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G-Dragon

By Erin

G-Dragon is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and model. He was born August 18, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of eight, he was in SM Entertainment. However, he decided to change record labels. In 2002, he was a trainee under the record label YG Entertainment. After 4 years, G-Dragon officially debuted as the leader and one of two rappers for the Korean group, Big Bang. In 2009, he released his debut solo album, “Heartbreaker.” After almost a year of hiatus, G-Dragon and bandmate T.O.P collaborated to record and release the album “GD & TOP.” In 2012, he released his second solo album, “One of a Kind.”

G-Dragon’s influence extends beyond the music industry, having shaped major trends in South Korea. I think he is gifted and I still love him.

The Sections of a Wind Orchestra

By Ayame Kasaki

There are many kinds of music bands such as brass band, wind orchestra, and orchestra spread all over the world. However, many people do not know about the main sections that are very important to create good music. In a wind orchestra, there are three main sections: woodwind, brass, and percussion.

First, woodwind consists mainly of flutes, clarinets, saxophones, double reeds, and bass strings. The characteristics of woodwinds are most instruments except flutes and bass strings have a reed to make sound, and most of them except flutes and saxophones are made from wood. These instruments, not including bass strings, have many holes to change notes. The woodwind section is good at making P (piano) sounds as compared to other sections, and also, their tone is usually softer than others.

           

The second section is brass. This section is generally made up of trumpets, horns, euphoniums, trombones, and tubas. These instruments have a big bell, so these can make bigger sounds than woodwinds. Unlike woodwind, brass instruments usually have only three or four pistons that are used for changing notes. To change notes from low to high, players have to use their mouth. Brass usually stands out, thus it always plays an active role in the fanfare.

           

The last section is called percussion, and sometimes, it is called rhythm team. This part is the most important group to beat out a rhythm and make the tempo like a conductor. That is why it is called rhythm team. This section is different from woodwind and brass. Percussion has many types of musical instruments like drums, keyboard instruments, cymbals and chimes, and most instruments are hit to make sounds. Therefore, players should be able to play all of them and keep the tempo exactly.

           

All of these sections have great roles and their own characteristics. If some part drops out, players cannot make good music. To make good music, players have to bring out their instruments’ features proficiently.

Ian Thorpe, a Great Swimmer

By Masato Inoue

Ian Thorpe is an Australia swimmer who specialises in freestyle. First, he was born in Sydney, New South Wales, October 1982. The five-year-old Thorpe followed his elder sister into the pool. As a young child, Thorpe was sidelined by an allergy to chlorine. As a result he did not swim in his first race until a school carnival at the age of seven. After that, Thorpe gradually overcame the ailment and progressed to the captaincy of New South Wales for the Australian Primary Schools championships in 1994. At 14 years and 5 months, Thorpe became the youngest ever male to be selected for the Australian team, and he was a contestant in all twelve events, winning ten individual gold and two bronze medals. Next in 1998 World Aquatics Championship, Thorpe’s time was fourth fastest in history and made him the youngest ever male individual work champion, aged 15 years and 3 months. After the Athens Olympics, Thorpe took a year away from swimming, and he announced his retirement in November 2006. From early 2011, Thorpe returned to swimming, and he is targeting qualification for the 2013 World Championship in Barcelona. He is still a good swimmer.

How to Make New Friends

By Lisa Goto

You have many ways to make new friends. First of all, you have to smile to others. You have to smile at them with all your heart, so it’s not good to force your smile. If you do that, you can’t communicate with others because they understand your feelings. When you are with others, you always have to have a smile on your face. Second, it’s good to exchange greetings. You have to do that from you. If you wait for greeting from others, you can’t make friends. You should remember others’ faces with which you have exchanged greetings. This is useful way. You try to exchange greetings many times. That is to remember your face to others. Finally, you have to throw away your disgrace, bad idea, or bias against others. If you become shy, you can’t communicate with them well. You also have to speak to others with having courage. There is the most important thing. In conclusion, you can use many methods to make new friends.

I'd Like to Live in the Future

By Ayaka

I want to live in the future period because I think certainly there are a lot of convenient tools. I’m wondering about how techniques such as cell phones and computers will advance. And the other reason is because I just want to know my future. I want to know whether I will get married and what kind of jobs I will get. I think the future period is interesting because there are many things which I don’t know. 

How to Get Good Grades

By Kana

If you want to get good grades, you have to make efforts at both classes and home. In the class, you must not sleep. If you sleep during the class, you will miss something important which teacher said. Also you should speak up in the class more than one time because you will never forget what you said. In addition, you have to ask the question to the teacher whenever you have a question, If you leave the question as it is, you won’t be able to know what teacher says. So you must not hesitate to ask the question. If you are friendly with your teachers, it will make it easy to ask the questions, so being friendly with your teacher is one of the knacks to get good grades. Moreover, you have to make efforts at home. The first thing you should do at home is review of the classes. The review makes it easy to memorize. Then, you don’t have to spend a lot of time to remember before the tests. If you have time to study more at home, you had better prepare for next day’s classes. It makes it easy to understand next day’s classes. So if you make efforts a lot at both classes and home, you can get good grades.

My Bedroom

By Ayaka

I think my room is simple. My room is the upstairs in my house. When you enter my room, to the left there is a small bookshelf. I put 3 photographs and perfumes and textbooks. These photographs were with my family and with my boyfriend and with friends. These perfumes were given to me by my boyfriend. Next to the bookshelf, there is a bed. In front of the bed, there is a TV. Near the TV, there is a large bookshelf. I put teddy bears and books and so on. The carpet’s color is red. I like red.

The Flag of My Country, Japan

By Ayaka

I think the Japanese flag is the most simple in the world. The flag is drawn a red circle on a white ground. It looks like sunrise, so it is called "the rising sun flag" in English. In Japan, it’s called “Hinomaru.” This red circle symbolizes the sunrise. The colors of red and white are traditional happy colors in Japan.

Class Writing Project: What Should a Person Never Give Up?

By Pamela den Ouden

The following 10 entries were a project in our Reading 2 textbook: What should a person never give up? 

People should never give up their honesty and integrity. We have had many instances in the past few years and decades of athletes who took illegal drugs to make their performance better. Canadian runner Ben Johnson was exposed as a drug user after the Olympic Games. His career as a runner was destroyed because winning became more important to him than being honest. Integrity is more important than winning.

Don't Give Up Work

By Kingsley

A person should never give up their work. 

A Person Should Never Give Up their Sports

By Sam

A person should never give up their sports easily. It is hard to succeed in every sports. It might take 10,000 times to do well even more bravely to face different challenges that you meet and try to overcome all of these challenges. If you avoid it, you will never be successful in your life. On the contrary, trying to practice a demanding schedule is a good way to be a great athlete. But sometimes it is difficult to keep training every day.

Don't Give Up Your Favorite Foods

By Hiroko Fujimoto

In my opinion, people should never give up their favorite foods. First if they give up their favorite foods, they can’t concentrate on their practice. I think if they eat their favorite foods a little bit, their weight don’t gain. Next famous Japanese gymnastics player, Kohei Uchimura, likes chocolate snacks and he doesn’t eat many vegetables. I mean giving up their favorite foods is not always good things. Finally, if they know they can eat their favorite foods after practice, they must be able to practice hard. If they want to succeed, you don’t stand something too much.

Athletes Should Never Give Up Practice Time

By Ami Sakai

Athletes should never give up time in order to succeed. First of all, they should never give up about practice time. For example, if they want to go out with their friends, they always need practice. Second, they should never give up about sleep time. For example, if they haven’t enough sleep time, they can’t give a good performance. Finally, they should never give up about their mind. If they want to get successful, they don’t think negative! So, they should never give up time in order to succeed.

Taking a Rest is Important

By Yuko Fukuda

A person should never give up taking a rest to succeed at one thing. First, we want a rest when we spend to practice a long time because they might be tired. Secondly, if they don’t take enough to rest, they can’t do a good job. Thirdly, if their brain is tired, they are negative because they need a good condition brain for good performance, so they should take a rest for brain, too. A person’s body need taking a rest for doing anything.

Never Give Up Hard Practice

By Mina Tanaka

A person should never give up hard practice. First, if you want to be a good athlete, you must spend many time. For example, when your practice doesn’t have free time, you are very tired. But it is good for you, because you can practice very well. Secondly, if you hate your practice, you can’t grow in your sport. Also, you can’t win a championship, so you should make an effort to do it.

Never Give Up Time with Your Family

By Lily

A person should never give up time with their families in order to succeed. Firstly, if you communicate with families less, they will feel treat coldly. For example, the child feels that you don’t care for him, and he will do bad things. Secondly, your parents believe you forget them due to spending no time with them. Finally, your husband maybe leaves you because you spend much time on work. So a person must spend more time with their families.

A Person Should Never Give Up Sleeping a Lot

By Koichi

A person should never give up sleeping a lot. Children usually want to stay up late, but they have to sleep early, so they can’t go to party and drinking. Also, they have no time to do something such as study because of sleeping. They have to do something in the morning or noon or evening.

What Should a Person Never Give Up?

By Sochae Chung

A person should never give up communicating with your family. If you want to succeed at one thing, you need to sacrifice many things. But only communication with family certainly supports you and your mental health. When you lost a game or contest, you family’ll say “cheer up, you can get next chance!  Next time you’ll do your best!” So you’ll solve your stresses by your family. Your family is the most understanding people for you. I f you give up communicating with family, nobody says “Cheer up!” It is poor. Therefore you should never give up communicating with family.

How to Make a Good First Impression on a Teacher

By Mina Tanaka

We should give our teachers who we meet for the first time a good impression. First, greeting is very important. It is common sense between people. When we go by our teachers in the school, we should greet them. Also, if we speak to our teachers, we should smile. Second, we should be careful about our way of speaking. We can’t use slang because it is teenagers’ words. So when we talk to older person who is our superior, we must use polite language. Finally, we should follow good manners. If we talk about something with our teachers, we mustn’t ask private questions. And, we should make eye contact. If we turn our eyes away, we will have bad manners. We should keep good manners during our conversation. If we should not forget these things, we will have good communication and we can give a good impression.

John Lennon

By Hiroko Fujimoto

John Lennon is one of the most famous musicians all over the world. On October 9, 1940, he was born in Liverpool, England. He entered a school in 1952. One day, in 1956, he listened to the music of Elvis Presley, and his interest in rock and roll was aroused. In 1962, he made his debut as “the Beatles” with his band members. In 1969, he got married to Yoko Ono, who is a Japanese woman. In 1971, he started to make an album, “Imagine.” “Imagine” is a very famous song. On December 8, 1980, he died. He made many songs. Most of these are very famous. He is one of the most famous musicians from now on.

Matsu Basho, a Famous Japanese Poet

By Mina Tanaka

Matsuo Basho was a famous haikai poet in Japan. He was born in Mie prefecture of Japan on October 12, 1644. When he was 13 years old, his father died,  and Matsuo started writing haikus in 1657. He wrote the oldest extant haiku in 1662. He took a trip to Japan’s north side on May 16, 1689. Then he wrote his travelogues. Its name is “Okunohosomichi." He came back to his hometown in 1690. He wrote a last haiku just before his death in 1694.

Qualities of a Good Teacher

By Hiroko Fujimoto

A good teacher has several important qualities. First of all, a good teacher has knowledge of the subject. Secondly, he or she cares about students. Most importantly, he or she can explain information clearly. I think a good teacher is a favorite with students.

A Memorable Day of my Life

By Mina Tanaka

To take part in the Tokai district’s rhythmic gymnastics tournament was one of the memorable days of my life. I had done rhythmic gymnastics for 12 years. When I was a high school student, I took part in this tournament. Then I was happy, but this tournament had a high level. So I couldn’t get a good result. But it was a good memory for me. Before I took part in this tournament, I didn’t have any confidence, but after I performed my performance at the big tournament, I liked to dance in public. I experienced it three times during high school. This is really a good memory for me.

A Memorable Day of my Life

By Hiroko Fujimoto

The final swimming meet when I was a high school student was one of the memorable days of my life. I belonged to the swim club when I was a high school student. I was a breaststroker. I wasn’t very fast, but I liked to swim. I always felt the strain before I swam at the meet. However, I was always relaxed after I heard encouragement from my mates. So my last swimming was very good. I established a new record for myself! I was very glad, so the final swimming meet was my important memory.

Summer is my Favorite Season

By Yuka Furusaka

Summer is my favorite season. I can go to sea. I really like swimming in the sea. The sea is totally different from pool. Sea is infinity and I can swim in wide space. I love scuba diving in summer. Scuba diving is so fun! I can see many fishes. There are many beautiful fishes. I am always impressed by beautiful scene of sea. And I like to eat shaved ice. After swimming in the sea or scuba diving, I always eat shaved ice. There are many kinds of shaved ice. For example, lemon, strawberry, melon, powdered green tea. Byu eating shaved ice, my body becomes cool. So summer is my favorite season

Learning a New Language

By Hiroko Fujimoto

It is difficult to learn a new language. Other language pronunciations are difficult to listen to and speak. Sometimes, spelling differs from pronuncitation a little bit. We must write every word many times for learning. Finally, English grammar differs widely from Japanese. A new language is very difficult, so we have to study hard.

My Favorite Season

By Kana Matsushita

Summer is my favorite season. Every summer I go swimming with my friends and after that, we cook over a barbecue and do sparklers at the beach. Students have a long vacation in summer. During summer vacation we can do what we want to do, for example, travel, studying for a certifying examination, and spending time with my friends. Moreover, we don’t have to wear a lot of clothes in summer. So I like summer the best.

My Best Part Time Job

By Mina Tanaka

My best part time job is rhythmic gymnastics coach. I had done it for 12 years. When I retired from school club, I was invited to be the club team teacher. Since then, I am working there as a coach. I teach my students it and think of performance moves for my students. It holds performance event once every year. Sometimes, I dance with my students together. I enjoy everything. It is so fun. My part time job is the right job for me. I want to have to do with my part time job in the future.

My Hometown

By Mina Tanaka

My hometown, Iga City, is a great place to visit. First, there are a lot of old buildings. It is Veno Castle, Haiseiden. And it also has a lot of nature because it is surrounded by mountains. It is called Iga Basin. Second, it is famous for Ninja. My hometown holds Ninga Festival every year. Then there are mnay Ninja dolls in main street. So it is called Ninja country. Finally, there are many good rice and beef dishes and Katayaki. Katayaki is very hard cookies. All things are very good. My hometown has many good things, so you should visit my hometown.

Journal – September 13, 2012

By Kana Matsushita

Today I went to the Pilates class at the Shared Church. Pilates is the exercise combining a muscle training and the stretch. It is like yoga. This time was the second try for me. So the moving was a little bit hard and sometimes I couldn’t understand what the coach said. But it was fun for me. Moving my body is the way of venting my stress. I’m going to jong next class again. And I want to try any other exercise in Fort St. John.

Kyoto is a Great Place to Visit

By Hiroko Fujimoto

Kyoto is a great place to visit. There are many World Heritage Sites. You can eat Japanese sweets that have good taste. The streets are lined with neat rows of stores and historic buildings. So if you have never been there, you have to go!

Learning a New Language

By Mina Tanaka

It is difficult to learn new languages. Other language pronunciations are difficult to listen to and speak. Sometimes, spelling differs from pronunciation a little bit. And we must write every word many times for learning. Finally, English grammar differs widely from Japanese. A new language is very difficult, so we have to study hard.

Welcome to the Fall 2012 Semester!

By Pamela den Ouden

Here we are, back again for another exciting year in the International Department of Northern Lights College. We have a great bunch of students who are already mixing well in the community and making friends with Canadians. Once again, we will be presenting their original writing here at peacezine. blogpsot.com. This is the fourth year that we've had our blog and the number of our blog readers continues to grow!

Please leave us a comment about our postings! It's very encouraging for the students--it lets them know that a real person out there is actually reading their writing.

Settsu Station

By Masami Koguchi

In order to get from my house to Settsu Station, follow these directions. First, go west. Then, turn right on 3^rd Avenue. Keep going till the railroad. Then, turn right. Walk for a few minutes. The Settsu Station is on your left.

My Friend's Home Town

By Masami Koguchi

I'd like to visit Amandeep's home town, which is Roma. It is located in Punjab, India. It is a small town like Fort St. John. There is no geographical feature and no mountain, just flat. Her home town doesn't have any college or university, but there are some schools. It doesn't have a shopping mall, but there are some interesting things to do and see there such as Guruduwala Sahib, gym, and temple. The weather is hot and dry. Best of all, the people are nice and kind. I think her home town is nice and peaceful.

Getting a Driver's License in Japan

By Masami Koguchi

In order to get a driver’s license, you need some process. First, you need money, about 3000 dollars. Then go to driving school. Second, study the traffic signs and traffic laws. Third, try to drive a car with a teacher of the driving school. Practice driving many times. After that, practice parking a car. Then study first aid. Next, drive on an expressway. Finally, take a big test of traffic signs and traffic laws and driving skill. If you pass all tests, you can det a driver’s license.

How to Get Good Grades

By Amandeep Dhillon

There are many ways to get good grades in a program. First of all, if you want to get good grades, you must study hard. We all know it is very important to get good grades.Then, when a teacher hands homework, we had better do homework every day. For example, test, assignments, and practicals. If we don’t do homework every day, it starts bothering us. In addition, we should listen to lectures very carefully. If you don’t get something, you had better ask your teacher. Next, you had better make notes in your class; it’s very helpful when you will review. Also, you try to attend all classes; it helps to get good grades. We all know attendance increases the grades. Moreover, you had better take all midterm tests with excellent preparation. It’s also very useful to increase the grades. If you have labs in your program, you should perform well in labs. Finally, you must take care of your health. It’s rightly said, “A sound mind in a sound body.”

Young People are Influenced by the Media

By Yuri Nishitani

Media have a powerful influence on young adults. First of all, the latest young people like to watch TV. They could hear some vogue words and see some popular persons. Young adults are influenced by comedians or actors. Secondly, young people always use the Internet. They could get a lot of information which is music or news or movies, etc. It’s easy for young adults to be exposed to media, so they are influenced by media.

Haste Makes Waste

By Yuri Nishitani

The expression, “Haste makes waste,” is usually true. Here is a good example. I’m a member of the ballroom dance club, so I participated in a training camp last summer. The first day’s meeting time was 8:00 a.m. at Kansai Gaidai College. I left my house at 7:20 a.m. and waited for a bus. A bus hadn’t come. Unfortunately, a time schedule of the bus had changed becauise it was Bon (a Japanese Buddhist festival that takes place in August, when people show respect to the dead). After I noticed it, I walked to the college with my heavy bad so as not to be late. After a few minutes, a bus passed me. I didn’t have to walk!

Book Review: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By Masami Taguchi

The title is "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." It was written by Arthur Conan Doyle. This story is very famous. It takes place in London, England.

The main characters are Holmes, who is a great detective, and Dr. Watson, who is Holmes’ assistant and the narrator of the story. The book has four chapters. Each chapter tells about crime. Holmes infers and solves a lot of crimes, and Dr. Watson helps him to solve a crime without realizing it.

Chapter One tells about a secret message. It is my favorite chapter. Holmes found the key of the secret message easily, and he solved the secret message. After that, I guessed the suspect. Then he found a suspect.

I recommend this book. I was deeply absorbed in reading this book because it is interesting and I read it easily. I was impressed with this sentence in the book: “Every problem becomes very simple when you understand it.” I was satisfied with this sentence.

Variety is the Spice of Life

By Asami Kawamura

The expression, "Variety is the spice of life," is usually true. I was born in Hokkaido. When I was a junior high school student, I was planning what to do with my life, but when I was twelve years old, I moved to Osaka. I didn't want to leave Hokkaido and transfer to junior high school. In those days, I disliked Osaka, but my feeling changed as time went by. Now I love Osaka. I'm nineteen years old now. I live in Canada. I enjoy Canadian life. Sometimes, I make mistakes about something, but I learned from repeated mistakes. I never know what will happen next. Life is what I make it, so I want to visit more other countries. I want to enjoy my life.

The Influence of Family

By Asami Kawamura

Many things influence young adults. I think the family has more influence on them. Parents' views influence their children's perceptions of the world. For example, if your parents are racist, you might become racist, too. It's a baneful influence. If you spend a happy family life, you will never take to misconduct. In addition, your family sometimes gives good influence to you. For example, if you are worrying about what to do after graduation, then your family is the best adviser.

Learning by Observing and Doing

By Asami Kawamura

When I was an elementary school child, I belonged to the track and field club. I had taken part in the 100-meter hurdles many times. I liked to run. I wanted to improve my running skills. I learned by seeing things and by doing things. For example, I observed the good hurdler and I learned by imitation. I also learned by listening to people talk about things. For instance, I asked my club coach how to make progress with my running skills Then I practiced by following the good examples.

It's Impolite in Japanese Culture

By Asami Kawamura

In my culture, there are certain things that are considered impolite. For example, if you don't hold your rice bowl or a plate when you eat food, it's considered impolite. Because it is rude when you spill some food of your mouth on the table. It's also rude to talk with your mouth full. In addition, when you get an invitation and you go to someone's house, you should bring some present. It depends on the situation, but generally, some people bring a food or flower. It's impolite to bring a fragile article, kind of a glassware.

Learning by Doing

By Yuri Nishitani

Learning by doing things is the most effective way for me. First of all, when I buy a cell phone, I don’t read an explanation. I think it’s a waste of time to do such a thing. Secondly, when I play sports, I play it first of all. I understand with my body. Thirdly, when I study English, it’s important to speak or read or write. I think to do such a thing lets me have a good command of English. Doing things helps me to learn about everything.

Good Things Happen When You Least Expect Them

By Sae Kubota

Good things happen when you least expect them. Before I came here, I ate out with my high school friends. I met my friends after a long time, so we talked, laughed, and took some pictures. Then we ate many foods, and we talked and laughed again. After that, two friends stood up and went to somewhere. I thought that they went to the washroom. So I went on talking with my other friends. After a few minutes, my two friends came back with a cake. They were preparing a cake for me. A chocolate bar on the cake was written, “Sae, Hang in there!!” When I saw it, tears welled up in my eyes. We ate a cake and said, “Good bye.” My friends are very good.

My Busy Day

By Yohannes Feyissa

I had a busy day yesterday. I woke up at 7:00 a.m. and get dressed. Then I ate breakfast, read the paper, and checked my e-mail. After that, I took a bus to school and went to classes from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Next, I studied for a few hours at the library before I had a quiet dinner and went to work at the bookstore on campus. At 9:30 p.m., my friend drove me home. When I got home, I watched the news on TV and went to sleep.

My Uncle’s House Salon

By Yohannes Feyissa

It is 4 x 3 size and it’s medium and very clean. It has pieces of furniture, e.g., sofa and tables. There are 4 pictures. There are windows and they are sunny. There is a television and DVD player. The wall color is taupe. I like this room because I meet my cousin in there, and I never lived in this kind of salon, so that’s why I like it! This is the nicest salon I have every lived in.

Job Options

By Lin Lin

In a life, we rarely go through into the junction, and it is really hard to choose which way we have to go. After two years of contract work, the other intersection will come to me. It is to change my job. Since I arrived in Canada, I was non-stop to search job information for my future career. After two years of collecting, I got a few options: nurse assistant, medic job in the oil patch, and administrative assistant.

Firstly, a job is located in a health centre. To be a nurse assistant is related with my last two jobs. I had studied nursing assistant for a year and worked in a nursing home for one and a half years. This background will give me a choice to apply for the job in the health Centre. I like looking after people. For every time when I saw patients smile to me, I felt so happy and proud of myself. On the other hand, in the two where I live now, a new hospital was built. They request more staff. I qualify for the job, so I want to get it.

The second option is to be a medic. I will work in the oil patch. This job requests several tickets, such as Level Three First Aid, H2S, etc. But the disadvantage is people who work in the oil patch have to stay in the camp for 6-10 days. They can’t go home every day. That is what I don’t agree with. Fortunately, the pay is really good, so this option is on my top list.

The last option actually matches my personal style. I love to wear fancy dress. My few friends always say, “You should work at an office.” Even my mum wants me to work in the office because she was an administrator. She wanted me working in the office. At the time, my family moves with me. I will have time to look after my daughter. However, I still need to upgrade my personal skills. For example, improve my typing skill, my English writing skill, and communication skill. That is the reason why I am studying English in NLC now.

These options are my targets. I want to spend all my available time to upgrade my personal skills, and do as much as I can. I think it doesn’t matter which offer I will get, I will be so happy with that because this will be my other milestone. I try my best even though I might fail all of them. I still wouldn’t be disappointed. I will be working harder. I will give myself and my family a good life.