今天去参加"Wrap With Love" 的Knit-in活动了。在Randwick图书馆，大约20多人一起编织毯子，有用棒针打的，有用钩针钩的。先做完25cm*25cm的小块，然后把28块拼成一块毯子。看到了好多个完成的作品，真是叹为观止，真想抢过来带回家。这些毯子都会捐赠给世界各地的难民营，让难民们在无家可归的日子里还能感受到一点温暖。目前已经捐出139951条毯子了，2005-2006年给香港捐助3969条。

有个韩国MM在门口徘徊了很久，不好意思进来。我出去一问，原来她也想参加，可不会编织。给她看了妞妞今天埋头学钩针的成果，她立马有信心了。韩国MM到处找不到编织的培训班，这下可找到组织了，既能学编织，又可以给难民织毯子，还能找到一帮闲人聊天，一举三得。

Knit-in每月最后一个周五都有活动，地点Randwick图书馆，提供茶水和点心。不过下一次因为刚好是ANZ Day，挪到5月2日了，有兴趣的姐妹一定不要错过。Wrap With Love的网站：http://www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au/Wrap.htm

本周日，悉尼留学生自发上街游行，抗议暴乱和西方记者的不公正报道。详情请见：http://bbs.ozchinese.com/thread-147073-1-1.html

转发一段公益活动的宣传材料，有兴趣的朋友可以参加。本人现在基本不用一次性筷子了，在澳洲执行这个行动毫不费力，因为这里基本看不到一次性筷子。不过话要说回来，用一次性筷子的初衷是避免病菌传染。在国内执行这样的绿色行动应该会有两方面的顾虑：

1、到处肆虐的病菌确实厉害，肝炎的传染就很厉害，带菌者也不在少数。亟待全民医疗保障水平的提高。等到所有人有病都能及时医治时，携带病菌的食客才会变少。以前听家庭医生说过，澳洲基本没有乙肝病患。去餐厅使用公共碗筷自然也就不必担心。

2、餐厅的卫生条件。尽管许多餐厅大堂都装潢的富丽堂皇，厨房的卫生条件却不见得保持得很好，更不用提那些路边小馆子了。澳大利亚注册官方对餐厅厨房卫生要求很高，要求厨师和帮厨参加safe food handling的培训，还会不定期派便衣进厨房抽查。同时，餐厅管理者本身对卫生条件的要求也许相对高一点。餐厅和家庭多使用洗碗机，餐具经过高温消毒，使用起来也就放心多了。

尽管顾虑重重，但我们还是可以参与“筷行动”的。Kaya的建议是：1、在家不用一次性碗筷。2、出门的时候在包里带上餐具。

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请加入“拯救森林，筷行动”，一起传播保护森林的声音。

 
只需占用你一分钟的时间，你就能为保护森林提供很大的帮助！

 
现在，绿色和平正在发起“拯救森林，筷行动”的大型公众环保项目，旨在通过倡导广大市民积极行动、各大餐馆自发响应，拒绝使用一次性筷子，共同保护中国的森林资源。

 
简单的几步操作，保护森林的呼声就能传播的更远更广！

 
1. 请先前往http://act.greenpeace.org.cn/tree, 点击网页中间的大树，输入你对环境的承诺。

2. 提交后，你将获得一张属于你的个人承诺卡，并获得一段代码。请将这段代码贴到你的博客或个人空间，承诺卡就能呈现出来。

3. 请在承诺卡下面添加注释，鼓励大家点击了解“拯救森林，筷行动”详情，让更多的人能关注环境问题，并从自己出发，保护环境。

 
如果你愿意为“拯救森林，筷行动”做更多的工作，请联系我们 green@cn.greenpeace.org

 

项目背景：

中国现在每年生产800亿双一次性筷子，相当于减少森林蓄积 200万立方米。这些筷子，首尾相接，可以从地球往返月球21次，可以铺满363个天安门广场。目前，中国的森林覆盖率为18.21%，人均森林占有面积 仅0.08公顷，在全球排名134位。而大量使用包括一次性木筷在内的一次性消费品，无疑会给森林带来更大的压力。

 

绿色和平是一个全球性的环保组织，致力于以实际行动推动积极的改变，保护地球环境与世界和平。目前，我们在世界40多个国家和地区设有分部，有超过280万名支持者。为了维持公正性和独立性，我们不接受任何政府、企业或政治团体的资助，只接受市民和独立基金的直接捐款

小厨侠不光厨艺了得，做手工也很多产的说。今天收到她布艺作品照片数张，赶紧张贴起来，喜欢的赶快鼓掌。

近日，两个朋友都在悉尼购置物业了，巧的是居然出自一家开发商，位置也很临近。悉尼的楼盘都是精装，厨房设备一应俱全，连洗衣房里的烘干机也是现成的。只需要购买床、沙发、书桌、餐桌、冰箱、洗衣机等就可以入住了。免去装修的痛苦，对年轻家庭来说省了不少时间。



我家的鱼们也乔迁至新家——豪华弧面全景20L鱼缸。





且看我家前后4代鱼缸合影。


登一则广而告之：我家有一5L圆形金鱼缸闲置，计划友情赠送给有需要的人，有意者请联络我。家里劳动力要去米国公干，恕不能送货上门。

Once upon a time, dear hubby ask me to make a case for re-chargeable batteries, because we always can't remember which pair has been charged and which has not. This task has been delayed for a long time. Finally....check out my brand new hand-made battery case.






fold it up nicely

近日东藏（本人一向东西不分）发生的暴行又令人们开始思考失败的民族政策，民族权利凌驾于公民权利甚至人类生存权之上，血淋漓的结果要我们一起面对。

对于少数民族优惠政策，我有一点不明白：如果外国人移民去中国，他们和他们的后代填表的时候民族一栏应该写什么呢？

BB曰可填Italian等。Italian也算哪门子民族？谁能告诉我？

几乎每个人都有国籍，但不见得人人都必须冠以民族吧。自认不属于任何民族的人应填什么？难道强制加入汉族？还是可以任意加盟一少数民族？

试想有人填上日耳曼、印第安、爪哇民族等，岂不中国就不止56个民族？不知道是否也能获得高考降分优惠呢？

盼达人早日解答我的困惑

Haha, this weekend Easter is coming. For me, Easter does not mean anything other than bunnies and public holidays. Check out my yummy milk choc bunny.

先一起学习一句至理名言


开始展示杂七杂八的小物，品品生活的色彩

用酒瓶塞刻的小印章


线头线脑



彩色笔


新买的圆规


最后大家一起来动动脑，猜猜，下图中Kaya正在做的是什么？用的是什么材料。

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9QNKB34cJo

这是一段被Youtube歧视的视频，人气很高，却被人为从首页上拿下来。话语权，说得容易，就算口碑不错的草根媒体也照样带有色眼镜。屋脊有事，恐怖分子烧杀抢掠，着实可恨。如有不忿的，看完这段视频顺便顶一下，建建人气。多谢了！
国人憋屈，境内网站不得说，境外网上照样被歧视，西方媒体又多不实事求是。当前值得看的也就是各地留学生论坛了。不过还要请各位自行翻墙。

Bargain info:
Spotlight, from this Monday to March 30th,

Myer's opening in Eastgardens Westfield shopping center was not interesting at all. I have no feeling about the two celebrities: the winner of the first Australia Idol, Guy Theodore Sebastian, and Miss Universe  Jennifer Hawkins.





The lady in white shirt is Miss Universe





Thanks for the non-stick pan fry from BB. A typical women's day gift for a housewife, I suppose. I like the red spot which indicates temperature.

So far, our shubunkin, fantail, fighter and the tiny tetra are all still alive. We cured shubunkin and fighter's white spot disease by injecting green multi-cure into the water. Once we moved fighter into the mini pond, tetra's home. The fighter treated himself well with all the worms living in the pond. But unfortunately he acted too aggressively and punched his back into the tree trunk. We have to move him out again.








Tiny tetra



The current situation is the fighter lives together in the 4L fish bowl with shubunkin and fantail. We made a filting system for the fish bowl and use a fountain pump to push oxygen into water 24 hours/day.   Fighter chases shubunkin and shubunkin chases fantail for fun. While Tetra lives alone in his/her lovely natural pond.

post a piece of  important event info:

this Saturday(March 8th) Myer Department Store is opening in Eastgardens Westfield shopping center. From 9am to 2pm, there will be opening events, promotions and giveaways. Anyone has interest can go there have a bit fun. BTW, Saturday is also International Women's Day- 100 anniversary...See? Ladies have another reason to go shopping now.

Bad news is our car needs a bit repair. and due to some internet problem, I can not use msn recently.

Check out fresh photos of O-week in UNSW. Time flies....How come it's O-week again. Sad I am not a uni student any more.









It's time to grab a free uni diary.

It's always a good habit to keep promise, ha ha. Here are ten photos I took in Wollongong, a small, beautiful and quiet beach side town, the "spotlight" there is quite large with 3 floors though. Also we found a bargain in a discount pharmacy.

Wollongong university. The little bird beside the sign is not a statue...it's definitely alive, cause I saw it fly away


The uni has a landscape feature with many ponds
Ducks, ducks






Beach



light tower. There are two light tower close to each other along the beach. One of the travel guides mentions that Wollongong is the only city in AU has two light towers together.



fountain with soap water. it's in front of the information center


Is this traffic control electricity box? all this kind of boxes are painted, might not officially, I suppose.

Yesterday, I took a one day trip to Wollongong for holiday. During my "holiday", I surprisingly finished a Green & Blue purse...kind of cute...I recently love free motion style, and blue color...Maybe because of turning 30 :( The background fabric is from clearance promotion of Wollongong Spotlight, $1, $2.5, $3...  one meter each. Also found a fancy sewing machine store...the quilting samples attached to the machines are so breath-taking...pity we got there too late...the store was already closed.  It was around 4pm on Saturday. apparently shops in the small town close even earlier than those in Sydney.

I will be a bit busy in the coming week. Anyway, more photos of Wollongong will be posted in a few days for sure. stay tune