Peter's Blog

In the few weeks ago, we went on a field trip to the 蛇窯, which is mean a place which they make the china and clay out of mud. It's name is "snake" cause that it got a Dragon before in china and is only for king's plate and things, so they called it snake so it won't be against the king. We went there and there are different kind of kiln. There is alots a big huge one which is seriously called SNAKE is the biggest one in taiwan, it is a only few kiln which actually left didn't been distorted. After we view all the tools and kilns we start to do our own plate or things by clay. They gave us a piece of clay and tell us that keep punch it till it become a ball shape, and however don't make it got the line between each fold cause otherwise when they are burning it, it will explode.

Today, there is a student came from 宜蘭's college to our school and gave a presentation about the disappearing land "Kiribati". He was from Kiribati this small country (land) in the north east of New Zealand. He is the few lucky children that been chosen and came to Taiwan for studying. His dream is to save his country from sinking and become then "future president". At first, he explain about his country's land forms and like nature resources a little bit. He said that in his country people don't need money for living they can plant crops and make goods for them selfs. Unlike the people in Taiwan, every thing needs money. And also that they can live by them self, just like if they get lost in a place that without people living, they can still survive. He also mentions that their race are apart of our aboriginal people, they are really a like. And he said a most important thing is about the "coconut tree". He said that their people there made a