Rachel's Writing

 There are many dramas in Greek mythology, and they have not only attracted so many people from around the world, but also influenced them. No one would deny that Greek culture is the origin of European culture. In myths, the world began with the birth of Gaia, who is the goddess of the Earth, and gave birth to many gods and goddesses. One of her children, Uranus the god of the sky, became her husband and they ruled the world. She continued to deliver many divinities, but Uranus expelled their children who were judged as monsters by him. Gaia got angry with Uranus, and ordered her son, Cronus, the god of time (the word “clock” is from his name), to get revenge on his father. Cronus took the throne and married his sister Rhea, the goddess of plants. They became the parents of many gods and goddesses including Zeus the god almighty, who is in the highest position on Mount Olympus, the kingdom of gods. Ancient people in Greece believed that there were high-ranked gods and goddesses on...

 Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy film. I watched this movie on board my first business flight to Vietnam, when I worked in Malaysia. As I couldn’t catch each line of the drama, I didn’t understand the details of the story, but I understand it now because I watched it with Japanese subtitles yesterday. The drama starts with the meaningful words of Napoleon Bonaparte, “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.”  In 1995, London, an Asian lady who looked to be rich and proud came to an authentic hotel with her family, and said to a clerk that she had a reservation for their suite room, but a hotel employee refused their staying. As she had called to her husband, the owner of this hotel came out from the elevator and invited them to the suite room, and he told his staff that he had sold this hotel to her family who were plutocrats in Singapore. The hotel men, who were white people, were surprised and embarrassed. After about two decades, h...