tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23318438542264750042024-02-07T17:39:49.237+11:00JessePædiaFood . Travel . Language.Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-14550250935903246042015-01-01T20:16:00.003+11:002023-08-31T16:37:51.225+10:00Thailand Mission Trip 2014 - Part One: Bangkok <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW8vD7tdOWbTPXX26m5kp-mK9ow-odDvSDa37HbMudbGGQ4rDu4j3b0_I1XDX5YMLHHRqt0qaFUqnYkpjAoMsVBFzk8a-uolh8FRHmC8eQy_MwvFUFZjWhYUqRpsfROCiJtMaM5Upyec/s1600/20140709_105142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW8vD7tdOWbTPXX26m5kp-mK9ow-odDvSDa37HbMudbGGQ4rDu4j3b0_I1XDX5YMLHHRqt0qaFUqnYkpjAoMsVBFzk8a-uolh8FRHmC8eQy_MwvFUFZjWhYUqRpsfROCiJtMaM5Upyec/s1600/20140709_105142.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introducing, a new series on JessePædia: Thailand Mission Trip 2014. In this series, I aim to post every two weeks, sharing about my experiences during the mission trip, with each post being about a theme or a place</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Without further ado, here is part one — Bangkok:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a nine-hour flight we arrived in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Even from the plane, we saw it was busy and full of life. We disembarked the plane and felt the tropical humidity, which was nice considering it was winter in Melbourne. Then, we were taken to the YWAM base to spend the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the morning, we woke to the heat and sound of Bangkok. Our breakfast consisted of a variety of tropical fruit and toast with jam. I was late to our early start of a cultural tour of Bangkok because I was held up by an interesting conversation with an American couple. They were surprised when I told them it was winter in Australia, because they came to YWAM Bangkok on their summer. Rushed, </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I quickly packed my bag, grabbed a water bottle and we<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">started to walk. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bangkok smelt like a combination of a dodgy pad thai with egg and rubbis<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">h, which was evident o<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n our way to <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o</span></span></span>ur first attraction<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> W</span></span>e visited Gold Mount (Wat Saket), a popular tourist attraction for Buddhists, by bus, foot and river boat. Bangkok is full of canals and river boats, just like Venice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold Mount was full of tourists and school-children. The note on the stairs to the temple said '250 steps', I decided to test that. The temple was golden and had a great view of Bangkok. We could see everything from houses to sky scrappers to farm areas. We saw many Buddhist travellers paying their respects to Buddha. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before leaving, I gave in and hit the gong. I just couldn't resist it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way down, I counted 148 steps altogether but no one cared :(. There were also random </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">statues on the stair-breaks. One was a depiction of a man being eaten by vultures. Fair enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When leaving, two Thai girls excitedly came up and asked one of the team where is he from. When replying 'Australia', they asked 'are you a soccer player?'. He said he plays soccer but not professionally. Disappointedly, they said they were sure he was the soccer player they saw on TV last night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we got there, we were welcomed with signs reading: '<a href="http://www.knowingbuddha.org/">Don't disrespect Buddha</a>'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">S</span>ounds interesting". I read their flyer, it said they find it offensive to keep a Buddha image as furniture, to put a Buddha on the ground, to have a tattoo of Buddha, to have shoes with Buddha on them and to name your dog 'Buddha' or name a bar after him. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're</span> looking at you, "funky Buddha club". I guess it would be like naming a bar, 'the Christ bar' or 'the Muhammed bar', it sounds weird and offensive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The palace was a time-travel back to Mediaeval Thailand. The fact people built highly detailed palaces in the Bangkok heat without modern technology fascinated me. The buildings were golden with colourful mosaic tiles, all were impressed by the intricate designs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many tourists were there, along with the usual suspects from the US, Britain, Australia and China. The tourists stood out wearing Thai elephant pants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We weren't allowed to wear shoes in the building where the Emerald Buddha was kept and I was remanded for walking in while wearing a hat. The inside was dark and walls were covered in paintings of Buddhist stories. I thought the paintings of tigers were cool. There was a sea of people sitting on the floor facing the emerald Buddha, sitting high on the platform with a glass box around it. People were praying, others (like me) were admiring the art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left the palace and took a sky-train to <a href="http://www.siamcenter.co.th/">Siam Centre</a>. It reminded me of the train in <u>Divergent</u>. Siam Centre is a massive shopping complex. There were high class brands inside, ranging from Ferrari to H&M. The guys and girls got up and did some window shopping. The guys looked at cars, phones and watches while the girls looked at clothes and bags. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day finished by going to a dodgy-looking restaurant for dinner. The restaurant had no door, served on plastic plates and the menu was made up of pictures of food with prices on the walls. I drank coke out of a glass bottle for the first time and surprisingly it tasted better than coke in plastic bottles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ordered and shared our meals after we bought them. Then it happened. Thinking that eating chillies on almost everything at home would have me in good stead, I served myself some penang chicken and rice. I took a bite, 'mmmm, this is nice'. I ate t</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he delicious combination of chicken, spices, coconut milk, peanuts and rice</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in one hand and drank coke with<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the other.</span> I continued eating like this until I ate half of the curry. That's when the kick came in<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, t</span>his was incredibly spicy. Thai spicy is not flavour, it is literally heat. I felt the heat go up to my ears and <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to</span> the back of my throat. My mouth was on fire. I drank two bottles of coke, a litre of water and two servings of rice, nothing was helping. I learnt that night to never drink anything when eating hot food. But still, it was probably the best penang chicken I have ever ate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, we stopped by 7Eleven for some ice-cream (which was incredibly cheap) and walked back to the YWAM base. It was a big day f</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or most of us on our first day in Thailand. </span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com1Bangkok, Thailand13.7278956 100.5241234999999713.2342916 99.878676499999969 14.2214996 101.16957049999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-40454004896799584992014-10-12T20:21:00.000+11:002014-10-12T21:43:43.029+11:0010 reasons to learn Swedish on Duolingo<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Swedish for English speakers course is currently (as of the 12th of October) in the Duolingo incubator and 93% complete. It is estimated that it will be released on the 21st of October, this year. There are many people already excited about the release of this free course and here are ten reasons why. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pewdiepie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are part of the 'bro army', you can now understand what pewdie says in Swedish without looking at the subtitles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Schengen Area</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweden (Spain, France and Germany just to name a few) are part of the Schengen area, meaning they have abolished passport and other types of border control at their common borders. This means you can walk to Sweden from Norway or Finland without a passport. Now, that I made you want to travel to Sweden, start preparing by taking the Swedish for English speakers course. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. IKEA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn what the IKEA labels say in Swedish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Swedish meatballs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn to say delicious. </span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Learn English's cousin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swedish, English, Norwegian, German, Dutch and Afrikaans are a few languages classified under the Germanic language family. This means they are all related and descended from the same language. Go on a Germanic language family reunion by learning Swedish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. It sounds cool</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Sweden is beautiful</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Swedish speakers can understand Norwegian and Danish</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Free uni courses in Finland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Finland, foreign students can take university courses in Swedish (or Finnish) for free but may need to pay if you take the same courses in English. See <a href="http://www.studyineurope.eu/tuition-fees">http://www.studyineurope.eu/tuition-fees</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. VIKINGS!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swedish descended from Old Norse, the language of the vikings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, that you have ten reasons to learn Swedish go to <a href="https://www.duolingo.com/course/sv/en/Learn-Swedish-Online">https://www.duolingo.com/course/sv/en/Learn-Swedish-Online</a> and sign up to be notified when the course is released. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Roman Empire conquered a large portion of Europe, they brought their language, Latin along with them. It was spoken throughout the empire but over the centuries, local, popular, nonstandard forms of Latin called 'Vulgar Latin' evolved into today's Romance languages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are 5 major Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) and several minority Romance languages (such as Sardinian, Sicilian and Occitan). Romance languages are split into two groups, Western and Eastern. Western Romance languages include Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, while Romanian is an Eastern Romance language. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is a common belief that Romanian is the closest language to Latin, but Romanian is probably only the closest in grammar. Romanian preserved certain features of Vulgar Latin grammar that other Romance languages lost. For example, Romanian has three genders (Masculine, Feminine and Neuter) and kept all six Latin cases. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But, the pronunciation and vocabulary is not as similar to Latin when compared to Italian or Spanish. This is because Romanian was influenced by the surrounding Slavic languages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to Wikipedia, Sardinian is the closest living language to Latin in phonology. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are ten vowels in Latin; a,e,i,o,u (short) and a,e,i,o,u (long). In continental Romance languages the short vowels e,i,o and u evolved into different sounds while in Sardinian the short vowels evolved and pronounced as long vowels. This probably helped to retain the original pronunciation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to Wikipedia, Italian is the closest living language to Latin in vocabulary. This is because other Romance languages were influenced by their native Germanic, Slavic or Celtic languages such but in Rome, Latin was their native language. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Romanian 23.5%,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, the major Romance languages in order of closeness to Latin are Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese and French. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Personally, I don't find it surprising that Italian is the closest because Latin originally came from Italy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nativlang.com/romance-languages/?e=0,1,6,9,17,22">Comparative grammar of the Romance languages</a> - Nativlang</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Benedict XVI resigns as Pope, being the first since 1415 and the first to do so voluntarily since 1294. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Margaret</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Thatcher, the longest serving British Prime Minister, died at 87 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Edward Snowden was given temporary asylum in Russia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Prince George of Cambridge was born. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Australia had three Prime Ministers in one year: Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott. </span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. 'The Fox' by Ylvis was "created to fail" ironically became a viral video. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Harrison Craig won The Voice and Dami Im won The Xfactor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and Vietman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Nelson Mandela, the first post apartheid president of South Africa, died at 95 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. China landed Chang'e 3 on the moon. </span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com1Australia-25.274398 133.77513599999997-75.0697345 51.157948499999975 24.520938499999996 -143.60767650000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-62107555868852991742013-12-27T21:52:00.001+11:002023-08-31T16:39:25.919+10:00Please support my mission trip to Thailand in July 2014<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">In July 2014, I am going to a village in the highlands of Thailand as a </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">Volunteer to work in an orphanage called 'Grace House'. The Grace House </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Orphanage is a home for boys and girls from local hill tribes escaping </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">poverty. The orphanage provides food, clothing, activities, an introduction </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">to the gospel, games and the ability to attend a local school where they </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">will learn skills to hopefully allow them to find suitable work in the </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">future.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">On this mission, I will be part of a group who will help </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">with the maintenance of the orphanage, serve at the local church, teach </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">English and provide financial assistance to the orphanage and to the local </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">villages.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">To make this trip a possibility for me, I need to raise $2950 by March </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">2014. Your donations will cover my flight, transport, food and </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">accommodation. I am seeking 120+ sponsors to assist me with my voluntary trip </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">by donating $25 and any additional donations that I receive will be given </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">to the orphanage.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">I am willing to exchange your donation for a one hour beginner session to </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">learn Indonesian over Skype if you choose to.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">The link above also has blogs about my preparation for the trip, so please check that out. </span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Finally, I would be grateful if you would spread the word by sharing this blog</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> to others who would also support me with this worthy cause.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Thank you in advance for your donations. :)</span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-82180686171985782862013-12-23T15:13:00.002+11:002013-12-30T20:54:36.147+11:00Christmas Advent 2013: Doreen<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like <a href="http://jessepaedia.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/christmas-eve-2012-doreen.html">last year</a>, Laurimar (Doreen) there are many houses covered with Christmas lights. Here are some photos of my experience there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is your neighbourhood covered with Christmas lights? How do people celebrate Christmas where you're from? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite my terrible handwriting, I take the time to write (at least the names of) Christmas cards in Gothic calligraphy. Here are 5 reasons why you should do the same:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writings in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackletter">blackletter</a> have been done since the 12th Century AD. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. You don't necessarily need to have a calligraphy pen to write in the script.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though a calligraphy or a fountain pen would be ideal, you still have a similar effect with a fine-liner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. German-speaking areas used blackletter the longest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though, it did not originate in Germany, the Gothic script was used for the German language until the 20th Century, this is where the association of the Gothic script with Germany came from. Things associated with German culture (or come from Germany) often relate to the Christmas theme, for example: p</span><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fefferkuchen</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Christmas carols (many are German in origin), Christmas trees and stollen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. It's art but in words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You take care and effort in each stroke of each letter. Writing in Gothic calligraphy is like painting words and your words itself can be written poetically, which is also an art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's impressive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gothic calligraphy looks beautiful, people appreciate the time and effort you put into </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? Are you convinced? Will you write your cards in Gothic Calligraphy? </span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-54985356893073732182013-12-20T15:41:00.000+11:002013-12-20T15:41:36.008+11:00Climbing Mt Feathertop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About two months ago, I went on a group trip to the Victorian Alps. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went on a four hour bus trip from Melbourne to Harrietville and</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> stayed at Feathertop Chalet. The following day, we began our overnight hike to the summit of Mt Feathertop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being 1,922 metres tall, Mt Feathertop is the 2nd tallest mountain in Victoria and it's first recorded climb was in 1853 by German-Australian Dr Von Mueller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we reached the summit, I took lots of photos and enjoyed the view. We were told that if you look far enough, you can see Mt Kosciusko in New South Wales. There wasn't a local tour guide present, so besides sun, we had no idea where it would be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, Harrietville is great getaway, no matter what season it is (though it is ideal to go in winter when it snows). There are opportunities to do winter sports, enjoy the beauty of the alpine environment and learn about the Gold Rush history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Links: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.feathertopchalet.com.au/web/">Feathertop Chalet</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.harrietville.com/">Harrietville Tourism</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Feathertop">Mt Feathertop - WikiPedia</a></span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0Harrietville VIC 3741, Australia-36.8917506 147.0640075-37.094888600000004 146.741284 -36.6886126 147.386731tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-21635869699132183762013-11-24T13:57:00.001+11:002013-12-30T20:59:03.707+11:0010 reasons not to use statistics as evidence<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> - Mark Twain or Benjamin Disraeli (Contestability)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">#1. 100% of all people who drink water die. Therefore, water is poisonous. (Definition of a poisonous substance is "</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-indent: -16px;">causing or capable of </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">causing</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">death</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">or</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">illness</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">if</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">taken</span><span style="text-indent: -16px;"> into the </span><span apple_mouseover_highlight="1" style="text-indent: -16px;">body")</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">#2. 100% of all male platypus are semi-aquatic, this means they partially live in water. Male platypuses are born with a venomous spur. Water is indeed poisonous and is capable of making you venomous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">#3. 100% of all mass murders consumed water within three days before killing someone and 100% of people who start fights consume within three days of starting a fight. Therefore, water makes you violent. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">#4. 100% of all tsunami are made of water. Water is indeed violent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;">#5. 100% of cane toads drink water, adult cane toads are dangerous because they are toxic. Therefore, water is also capable of making you toxic and dangerous.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">#6. 100% of living people breathe air, more than 99.999% of them have not gone more than 22 minutes</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> without receiving fresh air. Therefore, air is addictive. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">One hundred per cent of all bloggers drink water, breathe air and eat food. Therefore, I am a dangerous, violent, air-addict and you should dismiss my theories as false. </span></span></div>
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-42098273417736074582013-10-07T16:31:00.000+11:002013-10-07T16:35:39.040+11:00The do's and don'ts of the Melbourne Show<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I went to the Melbourne Show 2013. I have been to the Melbourne Show each year for as long as I can remember and I will share some tips I have learnt over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year, Masterchef Australia was filmed in Melbourne, on the show grounds. As a Masterchef fan, it was opportunity not to be missed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure you're prepared with a water bottle and jacket. You can dehydrated easily because of all the walking you do and the hot sun also contributes to it. You should bring a jacket because the weather can change dramatically.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Do: Arrive later in the day</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you come in the afternoon or in the evening, there is generally less people, which means shorter lines and smaller crowds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The prizes for the games and challenges are cheap toys, made in China or Taiwan. They cost between $0.50 and $5 at a 2 dollar shop, it costs $5 - $10 for a <i>chance </i>to win a prize.</span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-49951484443136968432013-10-06T13:12:00.005+11:002013-10-06T13:35:27.223+11:00Rutherglen 2013<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmITRl2m6vepbgp8qBsqLTGxHZEIRLly_ZZFPYI7dysshscEQay6hTPGdENBWtBe7XNm9sdeqXDbL_mGAmsn2X7LrgjeW2iBE4DfO-T4qXEKYqCnt2PM-peBRNhnq5Th4uHZ__5S8mAoU/s1600/20130924_115422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmITRl2m6vepbgp8qBsqLTGxHZEIRLly_ZZFPYI7dysshscEQay6hTPGdENBWtBe7XNm9sdeqXDbL_mGAmsn2X7LrgjeW2iBE4DfO-T4qXEKYqCnt2PM-peBRNhnq5Th4uHZ__5S8mAoU/s1600/20130924_115422.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to stay at a farm in Rutherglen for a week.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rutherglen is a small town near Albury and the Victoria/New South Wales border. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been to Rutherglen a couple of times, during summer and winter and under the impression that the weather is only very hot or very cold. I learnt that spring and autumn are the best seasons to visit, the weather is warm during midday, cool in the afternoon and not too cold at night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was there, I did some jobs around the farm and explored the town. The farm that I stayed at is called Mt Ophir which has bed-and-breakfast facilities, a winery and livestock. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The area has great country scenery which makes excellent photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would recommend Mt Ophir for families rather than couples. Children would love feeding the chickens, geese and cows on the farm. Unlike what the website says, the farm is not a romantic getaway, it has a relaxing, rustic, country feel but is a bit of a roughing-it experience. The buildings and rooms have an old style, it almost feels you have gone into the past but is also a historical experience. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a place for those who love animals, the country lifestyle and fresh produce. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to visit Mt Ophir and Rutherglen, here's some details:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.marketplaceconnections.com/ophir/">Mt Ophir Website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stayz.com.au/accommodation/vic/wine-high-country/rutherglen/100653#propertyRecommendationsSection">Booking to stay at Mt Ophir</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/victoria/rutherglen">Rutherglen Lonely Planet</a> - Includes activities and restaurants.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/new-south-wales/albury-wodonga">Albury Lonely Planet</a> - Includes activities, restaurants and hotels.</span><br />
<br />Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0Rutherglen VIC 3685, Australia-36.0550013 146.4615076-36.1576868 146.3001461 -35.9523158 146.6228691tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-21540875085681354712013-10-05T13:36:00.000+10:002013-10-06T13:35:46.442+11:00Youth Alive 2013<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After an amazing experience last year, I was motivated to go to Youth Alive 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Youth Alive in Melbourne City is the final event of several smaller youth alive concerts hosted in several regional churches across Victoria. The concert has two other performers apart from the Youth Alive band; this year it was New Empire and Young Chozen (who also attended last year). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Empire is a Christian pop-rock band from Sydney. They have performed with other Christian artists in the past, such as Hillsong and Owl City. It happened to be the lead singer's (Jeremy Fowler) birthday and the audience sang 'Happy Birthday' to him before they performed. "Thanks, you made my 42nd birthday great", he joked afterwards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, it was a fun event and I hope to go next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to go in 2014:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- It is hosted in the Melbourne Convention Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The tickets are only $15 at the door. </span></div>
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia-37.8211011 144.95509119999997-63.3431356 103.64649719999997 -12.2990666 -173.73631480000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-39500631037757437402013-10-01T12:36:00.001+10:002013-10-06T13:35:57.994+11:00Fluent Indonesian in 3 months in Australia<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since 2010, I have been 'studying' Indonesian and have gotten A's on my reports, assignments and tests. But I still can't speak it fluently. Around August 2012, I started 'learning' Indonesian; speaking it on Skype, learning vocabulary on Memrise<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span> and other resources outside of the classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the last couple of years, I have been reading Benny Lewis' blog 'Fluent in 3 months'<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span> and learnt some key points about languages such as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Fluent in 3 Months' is not a guarantee, but a challenge.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are more likely to succeed in the challenge if you tell a large number of people about it. (I did announce on FaceBook that my new year's resolution is to be fluent in Indonesian)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your target language should be part of your daily schedule. (I am working out how to balance assignments with learning Indonesian)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You learn more from speaking that writing. (Indonesian uses a phonetic Latin alphabet, so each word is written how you speak it)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you were good at languages at school or not is irrelevant: your commitment is. (I did have the advantage of very enthusiastic teachers who focused on speaking) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't need to be in the country to become fluent. (He learnt Egyptian Arabic in Brazil)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All languages are hard, with the exception of Esperanto for <i>some</i> people. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can have a pretty good basic conversation in Indonesian with a few Indonesian-ised English words for when I don't know a word. I have held conversations only in Indonesian for about 15 - 20 minutes then swapping for English. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Officially this means I can:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understand sentences and frequently used expressions relating to areas of immediate relevance. This includes: basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography and employment.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Describe in simple terms aspects of my background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By 31st of December 2013, I want to have at least a B2 level of Indonesian in Australia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This means I can:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in my field of specialisation.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers possible without straining for either speaker.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produce clear and detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My personal Indonesian goals include:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Knowing at least 2000 Indonesian words.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having an Indonesian or specifically a Javanese accent when I speak Indonesian.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having native Indonesian speakers ask me "how long you lived in Indonesia?" or "what city/island in Indonesia are you from?". </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose this level because from B2 is the lowest level that is described as fluency. Benny Lewis has a B2 level in a couple of languages and had very little communication issues while travelling in the country it is spoken in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If manageable, I will try to aim for a C1 level of Indonesian which means I can:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use Indonesian flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produce clear well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reasons why I am want to have at least a B2 level or a C1 (if manageable) by 31st of December 2013 include:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact that I am annoyed at myself on how low level in Indonesian I have achieved after 3 years.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Indonesian class will become revision rather than a lesson, which results in higher marks.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to learn another languages next year, probably Hindi. (Indonesian shares many words with Hindi and other Indian languages. I also like the sound of Hindi :). ) </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having a specific 'due date' for a language will motivate me to become fluent sooner than wanting to become fluent 'someday'.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will announce that I did have quite a 'head-start' with already knowing about 300-400 Indonesian words and already having Indonesian language-exchange partners on Skype. During this challenge, I will be immersing myself in Indonesian online as well as learning vocabulary and speaking on Skype. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading my challenge. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Memrise, received 1st of October, 2013. <a href="http://www.memrise.com/">http://www.memrise.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Fluent In 3 Months, Benny Lewis. <a href="http://www.fluentin3months.com/">http://www.fluentin3months.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, Wikipedia. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages</a></span></div>
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-7291422043456249592013-09-07T11:00:00.001+10:002013-10-06T13:36:11.207+11:00Travel Review: Melbourne CBD<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About three weeks ago, I went to Melbourne City for five days. As I live outside the metro area and used to seeing farmland, this was an interesting experience for me. This is a journal of what I did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I travelled into the city via train and exited at Southern Cross Station. I was with a group of other country-people who were also exploring the city. We started the day by doing an amazing race-like challenge where we given clues of what we have to photograph. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For lunch, I ate at Your Thai restaurant. I ordered vegetable dumplings and a green tea milkshake (I had no idea that existed). Then to finish the day, we walked to the Eureka Tower (tallest tower in Melbourne and 2nd tallest residential building in Australia). This gave us a better understanding of how the city is set out. Many people in the group went on the edge, an experience where you a put in a glass box that extends out of the building, this gives you a stronger sense of how high the building is because it has a glass floor. I didn't want to do this for two reasons: I am not fond of heights and I didn't want to pay $10 for a glass floor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going on the terrace was scary, because it was so high up, the winds were very strong and when I was taking photos I was worried that my phone would fall out the guard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent day 2 seeing the spirituality of Melbourne by visiting places of worship. The first stop was at St Paul's Cathedral which was built on the site where the first Christian service in Melbourne was taken. It was built in a Gothic style and I couldn't wrap my head around the fact they built such a tall building in the late 19th Century. The second stop was at East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, the oldest continuously active synagogue in Australia. During its construction the builders were heavily reliant on donations from the public as they weren't given government funding. This resulted in many memorials being placed around the synagogue. The third stop was at St Patrick's Cathedral. This Catholic cathedral was built on an east-west axis with the altar on the eastern end. On the way back I happened to see St Michael's Uniting Church and the Welsh Church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 3 was an opportunity to explore the city. I started the day with a private interview with the former governor general, for an assignment. After the interview I ate at a great Japanese bakery called 'Bread Top' then took a touristy photos at Flinders Street Station and Federation Square, from there I went to Arthur Dayley's, a famous craft and hobby shop (didn't take any pictures though) and saw the Eureka Tower on the way back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started day 4 outside the State Library of Victoria, taking photos of statues nearby. Then, I went to Collin's Street Baptist Church to learn about Urban Seed, an organisation that provides free meals to anyone. They started the organisation because there were many homeless people who would sleep near the front door of the church. Instead of kicking them out, they decided to invite them into the church and created Credo, a non-profit restaurant. In the restaurant, both the homeless and business people eat side by side. After that, I went to chocolate paradise, Lindt Café and drank their signature dark hot chocolate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the last day in the city, I went to Queen Victoria Markets. It was the biggest marketplace I have been to and I saw the extent of Australian souvenirs (some people were selling aboriginal-style painted bottle holders). In the evening I watched the fireworks along the Yarra River. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#1. The city was originally built on farmland, this resulted in all the roads in being straight grid blocks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Original: 'Something's got a hold on me', 1962 (live)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to make a series of posts like this, where I write about how new artists <strike>steal</strike> sample older artists songs. </span></div>
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-38937244876018515622013-07-13T12:59:00.000+10:002013-10-06T13:36:35.592+11:00Africafe (Good Food and Wine Show Part II)<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jessepaedia.blogspot.com.au/p/at-good-food-and-wine-show-last-year.html">En español</a> <a href="http://jessepaedia.blogspot.com.au/p/africafe-good-food-and-wine-show-parte.html">Em Português</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the Good Food and Wine Show last year, one of the most memorable stalls I went to was Africafe. An organisation which sells ethical tea and coffee where all the profits go towards buying mosquito nets and malaria treatment. I met the lady who started Africafe, Swati Somaina who grew up in Tanzania. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1981, Swati was diagnosed with malaria and was bedridden for 6 months with a horrible fever and never-ending headaches. Eventually, the best doctor in the town, Dr Ahmed saved her life by giving her a triple dose of quinine injection. It was a hard decision, as it can be lethal. She was very privileged by having him stand by her while she recovered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From this horrid experience, Swati decided to make a difference and started this project to stop malaria and save those who can't afford treatment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After months of requests, the founder of Africafe has finally accepted my invitation to this interview and I thank her very much. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I asked her about her life and why she started this organisation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had malaria in 1981. We had moved into a new home and as the house had been vacant for quite a few years, it had a lot of mosquitoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>How did you feel about being diagnosed with malaria?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was diagnosed with cerebral malaria which caused high fever and severe headaches. Due to these headaches, I had to tie tight belts around my head, but it only gave very little pain relief. I was unable to get out of bed for 6 months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>How would you describe Dr Ahmed's personality?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Ahmed was very caring and optimistic. As he lived in Tanzania, he had encountered many malaria cases, and so was very knowledgeable in the treatment of malaria. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Do you currently live in Australia or Tanzania?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I currently live in Australia, however I travel to Tanzania every year for the distribution of nets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What is your most memorable memory?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My most memorable experience in Tanzania was when my father received a gold medal from Gulius K. Nyerere (the president of Tanzania at that time) for his humanitarian work for the people of Tanzania.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Have you had much success with your business?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you once again for your support."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mymalariamission.com.au/about">To read her full bibliography click here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mymalariamission.com.au/malaria">To read more about malaria click here</a>. </span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-20458675601548217482013-07-08T13:50:00.003+10:002013-10-06T13:37:15.590+11:00Volunteering at Wycliffe<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two weeks ago, I volunteered at Wycliffe's national centre in Kangaroo Grounds. Wycliffe is a non-government organisation which translates the Bible into languages that have no written Bible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wycliffe was founded by an American named Cameron Townsend in 1934 after a mission trip to Guatemala where a native Guatemalan man asked him "Why doesn't your God speak my language?" when he was distributing Spanish Bibles. He named the organisation after John Wycliffe, who translated the Bible from Latin to Old English in 1382. Priests and other members of the Catholic Church at that time, thought he was starting a cult. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete Bible around* 518</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Testament (only) around 1275</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Altogether, there are around 6877 living languages. *Around because linguists have discovered some languages are dialects and vice vera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 1. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first arrived, I had an open mind, and didn't know what to expect. I was taught the basic history of Wycliffe; what its goal is and about EQUIP training. Later that day, I did a basic language class which included learning to pronounce different sounds in the international phonetic alphabet (such as clicks, the Indonesian 'p' sound as well as the 't' and 'd' sounds found in Indian languages), doing language puzzles and a language understanding game, where I was taught the names of objects in a language (in this case, Northern Tanna) but not allowed to verbalise the name. Then, I had to show my understanding by picking up the object the teacher called out. At the end of the day, I helped set up a conference room and set out towels, soaps and letters in the guest lodges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my second day at Wycliffe, I had trouble finding my way around the area. Luckily my supervisor taught me a technique to remember where each building was: use something in the garden as a landmark, she said. So, I chose the spider web in the round-about tree near the building to help me remember where my point was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday, we did some gardening, then I helped tag and test electrical equipment (mainly power cords and fans) which taught me basic information about how they work (before then I had no idea). Towards the end of the day, I scanned documents in the finance area. </span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-6316109536643567172013-06-23T11:00:00.000+10:002014-10-11T21:00:16.532+11:0010 reasons to learn Auslan (BANZSL)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auslan or BANZSL (British, Australian, New Zealand Sign Language) is a sign language which originates from a deaf sign language used in Britain during the 19th Century. Contrary to a common belief, not all sign languages are the same. For example, ASL (American Sign Language) is very different to BSL (British Sign Language). Also, signed languages are not just word for word spoken language signed but they have their own syntax, grammar and word origins. Also, some countries actually have sign language as one of their official languages, for example: New Zealand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Its finger signs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Auslan, the letter finger signs are actually quite logical and look cool. The vowels are represented by each finger on your non-dominant hand and with some finger signs you shape the letter on your hand.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"S O R R Y" in Auslan<br />Creative Common by butupa</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Patriotism</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Auslan is the only non-indigenous language that is "genuinely Australian". Learning Auslan may increase national pride and you would learn another language that isn't very foreign. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sign on a road in Northern Territory<br />Written in English, German, Italian, Japanese and an aboriginal language<br />Creative Common by Justin Cozart</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Similarity to other sign languages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you learn Auslan, you would be generally understood by deaf Brits, New Zealanders, South Africans, North Irishmen and possibly Swedes as their sign languages originate from the same language. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. You are able to argue without shouting :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can have a loud, controversial debate without making a sound. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Deaf culture</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During a recent cruise last February, there was a deaf community who were onboard. Most of the deaf people I spoke to (or attempted to use my limited Auslan on) were very animated and very good at expressing themselves (some were better than I am). They appreciated the fact that I learnt to finger sign in Auslan, which let them teach me some word-signs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Secret Code</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you and a friend both learn Auslan, you can talk to each other discreetly and people* around you won't know what you're saying. *Unless there was a deaf person right next to you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. You would have a back-up plan in case you lose your voice or hearing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you get a sore throat, go out of breath or go without talking for forty-hour famine, you would have a 'communication back up plan'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. It's fun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signing in Auslan is very expressive and fun. Because of that Auslan is part of my top 5 most fun languages to pronounce (the others being Khoekhoe or Nama, Swedish, German and Mandarin). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. It's good for you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a very long conversation in Auslan, it can be seen as exercise because its body movement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Lack of speakers / Monolingualism in Australia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most Australians (usually those who are only Irish or British in heritage) are monolingual, with English as their only language. Auslan is mainly sign by deaf people but some hearing people learn it. If everyone in Australia learnt Auslan, we would become a bilingual nation and there would be no threat of Auslan being restricted to the deaf. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? Are you convinced to learn Auslan or another sign language? Let me know in a comment.</span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-68973511435835782502013-06-08T08:13:00.000+10:002013-10-06T13:37:43.749+11:00One of my favourite jokes<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jessepaedia.blogspot.com.au/p/yo-pense-compartire-uno-de-mis-chistes.html">En español</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought I'll share one of favourite jokes with all off you. Some of you may know it, but it never gets old. Here it is:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the Dark Ages, the Pope decreed that all Jews living in Rome had to leave. The Jews did not want to leave so the Pope challenged them to a disputation. No one offered to debate with the Pope until the synagogue janitor, Moishe volunteered. As he was the only one who offered, he was given the responsibility. But, because he only spoke Hebrew, a silent debate was agreed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They went to St Peter's Square to sort out the decision, on the day of the disputation. Firstly, the Pope waived his hand around his head and Moishe pointed firmly at the ground. The Pope was surprised and pointed up three fingers. Moishe pointed his middle finger at him. The crowd started to complain but the Pope waived at them to be quiet. The Pope held up a glass of wine and a wafer, then Moishe reached into his pocket and held up an Apple. The Pope said in Latin, "This man is too good, the Jews can stay in Rome". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later, one of the bishops asked the Pope "Can you explain what happened during the debate, I thought you were going to kick the Jews out?". The Pope replied, "That man is very knowledgeable, first I signed the heavens to show that God is everywhere. He pointed to the ground to show God is here with us. I signed the trinity and he reminded me that we share one God common to our religions. I showed the wine and the wafer to signify forgiveness and he showed the apple, the symbol of the original sin. This man is the master of silent debates". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the Jewish part of Rome, Moishe was also asked what happened. He said "The whole debate was nonsense, First he signed that the city would be free of Jews, I replied with go to hell, the Jews are staying here. He signed that he will kill me in three days, I replied with what I thought of that." One older woman asked, "What about the wine and the wafer?", Moishe replied with a shrug "That? Well, he showed his lunch, so I showed him mine". </span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-37488443015143127362013-04-20T22:05:00.000+10:002013-10-06T13:37:58.218+11:00What language fits your personality?<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Language is communication. Communication in different parts evolved to be more beneficial for those who speak it. These changes gave the language a 'personality'. Lets find out what language suits your personality. This is my expression of these languages. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spanish:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An easy to spell and pronounce language which has a Latin American exoticness. If it was a food it would be spicy without too much to burn on your tongue. It can be helpful with business, if you live in the Americas. It can be seen as a travellers language as it is the second most spoken language after Chinese. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French is hard to spell and some can have trouble with accent and pronunciation but its vocabulary is similar to English. It is viewed as a language for the upper class and intellectual, mainly because of its culture. Despite it difficulties, the sound and look of the language gives a classy, expressive 'je ne sais quoi'. With French under your belt you can travel to many countries (besides France) with it such as; Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada, Haiti, New Caledonia, many countries in Africa, and Lebanon. If French was a food, it would be savoury but an acquired taste for some.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chinese:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No alphabet, tones and strange pronunciation, Chinese must be the hardest language to learn, right? Wrong..... its easiness is its grammar and short words. Most words are 1 or 2 syllables long making it quick for communication. The Chinese characters show its ancient history in the modern era and give it an exotic Asian look. It's culture is seen as productive and business like. If you speak fluent Mandarin, most companies would hire you without a thought. If Chinese was a food, it would be a 'to go' meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Japanese:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When a westerner thinks of Japan they would normally think of cold windy weather, Karate, ancient artwork, beautiful landscapes, Anime or futuristic robots. Japan probably has the best balance of old and new. Japanese is easy to pronounce and has an Italian like purity in sound. It can be difficult when written due to its three writing systems but it's calligraphy is beautiful. It's formalities can be hard but shows they honour respect. On the downside, it's not very useful for business, or travel unless you planning to go to Japan. If Japanese was a food it would have a salty umami flavour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">German:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fun to pronounce, easy to spell and similar to English, where's the catch? Its grammar, but don't let that turn you off, German is the most spoken language in the European Union and is the third most taught language. German is very logical and has many words based upon root words. The umlauts (ä, ë, ü), give it a forest-like feel and when spoken it has two sides; Southern German sounds friendly to while northern German can sound quite scary. For me it has a traditional northern European 'Gingerbread house' kind of feel. If German was a food, it would be vegetables and meat steamed or boiled as well a gingery or berry-flavoured dessert. Well, at least for me it would. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hindi:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India, a very populated country with about as many millionaires as people in Australia but also a similar amount of homeless people. Written Hindi looks exotic and spoken Hindi has a cheeky, fun feel to it. It's culture is up-beat, spiritual and traditional. Hindi is also good for business and can take you to more places than India, such as Fiji, Pakistan (they speak Urdu, which is very similar to Hindi) and many Indian communities around the world. If Hindi was a food, it would obviously be Indian in origin. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indonesian / Malay:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is probably the easiest natural non-creole language to learn. Indonesian / Malay is like the Asian equivalent of Spanish, it is spoken at a fast-pace with rolled r's and easy pronunciation. It is useful for South-East Asian travel because it is spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei and has some speakers in southern Philippines and Thailand. The Indonesian archipelago was called the spice islands and has many influences from other cultures such as Dutch (British in Malaysia), Arabic, Indian, Spanish and Portuguese. Indonesian food best describes the language.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greek:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An ancient language like Latin but is still spoken today. Non-native speakers of Greek are seen as intelligent scholars or world-travellers as it isn't a language that most people would study. Greek has a rhythmic sound and it's writing has a classical look to it. Greek can help you improve your English and teach you French, Spanish, Russian and other European vocabulary because many Latin words came from Greek. Like Indonesian, Greek cuisine best describes its language. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arabic / Hebrew:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arabic is harsh sounding but with a beautiful script while Hebrew is nicer sounding but with a not-so-nice looking script. What do these languages have in common? Their vocabulary, they both common from Aramaic and are both significant in two religions. These languages are for people who want to learn a European-like language but not directly European. I might have synaesthesia because in my mind Arabic is gold and Hebrew is a bronze-like colour, maybe because they are spoken in countries which have a desert and deserts have sand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian is stereotypically seen as a communist language spoken in a cold country but Russian is actually good for business as it spoken in countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Most people would agree Russian sounds awesome when spoken because of its hard sounds and many consonants before a vowel, for example, zdravstvujtye (zdrah-stvooy-tee) means hello. Written Russian looks just as cool. This language is for those who want a challenge and can persist when the language gets hard. If Russian was a food it would be a dessert:). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What language do you think suits you the best? Vote on this poll on the side. If none of them suit you then vote 'none' and I'll write another post with 10 more languages, (well, technically I wrote about 14 languages).</span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-2982895155247693822013-04-13T14:54:00.000+10:002013-10-06T13:38:12.885+11:00Lyre birds<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After visiting Mason's falls in Kinglake and seeing an actual lyrebird in the wild (I have only seen them in captivity), I have been researching about lyrebirds and have learnt quite a bit about them. I already knew that they mimic other bird calls and sounds around them but I didn't know how well they could mimic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can see why they're significant enough to be on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_ten-cent_coin" target="_blank">10c coin</a>. Lyre birds can mimic chainsaw sounds, camera clicks and even human voice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you listen close enough you can hear; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0:58 "C'mere chook, chook"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1:05 "What are you doing?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1:46 "Hey don't touch that"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australia has some very unique animals and we should be grateful that these animals aren't extinct. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, I hope to write a post about my trip but we took over 3000 photos on the trip so I will have a series of posts in the future. </span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0Kinglake National Park, Kinglake West VIC 3757, Australia-37.4062074 145.2038278-37.8094149 144.5583808 -37.0029999 145.8492748tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-42636991301540279882013-02-07T21:29:00.001+11:002013-02-07T21:29:22.294+11:00Pay It Forward 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every January, Xfactor Youth has a volunteer camp called 'Pay It Forward' where young people help others in our community (and sometimes in other regional town's - Mildura) who can't help themselves or find difficulties in completing a job or task. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This camp has two objectives, firstly to share God's love with others by paying it forward and secondly, growing in your own faith in God in your spiritual journey.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent 5 days this year; weeding, cleaning, painting, gardening, mulching, putting bikes together, moving furniture, moving chicken coups, learning, throwing paint, getting our lunches eaten by goats (well only my sandwich got eaten) and pouring water on people's heads. </span><br />
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Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-14144989747752403762013-01-30T21:19:00.002+11:002013-01-31T21:02:42.162+11:00Kooalala clothing<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy New Year everyone! (Even though it's the end of January.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lately, I've been on <a href="http://kickstarter.com/">Kickstarter</a> reading about new projects people have been trying to 'kick-start'. I came across a couple of them that I want to support, but I decided to share one that I think I shouldn't just keep to myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's Kooalala (pronounced koo-ah-lah-lah) clothing, a fashion line inspired by endangered animals on the <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/" target="_blank">IUCN red list of threatened species</a>. The company is named after the koala which was 'near threatened' but became 'least concern' in 2008, which means there is hope for threatened species. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/859036752/a-fashion-line-inspired-by-endangered-animals?ref=category" target="_blank">Check out their clothing on Kickstarter</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's some of the animals they were inspired by are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are rewards for those <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/859036752/a-fashion-line-inspired-by-endangered-animals?ref=category" target="_blank">who support them on kickstarter</a>, for example if you donate:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(For shipping outside the U.S., they request that you'll pay an additional $10) :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- $20 or more, they'll send you a plain Kooalala t-shirt with the colour of your choose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- $30 or more, they'll send you a Wild Tiger T-Shirt (Men's).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- $40 or more, they'll send you a Blessed Poison Frog shirt (Women's) or a Cloud Copper Butterfly shirt (Women's).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you donate $1000 you will receive 5 Kooalala duo packages and a Kooalala medal of honour which allows you to pick the next animal for their collection from the IUCN red list of threatened species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, the fashion line gives some of its proceed to nature preservation and the endangered animals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Links: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/859036752/a-fashion-line-inspired-by-endangered-animals?ref=category" target="_blank">Kooalala Kickstarter</a> (images of their products + a video). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.kooalala.com/" target="_blank">Kooalala Website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like them on FaceBook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kooalala/305391129541144" target="_blank">Kooalala FaceBook</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Kooalala" target="_blank">Kooalala Twitter</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/" target="_blank">IUCN red list of threatened species</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also remember to like </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/JessePaedia/488803817798454" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">my FaceBook page</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and I'll keep you updated with what I'm doing. :)</span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331843854226475004.post-73795515898313643332012-12-30T13:37:00.000+11:002013-04-15T23:12:30.647+10:0010 iconic songs of 2012 in Australia<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As this year comes to an end, reflect on the year by listening to 10 iconic songs of 2012. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every time I hear this song I think of the beach, maybe because I heard in February. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're not from Australia, you probably didn't know that Karise Eden was the winner of Voice 2012 with the help of Seal (the singer, not the animal). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I included this song because it was the promo for the Olympics.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. One More Night - Maroon 5 </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She even took the fish!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally a dance song that's not American but by an Australian and New Zealand boy band.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Gangnam Style (</span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">강남스타일) - PSY </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the first K-Pop song to become popular internationally, Psy has been to many countries </span></span><br />
<span style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for interviews and performances. With more than 1 billion views, this is without a doubt, the biggest song </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish I could include more but I had to stick to 10 songs. What's your opinion? What songs </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;">would you change?</span>Jesse http://www.blogger.com/profile/13447992460891884043noreply@blogger.com0