Ang Lee on Why Oscar Nominee ‘Life of Pi’ Was ‘A Test of Faith’

Ang Lee received an Academy Award nomination this morning for directing “Life of Pi,” the 3-D epic based on Yann Martel’s novel. Lee, 58, won in this category in 2006 for directing “Brokeback Mountain,” but to him, “Life of Pi” was a much more difficult film.
Directing “Brokeback Mountain” “was quite breezy,” the director said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Even though they were high up in the mountains, it wasn’t an uphill climb the way “Life of Pi” was to Lee. “It was actually easy to make, from beginning to end that movie was all good.

'Life of Pi' wins best original score at Golden Globes (update)

Taipei, Jan. 14 (CNA) The 3-D adventure film "Life of Pi" by Taiwanese director Ang Lee won the Best Original Score at the 70th Golden Globe Awards on Monday.

Canadian film composer Mychael Danna said he wanted to share the award with the Oscar-winning director.

The 3-D adventure film "Life of Pi" by Taiwanese director Ang Lee won the Best Original Score at the 70th Golden Globe Awards on Monday.

Canadian film composer Mychael Danna said he wanted to share the award with the Oscar-winning director.

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Weekly Journal #7 (Dec. 16- Dec. 22)

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South Korea election: Park Geun-hye defeats Moon Jae-in

Ms Park, the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee, defeated her liberal rival Moon Jae-in. She will be South Korea's first female leader.
Votes are still being counted, but Mr Moon has admitted defeat. Turnout was high in a poll dominated by economic and social welfare issues.
Ms Park, 60, will replace her party colleague Lee Myung-bak.

Weekly Journal #6 (Dec. 23- Dec. 29)

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'Amanat's' body brought back to Delhi; PM, Sonia present at airport

New Delhi: The body of a gang-rape victim arrived back in New Delhi on Sunday after her death from sickening injuries in a Singapore hospital as India was engulfed by a mass outpouring of grief and anger.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for the arrival of the specially-chartered plane when it touched down at around 4.15 am

new source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/amanat-s-body-brought-back-to-delhi-pm-sonia-present-at-airport-311238

Weekly Journal #5 (Dec. 9- Dec. 15)

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Murdered principal's haunting pictures of Sandy Hook children practicing their evacuation drill - just days before massacre

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, age 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members and wounded two at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the village of Sandy Hook in the town of Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, Lanza had shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived, Lanza committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
It was the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. It also was the second-deadliest mass murder at an American elementary school, after the 1927 Bath School bombings in Michigan.

Assignment #7 (R)

Write about a goal that you have. What steps will you need to take to reach your goal?

Some of classmates have attended TOEIC this semester; they did study hard and wish to get the high score of TOEIC. If you ask me what is the expect score for your TOEIC, I prefer to set the score no lower than 750, or 700 is the least.

Assignment #6

Tell the story of a time that you did something successfully. Was it clear to you at the beginning that you would be successful? What did you do that helped you to be successful?

International Trade is my previous major in college. Hence, I entered the relative workplace to apply what I learned from college. I have been communicated with foreign and customers for many years, eventually, I realized that my English is not good enough and fluent.