The fall of world trade center The fall of world trade center Surfing on a video website, I saw a documentary called: 911, the falling man. The picture is so real and stunning. I was a junior high school student when the tragedy happened. The U.S. seemed like another world to me so I didn't connect the terrible scenes on news with the real world where I lived. But today, when I saw the documentary and those sad stories of people who died in 911, it gave me a different feeling. It is shocking when I see many people hanging over the wall on the 100th floors, crying for help. Sadly, no one can help them. Watching a life disappearing in front of you and you could do nothing about it. Even worse, thousands of soldiers and innocent people died during the last 10 years because of 911.

Fake food scandals Several fake food scandals happened in Taiwan last year. The most notorious one is about olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil from Italy or Spain sold very well in the market. Some people noticed the phenomenon and started to make fake olive oil. They used cheaper cottonseed oil which is normally for industrial use and added dye to make it look green. They made huge profit (hundreds times) from the fake olive oil for 7 years. The other one is about bread. The businessman claimed that their products were made from natural food. However, banana-favored breads had no banana, blueberry-favored breads had no blueberry. The favors came from powders mixed with chemicals. This week, spicy hotpot (麻辣火鍋) jumped on the headline for using chicken-favored chemical powders. I believe that Taiwan is a gourmet kingdom, but it is based on a fragile ground.

dogs in shelter I like a reality dog show called: Dog Whisperer, and the host is Cesar Millan. I have never had a dog. I thought dogs are irrational and fear that they might bite me. When I watched the show for the first time, I understand that dogs are not a horrible creature, instead, they are very loyal and considerate. Cesar said adopting a dog is better than buying, so I decided to pick a stray dog from a shelter in my city. Unfortunately, the officer told me they have no dogs! It is weird because Taiwan has a lot of stray dogs. My mom asked one of her friends who knows very well about shelters. She said, because Chinese New Year was coming, those keepers of the shelter put all of the dogs to sleep. Therefore, they don't have to feed dogs during the Chinese New Year holidays.