Rebas' Adventure in Ozzieland

Hello again. I haven’t written in a while, because nothing major has really been going on; just work and church, friends etc. I finished teaching my class for this term so I have been doing lots of marking. I think I have become harsher in my marking this term. Last term I felt so bad if I had to fail someone, I felt like I was being mean. This term I feel that I understand the marking rubric better and I know that I am following the guidelines correctly, so it is not my fault if someone fails, they did not meet the requirements. My conscience is clear.__________________ something interesting that is happening in Perth is the special holiday called CHOGM, a holiday that happens only when the Queen of England comes to Australia. The definition of this event is and I quote “CHOGM stands for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Every two years Commonwealth leaders meet to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and agree collective policies and initiatives.” CHOGM can be held at any of the commonwealth countries (around 50 counties are part of the British Commonwealth including India, S. Africa, Singapore, and Canada). Apparently the Queen has not been in Australia for 10 years and since she is coming to Perth we get an extra day off! I don’t know if the rest of the country does or not. We did not get the Queen’s birthday off in September as we usually would in preparation of the CHOGM holiday. There are also the commonwealth games, a sort of mini Olympics for just commonwealth countries.________________ with all this holiday stuff happening it seems appropriate that I have invented a new one myself. As some of you may know, my family likes to make up holidays. It has been several years since we have made up a new one and I thought it is about time. This new one has not yet been celebrated (next weekend will commence the festivities) and I have no idea if it will work out or not. It is called Culinary Wimsey (thank you Kathy G for the name!), a day when you get together with friends and each person brings the ingredients and recipe for a food that they themselves have never cooked before. Then will follow a fun afternoon of cooking and helping each other to tackle these new culinary challenges. This is not a competition! No no! Rather a space to finally try that recipe that you find you have never gotten around to making, but always wanted to try. And of course and the end of the day you get sample all the food, now that is what I call a pot luck, who knows what kind of creations will be make. A lot of the details still need to be worked out and of course throughout the day we will determine new traditions and customs of the holiday (I love that part, hee hee. I am such a nerd!). next post will tell you all about the outcome. Cheers!