A Royal Wedding Far Away

The wedding ceremony of the (newly named) Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is finished. I wish I were a British so I can enjoy a holiday and celebrate the great moment of the UK. This is so happy and exciting to see this couple get married. Watching TV for the live broadcast of the whole process of the ceremony is so spectacular. Also the whole world is celebrating the marriage which gives a good "news" to everybody. They are not our relatives or a friend; I am not a fans of the royal family; They are not a pop star who I like. But I am so joyful to see them going into the church and make the vow. Having heard so much sad news, like the earthquake & the leak of radiation in Japan, tornado in the USA, we long for something can cheer us, give something positive. Let us know, at the end of the day, good news would happen on us.

Hurray!!

The White Little Crystal

I have bought a magazine recently called Chinese National Geography (not related to the National geographic). The topic of this issue is Salt. The reports are really comprehensive which cover many aspects of that, from the history of production of salt in China to the health subjects of salt intake. Just a simple thing would have a huge story behind. An Idea arise in my mind: how about making a trip about salt? In China, there is a long coastal line which provides a good environment of producing sea salt. Many cities have a long history of this business and being famous of this. Not only the coastal cities, there are some inland cities in China which have salt production, the mineral one. They are all very special. (Link:Chinese Only)

http://www.todaydz.cn/html/20100519/1/content_1_1624.html
This is an ancient salt pan in DanZhou in HaiNan Province, China. They dry out the sea water to yield the salt on the stone. This practice has been taken for 1200 years.

Having a theme-oriented trip is good for knowing my own country and its history. What else can be a good subject? Maybe..Cotton or Wool?

History and Us

When we travel, we would like to see and experience the history of a city or country. Architecture, fine art, the stories and culture and everything telling us the development of all man kind and why we are being now, that's so appealing to seeing them and knowing them. Although everything is past or, perhaps, obsolete, it can give us a vision to our future. That's why we travel is not solely for pleasure, also to remind ourselves as a member of this global community. We are not only looking at our own history, but also the history of our home - the Earth. From how and when it forms and exists, there is no a complete answer. We are still searching. But more we know, understand and discover, we realized how "little" we are. And we are being more humble to everyone and everything. Few days ago is the Earth Day. If we believe human can make history, please let us make a better one.

The video is very inspiring.

A Fire in Sagrada Familia

When I read this news in the newspaper, I was a bit worried. Thinking is it totally ruined by the fire? Is the accident serious? Luckily, it's just burnt down some furnitures in the church. The Police has caught a man suspected to set the fire. I have been there few years ago in a summer holiday when I was studying in university. That was my first time in Spain. The memory is a bit vague to me right now. I still remember the moment in such stunning architecture, although I didn't take any photos there (How silly that my DC ran out of battery). As an architectural, art and cultural icon in Barcelona, It would be so bad to hear such news. This is such a great treasure that Mr. Gaudí left to us.

Salute to señor Antoni Gaudí!

The report said the work for finishing the church has 15 yeas to go. I wish I will go there again that year to celebrate the great work of architecture.

From First Orbit to A Model Frighting AIDS in Space

There are some news about space this week. I saw a film in You tube about the first man who travelled space in the 1960's. It was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the First Orbit. I have watched the film which is a video recording the scene of the Earth form outer-space from day to night. What touching me is the brave of human to explore the universe. The technology and the knowledge of the universe at the time was just a beginning. When you look at today you can go travel to the space soon (A spaceport is now building in America) and a Model will go space for promote an anti-AIDS campaign in 2014. Everything looks dream comes true. Right now all are still limited to a small group of people, the privilege one. Perhaps someday, sooner or later, that will become as normal as we buy an air ticket to another continent.

The Video is so spectacular

Human is keep exploring and discovering the world we are living in. This is so exciting to see the future.