Communication

Three fastest ways of communication in the world:

1. Tele-phone
2. Tele-vision
3. Tell-a-woman.

Do you still want a faster way? Tell the woman not to tell anyone!

Impossible to Please

A group of girlfriends is on vacation when they see a 5-story hotel with a sign that reads: "For Women Only." Since they are without their boyfriends and husbands, they decide to go in. The bouncer, a very attractive guy, explains to them how it works. "We have 5 floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find what you are looking for, you can stay there. It's easy to decide since each floor has a sign telling you what's inside." So they start going up and on the first floor the sign reads: "All the men on this floor are short and plain." The friends laugh and without hesitation move on to the next floor. The sign on the second floor reads: "All the men here are short and handsome." Still, this isn't good enough, so the friends continue on up. They reach the third floor and the sign reads: "All the men here are tall and plain." They still want to do better, and so, knowing there are still two floors left, they continued on up. On the fourth floor, the sign is perfect: "All the men here are tall and handsome." The women get all excited and are going in when they realize that there is still one floor left. Wondering what they are missing, they head on up to the fifth floor. There they find a sign that reads: "There are no men here. This floor was built only to prove that there is no way to please a woman."

What are teenagers reading?

Parents say: all teenagers do is watch TV, listen to terrible pop music & complain about school.
Well, parents are right to some extent. Our questionnaire shows that teenagers are spending on average 80% of their free time listening to music or watching TV. But the questionnaire also shows that 72% of teenagers are reading for pleasure every week.

Parents say: teenagers don't read any more!
Again, parents are right to some extent. Children don't buy many books after they reach the age of 11. After that, children spend a lot on videos, cassettes & posters. They don't spend very much on books.
But the questionnaire shows that teenagers are reading a lot of magazines! In fact, 40% of children from 13 to 19 spend money on comics & magazines.

Parents say: teenagers only read rubbish!
Parents are probably not completely right. According to our questionnaire, teenagers are buying a variety of magazines, many of them health & fitness, the environment & popular science. They are also becoming more critical of comics & teen magazines. They feel they are growing out of this kind of reading.
But they say that they don't have time to read long novels. They can't get interested in them. & yes, they prefer videos, films & going out!

Welcome to South Australia

South Australia has wonderful sights. Sounds & tastes! Adelaide, the capital city, is full of colour. There are over 30 kilometers of sparkling white beaches for you. Shopping is an excellent activity for all visitors to Adelaide. The city has some very interesting stores. Rundle Mall in the center of the city is a major shopping center. Normal shopping hours are Mon-Thurs 9 am to 5.30 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm & Friday nights until 9 pm.
Adelaide has got hundreds of restaurants. From cheap bistros to formal restaurants & Adelaide's Mediterranean climate is prefer for eating out of doors in the pavement cafes.
Adelaide is fun to explore. There are many parks around the city center & gardens with many unusual Australian plants.
After dark, Adelaide is lively with pubs, rock & jazz music.
Adelaide is also a city for lovers of history-it's got many excellent museums, including the South Australian Museum & the Art Gallery of South Australia. Both on North Terrace.
Welcome to South Australia & enjoy your holiday!

English saying & their meaning

1-A chain is only as strong as its weakest link:
When you are working with other people, everyone has to help each other. When one person doesn't do the work well, the whole thing is not so good.

2- The best things in life are free:
Things like love & friendship are the best things in life, because you can't buy them with money.

3- Least said & soonest mended:
It's best not to talk too much about a problem. Don't say any thing & you can solve a problem more quickly.

4- The sooner the better:
Don't wait. Do things quickly.

5- The best kind of advice is no advice at all:
Don't give advice to other people. They may not like it.

6- The first step is always the hardest:
It's often hard to start doing something, then it gets easier as you do it.

7- The worst may never happen:
Be optimistic; expect good things to happen, not bad things.

8- An empty vessel makes the biggest sound:

Because someone talks a lot, it doesn't mean they are very intelligent. Stupid people often talk a lot of rubbish.

Asian food

From a visit to three Asian countries, one thing is clear: the Asian diet is now more westernized. The traditional Asian food-eaten three times a day-is rice. But now there are also meals of wheat products, such as toast for breakfast & milk products.
Asian supermarkets now have a long list of Western foods such as breads, cakes & biscuits, snack foods, tinned goods & fizzy soft-drinks, pasta (wheat noodles), breakfast cereals, butter, cheese, lamb & beef.
But most striking is the large number of milk products. Milk products traditionally aren't part of an Asian diet-many Asians actually allergic to milk. But there are now ads on TV for milk, according to the ads, is 'modern', middle class & healthy. At a supermarket in Ampang Park, Kuala Lumpur, there is a shelf, four meter long, for milk in tins.
In one Bangkok supermarket there are more than a dozen different brands of milk drinks, from strawberry to pineapple flavour. In a typical supermarket in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand (population 1.2 million), there is fresh milk & flavoured long-life milk in mini cartons. There are also fruit yoghurts in pineapple, orange & lychee flavours.Unfortunately, there are now more Western diet-related diseases.