Name : Swapna
Course: Master of Business Information System

hi guys... have you seen the fire night.... so awosome....I really enjoyed.

You know in my country we have one festival called Dipawali. This day we worship our God "Ram". This day we celebrate because of some holy reason. In our country we also burn crackers. seriously i like it alot. But in canberra what i experienced is that it is very professional. Everything is so systematically done that i cannot compare it with my country. Actually in my country even children burst cracker. I am putting one of my favourite fired cracker picture here. I tink you will like it.

Hey anyone of you have seen the fire show done for olympics. seriously that day you should see the telstra tower. it was really beautiful.

If anyone of you have that photo then please send it to Anant. i really want that....!!! Thank you

Enjoy every moment in canberra guys...!!! cheers

Name: Sangeetha
Course: Bachelor of Commerce

Hi friends, I have something to share with you. Hope you also experienced it.

"Being a woman in canberra is not exactly easy. being a woman from a completely different country in australia at university is definitely not easy. you have to get used to the different weather, the different culture and make a completely new circle of friends. the biggest problem is probably not having a good close group of GIRLFRIENDS like you do back home. these are the girls you share your intimate fears, secrets and experiences with. here in canberra it takes you a long time before you are comfortable with another close group of friends to be able to talk about just anything. often I feel that I have many good friends but not many close friends like at home. I am not quite sure whether this is a common problem faced by all girls and boys in canberra but I definitely do feel that the experiences and problems faced by the two groups are quite different. Although both groups have the same type of problems getting to meet and mingle with new friend networks, women always have and always will have different issues that are constantly bothering them than guys do. For instance if we have relationship problems (with boyfriends or just friends for that matter) we are more likely to want to approach our close girl friends rather than guys that we may even know well. Or maybe this is just how I feel? With that said, I definitely enjoy the problems that come with being a woman in a completely new place. After all it is the new experiences that make you a stronger person. Or at least that's how I feel about my experience in Canberra."

"Brodetto - garlicky fish stew with herb toasts"

"At its simplest this lovely stew can contain only one or two fish. It is after all a peasant dish and need not be extravagant. Choose meatier varieties such as monkfish, snapper and blue eye for the body of the meal - they add flavour and depth, while smaller fillets or pieces such as garfish and red mullet are subtle and add interest" Link

"Gingerbread women"

"You're too old for a teddy bear. Nobody rubs Vicks VapoRub on your chest at night any more, reads you stories with happy endings, or warms your little pyjamas by the fire. But - thank heavens - you can still eat gingerbread.
Method
Combine the sugar, golden syrup, butter, spices and fresh ginger in a heavy-based pan over low heat, and let melt, stirring. Remove from the heat for 2 minutes, and then stir in the bicarbonate of soda until light and fluffy." Link

"Literature: From 1865, a black woman's love story"

NEW YORK: Literature

"It reads like a typical Victorian melodrama: an impoverished young woman, "strangely, wildly and darkly beautiful," becomes a governess in a wealthy household, and, behold, a French count falls for her and wants to sweep her away.
But there are crucial differences: It is set in race-torn America; the heroine is mulatto; and, the book, "The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Bride," is believed by some scholars to be the first novel ever published by an African-American woman.
Julia C. Collins, a free black woman who lived in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, serialized "The Curse of Caste" in 1865 in The Christian Recorder, the newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This month it is being published for the first time in book form by Oxford University Press." Link