Special Movies

This movie has been sit in my waiting list for a long time. Until a few days ago, finally I got a chance to finish it. I was amazed by the director - Nicolas Winding Refn and the actor - Ryan Gosling. For such a simple store, just above love, violence, gangsters, and driving, However, they could do it in such way that as slow as possible and as beautiful as possible, especially Ryan so calm, quite, and those killing smile. For the color, I felt a little awkward which  might be done on purpose for the special rhythm. After I finish this movie, a strong feeling of watching all Ryan's other movies remains for a long time. He seems to have such power to make you feel calm by just watching his eyes. 

Dolphin is one of my favorite animal. I remember when people ask me if you have a power to change yourself into other form of life, what you would like to be. Dolphin will definitely be my answer. I like this movie not just because of Dolphin but all the spirit from the kids. Somehow, only child has such strong will to keep doing things what he think is right. As adults, sometimes, we just lost ourselves and impede by so call "common sense". The result is we give up too soon. While on the other hand, we are trying so hard on something that not suppose to be stubborn. We need to learn to find a balance for ourselves, also for other people.     

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When I was kid, I used to like writing, especially novels and random staff for my life. All of suddenly, I found it becomes really hard for me to write, not just for paper, also for just daily life thoughts. Technology really shortens my attention. We have cellphones that I can write down anything on twitter or social media. The desire to well sort and write down my thoughts keeps been interrupted and stopped. It is a really bad habit. 

Talking about writing down thoughts, most of people told me it helps a lot when you have some great idea that you do not want it to just losing in the wind. You need to write them down in a notebook and keeps reminding yourself and realize it. The first thought, we have google doc, TBD, task, all kinds of technology, why do we need a notebook. It turns out we indeed need it. Or life will just like running water. Without carefully planning and reorganizing, sometimes, I do waste my time. 

Another thoughts comes from recent research experience. Due to the computer science major, almost everything in my area evolves really fast. Sometimes, documentation becomes a burden. But documentation is the only way to communicate with developer and user. So the result is forum. It seems hard for me to describe my problem in a simple way that other people can understand. I need more practices I think. The better way to analogy or metaphor your work into a simple scenario needs thoughtful insight and well understanding the hinge of your problem. 

It is always nice to find out your weakness and always hard to keep track of it and improving yourself. I would like to use this method to remind me and keep working on it.