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Essay 2 – travel diary 1 “Miami

2005-02-11T08:46:00.000-08:00

Essay 2 – travel diary 1 “Miami

First day
There was an urgent meet before we left Carbondale to Chicago. Mrs. River is very worried about too many people traveling in our group. We do not talk a lot to her because we have not enough time. We just get into the train. It’s a bit dirk inside Amtrak. It takes 5and half hours to get the Chicago. We arrived at Chicago at 9:35. Them it took another to find the Youth hostel that we reserved. I can’s sleep well, because I call my professor and he is very worried about m itinerary of Toronto. He advised me to cancel it.

Second day
Chicago International Airport is very easy to go to.
It’s only $1,75 to get there. Everything’s fine to get to Fort Lauderdale. I just canceled my Toronto flight after getting there. The penalty is $200. My god! The worse thing was I can’t get the flight money refunded. It just remains as my credit. And I have to use it within a year. I was so blue. But I met my friend, Tracy. It takes almost 5 years after I decided my mind to go and see her.

FLORIDA is far, faraway from my country. We have dinner together. And we went to her house, which is very big and gorgeous. We had a chat a lot about her fiancé and her engagement ring cost $5,000. I don’t have any silver ring on my finger, but I still miss my boyfriend.

Third day
We went to Orlando to go to Disney world.
I never know that I can go there. It’s a dream place to me. We go to MGM in Disney world. An attraction call Hollywood Tower is really exciting. We take a lot of pictures. I bought some presents for my friends and give them to show my appreciation. I feel so happy that I could do something for them

Fourth day

We got up late. Because we talked too much last night. And we went to bed at 7 o'clock morning. Tracy's friend Taihun was very interested in Korean politics and political science is my major. We have late brunch in Cheeze factory and go to a big outlet. I bought some clothes in there. After shopping we go to Miami beach. Miami is not a suburb. It's a big city. I really like Miami. We had a dinner in a good restaurant and had some cocktail in one gorgeous hotel at the South beach.

I really had a great time with her and her friend. And I'm very afraid that I couldn't stay longer. I really hope that she will be happy with her future husband

Dinner in the Catherine's house

2005-02-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

The fist weekend that I came here to Carbondale, We were invited to dinner by Catherine. Jessica came to our dorm to pick us up

Catherine and her husband welcomed us warmly. The house was so fancy and the pictures on the wall make the house much more beautiful. I liked the hearth in the living room. I’m living in an apartment, so I don’t have that gorgeous utility in my house.

Catherine prepared a lot of food. She even prepared Korean preserved radishes for us. How kind she was! I really appreciated her.

I met one Korean professor in her house. We talk about how great our characters are. I learned a lot that I didn’t know yet. It was a very good lesson.

I think American husbands are more helpful with the housework. Usually the wife of daughter usually serves the guest in Korea.

Catherine’s husband’s kindness gave me a good impression. I also had a good time with the two cats in the house. They were so cute. The black one was very similar to my pet which I used to feed

The food was really nice and felling was so worm. I have had a great time there.

Shaolin Soccer

2005-02-10T08:26:00.000-08:00

Subject : Shaolin Soccer Plot : Ther is a man who really wanted to play soccer, but he was so poor and nobody accepted him as their member. One day a nameless director saw him and was surprised by his powerful right leg. The power was from Kunfu traning in Shaolin temple. The director made him gather other friends who were trained in Kungfu with him and make a soccer team

Setting : HongKong

Character developement:
1. director - He was a famous soccer player before but no one remember him after he failed on of his games and became lame. He still had a dream to win a soccer game, not by playing himself but by playing his players
2. powerful leg man - He is a very poor man, and only has one dream to be a soccer player
3. powerful leg man's friends - They become friends when they trained in Kungfu(Chinese martial art) in Saolin temple. Each of one havs special power such as jump power, brain power, defending power and so on.
4. powerful leg man's girlfriend - She play Taiqi(another Chinese martial art) and make their team win with her power

actor/actresses :
1. Stephen Chow - Hero. very famous as a comic film director and actor in Asia 2. Jao wei - Actress singer and model. new face this film made her very famous as an actress

Chinematography : Used many computer graphics

Dialogue : Stephen Chow movies always contain fun and laughs, but inside of the laugh there is a sandness, blue and poor. His movies always show us "if there is a dream and trust the dream will be made to come true" and "If you do a good thing you can get a good thing" He is telling about karma which is a reward in accordance with a deed.

http://www.miramax.com/shaolin_soccer/