Oral Blog Entry Two – Review

National Treasure

Since Benjamin Franklin Gate(Nicolas Cage) was a boy, he has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knight Templar Treasure which was protected by Gate’s family but it was unaccounted for a long time. After several years investigating and help by his friend Ian(Sean Beans), he discovers the most important clue is behind the Declaration of Independence. But at that moment, Ian wants to keep the treasure for himself, and he decides to steal the Declaration of Independence even though Benjamin doesn’t want to.

In order to prevent Ian, Benjamin finds Dr. Abigail Chass(Diane Kruger) to help him, but she rejects him. So he decided to steal the Declaration of Independence before it is stolen by Ian. In order to stop Benjamin from stealing it, Abigail Chass is also involved in the bill of kill. Benjamin and Abigail Chass try to find the answer to the secret of the treasure together. Finally they discover the treasure and Ian is arrested by the FBI.

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sean Beans, Diane Kruger
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Running Time: 132 minutes
Rating: PG
Type: Action

Oral Blog Entry Seven - Diploma Lecture 2

Helping others

At the beginning of the lecture, the lecturer collapsed suddenly and everyone was shocked at that moment. When everyone was in hurry, he stood up and then we realized it was a kind of introduction: ”When you see someone collapse, how can you help him?”
The lecturer introduced four important steps: Stop, Think, Communication, Deal and Dial. In this section, I think that ‘Think’ is the most important step. It means ‘think am I safe ?’. Although it is very easy for us to understand what I should do in such urgent situation, but when we meet someone who is in this situation, I think it is difficult to find people who have abilities or courage to do the kiss of life or CPR. So what should I do in that circumstance is still a big question for me even I have already learnt these skills.

Finally, I have listened and studied this kind of course many times and I still think it is very important for everyone to learn it. I am very curious about how New Zealanders learn it from school and apply it in real situation