Dear friends,
Some students at the school I teach at recently made a video of what they do during break time. This video was submitted to a national film festival and is now on the web. Please see link below to vote for the video
Hua Shan Elementary School:
http://www1.businessweekly.com.tw/event/2009/school/film/detail.php?id=17

Dear friends,
This past weekend, I went to see a movie with some friends. We saw Ip Man, a Cantonese Kung Fu movie about the first martial arts master to teach the Wing Chun fight style. Ip Man (pronounced "Yeep Men" in Cantonese) taught the famed Bruce Lee. I hear they're coming out with an Ip Man 2. For those interested, I've posted a link to the Ip Man movie trailer below.

I've been watching a lot of Taiwanese/Chinese films lately in order to understand the Chinese culture more and to improve my Mandarin. Some of the movies have been rather disappointing, but I do like Ip Man.

Ip Man (葉問)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=959h-GXfeNc

Additionally, one of my relatives suggested I watch this documentary:

Up the Yangtze
http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/up-the-yangtze/

Up the Yangtze is a documentary on how the building of the Three Gorges Dam in China is affecting the lives of millions of people and their culture. I hope to watch it when I go back to the States.