This picture is the World Press Photo of the Year 2006, taken by Spencer Platt in Beirut right after the Isreal bombing. According to the commentaries, this photo is great because the complex structure in the photo triggers the reader to think. The youngster in the fancy car in the front seems out of place in the war ruins at the back. I tried hard to think about the meaning of this photo, all I can tell is that there are two cute girls in the car. I guess even in war zones, there is always advantages for beautiful girls who have connections to the rich and powerful. While some people’s lifies are in jeapody for losing their home, some can still enjoy their day cruising in a convertable.
I also checked out the gallery of previous World Press Photo of the Year. The famous 6-4 photo with a guy standing in front of tanks is among the winning photos. Most of the winning pictures have a third world theme, usually images of wars, killing, hungry or poor people. It seems only tragedies can make good news photos. Half of the pictures are in black and white, probably just for stupid artistic reason. This year’s photo is an exception, a welcome change from those unpleasant pictures from previous years.
This the comments Pat made after hearing my story about today’s Whistler trip. I went to Whistler with 2 other guys and 1 girl today. It was snowing heavy and the wind was really strong. It was all white out on the top of the mountain, so the visibility is quite bad. We were going down hill and there was a section on the run that goes down then goes up. Normally we would speed up and clear the ramp without much trouble. One of my guy friend went first and then he fell down when he was going up. I thought he didn’t have enough speed to clear the up ramp so I went down faster. Bam! I fell down just like him. There has no up ramp, I ran into a snow wall. Then another guy friend saw both of us fell down, he also thought we were not fast enough, so he speed up even more. He ran straight into the snow wall, made a big hole and his skis were flying all over the place. After we fell down, we were expecting the girl will come after us and run into the snow wall as well. She was smart, she didn’t fall for the trap. She saw all of us fell down and took a easier route to ski around that section. Pat said only guys have the “I can do better” mentality and stupid enough to run into the snow wall one after another. When girls see someone fall down, they would think something is wrong and avoid the snow wall on the way.
I really miss BBQ goose from HK. Since I moved to Canada, I couldn’t find any restaurant serves BBQ goose. I thought goose is protected birds in Canada, so it is illegal to eat goose and that’s why I couldn’t find BBQ goose anywhere. Today, I tried a new place for lunch in Coquitlam and out of my surprise that restaurant has BBQ goose on their menu. Too bad that they only serve BBQ goose on Friday to Sunday, and you have make reserve one in advance. I made up my mind going back to that place on weekend to try out their BBQ goose. We were discussing the difference between BBQ duck and BBQ goose during lunch. From my memory, BBQ goose is more oily and taste better than BBQ duck, other than that and the size, I really could not tell the difference these two. That restaurant carries the same name as the one in Richmond underneath Superstores on No.3 road. I heard the cook in one restaurant is the teacher of the other, just I don’t who is the teacher and who’s the student. BBQ pork and roast pig from Richmond taste better than the one in Coquitlam, the one I have today is a little bit dry. I am a little bit disappointed that the restaurant does not have sweet sauce for the roast pig. Anyways, this place is much better than our default restaurant. Too bad that it is quite far away and the restaurant only have a few seats, or I will go there for lunch every week.
