My Dream

Shortly after Holiday on Ice finished in Taipei, Taiwan, my friend, Ellen, emailed me saying that it was a fantastic show and how much fun I would have if I could make it. I was so jealous because I have to tour with Disney on Ice and not be able to make it. It was the first ice show played in Taipei Dome, the place our skating people dream about for almost 20 years since we never had a regular size ice arena before. By now, you probably can tell that I am a Taiwanese skater, and the first Taiwanese professional skater ever. Skating in Taiwan is not a popular sport since we lack of good coaching and we only have one SMALL skating rink in the entire nation back when I was skating. I still remember the moment when I step onto the ice. The feeling was so cool, and I feel like that I can forget everything and be me when I'm on the ice. That is when I was 13 years old. Yes, a 13 years old boy whose height was about 5"00' and weight about 180 IB. I never thought that I could become a professional skater since I was not very fit! However, I love ice skating, it is something I would never give up. One day while I was practicing, one of my friends came to me and ask me, "Max, why do you skate? You are so fat; please don't waste your time and go to do something else!" It hurts, deeply into my heart. I almost gave up on my dream to be a skater but I didn't, I told myself that I have faith in myself and I will show him what I can do. Shortly after that, Disney on Ice - Toy Story 1 came to my town. I was so exciting about it since it was my first ice show. In my memories, I remembered there was a little boy who can spin really fast and jump really high in the show. He was my skating hero because I never see someone do that in front of my eyes before. If you guess who he was, he is our president of PSFC, Mr. Craig Heath. I said to myself, I want to be like him, skate in front of the audients and entertain people. Because of that, I made up my mind to be a professional skater. I never compete but always love skating. Maybe I am not that good of a skater; however, I have the heart to skate. Now, I am 21; 8 years after making my dream. I have the job I love, traveling all over the world that most people don't get chance to see. I did it. And I want to thank all of you who love skating because without you, I wouldn't become who I am now. Finally, it hits me when my friend told me the names of the principles for Holliday-Hollywood. It is Craig again... A little boy who help me make my dream come true. Thank you!

Posted by: Hao Liu, tomagicmax@yahoo.com
Last modified on: 1/25/2006