WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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Snowed in so won’t be going to work today! Yeah!6
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The snow is pretty though.
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Happy Hump Day!2
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Work today ... as usual.
Then my tutorial at uni. We have to be in groups for the tutorials this year, and I'm not fond of group work, but at this point, I seem to have ended up with a couple guys who are all right. They've both contributed and they speak reasonable English! We volunteered to present our little project and it went well.
By way of explanation ... the university courses here consist of:
-- lectures for the whole class of 100-300 students. Those are anywhere from 1-3 hours depending on what the instructor wants to do.
-- and a collection of tutorials which are labs or workshops, for anywhere from about 30-40 students of the 100-300 students in the class. They may be in the computer labs for some courses, or just small workshops or whatever, and the tutorials can be anywhere from 1-3 hours long.
This means that the lectures are quite impersonal and there aren't much in the way of questions or anything. But because we divide up into small classes for the tutorials, those allow us to do what we're being taught, and to ask questions, and to participate more. Then they often get us to divide up into small groups and do little projects and things together.
This is a different setup from what I experienced at universities in Canada where most of my courses were just lectures.
Something else that is different from what I experienced in Canada, is the 'international-ness' of this university, and particularly the program I'm in. Out of the 100-300 students in my classes, there are hardly any Australians. In two of my recent courses, I have been the one and only Australian. The rest of my class is almost half and half Chinese and Indian (from India), with a few other Asians thrown in. This is both interesting and challenging. Interesting because I'm learning about China and India and other places ... their customs and cultures and what life is like there. Challenging because many of them struggle to speak or understand English. This means that I am often the person they want in their groups when they do group work ... simply because I can speak English. This also means that I often end up doing a lot of the work.
So it is a bit of a relief that I've ended up in a small group with a young man from China, who speaks pretty good English, and a young man from Indonesia who is a little weaker with his English, but who isn't too bad. We can communicate!
When we got home from work and uni, my husband and I had a lovely walk down to the beach and back ... we go several times a week but we went a little later today than usual, and it looked very much like this photo which I took in Nov 2016.
And then I had a very hot bath with Epsom salts ... and then stretched and used my foam roller. I think there might be a little more flexibility in my hamstrings ... not much, but a little. I haven't done this much stretching in years!!
Machka in Oz
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Out the kitchen window
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Tony enjoying the fire
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Work today ... as usual.
Then my tutorial at uni. We have to be in groups for the tutorials this year, and I'm not fond of group work, but at this point, I seem to have ended up with a couple guys who are all right. They've both contributed and they speak reasonable English! We volunteered to present our little project and it went well.
By way of explanation ... the university courses here consist of:
-- lectures for the whole class of 100-300 students. Those are anywhere from 1-3 hours depending on what the instructor wants to do.
-- and a collection of tutorials which are labs or workshops, for anywhere from about 30-40 students of the 100-300 students in the class. They may be in the computer labs for some courses, or just small workshops or whatever, and the tutorials can be anywhere from 1-3 hours long.
This means that the lectures are quite impersonal and there aren't much in the way of questions or anything. But because we divide up into small classes for the tutorials, those allow us to do what we're being taught, and to ask questions, and to participate more. Then they often get us to divide up into small groups and do little projects and things together.
This is a different setup from what I experienced at universities in Canada where most of my courses were just lectures.
Something else that is different from what I experienced in Canada, is the 'international-ness' of this university, and particularly the program I'm in. Out of the 100-300 students in my classes, there are hardly any Australians. In two of my recent courses, I have been the one and only Australian. The rest of my class is almost half and half Chinese and Indian (from India), with a few other Asians thrown in. This is both interesting and challenging. Interesting because I'm learning about China and India and other places ... their customs and cultures and what life is like there. Challenging because many of them struggle to speak or understand English. This means that I am often the person they want in their groups when they do group work ... simply because I can speak English. This also means that I often end up doing a lot of the work.
So it is a bit of a relief that I've ended up in a small group with a young man from China, who speaks pretty good English, and a young man from Indonesia who is a little weaker with his English, but who isn't too bad. We can communicate!
When we got home from work and uni, my husband and I had a lovely walk down to the beach and back ... we go several times a week but we went a little later today than usual, and it looked very much like this photo which I took in Nov 2016.
And then I had a very hot bath with Epsom salts ... and then stretched and used my foam roller. I think there might be a little more flexibility in my hamstrings ... not much, but a little. I haven't done this much stretching in years!!
Machka in Oz
Pretty picture. My DD also has students in her classes from other places. She loves all the different languages and cultures. Makes the class more interesting.
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Old pic last year or maybe before that. On my way to the gym in the morning
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Terry ~ Love the fire stove and your pup looks so comfy. Noticed what looks like antique pot on top. My husband has a huge collection of copper tea pots.1
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So glad we live where there's not much snow!0
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Pip, now that’s dedication!
Carol, not antique pots just old.1 -
Carol, here is a picture of my old kettle.
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langman22: Beautiful snow pictures! I have never lived anyplace with as much snow as you have had this year. Wow! I do know the value of a good woodstove, though. I miss ours. A natural gas fireplace is attractive, but it is not the same at all. A woodstove gives the best heat, ever.
I'm thinking of Becca and Barbie this morning. I hope things go very well for both of their DH's.
DH and I have dental appointments at 9 am. I expect to get my teeth cleaned, and he will too, but he has had some additional gum work done before & I don't know if that will come up again today or not.
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
"So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."
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Morning Ladies~
I have been running all morning and just sat down.. still very very cold but the snow has stopped they are talking about a possible 4th stork next week, we are getting battered
Thinking of Jake and Barbie, And Becca and Lee wishing a fantastic outcome for both....
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(((Becca & Barbie)))1
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Here are a lot of DH's.
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Happy Pi Day!
Nerd alert! "Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi. Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of pi. ... Pi Day has been observed in many ways, including eating pie, throwing pies and discussing the significance of the number pi, due to a pun based on the words "pi" and "pie" being homophones in English, and the coincidental circular nature of a pie."
Katla - Please give Arrow some pets for me!
Meg - My shredder pile is getting out of hand too. I'm thinking about having a small bonfire before summer burn bans go into effect!
Laura - Woo hoo, new jeans!
Janet - You are already a foxy grams!
Michele - I buy a lot of my clothes at Goodwill, especially my jeans. Maybe when I hit my goal weight I'll invest in some brand new ones, but until then I'm sticking with cheap and lightly used!
Joyce - Congratulations on your positive test results!
Philip and I attacked some out-of-control vegetation in our back yard yesterday, and today my hands are sore from the workout. We've still got a long way to go... I'm thinking about hiring someone to help us get it all down to manageable levels. Someone surrounded the entire house with pyracantha and planted crepe myrtle all around the fence. Both of those spread like crazy, so we're trying to contain it.
Best wishes to all!
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Yvonne: Happy Pi backatcha! :flowerforyou:1
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Surgery started, and I'm in the waiting room. I brought too many bags! Lol! Husband was in good spirits this morning. I am kind of in a fog. If I had a place to rest my head I would crash.
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(((Becca)))2
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Becca, thinking of you and sending lots of
Hugs.
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Carol, love, love the old tea kettles
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Becca, thanks for letting us know. Wish I were there beside you, you could lay your head on my shoulder
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Hugs for Becca and Barbie this morning! Prayers said for successful outcomes for both DH’s.
Okie3
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