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COVER STORY: WEARING JUST FOR FUN MORE
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NEW TREND : SNAKE BOARD
NEW FAD
IN TAIWAN : PLANKING
UTOPIA
IN KAOHSIUNG CITY
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r o t i d E m o r F We want to bring the reader some informations about entertainment in life. To enjoy the life in different aspect.
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Writers: Alan Lee, Belle Huang, Celia, Wu
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Wear Just For Fun! By Celia Wu
Are you bored with your life? Do you want to try something new that you have never experienced before? Maybe you should get the special costumes on and take funny photos or shoot videos! We interviewed a group of people called TaiYiDa wearing special costumes and taking photos. Folks thought they were going to perform or do outdoors shooting. But actually they were not. They did this for fun. They said if life is too normal, that would be boring. We should live with challenges, risks, excitements, amusements, and cool things. Therefore, we should seek for unusual things and put them into our life! Their topics were various in this interview. One member wore belly dance costume. The other one was in army style, still another was to play Bruce Lee. They said it would create cool sparks when those themes met together. TaiYiDa gave some suggestions for those who want to try costuming.
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First, you can invite your friends to form a group; the more creative your friends are, the more fun and entertainment you will get. Second, decide your topics for costuming! You can choose a topic for the group or different topics for each person. Don’t worry about if things don’t go as planned. It will be perfectly amusing unexpectedly.
Last but not least, share with your friends. You can upload the pictures on Facebook, Tumblr, and such community websites to share your cool life. You can express the happiness, entertainment, and creation through those pictures. Maybe next time there will be new members in your group or coming out a new group which are inspired by your photos!
Third, find a place to photograph! Nevertheless, there is no limit about the places. You can show your imagination by the sites. It is not that necessary to choose a specific location. But we have some recommended spots that you can go in Kaohsiung City; such as Dadong Arts Center, Weiwuying Center for Arts, and etc; about Kaohsiung County, for instance, Meinong, Quishan Old Street, Maoling National Scenic Area, and so on. Each spot has its beauty and merits, if only you can make good use of them, you can highlight your topic and participants. Fourth, pose uniquely. Since you are wearing in special, why don't you try uncommon poses? Say goodbye to the used postures, embrace your new style right away! You can invent new positions according to your costumes, the situation, the place...or even make face before the camera; you can pose whatever you want for it relies on your imaginary!
Are you tired about following the daily routine? Do you want to add color to your life? If your answer is YES, try putting on a costume next time! It will be your first step to be happy and funny!
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Looking for some place to chill out and relax for your stress, or have a family trip where you don’t know to go to? This place won’t cost a fortune or hours of waiting. It is right here, in Kaohsiung, maybe a place that you have always heard about, “ Ban-Pin Mountain.” There is an old tale of the mountain about its shape. It says that: once upon the time, there was an old man who sold sticky-rice-ball soup, one for a dollar and two for free. People wanted to take advantage of the old man by getting two bowls even if they couldn’t finish them. However, one day, a young man came, and he only asked for one bowl of the rice-ball soup. The old man was surprised that this young man was not greedy and he smiled. He told the young man his true identity. The old man is the god and protector of the mountain, and is looking for an heir to take on his job. The ingredient of the sticky-rice-ball is actually the dirt from the mountain. And that is the reason of the missing half of the mountain. You may wonder why hiking a mountain would be fun, but also tiring. But the truth is, if you can enjoy the atmosphere of the nature, you would be amazed. There are two different kinds of routes for hiking; one is an artificial trail and the other one is a natural trail. The artificial trail won’t cost you too many time to climb up the mountain and it is smoothly without any challenge. However, the natural trail will lead you to the primeval forest, which is more beautiful and full of challenge. On the top of the mountain, you can have a great view of the city.
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Once you choose the natural trail, the atmosphere will be different compare to the noisy city. You can see butterflies flying around you, lizard climbing everywhere, and the cicada on the tree. You will find out that how magnificent the nature is. And don’t forget to bring your camera, because you can get some great photos while you are hiking. You can take your children to let them understand more about the ecological environment, and to learn something that they couldn’t learn from the books.
From my own experience, I went there with my friends. At first, we didn’t expect that we could have a great time in the mountain. We heard that it only take an hour to finish hiking the mountain. However, we wanted to explore more instead of simply climbing the mountain. We chose the natural trail to hike and the beauty of the mountain amazed us. I have never seen so many butterflies in the city ever. This experience made me start to think, why people are wondering about there are not having enough places in Taiwan to relax and enjoy the beauty of the nature. This mountain is always there, and it won’t disappear. People think that this kind of beauty only can be seen in foreign country. So next time when you are wondering where to for your next vacations, try this place. You will have a lovely time.
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Most of the time, people use camera or smart phone to take pictures in order to capture the moments that are meaningful for them. Generally speaking, People usually take only one photograph for a single scene. However, what if the photographs are not as good as you think? It is not possible to go back to the place and shoot again. In that case, continuous shooting will be the choice to this situation. Most of the camera would have this function, no matter digital camera, digital single-lens reflex camera, or even smart phone. Furthermore, the usage of continuous shooting is not only shooting plenty times at once but also provide an interesting way to take a set of photos, which is video-like. In the following paragraphs, I will explain the different usages of continuous shooting. The basic manner of using continuous shooting is to take an amount of photos at once. In other words, when you press the release button, the camera or the smart phone will take more than one picture. In general, some photographers turn on this function while the models they are shooting or something is moving. Due to the action of the model, the picture will blur on their face or somewhere moving. The blurred pictures are not easily corrected using airbrush or photoshop. In that case, continuous shooting can solve this problem. By taking plenty of photo shots at once, it can provide you a series of photos to choose. Therefore, you can get the best photograph without shooting again and again.
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The other usage of continuous shooting is more fun than just taking a series of same pictures. Since the function of continuous shooting mode is shooting series of pictures, the photos could be different from each one in one continuous shot. The most common way to use this manner is to give four facial expression, or more, in one shot. Second, by using continuous shooting, you can make a series of short video-like photo collections. Taking continuous shoot while the models or the things you are going to shoot are moving, then take a quick view of the photo shoots. You will realize that when the piles of photos flash in front of your eyes, they seem like a short video. The pictures become more dynamic than the original manner and even more interesting than video recording. Nowadays, camera and smart phone have the function of taking continuous shooting. Why not try something more fun and something different? Next time, when you take photos with your friend, try continuous shooting and shoot some crazy and dynamic photos!
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Huang Do you notice that there is a new trend in Taiwan? People not just stay at home and use the computer anymore. Nowadays, people go out in the evening and exercise for their health. You may think that you only can run or dance in the park, however, as we found out, there is an exercise equipment called “Snake Board.” Not only children love it but also adults can easily fall in love with that. Snake board was invented in 1989 and it evolved from the original skateboard, snowboard, and surfboard. Some people said that snake board is a surfboard on the land. The reason that it is called snake board is because it moves like a snake, and you have to twist your waist to let it move. The riders need to stand with each foot on each footplate. It does not only slide with one of your foot anymore. You have to have a good balance and use your hips and waist or your both foot to control the snake board. It may be hard when you first stand on the board, because there is only one wheel on each footplate. That’s why so many people failed when they first stand on the snake board. Unlike the skateboard, you don’t have to push your feet to have the momentum to ride the board. It all depends on your body movement now. Although it’s not a skate board, people can still have a lot of tricks.
As we found out, a lot of people start enjoying the snake board in Taiwan. If you go to Kaohsiung Culture Center, you may see a lot of parents with their children are having fun with the snake board. From my own experience, at first, I didn’t believe that a snake board would make you feel you had work out. However, after I tried, it makes me sweaty and tired. You can feel that your whole body is quite sour because it involves your whole body movement. I saw a lot of children do the good job and play a lot of tricks compare to the adults. If you are worried about buying the snake board will cost you a lot, that wouldn’t be a problem. You can easily buy from Carrefour or any sport shops. It might not be a high quality, but you are not a professional either. You can buy a cheap one first while you are just beginnig. Moreover, there are people who you can rent one per hour at the Kaohsiung Culture Center. There is also another skateboard called “ Freeline board.” This one is much harder than the snake board. It is a separated board that needs more time and skill to learn. For the beginner I highly recommend to start from the snake board.
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I think nowadays parents always worry about their children only spending times in front of the computer. However, when I went to the Kaohsiung Culture Center, I saw a lot of children were playing there. They were willing to spend times and have fun instead of surfing the Internet. Not only children would be there, also teenagers and adults were having fun too. Therefore, I think parents can gain the connection with their children from this activity, and spent time with their children. Moreover, people can easily make friends to each other. So why not start playing the snake board and enjoying the time with your friends or family. It can be a win-win to everyone; exercise and have fun.
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P l a n k i n g Do you know what is planking? Have you ever planked? Actually, Taiwanese realize what planking is because there are two girls, one is from Taipei and the other is from Taichung, planked many sites in Taiwan to show how gorgeous our island is. People call them Planking Girls. The girls brought the trend from abroad to Taiwan; a myriad of people got inspired and started planking after seeing their photos. Planking has become a popular activity or sport in Taiwan now. The term, plank, is from Hong Kong. It means die on the street in Cantonese; however, it changed its meaning after people starting planking. The standard planking position consists lying your face down and stretching up the whole body with the hands by the side of the pants. You can plank on the flat ground but some players compete themselves on the incongruous or unusual place to shoot funnier photos. They think sometimes being standard would be dull, breaking the rules and inventing new style would be more extraordinary. Still some players would plank on the place that was hard to support them or keep balance, like bicycle, the edge of the bridge, and etc. It will be a challenge and fun for you to try. Nonetheless, you have to be careful because you might fall down if you are not balanced during planking.
By Celia Wu
Seeing here, if you want to plank and challenge yourself to be a tricky player, you can try as follows. Plank on the location that nobody has done before
You can be the first one to plank on the special sites, specific locations or the place that nobody has thought it would be planked in the past. For example, you can play it on the snake board when it is moving or even plank on the wall and photo it upside down as if you plank on the ground! Don’t be afraid of losing face
You can try planking in a crowded place. It might be strange for somebody, but it will be cool since you have to be brave enough to do it. You can also plank with friends, it will be different when a group of people plak at the same time. Try various poses
Who says you have to maintain the hands by the side of the pants; legs drawn close to each other? Why don’t you try another posture? Use your imagination to make it different. Maybe you want to look like Superman when planking, so you straight your right arm just as Superman pointing to the sky. Why not? You can also dress up as Superman to make it clearer. Try various poses, standard one might be good, but it will be more attractive if you change your pose to an unusual form.
You can be so exceptional in planking just if you want. LET’S PLANK IN A MOST UNUSUAL WAY NEXT TIME!