Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Holidays in Broumana

Hi rosa
I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed your holiday and had fun with your friends, and i'm hoping you relaxed and had a great time and also feel better after you'll get your expensive sun glasses.
I would like to tell you about my holiday after the honey moon which was very interesting.
My husband and I stayed in a hotel in the mountain in Lebanon it was a very nice hotel,its location was very convenient to everything (shops, restaurants, cinema).
We went to a huge restaurant called Mounir Restaurant which is in the middle of pine and oak forest , pivate vineyards, gardens, waterfalls, you can see the beach from the top of this restaurant. How can I describe it to you?
The view was amazing, you breath fresh air and also nice weather.
The restaurant is excellent with Lebanese food and fantastic with Lebanese Traditional dishes, you could choose whatever you liked.
For me I preferred the barbeque with tabouleh and some pies with cheese, meat, spinach and also they had fresh bread you could them while they baked it. They were fantastic and delicious with the fresh juice and also there were many kinds of fruit(yummy).
A lot of people were sitting there enjoying their Summer time.
They had very beautiful flower arrangement around it and inside the restaurant.
Guess what we did? I told my husband to wear our wedding dress to take a photo next to those flowers because they were the same colour of my dress(pink).
We went around the restaurant to have a look, took pictures and then we came back to the hotel having relaxed.
We had a great time there and I hope to go back to my country to spend a lot of times in that area.







Dust storm in Sydney



A huge dust storm happened in Sydney on September 23rd, I've never seen a storm like this in my life it was very bad.I can't imagine what happened?
I thought that it was the end of the world!
I thought that there may be an Earthquake coming!
When I woke up in the morning, I saw everything red and a very bad smell, I smelt it because I have an allergic(sinus)and also the wind was very fast.
Suddenly I remembered that I had left the kitchen window open all night, I ran from my bedvery quickly I saw everything RED .
What could I do, how did it happen?
I tried to look to the sky but I couldn't see anything and I usually hear the planes but till that moment I didn't hear anything. I told my husband the weather outside is very dangerous if this dust goes through our throat that will be very bad to our body and that's not healthy.
But that's unusual the News shoud have talked about this storm before but we didn't hear anything about it.
Then I went to TAFE there were many people with maskes on their faces to protect their lungs from this storm.
A lot of people called the fire brigade to help them and also cars were didn't appear their real colours because they were covered up with that dust.
The Airport stopped their departures and arrivals because they couldn't see anything and also the Ferries stopped too because of bad visibility.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Learning English using more technology

Everyone who has come to Australia is interested in learning English because you wouldn't be able to do anything in the future without this language especially if you have children and you have to enrol them in a school, you should have to speak English fluently.
In Australia there are many ways to learn english for example:you can study English at TAFE, an English Center, on line, a private school etc.
Learning English at TAFE is a very good idea because you communicate with teachers, speaking with your classmates, using more Technology by using the internet,smart boards,and other software programs.
Online English also gives you more opportunity to discover new words, new conversations, new meanings and at the same time you have the chance to practise them.
Online also prvides Aussie conversations which will improve your spoken language because we use it everyday.
Also there's Audacity, a program which you can download from the internet, so you canuse it to record you voice and listen to it .
It will help improve your speaking. For example before you have a presentation, you can practise your voice before you talk to your teacher and your classmates too.
Following your teacher also helps you because they have experience, and they'll help you focus especially if you have a dedicated enthusiastic teacher.
Online Library catalogues allow you to choose your books without having to go there.
I think learning English using more Technology is essential and more interesting. you'll learn new things and communicate with more people to improve yourself quickly and be great soon to do whatever you want.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The1st day in Australia

My first day in Australia was happy and sad at the same time.
I was excited to come to Australia and live with with my husband in the same house, I can't wait I told my mum.
When the Immigration department gave me the visa I was really delighted but suddenly I realised that I was leaving my country, I was leaving my parents, my brothers, my friends.
Everything would change. I didn't have any idea about this country because I had never thought that one day I would leave my country for any purpose.
Neighbours, friends, relatives came to my house, I couldn't imagine the no. of the people who came to our house, It was nearly 150 persons during 4 days. I was very tired and exhausted at the same time Icouldn't sleep.
11-12-2006 was the last day with my family in Lebanon. It was the first time that I saw my dad crying a lot, I didn't know that he loved me so much, and also one of my brothers started hugging me and crying . I was afraid and I asked myself:"how will I live without them?"
My mum was really tired and she didn't stop crying and everyone looked at me.
At 12:30p.m on 11-12-2006 was the time to go to the Airport and it was a very difficult step, how can I describe my feelings? It was a very hard moment!!!
I've never forgotten these moment!!! I love my family a lot, a lot, a lot...
Then I went to the Airport with the family and we hugged and kissed and said goodbye...
From my country to Australia it took 18 hours travel which was a very long trip.
It was the first time for me to travel by plane and I didn't have any idea.
On the plane, I was very excited to see my husband who had left me after we got married because my visa wasn't ready.
When I arrived to Sydney Airport which was crowded, a lot of people were waiting and I started to search for my husband. I found him finally, he had brought a bunch of red flowers for me.
I was happy and my sister-in-law who I was meeting for the first time came to the Airport too.
Then they took me to their family house where the rest of the family were waiting for me. We talked about the trip, the family and many things.
I was very tired and too excited to sleep at the same time.
My husband and I went to our house, which surprised me with the beautiful furniture in it, and also he prepared some food for me. We enjoyed that night.
I hoped my new life in Australia would be successful and happy.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

ANGEL PICTURE


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This album is my daughter's picture has taken while she was praying last week.
She hold the masbaha to say (Allah) and when I saw her doing this pray I strictly kiss her and I said to her may the god look after you and keep you from the bad things.
She kissed the Quraan which is our sacret book

A SPECIAL DAY 09/09/09



09/09/09 was a really special and interesting day. I think a lot of people waited for this date to celebrate their own parties or wedding.
When I got married in Lebanon I asked my husband to celebrate our wedding day on 06/06/06 but actually he had already told his boss that he needed a holiday after that date and we had the wedding on 02/07/06.
Yesterday was the 19th date of fasting in Ramadan, we've actually been fasting for 1 month, so all Muslims in the world are fasting from sunrise to sunset and have no food nor water during the day.
We had special food, special drinks and delicious sweets that we cooked and prepared for this month.During Ramadan there are lots of prayers that you do it it in the evening.(It would be better if you did it in the mosque).
Now I live in Sydney and this was my Aussie 09/09/09. First I went to TAFE ,I was a bit late because I woke up later than usual .
In class we talked with Silivia our teacher about the weather in australia and she tried to make us listen to the weather report on the radio which was a bit faster than the one I watched on T.V. but we learnt the meanings of different words. Then after the break we had Rosa who had her birthday yesterday, but I forgot to say Happy Birthday for her.
We're still practising with her the Present Perfect ,and she told us that an exhibition of modern cars was on at TAFE yesterday, so when I finished my class I saw those wonderful and fabulous cars but I didn't take a photo of them because they were very fast on the Princess Highway.
Anyway I came back home where was lots of work to do. My daughter was sleeping so I was in a hurry to prepare what I wanted to cook before she got up.
I cooked Okra with rice, soup, salad, pizza and also I prepared delicious sweets. Guess what?
They are traditional sweets, my husband loves them and me too!
You can see the photo of this kind of sweets, we called (Mafroukeh).
I made a phone call overseas to my family. I felt homesick.
My daughter got up @ 4:45 very haugry and I fed her some food and some fruit. I was very happy because she's eating much better than before.
At 5:45 it was time to eat and nothing else! we enjoyed eating the food and when we finished our dinner , we started to do the washing-up and tidied-up the kitchen.
Then I prayed with my husband and my daughter too.
Rosa I hope you celebrate and enjoyed your Birthday

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Our weekends



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Macca in Ramadan


Oh my Good! I hope to go there one day, especially this time of year becasue if anyone goes for OmRa Allah makes it lik Hijja.
Hijja happens once a year in Mecca. It's like a pilgrimage, which means a religious trip. Muslim people should go there once in their life time (at least).
My brother-in-law took this picture recently because he lives there and he went with my mum who was visiting them. They have been there three times this month. They enjoyed it and prayed a lot.


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