Posted by jian on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:56:00 PST

Cute lines from Umberto Eco - The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

Some cute lines from Umberto's childhood collections.. I don't know how to have it pasted on the blog or on the bulletin.. Check my photos. It's a little difficult to read.. but I am sure it's worth t...
Posted by jian on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:50:00 PST

Remembering - Lu xun

Lu Xun is one of my favorite Chinese literature figure. I grow up reading his books, my mom is a big fan of him. He is a great revolutionary writer. Unfortunately, most of his books are not translat...
Posted by jian on Mon, 28 May 2007 11:28:00 PST

Fight against lonliness

Since when I am afraid of being alone? since Federico, I think... after school, I think.. Friends are leaving, one by one, back to China, back to Europe, getting married...   I was borne al...
Posted by jian on Mon, 28 May 2007 10:23:00 PST

Verdi Verdi Verdi --- La donna è mobile

..> Share with you, one of my favorite piece... Italian is so beautiful...   Original Italian       English Translation La donna è mobileQual piuma al vento,Muta d'accento -...
Posted by jian on Wed, 02 May 2007 09:29:00 PST

As if.. I am sick..

I broke my leg, a bit, from jumping onto a bench wearing high heels and a short skirt. Sounds stupid, huh..  I am a clumsy girl, but that moment,  I got the courage of doing it when I l...
Posted by jian on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:31:00 PST

Public Toilet

" Woman washes her hands at specially designed wash basin in a public toilet in southwest China's Chongqing municipality." ...
Posted by jian on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:28:00 PST

Pane, Amore e Fantasia


Posted by jian on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:43:00 PST