Making shots

April 1^st started with a clear blue sky and a warm sunshine. I was not trying to fool anyone that day. Instead, as an event coordinator, my department was having a one-of-a-kind performance- The Night of Turkish. Planning for almost four months; practicing for about one and a half month. I chose dancing to represent myself.

I was inspired by Robert Muraine when senior high, and being captivated irresistibly in the realm of dance from then on. At first, I was a noob in doing this(well, still is lmao), but I ain’t quit, regardless of taunting from friends, sneering from upperclassmen, indifference from passersby, and even disapproval from parents, I gotta do what I gotta do, for it is what I’m fond of doing that counts.

Few years more roll by, from boos to nodding to amazement, how the audience act directly “reflect” the decent quality that you’ve made as well as your improvement. But actually the most important of all is that I feel confident and gay whenever I dance.

After all, I dance to express; not to impress.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dee_vy4PdTQ&feature=youtu.be
 Though lots to be desired, I made some footnotes of my own life.

An Outstanding Aerial Photographer

     Yesterday, I attended a lecture held by one oh my classes, which invites intellectuals in many fields once a month. This time, the lecturer was 齊柏林, a famous Taiwanese aerial photographer. We were asked to search for his information and read his books in advance, so we were all looking forwards to his coming. He originally was a civil servant because his father did the same job. He worked for more than thirty years. However, just when everyone envied that he could retire in two more years, he quit. The reason was that he wants to record Taiwan in detail to fulfill his dream. He wasn’t willing to wait for two more years because he wouldn’t have enough energy and courage to do it at that time, when he is fifty years old. To wake up people’s attention and love to our country, he did such a surprising decision, and even mortgaged his house to pay the expensive expense. He must pay fifteen thousand dollars every time he takes the helicopter. When we see that his son asked him if he saved sufficient money for the college tuition in the movie, we couldn’t help but cry. In spite of all difficulties, he is still stick to his dream now. That touches me a lot.

     He takes photos for not only the beauty but also the painfulness in Taiwan. After the Typhoon Morakot, he felt Taiwanese people are unfamiliar with our land so that we don’t care about it, so he wants to try to affect everyone by shooting the most ordinary but real images. Among them, I like the photo of corrugated roofs most because I can feel our toughness deeply by this close photo. I think we can get many inspirations through his work, and he is really a respectable person. That’s why I want to introduce the intellectual to you. J