Traveling In Jioufen and Chinkaushih

Last Saturday I had a small trip with my friend. It was a great trip for me to release from the tight schedule and thousand of to-do list. We went to Jioufen, where was a famous tourism spot at north coast in Taiwan. There was a small village next to Jioufen called Chinkuashih. We went there too. And compared with Jioufen, where was full of people, my friend and I preferred Chinkaushih more. Chinkaushih was a mountain which contain lots of gold, silver and copper in the past. Therefore, the land there was affected by the chemical substance which resulted in special landscape: golden waterfall and golden river.In addition, there was an old copper factory which is now a historical site. My friend and I was shocked by the smelling and remainder of the factory. It seems that even though the factory had been closed since 1980, the chemical smelling and the ghastly, black factory kept remaining people the prosperous period in Chinkaushih.

We stayed in Chinkaushih until afternoon. Then we went to have lunch and take a rest in a tee restaurant in Jioufen. The mountain city was foggy in the afternoon. The see was blocked by the dick fog. It made Jioufen become mysterious, similar to the scenes of the Japanese cartoon Spirited Away. Looking at the Pacific Ocean from the north Taiwan coast, all the pressure disappeared immediately. I was filled with energy again, being able to face more challenges in life.

Nuclear Issue Reflection

The nuclear issue is popular in Taiwan in the month. Compared with other classmates, it is still hard for me to have a clear standpoint about nuclear power and No.4 nuclear power plant. The more pro and cons information I read, the more confused I am. At the same time, I am upset at myself. Being unable to have a clear standpoint seems to be lacking of own opinions . And that is bad for a college student who is going to graduate in a year.

However, after watching the documentaries from National Geography and Discovery about Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, I have some reflection. In my opinion, the biggest difference between the two disasters is that the nuclear problem was contributed by human being in Chernobyl and was resulted from nature in Fukushima. Nuclear power produces less air pollution than fossil power, and it’s cheaper too. However, what people have to pay may be their homes and lifes when nuclear disasters happen. In fact, I believe that the design of No.4 nuclear power plant is safer than the public consider and the manipulation problem from human being can be avoided. But how can a small island with 23 million people fight with nature? All the emergency equipment shut down when the tsunami came and thousands of people had to leave far away from the power plant. There is no enough space for people to escape in Taiwan. And I believe that there are no technical design which and fight against the natural power.

Reflection of the Movie

In Javier’s birthday party Akeelah and Dylan found out that they are each other’s strong rival. After that time Akeelah started intensive spelling training with the professor. In spite of the learning of different suffix and prefix, the professor also trained Akeelah to memorize vocabulary by jumping rope. However, they had an argument one day, the professor then decided to let Akeelah train by herself. He gave her 5000 vocabulary words. Akeelah was sad about the leaving of her teacher and her best friend. When her mother comforted her, the mother provided an ideal of “5000 teachers”. All the people in their community helped Akeelah. Akeelah later made up with her professor and her friend. They went to the country spelling bee together in Los Angeles. Akeelah did well in the final competition. However, when she and Dylan competed for the championship, she understood that the first place was not only important for Dylan but also his father. Akeelah then decided to spell a word wrong deliberately. But her intension was found by Dylan. They made a deal to compete with each other fairly and they finally became the championship in the spelling bee this year.

I was touched by two scenes in the movie. The first is the 5000 teachers. I realized that when a person really wants to reach a goal, finish an assignment, the whole word will help him or her. It is similar to what the book “Secret” said. Second, what Akeelah said in the end of the movie impressed me. At that time, she enjoyed the moment of “now”, and appreciated all the people who help he in the life deeply. I once had the same experiences like Akeelah. In my opinion, the touching feeling and the appreciation are important to our life. We shall try to remember it and extend it from a short moment to the real life.