Notes on the Hail Mary
A series of notes compiled after watching a cinema screening of “Project Hail Mary” over Spring Break. Visuals Visual Effects Overall, it was really impressive; this plus the cinematography as a whole, made it a film that I found worth watching on the big screen in a cinema. I’ve heard discourse about how cinema as…
From the Archives: To the Moon and Mars and Back
<From 2025 June Astronomy trip to Qinghai> 黑独山 in Qinghai is called the most moon-like terrain on earth. I’ve never been to the moon, so I’m not sure how accurate this would be, but the overall environment was incredibly immersive. Once you take the bus into the site you see mountains of sand covered in…
Colour Hunting in Beijing
It was one day when I went out to eat in late October that I noticed the gingko leaves had started falling at the shopping complex near my home. Although in my eyes Beijing is normally a gray and monotonous city, I suddenly realized how vibrant it looked during the autumn season. The most curious…
Never Let Me Go
< a review/personal commentary> General Comments Overall Impression: this was definitely a one of a kind book and doesn’t fit into typical genre conventions. The prose is lyrical, full of anguished tension, and humanity, I’m amazed at how Ishiguro managed to build such a convincing narrative voice and transport me on an immersive, visceral journey…