sPICE PICE WINS WORLD CUP!
Last Wednesday, coach Josh and a group of PICE's students played a
soccer tournament against other English schools in Perth. After play-
ing, running and suffering, they won! Everybody said that the game
was really good. It was a really good time to join the fun. Congratula-
tions guys! If you keep playing like that, it is going to be easy to win
the next tournament!
Perth International College of
English
August 2011
Issue 4, 2011
Inside this
issue:
Music Around
the World
2
Discovering
Burswood
2
Finding Love! 3
Getting Back
to Nature
3
Fun Party Food 3
How about
Russia?
4
E-shopping 4
Special points of
interest:
We have some
exciting Friday
activities com-
ing up so look out
for:
Ten-pin bowling
Beach volley-
ball
Swimming
Ask Tracey for
more information
about the Friday
activities.
Students of Perth International College of English
by Lucy
Malaysia – by Hayden
Malaysia is a multicultural country, which means there are
many different cultures such as Malay, Chinese, Indian and
others. There are also many different types of music such as
Malay traditional music, Indian traditional music and also
Chinese. Besides that, the instrument of Malay traditional
used are Aerofons, Cordofons, Idiofons
and Membranofons. For Indian traditional music instrument
are Daf, Holak, Nal ; Sitar ; Sarod and others. And chinese
ones are Pipa ; Liuqin ; Sanxian and many more.
Japan – by Yuka, Aiko and Shoji
Japanese typical instruments are Taiko, which looks like a
drum , Shamisen, which looks like a gutar with three-
strings(below the picture) and Koto, which is about 180cm,
made from wood, and has 13 strings.
Ayumi Hamasaki , SMAP and Saburo Kitajima are famous
singers in Japan. We have some style of music, such as J-
POP, Rock, Enka, K-POP and more.
J-POP was very famous about 10
years ago, but now it might be
less famous than then. Recent singers
can't stay famous for long. Instead, K
-POP is getting famous in Japan. (J-
POP is Japanese pop, K-POP is Ko-
rean pop)
Russia – by Alexander and Anasta-
siya
Russian music includes many styles
such as ritual folk song to the sacred music of the Russian
orthodox church, and also includes the legacy of 19th
century classical and romantic composers like Tchaikovsky,
Rachmaninoff, Glinka, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and others.
Actually, each century of history is characterised by its own
style of music. There are lots of famous Russian composers
from the 19th century, who is still remembered and admired
nowadays. The 20th century is famous by 'pop' popular
music. The present day music is oriented to the Western
culture.
Colombia – by Luz and Lucy
Colombia is a small country where you can find diverse and
beautiful styles of music such as Cumbia, Joropo, Currulao,
Porro, Pop, Rock, Urban, Hip Hop, Merengue , Guacharaca
and Musica LLanera.
The Colombian folklore is very rich in styles and number.
Each region has its own folklore characteristics, most of
them are African or Spanish expressions that colonizers left
us.
In our wide kind of music we have famous musicians as
Toto' La Momposina, Juanes, Shakira, Grupo
Niche, J.Valbin, Fruco y Sus Tesos, Los Gaitaeros de San
Jacinto, Lisandro Meza, Carlos Vives.
Each style of music is achieved by playing many instru-
ments like drum, harp,
guitar, accordion, and
others.
Our beautiful music is
known widely in
many countries, Aus-
tralia among them.
Burswood – By Shoji and Yuka
Music Around the World
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Burswood is a place where there is an entertainment city around Perth. You can go there from Perth using Thornlie Line in
about 10 minutes. There are so many attractions in Burswood such as restaurants, hotels, bars, and a casino. However, there
is one dangerous zone in Burswood, so I'll talk about some tips to enjoy Burswood.
You may suppose that Burswood is such an unapproachable place because of its luxuriousness. In fact, the price or charge
of all things at Burswood could be expensive, but there is one way to budget them there. It's a member's card, which is called
"Club Burswood". It should help you when you use those facilities, and it means that you can get several discounts at Burs-
wood. In addition to it, it doesn't cost you, so there is no hesitation to have it, is there? After having the member's card,
Burswood should be a user-friendly place.
On the other hand, Burswood could have an ‘un-user-friendly' area; you already know it, it's like a bank, a "casino". If you
haven't been to the area and wanted to go there, you should cut the connection with the devil in your mind, otherwise the
devil could help you to deposit all of your fortune at the "Bank of Burswood". I know
that one guy hasn't been able to withdraw his money from there, so I can only tell you
one thing, "Don't be such a poor man like him. That place is not for students studying
abroad."
Take care of your Burswood life, and enjoy it!
“you can get several discounts”
WWOOF Ecovillages are
a sustainable model of human con-
structions.
They are urban
or rural communities of people
who intend to integrate
a harmonious social life to
a sustainable lifestyle.
The ecovillage includes a lot of
practice in your organization such
as:
1. Local and organic cultiva-
tion of food;
2. use of renewable energies;
3. use of biodegradable
materials in construc-
tions (bioconstruction or sustain-
able architecture);
4. Social help for families and
society;
5. Cultural and spiritual
diversity;
6. Economic solidarity, coopera-
tive and exchange network;
7. Interdisciplinary and holis-
tic education;
8. Health System and preven-
tion;
9. Preservation
and administration of the local
ecosystems; Global and local communica-
tion and activism.
They mix the ancient and modern
societies' knowledge of preserva-
tion, science and philosophy to
live in harmony with the environ-
ment. Nowadays there are plenty
of ecovillages around the world
creating a huge awareness chain
of preservation which can help
people to reconnect themselves
to the Earth living in the natural
lifestyle without losing the mod-
ern social development.
Achieving Goals – by Luz
It is very important to define what you want to become and to
plan a little part of your future. These pieces of advice will help
you to achieve your goals.
-Be positive about everything. It helps a lot.
-Get a job, work hard and concentrate on your goals.
-Save as much money as you can, especially on little things
-Read good books about the career that you want to
study, and it will be easier when starting it.
-In your free time, clear your mind of bad thoughts and
practice good hobbies such as reading, painting and cooking.
-Use public libraries to borrow books, videos and board games.
-Go to bed early and sleep well. Your body and your mind will
reflect it, and you will have plenty of energy.
-Buy only things that you actually need; don't buy stupid things.
-Eat healthy food such as vegetables, protein and small
carbohydrates.
-Get true friends, and remember bad friends who like spending
your money.
-Choose free entertainment activities such as doing exercise,
walking, playing football, watching videos and cooking at home.
-Take advantage of special prices at the supermarkets and
clothing shops, and don't forget to compare quantity and
prices.
If you save money every day, little by little, you will have
enough to pay for an expensive course, or your university.
When you are preparing a party, you
have to think about everything, such as
music, drinks, decoration and food. But
when you think about food, you think
that is the most difficult part. But it's
not! There are some easy and delicious
ideas or recipes to make for a party
without complications.
TUNA DIP Ingredients
- one can tuna in water, drained
- one can of cream cheese
- a pinch of salt Preparation In a medium cup, drain the tuna. Then
mix it with the cream cheese un-
til they form a paste. If it needs salt,
you can add it, it's optional. That's it!
WWOOF – By Eduardo
Issue 4, 2011 Page 3
Aiko; I want a boyfriend. Do you have one?
Yuka; Yeah, I have one. A; How did you meet him?
Y; I used to work at a cafe with him. He helped
me a lot. He's from Kenya. A; You're from Japan. You guys
are an international couple!! Are there a lot of
international couples? Y; Yeah, I know a lot of them.
A; Wow! That's interesting. How did
they meet each other? Y; I'm going to tell you about my friends who
are a couple.
A; I want to know about yours!
Y; NO, I can't tell you here.
A; Um...OK, tell me about your friends.
Y: He looked very handsome and he stood out among everyone. At the time he had been in
Japan for over 5 years, so his Japanese was really
good. We called him a prince because we didn't know his name. One day when we went to a
club, he was there and approached one of my
friends. They really enjoyed each other's com-pany and everything was great. After 4 years she
started thinking about marriage with him. But he still wanted to study a doctor course in the Uni-
versity. Since then their feel-
ings had separated little by little. She was really sad so she decided to travel to reset her feelings.
Fortunately the travel worked for her and she has
started going on a different path.
Although they broke up, they still have a good
relationship. Somehow he has approached her
again recently. So he is taking care of her a lot. I guess this couple's going to get back together
again. Nobody knows our fate in the future. A: Wow! I'm interested in their relationship after that!
Y: Yeah! Right! But unfortunately they are still
friends at the moment. It depends on her feelings though.
A: I hope they have good relationship.
By Yuka and Aiko
International Love
CAPSICUM DIP Ingredients
- one small red capsicum
- one cream cheese
- sugar
- butter
First the paprika is cut in fine squares,
then in a non-stick pan put a tea spoon
of butter and add the capsicum cut.
Then add four normal spoon of sugar
until the paprika is soft and the sugar is
caramelised.
In a medium cup put the cream cheese
and add the capsicum that is already
cooked mix, then until they make a
smooth paste. And it's done. You can
enjoy it with water crackers
Party Recipes – by Lucy
Perth
International
College of English
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Thanks to Josh and his
level 5 class for producing
this newsletter.
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We’re on the web!
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Shopping on the Net – by Hayden ..... is a good shopping place for most of the modern people in the world.
It's using the internet to buy whatever you want to buy such as clothes, gloves,
hats and many more except foods. Besides that, we can also use the E-Bay to
sell whatever we don't want such as second hand games , handbags , wal-
lets ,and others. I know there are many people who know about E-Bay more
than me , this is because I am a beginner to use this web side to buy some
things and I also know that many people don't know this website at all or they knew about this but don't know how to
use it.
Let's me teach you all what is E-Bay and how to buy things on there. Firstly, E-Bay is such a good place
for most teenagers to buy some things such as clothes, shoes, games, technology, and many more. It's because every-
thing that is sold on E-Bay is cheaper than usual and it's not far cheaper but just slightly cheaper. Many people use it
because of convenient, they wouldn't have to go out shopping and carry all the things that they buy, if they bought on
E-Bay.
Secondly, there are some things we have to bid on it if we want to buy a cheaper one such as second hand things.
In fact, most of the things that we have to bid are second hand but not all of them. I think they will push up the price
as higher as they can, so we should be clever when we bid something because maybe the price
that we bid can already buy a new one. This is also the same with when we want to buy something on E-Bay, we can
play with the price as higher as we can but remember to be clever.
Besides that, the things that we buy on E-Bay will be able to deliver by post and it will be sent to us within
2 weeks I think. So, it's much more easy and convenient for some people. Moreover, we can use either credit or debit
card to pay the bill or we can also use pay pal to pay it and this is the safer way we pay the bill because having
a Security System to protect our personal profile is good. Of course we have to register first before we buy some-
thing.
Lastly, E-bay is a very good web site for us to shop, and being a modern people, we have to jump into the band-
wagon the sooner the better. Don't procrastinate again, try it now!!!
Some Facts About Russia
You might have some ideas by your own about Russia, but we are going to give
you some general facts about this country and people there.
-- The population is 147.5 million peo-
ple and 3/4 live in the European part
and 1/4 lives in the Asian part of Rus-
sia (Siberia and the Far East re-
gions). Most of these people are Rus-
sians (81%), the others are Ukrainians,
Tatars, Belarusians, Polish, Germans,
Jews and Caucasians.
--The language spoken is mostly Russian. This language uses the Cyrillic alphabet
instead of Latin and is one of the five most spoken languages in the world.
--Talking about weather, it is difficult to say exactly which temperature is here
because of how country is big. Anyway, average temperature differences be-
tween the warmest (July) and coldest (January) vary as much as 65 degrees Cel-
sius.
--There are 11 time zones all over the territory of Russia.
--This country is famous for Russian ballet, ice hockey, figure skating, the first
person who travelled in space and many writers, composers and painters.
--Russians consider themselves as an educated society. Reading books is impor-
tant part of their life. This tradition began in the 18th century.
--Russians are good-natured people with certain beliefs which may seem strange
at the first sight, but quite understandable if you look a bit closer.
By Alex and Anastasiya