Springtime in Sydney
Hello again everyone and greetings from rainy Sydney!
Firstly, Prince Chris would like to greet his loyal subjects and express his gratitude for all your messages of sympathy concerning his terrible loss … And yes, Princess Rachel is pleased to admit that she did the right thing and bought the prince another pair of Italian shoes. However, Italian shoes bought in Sydney are not the same as Italian shoes bought in Italy … (Naheed, your wonderful recipe for vindaloo might just do the trick and repair the shoe-shaped hole in our relationship, so thank you very much for that! And thank you also to everyone else who sent recipes and descriptions of some of your national dishes; they all sound delicious and if I can’t make them myself I shall certainly find out where I can get them!)
Anyway, on to much happier things – the weather! (Well, I am a Pom, after all!) It has been raining off and on since Thursday now, which is actually great in terms of drought-relief, but not so much fun when you have a small boy who hates being stuck indoors! The weather was so bad on Saturday that we were seriously considering calling off the picnic, but Sunday was actually beautiful weather (to the extent that I got really sunburnt – ow! It was stupid really, but by the time I’d covered Owen in sunscreen and made him put his hat and sunglasses on, the last thing I felt like doing was attending to myself. I’m paying for it now, though!)
So, on Sunday, we went to Elkington Park in Balmain with some friends for a picnic. Balmain is another of Sydney’s gems – it’s also on the water (the other side of the ANZAC Bridge to Glebe), and is a very old suburb. It used to be a very working class area, because a lot of the docks were situated there; Chris went to primary school in Balmain and can remember the siren going at the end of the day for knocking off time. Balmain is similar to Glebe in that there are a lot of cafes and restaurants (and pubs - LOTS of pubs!), and also some interesting shops (no chain stores or fast food, which is a rarity these days!). However, in my opinion, Glebe is still quite alternative (and therefore more appealing to me) whereas Balmain is more upmarket.
I took some photos of the park to show you – no views of any bridges from here, but it’s lovely to look out over the water. The reason this particular park is special to us is that we got married here seven years ago (seven years!!!!). We really wanted to get married in a park and spent ages driving round the Inner West looking for one, and eventually chose Elkington. When Chris was really little, he used to live just across the road from the park, so he has fond childhood memories of it as well. We also had Owen’s naming ceremony here, right at the end of the park under the big tree. In Australia, you can get married anywhere you like as long as you have a licence, which I think is great! I think the idea is catching on in the UK, but as far as I know parks are still out of the question for weddings. 
This is the view of the water at the edge of the park
We got married near the water to the right of the picture as you're looking at it, and Owen's naming ceremony was held under the big tree right at the end of the park.
Here’s another sign that it’s spring time – the jacaranda trees. They come into bloom at the end of October, so all across Sydney you can see patches of purple, which I think is just beautiful. When the flowers start appearing it always reminds me that it’s nearly our anniversary! A lot of Aussie trees and plants are evergreens; they never shed their leaves, so spring here (I think) is a lot less noticeable than in Europe, where everything suddenly bursts into life after winter. Anyway, I took a photo of the jacarandas here in Hurlstone Park so you can see them for yourself.
Oh, and one more picture – ice-cream! And Owen! This was our young man in the seafood restaurant where we went for our anniversary – ice-cream eating is such a serious business, isn't it?
I also said I would tell you about the Melbourne Cup, which for many Aussies is the definitive sign that spring has arrived. I think we have a couple of readers in Melbourne (yes, Hualan, I’m thinking of you!!) so if anyone wants to tell us what it’s like being in Victoria for the Cup, we’d love to hear about it. The first race was held in 1861, and (I think) it’s a two-mile course, which means the race itself only lasts about 3 minutes! At the last school where I worked, the students in the Business English class organised a whole-school sweepstake, and then just before the race started all lessons stopped and everyone went to the reception area to watch it. Even people who aren’t normally into horse racing (or gambling) put a bet on for the Cup (except me – I didn’t even know the names of any of the horses in this year’s race, and in fact they were running it while I was typing this; I’m probably the only person in Australia still not to know who this year’s winner is!). I do know one thing, though, which is that this year’s race was almost cancelled because of the equine flu (horse flu)epidemic that broke out recently. It was so bad that all horses were quarantined to try and stop the flu spreading, and there was talk of calling off the Cup. I think to some extent the quarantine is still in place, so a lot of horses who were expected to race this year couldn’t do so. If you’re really interested in knowing more about the Cup, the official website is: www.melbournecup.com.
Well, let’s have a look now at the homework from last time, and then we can get into some vocab.
Well done everyone for having a go, and especially to Leila (I always think it’s a bit harder to correct yourself!)
Articles:
1. The reason for that is …
2. I am a rather impatient person OR I am rather an impatient person
3. The reason for the above is …
4. Someone knew that a couple of songs
Lack:
Corrections (using lack as a verb)
a. I maybe lack it (self-confidence) at times
b. I lack looseness in my writing style
(no of in either of these examples)
You could rewrite them like this:
As nouns:
There’s a lack of self-confidence
There’s a lack of looseness in my writing style
As adjectives:
I’m lacking in self-confidence (=not to have a quality)
Her writing style is lacking looseness
Leila, thank you for your last couple of posts; I really enjoyed your photos (especially the one that Katri took – wonderful! What time of day was it taken?), and I would like to wish you and your husband a very happy (belated) anniversary; I hope you had a lovely day. I’ve taken note of your questions (off and of – wow! I’ll need to think about that one!) and I promise I’ll get to them in my next post.
I couldn’t find any fault with your sentence about All Saint’s Day; it was grammatically accurate and the vocab you used was perfect to describe the graveyards – I had an instant mental picture of how it would look. (Ana Paula, I should say the same to you too about your description of the Day of the Dead; I was really moved when I read it.) Sadly, it’s not celebrated here in Australia (at least, not by the general population).
You can say “me and my sister”; I think some people would insist that it’s not correct English, but the truth is it’s used so commonly these days that it’s become acceptable.
A quick question for you and all our readers – would you like to do a little bit of work on articles? Several people seemed to indicate that articles are a difficult area, so if you’d like a bit of help, just let me know.
OK, ready for some vocab? (This is for everyone, not just Leila!) I’m not going to do it all at once, so let’s just look at the vocab from my posts on 18th and 22nd October. If you’re able to, have a look back at these two posts just to refresh your memory about the context, and if you wrote the words down in your vocab book with a definition, have a look at that too.
This time, I’m going to give you the definitions so you can check your ideas about what the words meant. Then, there are some exercises at the end to give you some more practice if you want to do some – answers next time!
18th Oct – The biggest “loser” sport in the world
(three years) on the trot (expr) = three years consecutively
gala (n) = a special occasion with a variety of entertainment
evocative (adj) = making you remember something pleasant
kidding (vb) = joking
opponent (n) = a person you are competing against in a sports event
make a comeback (expr) = to regain popularity
knock sb out (of a competition) (phr vb) = to eliminate
spot on (adj) = exactly right
22nd October – Culture Shock
to sledge (vb – slang) = to shout insults against a sports team during a match
to be / get wound up (expr) = to become annoyed or upset
good natured (adj) = pleasant, friendly
designated (adj) = a place or area that has been assigned for a specific purpose
to come by (phr vb) = to get*
* to come by is often used with easy or hard
biting wind (collocation) = a freezing cold, bitter wind
vocal (adj) = noisy, outspoken
Down Under (n) = Australia
exhilarating (adj) = making you feel excited and happy
live (adj) (rhymes with five, not with give) = a performance that is seen or broadcast while it is happening (not recorded and watched later).
And now for the exercises! With a lot of these questions, the aim is for you to apply the vocab to your own experiences so you can start using it naturally. You don’t need to write long answers – just a sentence is fine. And some of the questions are intended to build on the vocab. Ready? OK then!
1. “on the trot” – can you write a sentence about something that you did / have been doing “on the trot”? (e.g. I’ve been blogging for the BBC for two months on the trot.)
2. What’s the verb of “evocative”?
3. In a team sport, what’s the opposite of “opponent?”
4. Can you think of a famous person who has “made a comeback”? Who?
5. When was the last time your team was knocked out of a competition? What happened? (e.g. “England was knocked out of the Rugby World Cup by South Africa”)
6. What really winds you up?
7. Who is the most good-natured person you know? Why?
8. Can you think of any places that might have designated seating?
9. Are there any products that are easy to come by in your countries at this time of year?
10. Do you ever get a biting wind in your country? In which months?
11. What are the noun and verb forms of “exhilarating”?
12. What was the last live performance/event you saw?
Oh, and before I forget, here’s the vocab from today!
off and on (expr)
(one of Sydney’s) gems (n)
knocking off time (expr)
sweepstake (n)
be into sth (phr vb)
epidemic (n)
quarantine (n / vb)
Well I think that’s all folks, as they say in the cartoons, so I’ll leave you in peace for now!
Byeeee!
Rachel
PS - Niaz Ali from Aryana; G'day is what Australians say to greet each other. It's a short form of "Good Day"
Comments
Hey up Rachel!!! Wow!!! What a wonderful pictures you have taken Rachel! Moreover, how lovely to get marriage at the Park. The view is so amazing! And Owen with his rosy cheeks, oh he´s so cute :-). When the azaleas and all sort of roses( my mum loves roses) start to bloom in our garden, we know that Spring is coming. I like very much the Spring Rachel. Every sunshine Saturday morning I am woke up by the delightful birds singing, and when I go outside all the morning bright mixed with the flowers colours and perfumes are ready to embrace me. Oh, it´s simply adorable :-). By the way Rachel, I really appreciated that you´ve found my description of the Day of the Dead moving. Thank you :-). Well, let´s take a look at the homework: 1. “on the trot” – can you write a sentence about something that you did / have been doing “on the trot”? (e.g. I’ve been blogging for the BBC for two months on the trot.) A couple of months ago I worked twelve hours a day on the trot. 2. What’s the verb of “evocative”? To evoke. 3. In a team sport, what’s the opposite of “opponent?” Ally 4. Can you think of a famous person who has “made a comeback”? Who? The Brazilian singer and composer Paulinho da Viola made a comeback this year. He recorded an Acustic MTV, which is very good indeed. 5. When was the last time your team was knocked out of a competition? What happened? (e.g. “England was knocked out of the Rugby World Cup by South Africa”) Oh my goddness Rachel. Recently everybody knocked out my futebol team. Actually, the team is a mess. It´s better don´t talk about it :-). 6. What really winds you up? What really winds me up is when people are late and they make me wait for them for a long time. 7. Who is the most good-natured person you know? Why? The most good-nature person I know is my friend Alê. She really cares about you and always has a friendly word to say. 8. Can you think of any places that might have designated seating? Public transportation has designated seating. 9. Are there any products that are easy to come by in your countries at this time of year? In this time of the year is very easy to come by pineapple and mango. 10. Do you ever get a biting wind in your country? In which months? Now with the global warming it´s quite difficult to get biting wind around here. But we used to have biting in April, June and July. 11. What are the noun and verb forms of “exhilarating”? noun: exhalation; verb: to exhale. 12. What was the last live performance/event you saw? the last live performance that I saw was a Jota Quest( Brazilian band) concert. It was amazing! off and on (expr): in a intermittent manner; (one of Sydney’s) gems (n): special, precious; knocking off time (expr): to stop work for a time; sweepstake (n): a clean sweep; be into sth (phr vb): interest in; epidemic (n): an outbreak of contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; quarantine (n / vb): a conditional of enforced isolation. Gee Rachel! It´s late. Sorry if I made many mistakes but I had to write quickly :-). Good night, enjoy your day( I suppose it´s only beginning), Ana Paula.
hello rachel , wow ,it's so fantastic and warm and owen is so handsome ,also as same as owen(Michael)~~^^
G`day Rachel! Thanks for very inspirative idea on the way how to occupate at winter evenings.7,Mahatma Ghandi the only man ever who taught masses being good-natured effectively and got rid a society of violence for a short period.12,Actually I missed it. I bought a ticket on a concert last month. A weak later I came full dressed at the hall a day after the event took place.
Hi again Rachel, after discovering your blog on BBC website, I am very happy because from now on I can read, comment and especially write feedback in English. How great it is to know you and all of this community. And I also agree with Kakafung that your Owen is so cute and handsome :D. You know, I've not been writing like this for nearly 3 years on the trot thus this action evokes the good habit of writing which I used to have when i was in my schooldays. At first, I thought "fan" was the opposite of “opponent”, but when I read Leila's answer, I knew that I was wrong :D so Ally was the right answer, right? Right now, it's hard for me to think of any famous person who has made a comeback because I'm just worrying that i can't complete the homework before midnight. However, I guess Michael Jackson maybe the one. Talking of my schooldays, I remembered that my girl football team was knocked out of the School cup because our opponent was so taller and quicker. Now only rainy weather can wind me up as it often has bitting winds in this winter period. But the pro of this season is that cauliflower is easy to come by at this time of year. If I don't have my good-natured colleage to work with, I can hardly bear the boredom of my routine work. Besides, I force myself to think of the exciting live concert which I saw with my boyfriend last year (men, so long ago!)to exhilarate myself and I hope that exhilaration can help me survive this dreadry winter. And finally, I think we can see designated seatings in a court. Wooow, I can't believe i make it all, haha! And i really own you many thanks for your great idea of assigning these 12 questions for us. I will follow you on this blog and hope to hear from you soon. Now, goodnight and have a nice dream! Van 8. Can you think of any places that might have designated seating?
Dear Rachel, It is a plesure to read your blogevery other day. It always motivate me to learn more about english language and also we know about OZ too. Aah! Owen is very cute in that picture and The pictures of the parks are very beautiful. Now let's start do the home work. 2) I have been vegetarian for more than for two months on the trot for religious purpose. 4)I know the only poltical figure Ms. Banazir Bhutto who was former priminister of Pakistan who made a came back . 5)In world cup 2006,in quarter finals England team was knocked out by Portugal team. In all competions the kicked out stage start from quarter final.6)When I come home from work if my house is mess and my children are at home watching Tv which will realy winds me up.8)My children learn violin, as far as I know orchestra has designated seating.Corn and peanuts are easy to come by in my country at this time of year.11) I saw a carnatic voal musician Jesudas live performance in 1996, which exhilarated the audience. Have a good weekend Rachel. kind regards.
I hope you are well, Rachel. I'm really pleased that you liked the recipe for Vindaloo and hope brother Chris will forget his 'can't forget those Italian shoes' when you cook it for him with your hands. I hope you didn't find the recipe too messy as there were no commas and full stops, and I realised it after I saw it on the comments area. I loved those pictures and the description of your lovely memories attached to them. Purple is one of my favourite colours and so was good to see the Jacaranda blossoms, I also googled for more photos and voila! what lovely blossoms! Your little angel really seems serious with his ice-cream 'I scream for ice-cream;)'. Rachel, as you have also taught Business English, Would you like to suggest me some books as I'm also studying to become an accountant. I would also like to mention a book that I have it's 'Effective Business Communication' by Herta A. Murphy and two more authors. Here is my today's HW:1) I 've been visiting BBC LE website for 4 years on the trot.2)The scent of night queen evokes the memories of my childhood.3) supporter.4) In Pakistan, it's none other than Benazir Bhutto, who has made a comeback after 7 yrs self-exile.5) It was a match with India when Pakistani team was knocked out by 5 runs 6) I think untidiness really winds me up.7) If you ask me for now, I will say you are the most good natured person as you don't miss out anyone to reply in your posts.8) Here in Karachi, parks are the places that have designated seating.9) In this time of year it's easy to come by oranges and pomegranates. 10) In 2005, in the month of January, we had biting winds for two weeks on the trot and that was terrible.11) exhilarate (v), exhilaration (n). 12) I never choose to go to see live performances as they are mostly held at night. I would like to add a liitle note for Ana Paula," Ana I googled for Azalaes and oh, they are gorgeous!". bye for now, Naheed
Hi again rachel ,i've also missed the question that i'm looking forward to learning more about the explanation from gerund to present participle .i'm so curious ,haha
G'day every one and specially our dear teacher Rachel, How was your weekend ? I hope every one have enjoyed and have recharged their batteries . photos were gorgeous . I really liked them . It sounds very romantic get married at such a beautiful place . I hope you can give us some photo of your special day at the park . And the spring , my favorite season of year . I like fall , of course .But I live in a mountain area so after a cold and freezing winter , seeing every where so green is really breathtaking . Once I watched on TV , one African city in spring with beautiful purple blooms of jacaranda trees . Sorry I think there is not any jacaranda trees in Iran ( What a pity ) .I hope forgive me for not involving too much with home works . My time to be on computer is really limited .Thanks for your fantastic Blogs . Wait for your next posts . And Kiss Owen for me
Chao Co Rachel, long time to comment on this page. Great to tell you I passed the job interview. I have been working hard all week because I'm a new staff, so when I go home, I only want go to bed hichic. Wow, about Vietnamese, 'chao' mean hello, and you are a teacher (woman), so I call you 'co' Rachel. I'm a student, so you call me 'em', and you can say 'chao em'. The second person in English is simple 'you', but in Vietnamese, it's very complicated and depends on your age, gender, relationship,job, standing and even area you live... So 'you' means anh, chi, em, co, thay, di, chu, bac... Other simple Vietnamese words: 'cam on' means thank you; 'tam biet' means 'good bye'; 'sinh vien' mean student and teacher mean 'co giao'(if you a woman) or 'thay giao' (if you a man)... I'm a good cook, but I only cook daily, not for parties, so I often cook simple dishes (but delicious). I'll try to cook a Vn traditional dishes and give you the recipe later, ok? I'm very interested in your story and memories for Chris's shoes and Bonfire Night. I think almost people, especially children like watching firework. In my country, cities or provinces councils often organized to burn firework to see the New Year (Lunar) in or celebrate National Day (Sept 2), National Unity Day(April 30)...Everybody concentrated in the square, park...,then watching firework to welcome New Year in and wish all happiness for themselves, family and friends... Wow, an especial celebration in my country I want to tell you is Kitchen God Day in December 23 (Lunar Calendar). Kitchen God is the most important of a plethora of Vietnamese domestic Gods. According to legend, in this day, Kitchen God returns to Heaven to report the activities of every household over the past year to the Jade Emperor who rewards or punishes each household accordingly. He rides carp to fly to Heaven. In this day, all household often clean kitchen, cook a food tray to worship the Kitchen God and there's not lack of fried carp dish. Many families also buy raw carps and then breed them in water in the evening. I remember I and my sister, brother were very happy whenever my mother allows us to go riverside to breed fish. Because It's end of Year Lunar, It's always dark, very cool, we go together, bring flash-light and go to riverside, breed fish in water, wish every thing that was unlucky in old year will pass, propitious will come in New Year. (Can you check grammar for me, thanks!). All of we felt warm and happy in our heart. Well, about this post, your wedding story and picture both are very wonderful. I wish I will also have a wedding in the park. I like Owen's picture, what a lovable child (I'm also a crazy fan of all Ice-cream). In Vietnam, there're four seasons a year, so you can see the changes whenever new season come. Now is autumn in Vn, It's dry, little sunshine and little cool in early morning and evening. Leaves begin changing color and then shed in the end of autumn, early of winter. A specific flower in Hanoi autumn is milk flower with white and small petal, very fragrant. I've never seen jacaranda trees, but I think it's a romantic and lovely flower with purple. I wish I will ride bicycle along a road full of jacaranda flowers. That's wonderful! Wow, I have to say good bye now. Sorry about homework, I'll try later. Have a nice week! Tam biet!
Hello, Rachel! I would have joined your global classroom earlier if I had had my computer with me, but it is so misfortunate for me, and for it, that something went wrong with it. They took it three times for repair and every time they brought it back I could see it was still broken down. It has been back a week now, and I have had just enough time to read your stories. I am so embarrassed to go there again and beg them to do smth. properly, if anything is possible to be done with it. I think it should be the repair men's shame to lie to me so shamelessly when they guaranteed that they had managed to fix it and not my embarrassment to ask for help which I am entitled to receive. This computer needs a new part, but they don't want to pay for it although it is their obligation. I am a calm and quiet person but they provoked me to behave unlike myself. What should I do? To make them fulfil their duty, but how? Or I just have to avoid another nerve-racking situation and tackle the problem myself?It is incredibly strange how nothing works as remotely satisfying in this country as it does in other ones! Thank you for having enough patience to read my angry account of this incident. But, I am happy to say that reading your stories meant the world to me because they helped me to take my mind off my troubles. I used to do beach walks like you do, only beaches on the Adriatic coast are made from pebbles, not sand.Is it true that sharks are lurking from the water on the Australia's beaches for the unaware swimmers? I think the horror movie"Jaws" was shot on one of the famous Australia's beaches. My question is about the verb 'get'- "I'm looking forward to getting to know you", "I hope you managed to get it finished"- why not just"forward to knowing you" and" manage to finish it"? "...that got me thinking..."-why is it followed with the present participle? "The markets get really busy"- when the verb get is followed by an adjective? And please can you help me with other uses of this verb in similar situations? Sorry if I bored you with such a long comment because I'm afraid my computer is going for yet another repair tomorrow,so I took advantage of this one opportunity to post my comment to your excellent blog. Give a hug to your nice family from me. I will read you again the first thing I get my computer back. Benka
Hi Rachel How are you doing? I hope your weekend was better than mine! After a week of sunny days we were eagerly waiting for the weekend to go to the country and have a good time riding horses or swimming in the river. It is very hot at this time of the year and it rarely rains but this what not the case!! It was very cold and on saturday It rained all day long! To make things worst a friend of mine had decided to invite or her children's classmates to spend a good time in their pool and asked me to help her looking after them. Even when the day was awful all the parents took their children to my frind's house and we had to make them play indoors. Imagine the situation,22 terrible children playing in the house without being able to go to the garden because of the rain! By the time I arrived home I was exhausted, with a terrible sorethroat and almost mad!! Today, my friend called me to say thankyou for the help and she was still cleaning the house! I bet you that tomorrow it will be sunny and hot again!! Anyway here goes the homewok:.../off and on (expr) for short periods but not regularly, over a long period of time /(one of Sydney’s) gems (n) someone or something that is very good, pleasing or useful: /knocking off time (expr) to stop working, usually at the end of a day /sweepstake (n) a type of gambling, usually on a horse race, in which people pay a small amount of money and choose a particular horse. The person who chooses the winning horse receives all the money paid by everyone else. /be into sth (phr vb) be involved in something /epidemic (n) the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time /quarantine (n / vb) a period of time during which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept away from other people or animals so that the disease cannot spread 1. “on the trot” – can you write a sentence about something that you did / have been doing “on the trot”? (e.g. I’ve been blogging for the BBC for two months on the trot.) I’ve have been on a diet 3 weeks on the trot 2. What’s the verb of “evocative”? evoke 3. In a team sport, what’s the opposite of “opponent?” partner 4. Can you think of a famous person who has “made a comeback”? Who? I don’t remember anyone! 5. When was the last time your team was knocked out of a competition? What happened? (e.g. “England was knocked out of the Rugby World Cup by South Africa”) Germany knocked out Argentina in the quarter-finals in the football championship in 2006. 6. What really winds you up? Being answer back by one of my children winds me up! 7. Who is the most good-natured person you know? Why? The most good-natured parson I have known was “Mother Teresa of Calcuta” because she devoted her life to The poor and The ill people! 8. Can you think of any places that might have designated seating? In a theatre are designated seating 9. Are there any products that are easy to come by in your countries at this time of year? Peaches and strawberries are easy to come by at this time of the year! 10. Do you ever get a biting wind in your country? In which months? The biting wind of “La Patagonia” in winter is unbearable! 11. What are the noun and verb forms of “exhilarating”? exhilaration (n) exhilarete (v) 12. What was the last live performance/event you saw? The last live football match that I saw was between San Lorenzo and River Plate, 2 Argentinian teams!
Hi Rachel, here are my answers. 1. Sometimes when watching DVDs on TV, with my children, we watch two of them on the trot. 2. To evoke 3. The team-mates. 4. Maybe It was not so popular here in Europe, but since he won the Nobel prize we can say that Al Gore has made a comeback. 5. As I am a spectator of all sports in general not having a real favourite team, I am never frustrated because my team could be knocked out. 6. Maybe the slowness of some people. 7. I cannot decide 8. Some areas in public spaces (e.g. stadium, cinema) 9. With globalisation we found almost everything so it is quite difficult to answer. But a few weeks ago it was the just time for nuts and now I think chestnuts. 10. Here in Belgium there is no typical biting wind. In Catalonia, near the French border there is the ‘Tramontana” a quite cold biting wind coming from the Pyrenees. I do not know if there where specific month but I do not think it was in summertime. 11. Maybe exhilarator and to exhilarate 12. The last real live performance I have seen is “ Lord of the Dance” Antonio
1 have been doing pilgrimage walk to Vellankanni shrine on the trot for the last three years from my home place. 2Even though the opponents played well our team won the game using different skills.3.Sourau Ganguly, former Indian cricket captain had made a great comeback after Indians dismal performance in the world cup last year. He was sacked from the team after the controversial e-mail episode between the coach and himself. India was knocked out of the tournament in the early stage itself. It paved the way for Ganguly to regain his position in the team.4. We organized health camp in the village. In the valedictory function we invited all section of people. We put designated seats for the press people in the front row.5.Apples are easy to come by in this time of the year from Kashmir in our country.6.in the end of December and in the beginning of Jan, we get biting wind. The shoe botht by Princes Racheal is as worth as by the Prince Chris. You said that in Australia you can get married as you like as long as you have a license. Do you need to pay to any amount for using public place for this purpose? In our country people hire marriage halls for conducting marriage ceremonies and receptions. According to the status they select marriage hall. After performing marriage in the church, Christians also occupy this kind of marriage hall. Even in some churches they maintain community hall for this purpose. This practice has become burden for some people. Because Indians spend huge amount for marriage.
Hi Rachel, I almost missed out my name in this post. I had one day off on Cup Day. Instead of flocking to Fleminton Racecourse like other people, me and my two girl friends went to Chapel Street for shopping. Sadly, half of the shops are closed. We were on a real window-shopping. Feeling disappointed, we then drove to St. Kilda beach for a walk and a drink. Later in the evening, we had dinner in a cosy Japanese restaurant. It was such a lovely day!
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