Whale Rider ( 二 )

Pai's grandfather is the chieftain of their tribe. So he decided to train the village boys and hopefully to find a new one to be the inheitor of the chieftain. Therefore, he sets up a school for the boys to learn Maori 's culture.

One of the lessons is to teach the boys to use taiaha. A Taiaha is a traditional weapon of the Maori of New Zealand, which is used for striking or parrying.

When Pai learned that his grandfather would like to form the school, she is interested to learn how to use, wield the taiaha. However, This is traditionally reserved for boys, not for girls. Therefore, Pai secretly learns from his uncle. She also secretly follows his grandfather's lessons.

One day, Pai is in bad mood due to she cannot to take the culture class. So, she walk toward the back yard of the classroom to practice herself. One of the boys try to comfort her, but Pai wield the taiaha to strike him and win. His grandfather gets mad at her when he finds out that Pai wins the taiaha fight against the boy. The truly reason is that his grandfather think Pai break their tribe's custom to use the taiaha.

To be continued.

Whale Rider ( 一 )

The leading lady named "Pai ", Her mother gave birth to twins, one is girl, one is boy. Unluckily, the baby boy died soon after birth. Meanwhile, her mother also died during childbirth.

According to the traditional custom of Maori, female cannot inherit the chieftain, the chieftain should be the first-born son. Therefore, Pai's grandfather was very sad and assumed that " Pai" will bring their tribe a disaster. Her grandfather dislike her.

In the same time, her father moves to Germany after her wife passed away to pursue his dream - to be an artist. Nevertheless, luckily, Pai's grandmother love her very much and she always try to protect and encourage her.

My 2010 New Year Resolutions

My first New Year's resolution in 2010 is Enjoy More Quality Time with My Parents.

In 2009, I always work late every day from Monday to Friday. Meanwhile, on weekends, I need to go to Lunghwa for studying. This year, I only got two times of chance to visit my parents.

I still remembered that a few months ago, I dreamed of my mother and father because I miss them too much. I assumed that I am a little bit homesick. So, I want to spend more time with my getting older parents in 2010.

My second resolution is Keep doing Yoga to keep my energy.

Recently, I felt that I am going to out of my energy. I used to do Yoga for a long time period. Owing to my busy work, I stopped it. No matter the stress is from work or school, I feel tired often. From now on, I want to find time to do my favorite exercise - Yoga to keep my energy. So, I can organize well for my work and my schoolwork.

What Is a Good Friend ?

A friend is a person who can trust, can help and encourage each other.

When people are asking who is your good friend? I assumed that the person who appear coming from subconscious is just one of your good friends.

One of my good friends is my High School classmate. She and I always together when we try to do one things. For example, once we paticipated in Chian Youth Corps during summer vacation and had a lot of happy time and memories during my high school days. Up to now, we sometimes still will stay in touch even thought she lives in the south of Taiwan and I live in Taipei. In my mind, whe has became my lifelong friend already.

A good friend should be can help and encourage each other. Speaking of this friend, I must say he is my mentor and appreciate his help and encourage during the past. No matter when I get problems concerening English from work. He is always obigatory to help me. I am so glad that I have this friend.

A truly friendship should be count on a mutually satisfying. If so, a lifelong friendship can be kept.