Hails

We were waked up by hails hitting on the roof.  Luckily, no damage to the house or garden.

夏日冰雹

大太陽一下子轉成陰天，忽地下起傾盆大雨，還下起了冰雹！

Computer Problem

In the past few months, my NB would shut down by itself. I reinstall/recovery the whole computer twice but it didn’t get much better. So, now, using computer at home is a pain – it’s slow and unstable. Finally, I called Acer customers service yesterday and hoped someone would work with me for trouble-shooting. That was a frustrating phone call. This person can only tell me “bring in so we can run the tests to find out the problem…”

Dude, I am not nearby. His suggestion is useless. I requested to speak with a “real engineer,” and he said this is his area… So, I asked "are you focusing on hardware or software?" He would not tell me.

So, I concluded he knows nothing.

How frustrating. This is one of reason I didn’t update this blog for so long. I will still working on it and see if I can get a real help.

Camping at Grand Canyon North Rim (1)

More pictures from the trip:

--- long range of the canyon



--- the light of sunset








--- Layers of canyon



--- Moon lihgt seems so bright here

--- Camp ground

--- lights on the tree

--- on the way in to the park

--- trees are waved with wind

Camping at Grand Canyon North Rim (2)

I love the camp ground in North Rim. On the weekend, although the camp ground is packed, it is still very quiet at night. We got very lucky this time - it is monsoon season but not only we didn't get any rain; the breath was cool and gentle. I love the feeling setting next to camp fire with companies. Either we talk or just being silent, the peaceful feeling makes me very relaxing. Of course, the perfect S'mores is always fun and the highlight of the day!

--- Saw a group Bison on the way out



--- Camp Ground

--- Noah played with soil and made a dirty face

--- I had my sandal on...







--- Another beautiful sunset



--- Try to capture the enormous of the canyon

午夜的哈利波特

哈利波特完結篇真是創紀錄了。我們小小的電影院，光午夜塲，就賣了一千三百張左右的票。我周四本來沒排班，看班表，所有的經理都到了，肯定會很忙，就跟大老板說如果有需要，我會去幫忙。

大老板很高興，說剛好有三塲哈利波特出租，就要我去看一塲。就這樣，我在午夜塲之前，就看了這部電影。想不到這樣的肥缺就落到我身上了。同事們都很羨慕啊。一直問，好不好看。那還用說，我一定說＂好看＂啦。

晚上，看那兒忙就幫那兒，身上沒掛對講機，感覺真輕鬆。

在走道上，有個小朋友打扮得跟小哈利波特一模一樣，一附很累的樣子躺在椅子上，我看他臉上有那道疤，就跟他說，你的疤畫錯了，不是該在額頭上嗎？他馬上撥開頭上的劉海給我看，有啊，疤在額頭上。我說，那臉上的是什麼？他說，是＂７＂。那是哈利波特魁地球的號碼。

在開塲前，我們會跟大家宣布一些事，比如說，電影演出時，如果小孩在哭要帶出塲等等。在講到不要用手機跟朋友傳（電影演什麼時），有一個觀眾喊回＂我們用貓頭鷹＂（不用手機的意思）。

我還意外地看到有觀眾在看完6點塲，一走出電影院，就加入排在門外午夜塲的隊伍。

這些影迷，真是給他們打敗了。一個員工跟我說，她的室友在肩膀上刺了＂ＨＰ＂（Harry Potter）。天啊，有比這個更嚴重的影迷嗎？

有一家連鎖餐廳在做促銷，憑午夜塲票根可以換免費的餐點。也因此，他們送給今晚所有經理免費的晚餐。當我們跟觀眾宣布時，大家同聲歡呼，快樂的不得了。

總公司對今晚的午夜塲嚴陣以待，到晚上九點多還在發ｅＭａｉｌ，要求務必完美。看來，為了這個午夜塲，整個公司的大頭也都上班。

幸好一切順利，沒有觀眾的糾紛，沒有抱怨，沒有人昏倒，沒有人受傷。電影準時開映，觀眾都看得很認真，沒有人講話，吵鬧，用手機。

哈利波特的魅力，真的是不同凡響！

---想拍排隊的人潮，可是沒拍好



---碰到朋友，打扮成魔法學校的學生



---這是同事的鄰居，打扮成魔法學校的教授。嗯，她好像是教占卜學的。

幻象光雲

從鳳凰城回到小顉的高速公路是一路上坡的山路。視野有時迂迴寬闊。由於現在是雨季，雲和陽光的變化更是令人處處驚喜。就在車上拍了些相片。

---霞光萬丈



---雨的界線



---雲的界線



---綿狀的雲在夕陽的餘暉下看起來好像火在燒