Mother's Day

Mother's day is a big day for every mum. However, a mother with two little young children in this day, is still a lot things to do.

 

On mother's day, my life had nothing special. I cooked breakfast, urged children did some paper exercises, lots of  housework was waiting to do...... when I finally finshed all the housework, it already in the afternoon. My children and I went to window shopping, then back home and I started to prepare dinner. Soon, a day was gone.

 

Chinese celebrate Mother's day also. I could not remeber when did my country started had this special event. As a child, I always sent something special to my mum when Mother's day since I had a job.

 

I rang my mother and said thank you to her on Mother's day. Mum said that as long as I was safe and happy, this was the best gife for her.

 

 

Thank you, mum!

 

 

My Holiday

A short holiday has ended,but I found it went so fast that I didn't do anything impressive during this time. When I reflected on those days,  the only different thing was that I spent a few days in the community centre  doing my volunteer job.

I've been going to the community centre for a few years now to work with a group of people with dementia. I started doing this job since 2011. Firstly, this is a very good chance to me to payback society; secondly, it is also an opportunity to practise what I learn in school . At the beginning, I went to the centre every Thursday. After I took up full time course, I only went there during the school holidays.

When I went back to the community centre this holiday, people congratulated me on how my English had significant improved during the time. I was not longer standing there and thinking about what I was going to say. I found I talked to people or conduct my job  more fluently and confidently. This was a great encouragement for me, it reminded me that I had to concentrate more on English learning and do the tasks deligently.

I have to say, since I've attended speaking classes this semester, I've improved a lot of my communication strategies and skills. That is a really positive feedback from the AEFS class.

Voki

Mary Reibey

This is a legendary woman who appears on the $20 note of Australia. Her name is Mary Reibey. Why was she unusual, there was a story about a woman from a convict became a successful businesswoman.

On 12 May 1777, Mary Reibey was born in England. She was jailed by stealing when only 14 years old. She was sentenced 7 years transportation and so was sent to Australia in 1792. She met her husband Thomas Reibey in Sydney and married him when she was 17. Not long after they married, Thomas started their family business and it gradualy developed into an international companty which  trading activities extented to many countries in Asian.

However, a flash in the pan, Thomas Reibey died on 5 April 1811. Mary took over his husband's business and extanded it very well. Not only that, she had developed a new business which was banking, the Bank of New South Wales.

By the time of her retirement, She was interested in the church and education. A good reputation made her was appointed as a Governor in a Free Grammar School in 1825.

In 1855, a motivated and smart woman passed away with honour. She left lots of properties and wealth to her later generation.

Read her full story, please visit website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Reibey

Earth Hour



On the 23th March 2013 was annual Earth hour day. This is the largest environmental event in the world. This issue is requires people to switch off their lights for 60 minnutes, it means to save the energy and environment . In this year, the time of event was help at 8:30pm to 9:30 pm.

Except the issue of "Clean up Australia", this is the other global issue is found in Australia. In 2007, this event was occured in Sydney, 2.2 million Sydneysiders and 2,100 businesses participated in the campaign. In the second year which was 2008, this event was rapidly sprayed out to 371 cities,  towns in more than 35 countries. Until 2012, it had already developed into a significant global environmental issue which had more than 6950 cities ,towns across 152 countries and territories took  part in.

 Turn into 2013, the event has been help 7 years. As an echoing of the campaign, I turned off my night light at that night.

Thomas Kenneally

Thomas Kenneally is Australian best selling author. He is also the harmony hero of 2013. To following the harmony theme of this year, Thomas Kenneally inviting us to tell our story of each other in the workplace.

 

 

Thomas Kenneally is a senior and famous author.This outstanding writer 

encourages the cultural migrants 

through the stories which about many successful figures in his novels. In my memory, one of his novel was edited to movie, such as Schindler’s List.  

Since his first novel was published in 1964, he have been won many literary awards in the world.

Clean up Austrualia

Clean up Australia is a community campaign which conducts at March annually. The purpose of the event is that through an action to call out the people to clean up their living area, to enhance the sense of environmental protection consciousness in the country. 

 The ideal of Clean up Australia was produced by a man who calls Ian Kiernan. The first help was took part in January 1990. After that, the campaign was gradually developed into a national campaign which included business, schools and even over the world.

The people who join in this action are all volunteers. From the first help of over 40,000 responders until now are more than 400,000 volunteers. The campaign becomes an annual mission of Australian, more and more people with visions are join in this action.

There is a website which inviting people to donate their time to make a change with climate:

http://www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au/?gclid=CIydqYOhhrYCFQRapQodKDUAjg