Last Sunday night, I participated in the choir of Hobart Anglican Church for the song recording. After 3 hours plus of trying guided by Terence, a music school performer, finally, we did it! Guys, you’ve done a really great job! This is a fantastic highlight in my life, and I believe this can be another memorable day for everyone in the choir as well.

I’m sorry for the quality of the song as the song was recorded with non-professional equipments and it had been edited for at least hundreds of time, if not more, before we produced the best of the best Christian songs in the complete version! Applause to everyone who has taken part in this choir performance and special thanks to Terence for all his effort to the max!

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I am glad to my blur-made-up-mind at the juncture to take part in this winter camp and I was really enjoying with bunches and bunches monkeys in 3 days winter camp. We reached at the camp side by 12 noon something and it was a very lovely sea view. The weather was good, sky was cleared, wind was warm, everything was so perfect!


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I’m going to visit a place somewhere in Tasmania which I’m not really sure about it’s location. A place named Bicheno, that would take about 2 hours plus and 182 kilometres north east from Hobart. A trip together with my church buddies and feel fatuity knocking my head to put on my signature on a piece of paper forcing to participate a 3-days winter camp. I have no idea what’s the place look like, how’s the history came from, why is it named and hopefully the scene is wonderful and worthy for a paid trip. I will be staying in *** Holiday Park (I forgot the name), carrying a big backpack, maybe a bit unconscious on 2 hours bus traveling, and the worst, no heater provided in the room??? Well, more lifestyle will be discovered out later and let’s see how is the place looks like. Stay tuned.

I do. It’s overtaking my cell phone as I can go online and message my friends for free with my laptop, instead of spending credits for doing so. Researches show that many people nowadays are taking laptops with them even on vacation so that they can stay connected wherever they are.According to a source, one in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations. Along with the 80 percent who said they brought along their cell phones, the survey shows going on vacation no longer means being out of the electronic loop. Sizable numbers are interrupting their unwinding time to check in at the office and, even more so, to keep up with the social buzz
About one in five said they did some work while vacationing, and about the same number checked office messages or called in to see how things were going, the poll showed. Twice as many checked their e-mail, while 50 percent kept up with other personal messages like voice mail.

The credit — or culprit, depending on one’s view — is in part today’s array of devices that can easily keep people digitally tethered to workplaces, friends and family.

The electronic gear was most commonly brought along by younger people — one in four below age 40 brought laptops, compared to 15 percent of those 50 to 64 and even less for older people.

Reasons vacationers performed work-related tasks include an expectation that they be available; a worry about missing important information; or in some cases the enjoyment of staying involved, according to analysts and some of those surveyed.
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I’m addicted to Internet! What about you? Take a look below this and I will tell you.

The internet has given birth to a quirky range of modern maladies and addictions, says New Scientist Magazine:

1. Ego-surfing: When you frequently check your name and reputation on the internet.
2. Blog-streaking: Revealing secrets or personal information online that for everybody’s sake would be best kept private.
3. Crackberry: The curse of the modern executive: not being able to stop checking your BlackBerry, even at your grandmother’s funeral.
4. Google-stalking: Defined as snooping online on old friends, colleagues or first dates.
5. Photo-lurking: Flicking through an online photo album of someone you’ve never met.
6. Cheesepodding: Downloading of a song “so cheesy that you could cover it in plastic wrap and sell it at the deli counter”.

So, admit it. You do these stuffs every single day once you open your eyes. Bingo, you’re an internet addict.

1st of May, Tues: As I learn more about the teaching profession, I am starting to regret entering into this field. Many people admire the salary teachers in Malaysia get. Teachers are paid much higher than many other fresh graduates and the number of holidays they have annually totally outnumber the holidays of the office workers. I would say the above are the two major factors why many fresh graduates from other fields and also school leavers have decided to venture into the teaching profession. However, these are only the surface of the profession. Once you step into the ‘trap’, you can’t even wait to run for your lives! You face never-ending noises, troublemakers and challenges once you step into the school compound. Other than that, you also have to look out for the ‘cat’ who would pounce on you abruptly and nail down all your weaknesses. Think that’s the end of your life as a teacher? NO! Let me tell you one more disaster which I’ve just learnt today…

Nowadays, more and more married couples have decided not to have children. Instead, they prefer to have pets are their ‘children’. Not only that, they can have more than one pet at the same time. This trend has become a popularity in a few developed countries such as Japan and Singapore. In these countries, people are too busy working and have no time for having children. Besides, the living expenses are also very costly. Therefore, many people have chosen to keep pets, such as branded cats and dogs, to keep them company.

It’s getting more common that pets are taking over the place of children. However, there’s another more touching story. A funeral was carried out when a dog passed away. A neighbour who was unable to attend the funeral came and sent his condolences for the death of the dog. Isn’t it getting more and more ridiculous? And another thing is, there’s even kindergarten for pets in Japan! I’m sure many of us have heard of sending pets for grooming, for cutting nails and wear clothes, but…for them to study? Moreover, it costs a considerable sum of money! In these kindergartens, the pets learn how to use and flush the toilets! Isn’t this amazing? Of course, they also learn many other skills and tricks and to be obedient to the owners’ orders.

Last but not least, Japanese love soak in hot springs. Therefore, there’s also a service for their pets at the hot springs. Don’t you know that, pets can show you their faces too when they are ill-treated?

Do you have any pet at home? Do you think pets are going to take over the place of children?

If you answer yes to five or more of the following statements, it’s likely that shyness is causing you problems in your life.

Even if you’ve never felt this shy, chances are you know someone who has. “People with severe shyness have a fear of negative evaluation,” explains Sue Cleland, a Brisbane social worker and founder of Social Anxiety Australia, who herself once suffered from extreme and debilitating shyness. “They worry that people will judge them negatively – from the way they walk, what they say and the decisions they make.”
Shyness is personality trait, not a psychological disorder, and it has varying degrees. According to Salih Ozgul, a clinical psychologist at the Australian National University’s Psychology Clinic in Canberra, there’s a clear distinction between shyness and social anxiety disorder. “Shyness becomes a problem when it causes great distress and life disruption, such as the person having problems making and sustaining relationships.”

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First time writing a post, so let me start with my working life. I’m an English teacher in a reputable school with lots of pressure from Mdm. Principal. The life in school is like a game: the cat and mice. Mdm. Principal is the cat and the rest are the mice. Every day, the mice will try their best to avoid the cat. However, it’s the nature of a cat to have sharp and fine eyes. Guess you understand what I’m trying to convey here right? It’s already strenuous enough to face a bunch of monkeys and straining my already coarsed voice every time I enter a class, despite the good or weak classes. On top of that, the mice have to keep watch of the cat who may be just round the corner at any time of the day! No wonder so many teachers apply for sick leave almost every day! So, this is the kind of school life for the teachers who teach in a reputable school with a Mdm. Principal who has such high expectations from every teacher! via Phoebe