Mar-A traditional spanish drink: Sangria

One of the most known Spanish drinks over the world is sangria. You can find this drink in almost all countries in the world, but if you really want to taste a real sangria you should go to Spain. The main ingredients for a real spanish sangria are: red wine, lemon or orange juice, soda, sugar, pieces of some fruits like orange, apple, peach..., also the peel of the orange and a licour or vermouth. In my country sangria is a popular drink but we don't usually ask for sangria if we want to go for a drink, we usually ask for a canha (an small glass of beer) or for a tinto de verano (red wine with soda or lemon fanta).

Rogerio - CAIPIRINHA

Brasil is a tropical  contry and we have samo refreshe cocktails but the must importante is The Caipirinha, It is made of Cachaça, sugar and lemon, It is very easy to prepere.
It is a refreshe cocktail and you can drink in a sunny day or in a party with your friands.

Ingredients:

• 1 lime, quartered
• 2 tsp fine sugar
• 2 oz cachaca

 

 

Leo----Chinese Wine

The name of this kind of chinese wine is "Baijiu", means "white liquor", it often translated as "white wine". This kind of wine is even stronger than Vodka. White wine has some diffrent taste and smell, but for normal people in China, they can not distinguish all of them, because is hard to do it. In China, on some important days, people like to drink this white wine.

Mar-How to get a job in a research center

When I decided to come to Perth I was really worried about how I could find a job as soon as possible. I thought it was going to be so difficult but one month and a half later I am working in a research center called CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Resaerch Organisation). The story begans when I met a girl who was working there as a researcher. To meet people and talk with them about you and what you like to do is so important to get a job, don't be shy!. One week ago she heard about a colleague of her  at the CSIRO he was needing a person to work as a casual for a two months project...and she thought of me! If you want to work as a casual in the CSIRO you don't need any skills or degree because  it  is a simple job. For example, my job consists of helping a researcher who is studying the effect of drought in some plants. I have to water the plants, weigh them, harvest them or make different measures. They need casuals all the time for their different projects. These studies can take a month or a year and they can required full time or part time casuals. The CSIRO is an important and famous institution therefore working   there is good for your CV but also useful to practice English in a working and multicultural atmosphere.

Leo---Southbound Festival

This is a festival which young people in Australia want to join it. It is located in the beautiful South West town of Busselton, about two hours to drive there. The next festival will begin at 07/01/2012, end at 08/01/2012.
Southbound festaval have some music and comedy acts,also there are food and markets. And in this festival, you can see a lot of acts such as the Klaxons, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Public Enemy, The Hives, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The National. You can camping there and enjoy two days weekend, it will cost you about 200 dollars, but it is the most intersting thing in Australia.

Rogerio- 2011 FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA World Club is the major event arold soccer club, all the soccer clubs around the world want to win this competition. It is like   world cup but whit clubs  aurond the world.

 FIFA Club worl Cup will be in Japan in 2 cities, Toyota city amd Yokorama city.
The compitition starts on 8 of December and will finish  on 18 of December. It is an amazing compatition whit the champion of differents world leagues. The edition of this year cup has great teams, Barcelona  (Span) from Europe, winner of 2010-2011 UEFA Champions Legue, Santos (brazil) from South Ammerica, Winner of the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Monterrey (Mexico), from North America, Auckland City from New Zeland and we are wainting for the chapioms of AFC, CAF, J., LEAGUES.

There are many flights to Japan and them aren't expensive.

You can stay in a hotel or backpackers, you will pay average AU$40 per night.

It you are enthusiastic and love soccer you will enjoy this compatiiton with greats teams , Santos the best team from America, Barcelona the  best team from Europa. Lets go to watch this big event!!!!!

Martin - Ice Cendol (Drinks)

Cendol is a sweet dessert broth that is found throughout Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as South Thailand and Singapore. In Malaysia, cendol is particularly popular in Penang and Malacca but it can be found in any part of Malaysia. The ingredients of cendol is coconut milk, palm sugar (gula melaka), red beans, grated ice and short starch noodles traditionally colored with pandan leaves. Nowadays artificial coloring is used.

Huyen-'' Che" traditional dessert in Viet Nam

In the summer time, the weather is very hot and everyone feels thirsty and wants something to drink."Che" is a type of drink so famous in Viet Nam. It is a sweet dessert which is protein rich. It is cooked with different beans such as "red bean","black bean","green bean" and sugar. In the south of VietNam you can find this kind of drink in small shops along the streets. "Che" is put in a glass with 3 type of bean, coconut milk and some ice.  When you drink it, you feel cool and you will foget the hot weather.

Mai; Japan alcohol

Speaking of alcohol in Japan, it is Japanese Sake which is very strong and made of rice molts and mineral water, but I would like to introduce you to non-alcoholic beer. Some people will say it is nonsence, but the taste is almost the same as beer.
In 2009, beer with alcohol 0.00%  was sold for the first time in the world. It has been popular for drivers and  pregnant women. Other beer companies have followed it and sold a lot. Nowadays, in addition to non-alcohol, non-calorie beer is getting popular too. If you go on a diet, you can try it instead of Australian beer.

Martin - Students wanna learn with technology !

Technology is improving from day to day, but schools' teaching method is not catching up. Through the use of advanced technology, teaching and learning could be quite different. Especially the internet, it is the network that everybody needs in their everyday life, and also in the business industry. Using internet access during class can interest students to learn. For example, like what I am doing in class, we use a blog to do our essays instead of writting it on a piece of paper and handing it up to our teachers. This is fun, because I can read other students' essays and leave a comment based on what they've written. So blogs can improve our writting and reading. Other than blogs, we can also have access to various kinds of grammar websites, such as http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/. Grammar websites are better than giving students a piece of  paper to do it as homework, and you can also correct what you did straight away from the website. Apart from internet, iPhone can also help students to learn. iPhone has various kinds of application than can improve your learning or makes learning easier.

Rogerio - Summadayze

The summer is coming  and Perth will have the  biggest festival in January - Summadayze. You can enjoy a big party with beuatiful people in a huge area.
There is a little something for everyone, different kinds of music, eletronic music, pop, and hip hop.

Summadayze Perth – January 3rd, 2012 . Sir James Mitchell Park & Taylor Reserve, banks of the river South
Lineup highlights:
Pendulum
Snoop Dogg
Scissor Sisters
Moby DJ Set
Calvin Harris
Sasha

Martin - Stereosonic

Seems like summer is around the corner, and everybody is wondering what to do when it comes. I have an idea of what to do filling up your free times during summer. I came over an advertisement about an amazing event called Stereosonic, it is held on Sunday, Nov 27. There will also be a lot of artist attend the festival, such as, Alfrojack, LMFAO, and Benny Benassi. The ticket cost from $129.95 to $260.00 (including $2.00 of booking fee), but there's a way to get the tickets for free. If you upload 5 of your best summer festival photos to Stereo Star on Facebook, and if they like your pictures they'll be sending you to the Stereosonic festival for free! Go to stereosonic.com.au for more information.

Leo---Something You Can Do to Saving Money In Perth

We are overseas students, we need to pay for tuition and some different fees for studying and spending money in different places for living in Perth. How could we save money while we have a quality life? It is really an important problem we should think about.

We have some big parts in our life, it will need us to paying for.

First one, rent. As we know, homestay is really expensive when we study abroad. Students move out after 18 or when they find a share house. In fact, share houses are the best way to save rent. How do we find a good share house? We can check the information on websites like http://www.gumtree.com.au/. This website has lots of information about everything, of course including the rent information. We can find some nice houses which are near your school or really easy to get to your school, and also, it is much cheaper than homestay. But a good household is important, careful about those information on the Internet, maybe it is fake, they just want your money.

Second, food. This is the most inportant spending in our general life. Doing the cooking by yourself will much cheaper than have meals in restaurants. Perth;s restaurant always are over price, eating home is the best choice. You can do cooking with your friends who live in the same share house, you can eat everything if you can cook it. Then, buy some high quality and inexpensive food also can help you saving money. On Friday afternoon, Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, there will be a very cheap market which selling vagetables and some fruits in Subiaco. If it is possible, go there on Friday afternoon, that time the vagetables are the fresh and good. Also, there is a market will open on Saturday morning, it is located in Canning Vale, meat, fish, vagetables, both good and cheap. But this is far from Perth City, so may be you need a car, and you need get up early in the morning, one last thing, in Canning Vale, buy more, save more. So invit your friends go with you, save money together.

Third, transpotation. This is we need to pay when we go for school or go to some nice places. Go to buy a student SmartRider is a good choice. It is much cheaper than others, but you may need a letter from your school to prove you are a student.

These are something we can do to saving money in Perth. What else could you come up with?

Huyen,Mai,Leo - Travelling around WA

We will show you some places to visit in WA.There is Rottnest Island, Penguin Island, Pinnacles, Fremantle, Cottesloe and Pinnacles.
Rottnest island is one of the most famous places in Australia. There are some Quokkas which are small and similar to rats. They are cute but you shouldn't touch them because they are dirty. The views are absolutely beautiful. You can hire a bicycle and ride around the island, yet there are a lot of hills, so it makes you exhausted. Be careful about snakes on the beaches. It costs around $100 including bicycle hire. You can catch a ferry to get there at Barrack St Jetty near the bell tower or Fremantle Jetty.
Penguin island is in Rockingham. You can go there by train at platform 2, it takes around 30 minutes. It costs about $30 for a return ticket.If you want to see sealions, you should spend more than $30 so you can walk to the island without the ferry because the sea isn't deep. I recommend you bring your own food and water, for it is very expensive there.
Fremantle and Cottesloe are the most famous and visited places in WA because many tourists go to Fremantle to buy souvenirs and to eat fish and chips. I'd recommend you go to Cicerellos where there is the most popular fish and chips. If you want to swim or surf, you should go to Cottesloe because it is absolutely superb and you can't miss the sunset.
The Pinnacles are about 280 kilometers north of Perth.When you go there, it looks like spikes coming out of the earth! You can have a picnic with your friends there, even you can drive inside all of those pinnacles, that is amazing, don't miss this place. One day trip for this place is the better. In fact, in summer, you can suffing there, but other times, nothing very interesting around those pinnacles, there is a small town, you can't see many people even in noon, and the food there is expensive. And the tickets to go inside the pinnacles is really cheap, 11 dollars for a car. Even though it is far to go there, it is worth it.

Huyen - Girls Generation, SNSD

"Girls Generation" is a popular girl group in South Korea.There are nine members in the group. They were born in 1989 and 1990.The group has become well-known after their song "Gee" was released. That is a very famous song in Asia.The group is called with another name, which is "SNSD", the acronym of the group's Korean name So-Nyeo Shi-Dae.Their first record  was released on August 5,2007. Do you know what they look like? They are tall, beautiful girls and they are called "girls with long legs". They are good at singing and dancing, and especially, they can speak Chinese, Japanese and English.The members have had various activities as actresses, acting in various video clips and solo singers for drama soundtracks. My favorite song is "Genie" but there are some other good songs too such as " Gee", "Kissing you" and "Run Devil Run". I usually find information about them on the internet. One day, I would like to go to their concert in Korea or VietNam. If you want to hear some of their music, have a listen on YouTube!

Mai - Aqua Pazza Recipe!

Here is a recipe for one of my favourite dishes - Aqua Pazza!

Firstly, I will show you how to cut the fish. It depends on the kind of fish and it is very difficult to cut them, even Japanese people. You need many practice to do it well. Now, I will describe how to cut snapper.

1.Prepare for fish on the chopping board.

2.Remove the scale from tail to head with a blade knife.

3.Cut out all gills, head and tail and then insert the knife into the inside and remove the internal organs and wash the fish well.

4.Cut and slide along the bone and turn the fish over and  repeat above steps.

Do you think can you do that? It seems to be easy, but I described this very briefly. If you are a beginner, it will take more than 30minites.
I would recommend you to buy cooked fish. It is much better!


Now, I will show how to make aqua pazza with this fish.

1.Prepare some tomatos, shellfish and chopped garlic.
2.Heat and put oil in the pan and cook fish on the middle heat.
3.Put the chopped garlic, some tomatoes and white wine in the pan.
4.Warm it up for five minutes.
5.If it doesn't taste good enough, put salt and papper.
6.Garnish it with parsley.