A bus that drives over cars!

The model looks like a subway or light-rail train bestriding the road. It is 4-4.5 m high with two levels: passengers board on the upper level while other vehicles lower than 2 m can go through under. Powered by electricity and solar energy, the bus can speed up to 60 km/h carrying 1200-1400 passengers at a time without blocking other vehicles' way. Also it costs about 500 million yuan to build the bus and a 40-km-long path for it, only 10% of building equivalent subway. It is said that the bus can reduce traffic jams by 20-30%.

The Canadian Tenors

So I was surfing the internet and came across this wonderful group called the Canadian Tenors. They're a classical and pop vocal quartet consisting of Remigio Pereira, Victor Micallef, Fraser Walters, and Clifton Murray. I listened to them sing "Hallelujah" (below) and I got chills up and down my spine. I know what I like and what I don't and THIS, I like :)





Clifton was in the movie "She's The Man" and played along side Channing Tatum as one of his buddies.

PROP 8 = UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!

(CNN) -- A federal judge in California on Wednesday struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, ruling that voter-approved Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution -- handing supporters of gay rights a major victory in a case that both sides say is sure to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Summer of Learning

For my internship, I was asked to write a reflection paper on my time and experience at the University of Illinois. In doing so, I realized something about myself. I learned, relearned and most importantly, unlearned. A lot. This past winter semester, I lost a lot of myself. I drifted further and further away from who I truly was. Bridges were burned. I isolated myself form people. I put my focus into one person, who is no longer a part of my life. My priorities were all out of order. I strayed away from what was important to me. My academics. My job. My FRIENDS. MY FAMILY. But, most importantly: myself. I just can't believe all of that happened within one semester. And this summer was the time I had to pick up the pieces and put them back together.I am incredibly, blessed to have such wonderful friends who will be there no matter what, even when the times are rough. I just apologize for being such a terrible friend. Looking back on this past semester, I am proud that I have the ability to admit my wrongs and change for the better. Not only for myself, but also for those around me especially the friends that stuck around. Although I will be returning to the mess that I left behind, I know in my heart that my friends will still be there. BUT THIS TIME, I won't abandon them like before. What a semester it was...

How lame Detroit really is...

For all you Filipinos out there...

Another Live-Action Mulan Set To Be Filmed

July 30, 2010 | by Sandy Schaefer

The ancient tale of Mulan will be brought to the big screen once again in an English-language 3D film that is being funded by Walt Disney Pictures and produced by Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.

Disney – which released an animated version of the story back in 1998 – has agreed to invest $100 million into the project, which will be directed by Charles Russel (The Scorpion King). Not too shockingly, Zhang is set to star in the lead role as well.

Mulan tells the story of the titular young woman, whose elderly father is ordered to return to military duty when external forces invade their Chinese homeland. The spirited gal chooses to instead impersonate a man and take her father’s place in the army – an act for which she could be executed, should she be discovered.

Help and a potential love interest arrives in the form of General Li, who risks his own life to protect Mulan and prevent her from being exposed. Singer-actor Wang Lee Hom is being pursued for the live-action role.

Ziyi is best known in the U.S. for her turns in martial arts films like Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s Hero and House of Flying Daggers (see below). It doesn’t exactly require a stretch of the imagination to envision her in the role of the lady warrior, Mulan.