Meeting people for the first time can be hard, and daunting..but also rewarding when the conversation flows freely. We are blogging about how we might use an ice breaker to start conversation with others, and how easy, or hard, it can be. Enjoy our weeks entry below, our bloggers personality really shine through in this one.



Hello, beautiful readers and friends!

Today's blog is all about icebreakers, conversation starters, and making a great first impression. When I want to befriend someone new, I always start with a smile. If they smile back, I take it as a sign to approach them and start a conversation.

My go-to introduction is: "Hello, I'm Claire. I'm a smart woman – and I mean that confidently!" This usually brings a laugh, as not everyone is bold enough to say something like that out loud. Then, I share my passions and hobbies, and express my happiness. I find that people are drawn to my positivity.

By sharing my interests and listening to theirs, I create a comfortable space for meaningful connections to grow. That's how I, Claire, make friends!

What about you? What are your favourite conversation starters or icebreakers? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Thank you for reading my blog, Claire.


Good morning to my blogging friends and readers. I love my close friends, they support me. I like to start a conversation by asking how are you and usually people say I am well thank you, how are you? Another question l ask is how is your girlfriend if they have one. In the afternoon I would ask how has your day has been? Sometimes I like to ask people how their lunch is and have they enjoyed it. 
I love talking to my girlfriend Claire and telling my family and friends how lovely she is, how much I love her and how good we are together. Sometimes I get overwhelmed talking to people especially if there is a lot of noise. But my media friends are caring too, 
Thank you everyone, your friend Thomas. 


Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is conversation starters and how to start a conversation, and to keep it going.  When I researched there are three different suggestions to start and they are 1. Introduce yourself, 2. Ask questions, and 3, offering help.

Let me tell you how I would introduce myself, it would depend on the group though. If it’s a new group for example, I would say “Hi I am Beth what is your name?” Asking questions of people you know is easier and I would say something like “Hi how are you or good morning, how has your day been/going?”
As for offering help to people you know like family for example “Mum can I help with the cooking?” and to friends “I would say do you need a hug or can I help you with anything?”

I love talking to family and friends and telling them what I have been doing. I find talking to strangers hard but I’m learning to get braver.

How do you find talking to family and friends or strangers and what do you do to start a conversation with someone?

Signing out for the week, thankyou readers,
Beth


Dear readers, today topic is how to start a conversation.
Readers, I have a question: how do you start a conversation or use an ice breaker?

Let me start by telling you how I start a conversation. With people I know I would say good morning how are you and I hope you have a good day.
With my blogger friends it's usually "Hi I'm tired", as sometimes it takes me a while to wake up as I'm not a morning person or an afternoon person.
Another way I like to talk to my friends is asking how they are?
If I am not sure of the group or it might be a new group, or one I have just joined, I would say  "Hi my name is Charlotte" and I would share a little bit about myself.

Do you enjoy talking to people?
I find it easy when its someone I know.
Readers I hope you had a great read. 

Written by Charlotte


Hi everyone, Nick here, and welcome to our weekly blog!

Today, we're discussing how to start a conversation with someone new that you'd like to befriend. To begin, it's essential to greet people respectfully and be mindful of their personal space.

Personally, I like to start by introducing myself. I say "Hello", and I may mention how I know them (e.g., "I've seen you around here"), and they often respond with "Yes, I do remember you". This is how it helps me to break the ice.

I then share a unique hobby or interest, like my passion for lawn mowers. I've even fixed them up for racing – yes, you read that right! Most people are surprised to learn that lawn mower racing is a thing, and they often find it intriguing and entertaining, if a bit unusual too. 

By sharing my personal interest, I create a conversation starter that can lead to real connections and friendships.

What about you? What are your favourite conversation starters or hobbies to share with others?

Thank you for reading my blog, Nick.
For anyone who doesn't know me well, I'm not a big fan of starting conversations. I get a
little anxious talking to new people, also with groups of people and people with authority. (for example, police people). This is something that can end a conversation for me, before it can even start. I know that eye contact and speaking clearly are good foundations for a good conversation. Although sometimes eye contact is not possible, (shout out to my friends who may struggle with eye contact, you are valid.) I have found that starting off saying that I'm a bit anxious and might not be great in the conversation is helpful for me to take the 
pressure off, and it gives the other person an insight as to why I might not be at ease in 
the conversation.
From my years of experience with conversations with people, I have learnt that you can pretty much start a conversation with anything, it might even be something you can laugh about later. 
Even if, like me you're anxious and you start by explaining you are feeling that way, you can say something like “do you want to hear a fun fact?”, maybe tell a really awful 
dad joke which will start a conversation about how awful dad jokes are or even talk about your pets. I like talking about my dog and I will sometimes ask “do you want to see my dog?” (I show photos from my phone) and it leads into a conversation about dogs and if they have a dog. I have had someone start a conversation with “I know where you live.” 
Normally I wouldn't recommend starting a conversation like that but luckily for me that person is my best mate so it worked well for her and she wasn't wrong, she did in fact knew where I lived which was right down the road from her.
Once I get comfortable with people, I will talk their ear off until the cows come home or they ask me to stop whichever comes first and it's the highest compliment from me when I'm comfortable because it is hard work for me to get to that. 
I would like to end this blog by saying that I hope you are always met with kindness and respect when having conversations, no matter what walk of life you come from or what your abilities, because you have the right to be heard and your feelings are valid.
Thank you for joining the conversation and i look forward to our next blog,
Your friend always,
Shan.

Hello and welcome to another blog. Today we are talking about how to start a conversation. For me, it’s always sport or media. I feel like these are topics I can easily stay engaged with and focus my energy on my favourite things rather than focusing on the negatives. I also love talking about my favourite TV shows or movies. My favourite TV show is either Court Cam or any real-life police show. I also love Thank God You’re here and The Amazing Race. 

How do you like to start conversation? Do you have any specific conversation starters that you know both people will enjoy?

Keep being awesome. 

Ben

We all have a creative outlet, even if we don't realise. Do you dance, do you sew? Painting and drawing and even researching ideas for a party is a creative thing to do. Creativity is about allowing yourself to make mistakes. And learn from it. Our bloggers are realy quite creative and share their favourites this week. 


What sparks my creativity? 
I’m a very creative person, I love to find different ways to be creative through art, sewing, problem solving, tech and so many more creative outlets. I throw different ideas around in my brain and hope that it makes something beautiful or makes something work better. My creativity can also be really weird and may only make sense to me. That’s what’s magical about being creative you can create your own world through creating art or whatever it is you're creating. It doesn’t need to translate to others because they can create their own meaning from what you’ve created.  
Sometimes I’m not even thinking about being creative I just start doing and it’s wonderful because my brain does far too much thinking.  could power most of Australia with the power I’d generate from the amp of over-thinking I do. 
My first love was drawing. I’ve always loved drawing because I saw how good my mum was at drawing and it was something I wanted to also do. So I suppose my love for creativity started with my mum. Young Shan was inspired to be creative through admiring her mum’s drawing talents, and that’s a beautiful thing to think about. 
Sewing was born through a desire to learn something new and also because of COVID lockdowns. I love the endless possibilities for creativity and that I can create something from nothing. I use a sewing machine now but when I first started, I was hand sewing which takes a lot longer but is wonderful at keeping my brain quiet and it’s very relaxing for me. It’s super rewarding when I finish a sewing project and I get to appreciate my handiwork. I also really enjoy making things for people and I love that it makes people happy. Another thing that sparks creativity is a love for making others happy while bringing myself joy aswell, what a win-win. 
Honestly I could talk all day about the different forms of creativity I enjoy and what sparks them however, that would be a short novel not a blog. I believe the main thing that sparks my creativity is my own creative mind. I have always loved being creative and creating weird and beautiful things. 
What sparks your creativity and what is your favourite creative activity? 
Go be your awesome selves and choose kindness! 
Your friend always, 
Shan 

What’s sparks your creativity?
Usually my brain sparks my creativity, sometimes it sparks too much creativity for me, and I don’t know where to begin. 
I had an idea to start another blog but  I would do a puzzle and watch movies of the same theme. 
For example Disney puzzles, I would watch Disney movies. Superheroes puzzle, I would watch superheroes movies.  It went well, but then I had another idea of taking photos while I’m out in nature.  Im not a pro but it brings me joy, and im learning how to use filters and make more prettier photos. 
But I get into my head too much and I annoy myself and pick out things I don’t like about it or it not taking me anywhere. So I go into a down spiral and lack creativity, but it soon comes back to me with something different like drawing. I like trying to draw lyrics but in form of an illustration.
The other day I drew a skeleton hand with a halo and a human hand holding each other with  the lyrics from death cab of a cutie song “I will follow you into the dark”. But drawing kind of scares me due to all of the copyrights rules, so I just leave my artwork either in my portfolio or procreate. 
So really my brain is like a computer with many tabs opens and sometimes it freezes and then I get stuck but then I get re booted onto a different creative hobby.    
Haley.

When I am being creative I love it.  When working on my engine and when I cant get something undone, I use a big pole to jimmy the nuts off.  
Sometimes I have to crawl under the mower, but first I use a winch to jack it up.  I make sure the hooks are on tight and in the correct place.

I can look at a problem and figure out what tool I should use to solve it, like with engines. I love working on motors and figuring out how they work.
I have figured out that it's important to be safe, I always keep the winch on to support what I'm working on.  
Nick

Hi my beautiful readers, how are you? Today’s topic is what sparks your creativity. How I get creative is by knitting, karaoke, colouring-in and occasionally I do diamond art.

I am learning to knit and my plan is to make a poppy headband. It is relaxing but it’s very stressful while I'm learning how to knit and sometimes I have dropped a stitch, but that’s ok I can ask for help. When I first started learning to knit I was at blogging and Delia helped me and we did it during our break time. In a few weeks when it’s cooler we will start again.

I love singing especially at Dinner with Friends once a month and my friend Amelia always supports me.
I have many songs I love to sing to myself and to my friends.
Do you have a favourite song?
I do colouring to help me calm down or to relax and I love any colouring books. We have lots at Umbrella to do on a Monday and I love it.
I sometimes do diamond art because it’s calming and relaxing and it’s really fun to do different themes and it feels satisfying when I finish it.

What do you do to be creative?
This is Bethany signing off until next week.


My friend Aly she is special, kind, She is good and support me. I like music and I like to sing with her.   
Hello readers, today I am very happy to see my friend Aly joining our blogging group we used to be at the same school together and she is special, kind, and she is a good friend to me. My creative way to express myself makes me feels happy when I dance and on Tuesday night at Dinner with Friends I got to dance with my beautiful girl friend Claire. 
I love watching YouTube videos about dancing and this is the way I learned dancing. My love of music has made me dream about becoming a DJ. Since I was a little boy I have been watching HR Puff and Stuff. I like to watch Home and Away. Thank you for reading my blog, Thomas 

Disney is my favourite.
love to dance and sing and Disney music is the best
Disney makes me dress up, my favourite dress is the blue one like Cinderella. I love to pretend and dance all the time.
Cooking is creative I love to cook with my mum, fish was so yum with all the veggies.
My other favourite things to make with mum are chicken schnitzel with gravy and lemon. I like to get creative with mum and do baking like cakes and banana bread with a nice cuppa tea.
Singing is creative too and every Monday at handmade I sing at the park with my Umbrella
friends. I like to make up my own dances and songs.
Tuesdays is a creative day for me and I made a bear for Thomas with a love heart. I have done paintings and drawings too.
I listen to music on my phone and like to have music playing all the time. I go dancing with my friends on Wednesday nights we practice together and it is a lot fun. I am good dancing and I have been doing it since a little girl. 
Thankyou for reading my blog, Claire. 

Dear readers, today topic is creativity. I like to cook or plan for my big birthday coming up in a few months.
With my cooking I research recipes for dinner that are quick and easy.
I use Google or my recipes books to look for delicious meals or sometimes I go back to my favourite recipes which are Leek Chicken, Leek soup, coconut chicken and rice and spaghetti bolognese just to name a few.

Regarding my birthday I’m using pinterest for ideas for the most perfect cake, the theme and decorations, nails, invites and outfits.
I like to use pinterest when planning big events for ideas.
Do you use pinterest or Google to research ideas 

Written by Charlotte 


Good morning readers, my name is Alyshia I am happy to start blogging again and I hope you will enjoy reading my blog. Today, we are writing about what sparks my creativity.

Art. I love doing my art work with paint brushes and tools to create my art with my mind and I love using bright colors to do my beautiful paintings. It makes it stand out a lot better and makes me feel so happy inside. I love to make shapes and patterns with tapes and I'm so proud of myself.

Cooking. I really enjoy my cooking every Tuesday with Jessy we make different dishes together and I love the taste of the different meals that I make with her. I have a few favorites that we make often for example taco bowl, lettuce cup and butter chicken. I love good food and it makes me happy when I prepare dinner for family. I also go out for dinner with friends and my family.

Music and dancing. I love to listen to country music, and sometimes I listen to rap music, I also love pop music as well. For me, music is so beautiful to listen to. I love all the different kind of music and it makes me feel so relaxed, calm and it amazes me.

Thank you for reading my blog kind regards Alyshia 


Hello, and welcome to my latest blog. Today we are talking about creativity and how we are creative in our own lives.  I love tie dye and how different colors mean different things. Tie dye looks awesome and it helps people express who they are. It was first invented in 4000BC in India although it dated back to the 5th century in the Sui dynasty in China. It returned to trend in the 21st century and I personally love it. I got a tie dye pillow case and doona cover for Christmas. I love bright colours as they get me thinking about happy things and happy memories. I also associate tie dye with Summer and that also makes me happy. I love how different cultures have different techniques and how it looks so different but expresses the same thing. I also love how baristas are creative with their coffee art. It’s cool how they have their own artistic ideas and how they maneuver the milk to make the art. The word barista originates from Italy. The founder of the barista was Rajat Agrawal and the first barista was Pascal Rosee. 

Keep being awesome

Ben

​We’re feeling love this week. Being Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d take the opportunity to write about something (or someone) we LOVE!
 
As an additional challenge, today our support worker Jessy gave our bloggers a challenge to add the word “reminisce” to their blogs.
 
The Oxford dictionary describes the word reminisce as the following – to indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events. We decided that it meant to remember something fondly.
 
 
Hello lovely readers,
 
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I wanted to share my thoughts on love. As you know, I'm all about spreading love and kindness.
 
I'm thrilled to say that I've found my true love, Thomas. We met at Dinner Friends, but we didn't talk until we joined a program called Hellow Media. That's where our friendship began, and eventually, Thomas asked me to be his girlfriend. I said yes!
 
Thomas and I love doing things together. We go to the movies, participate in Hellow Media, Just Write, we go bowling, and attend Dinner Friends.
 
I'm so grateful to have Thomas in my life. I have been reminiscing about him a lot lately. He's an amazing person, and I feel lucky to have him as my boyfriend.
 
Thanks for reading, and Happy Valentine's Day to all my lovely readers! 
 
Claire
 
 
Thinking back about when my 2 nanas were alive and my pop.
They all had the kindest souls.  To me they were the greatest grandparents, they gave all of the grandchildren, all the love they needed, if not more.
 
My family often reminisce all of the memories we had with the grandparents. 
My nana Shirley, she was the kindest soul. I remember, walking home from school one day, as I was walking up to my house, there she was waiting for me and my brothers to come home. 
 
When we would go over to her house, we would do chores for her and my pop, to help out.  She would secretly give us $1 for helping.  And she would have a lolly jar, where she had her minties in it, still to this day, we have the lolly jar in the cabinet.  
 
She was the type of person who would never lie, but she told a fib about the place where she works, she said before she got the job, the workers had to roll their eyes out of the sockets. 
 
My Pop.  We called him Bob, he was a little grumpy, but nonetheless, whenever we would stay over at their house, he would wake us up at 6am, he would make the best omelette, but he would  get us involved by cutting up the ingredients. I also remember we went to a park for mushroom picking.  
 
He also had a veggie garden, we would pick the ripe veggies for him, but really it was 1 for the bucket, 1 for me. He didn’t mind. At all. 
 
Mary is my other nana, she was a lovely lady, 
When I was younger, I would get into her car, she told me. The car wouldn’t start unless I sung to it. So I sung to it!
 
When I got older, we would talk about horror movies and ink master the tv show.  We would go to the market, I would help her with her shopping, we would get in a bit of mischief, but no harm to anyone. 
 
Grandparents give the kindest and greatest love of all. 
Even if they’ve passed away, the memories will always be remembered and cherished. And you can always reminisce about the great memories, and you can feel their love again.
 
 All the best Haley.
 
 
Hello and welcome to another week of blogging. Today we take a trip down memory lane as we reminisce about the past and how it has shaped who we are today.
 
When I think about my past my mind always to 2008 when Hawthorn won the grand final and I was there. I also remember the time I fell in love with rugby league. I was up in Queensland waiting to be transported back to Melbourne after a femur fracture. It was NRL grand final day and it was a Queensland derby between the North Queensland Cowboys and the Brisbane Broncos.
 
I was a cowboy’s supporter for 3 years before I realized there was a Melbourne team. I have been a member of Melbourne Storm since 2008 and never looked back.
 
In 2005 I had Starlight wish where Spider Everett carried me through the Hawthorn banner. I remember also breaking my leg on a camping trip and not knowing as I have no feeling in my legs. My body went into shock and that’s how we knew. It’s amazing how my brain can remember things from 20 years ago but not from yesterday. How is your short-term memory?
 
What about your long-term memory? What are some of your favorite childhood memories?
 
Keep being your awesome self!
 
Ben
 
 
Tell your pets I said hi,  
Now the heading I have started with here has absolutely nothing to do with our topic today, I just felt it was important that I say hi. I will say hi to my animal family members for you our readers as well because why not?
 
I suppose this might actually tie into our topic too, we are talking about love and we have been given the challenge of using the word reminisce.
 
Technically I have already used the word so challenge done right? Look at me finding a loophole in everything, but no I will actually use the word properly.  
Now what does the word Reminisce mean? I’m so happy you asked! According to Merriam-Webster.com Reminisce means to talk or think about things that happened in the past. I think it’s something that I do quite a bit and I was happily reminiscing about my cats before I started writing this blog. Both cats have crossed the rainbow bridge now however they had very full lives filled with love and many laughs.
 
Pandora a beautiful black cat and Sirbastian a grey and white cat. They were complete opposites of each other Pandora the strong and sleek type of cat and Sirbastian the beautifully handsome but also a tad round.  
 
I do remember that Sirbastian would hunt feathers and he was always so proud that he caught the feather, he also used to sleep on a baby mattress that was under my bed and after he passed away, I kept the mattress under my bed for a long time because it had his fur on it and I wanted to feel close to him.
 
Pandora would sit with me in the backyard and we would just hang out like best mates. I remember when she would tell me off she would tap me with her paw and she never got her claws out because she was a gentle girl. I would also like to say that she was a good luck black cat. Black cats are not bad luck at all, they are good luck and you can’t change my mind.  
 
I remember my cats with all the love in my heart and I like to think that they are watching over all of us from the giant litter box in the sky.  
 
Also just to add I recently came across a gorgeous group of St Andrew’s Cross spiders (separate webs but same garden) and they look so peaceful in their webs it just made me so happy and grateful to be able to see them. Such beautiful creatures we have to appreciate in our world. Side note I saw them from a safe distance and would never try and touch them. I respect the space of all creatures always.  
 
Have an absolutely fantastic week filled with sunshine and gratitude!  
Love your friend,  
Shan.  
 
 
 
Hey friends, welcome back to our blogging corner! Today, we're talking about love and using a new word: "reminisce". According to the Cambridge dictionary, it means to think or talk about happy memories from the past.
 
One of my favourite memories is when I started writing made up stories. I was around 9 years old, and I would write about things I saw or felt. Some stories were happy, some were sad, and others were funny.
 
I'd like to share one story with you. I was sitting on the floor in my living room, looking out the window, when I saw something beautiful - a white butterfly sparkling in the sunlight. I loved butterflies, and this one inspired me to make up a story. I had my headphones on, and music was playing, but I couldn't take my eyes off that butterfly. I really love butterflies in general and I love how I feel about them.
 
What are some of your happy memories?
This is Beth signing off until next week.
 
 
 
Hi readers, the subject today is love or something you love to do. It can be anything like a hobby, listening to music, your family and I remember when I had a quad bike and the things that we got up to it is hilarious.

One time I went over the handlebars like superman. I was riding my quad so fast and there was a ditch and I fell off. It was so funny, my dad and my grandpa were watching from the balcony and were laughing at me. Luckily, I didn't get hurt.


Another time I was riding very fast around paddocks surrounded by a big hill doing donuts. I didn't fall off, it was so funny.

Another story is about climbing hay bales and jumping off and rolling down the hill. I did hit my head and I was not badly injured.

I have enjoyed reminiscing about my childhood memories today, I hope you have enjoyed reading about them and got a laugh too.
 
Daredevil Nick signing off until next time.
 
 
Dear readers, today's topic is love and I have been challenged use the word reminisce.
 
Let me start telling you about the word reminisce and what it means and it got me thinking of some memories.
 
This week is a mixture of feelings and memories some sad, some
happy, for me.
 
I would like to talk about my dogs who were rehomed.
 
They were two German shepherds and our first dog was called Lady and was a big puppy and then later we got a second dog and his name was Diesel.
 
They played and slept together and they were both  very hard to handle when we would walk them at the same time and we all loved our shepherds.
 
Another dog we have is a small French bulldog called Gucci. We love her and she is great at understanding how we are feeling especially this week.
 
Readers I have a question: do you have a pet that is there for you?
I have enjoyed talking about my dogs.
 
Written by Charlotte
 
 
 

Hello readers,
 
Today, I want to talk about love. I'm excited to share that I have a new niece, and I already love her so much. She's adorable, and being an uncle is an amazing experience. I feel very protective of her and want to make sure she's safe and healthy.
 
I've also been lucky to have close friends who support me when I need it. They're kind, respectful, and understanding.
 
In addition, I've met someone special - my girlfriend Claire. She's a lovely, caring, and kind person.
 
I'm also grateful for my family, who are always supportive of me. My mum is especially sweet, and I appreciate everything she does for me. I love her very much.
 
Thanks for reminiscing with me.
 
Thanks for reading my blog, Thomas.

It's that time again for our bloggers to get creative with their choose your own adventure blogs. We hope you enjoy love reading what our guys love to get up too, and what is important to them. Enjoy!


I love the 101 Dalmatians. 
I like the movie better as it's a funny story. Cruela de Vil steals the puppies and I don't like that, but is all works out in the end. It is an interesting story. 
I like to go to Datability with my support worker Jordan, 
I love my friends Zoe, Cindy, Ben, Claire, Nick, Jordan, Krystle and Matt. 
Thomas

Hello readers, welcome back to my blog. Today we are choosing our own topic. My first thought is always about my beautiful family and this is what my topic is going to be. In my family I have my mum Josie, dad Jim, my brothers are Michael and Robert and of course I am the Princess Claire. I am blessed to have a family like mine we care about each other. My mum is an amazing cook, I love everything she makes. My dad enjoys gardening at the moment he has beetroot, zucchini, beautiful flowers, lemon trees and a lot more that I will not mention here. Both my brothers work, and I am a lady with multiple talents. I am also an Aunty to three boys and two girls. There names are Ralph, Santo, Liam, Lexi, and Michaela. My family and spend a lot of time together, we travel and we have a lots of fun together. 
Thanks for reading my blog, your lovely friend, 
Claire 

We made my crazy cart big this weekend by cutting it in half and adding a piece so I don't have to fold myself in every time.  

I want to put brakes on my crazy cart so I don't have to use my feet when I want to stop.  I am also using an old ride-on mower for parts and I would like to get it going.  It is rusty, I poke holes in the chassis with the screw driver it is so old.  I looked at getting the fuel filter out but it was so old and dried up that it was hard to get on or off.  

I went to the lobster festival on the weekend and I had a good time. I just looked around and with my firefighter friend he let me turn on the water pump on the big fire engine, which was a thrill.

Thank you readers,
Nick


Hey friends and welcome back to our blogging corner, its a choose your own adventure theme today. I have chosen to write about getting my nails done. Something about me that I would like to share with you is I am a very girly girl and the things I enjoy doing are my nails. I have had different designs done on them and I love it.
This year for my birthday I got SnS baby blue french tips with butterfly transfer for my special day. I love getting my nails done because it’s relaxing and you can sometimes put your own music on if it’s not too loud. I try to get them done whenever they have grown out and I like to do different shapes.

Something new I would like to do is my eye lashes. If you want to get them done go to someone who is professional and don’t do it yourself. I am not sure if I want them because they are very high maintenance, it cost a lot of money and I don’t know if I have the patience to sit there for hours.

Is there anything new you would like to try?
Thank you for reading my blog, this is Bethany signing off until next week.


Where is the instruction manual? 

For anything that happens in life, I wish there were instructions that I could turn too and then it would feel a lot less stressful. Though, that would probably ruin the life experience and we’d probably never learn from our mistakes because we wouldn’t be going down our own path. We would be on the journey but following the instructions instead of our own minds and heart. I wonder if it would feel like our life is pre-planned for us and would we feel in control of our own lives? 

Writing this blog started as a struggle and I almost wanted to be told what to write because I was coming up blank. That’s what brought me to wanting an instruction manual for life but after reading the first paragraph you might have noticed I seem to have talked myself out of needing or wanting an instruction manual. Life is an extremely crazy time, with ups and downs but isn’t it wonderful that we are all going through life together? It’s really cool to know that there are so many who have come before us and left their own unique mark or stamp in life. Obviously I’m really into history, I really love people of the past and their stories of their life and experiences because they are important. 

Hopefully I have inspired you to find someone from our history (or any historical time) and learn about their life’s journey, it’s important that we don’t forget the past and the path that led us to today. Maybe in a way they are our instruction manual, as long as we take the time to learn and respect each person unique journey and story then we are really doing great things. 

I feel it’s important to add that with or without the instructions, each and every persons life and journey is important. Everyone has something to add to this life and one day I hope that we all can see the value that each of us add. You are always enough and I love you guys! 
​
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog/brain dump, I’m grateful for you and I hope that you have a wonderful week! 
From your friend, 
Shan 


Dear readers this week’s topic is a choose own your adventure.
Let me start by telling you what I have chosen to write about. That is my feelings.
I'm feeling a roller coaster of emotions and I'm not sure how to start. Have you ever felt like that? 

The reason I am feeling this way is because there is a lot going on in my world. I'm feeling sad, calm, happy and anxious all at the same time.

How do you handle feeling these emotions all at the same time?
What I like to do is go outside and enjoy nature, the peace and thr quiet. Often I read one of my favourite books, the Twilight series.
I find I can get into the characters and enjoy the story line. Readers, I have a question. Do you read and if so do you have a favourite book or author? 

I talked to some blogger friends and they like to watch tv and currently the show is MAFS for those you don't know. It's Married At First Sight and it's about people getting married to someone they have never seen. I personally like to watch I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here , and Deal or No Deal. I love these shows as they are funny especially the Deal or No Deal host. When these shows are not on, I watch movies on my tv.

Thank you reders for reading my blog. I'm feeling much calmer.

Written by Charlotte

So when I’m in the car, I make up stories about the passing cars. I thought I would share one with you today. 

There’s a car, a Nissan of some sort. 
There’s a man in the driver seat called Geoffrey, a lady named Barbara in the front passenger seat wearing pearls and a lady named Dorothy the back seat. 
Dorothy and Barbara were cheerleader friends since high school, and Geoffrey was the football Captain. They all still do everything together. 

They are heading towards the local Bowls clubs for a round of bowls and lunch.
A few months ago, Geoffrey and Dorothy secretly met up without Barbara, but it isn't what you think. 

They all arrived at the bowls clubs, had a round of bowls, they headed into the bistro for some lunch.  Once they entered the door all of the people in the bistro, yelled out “Surprise Barbara”
Barbara was in shocked, she couldn’t believe herself.  
All of her friends. There were even the ones who were from overseas.
It was a surprise party for Barbara,  Geoffrey and Dorothy planned it.
After the lovely lunch, it was time for speeches and cake. Barbara was so very happy, she said, it was the best Birthday party she ever had. She was so thankful for everyone

Thank you for reading my story, Haley. 


Hello and welcome to a blog about Love. I hope you brought some deuce. That's a tennis reference for those wondering. 
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Australian Open with work for All Ability’s day. I saw heaps of people in wheelchairs and they even had a blind tennis showcase on one of the courts. During the day, I unexpectedly ran into a friend who I hadn’t seen in about ten years who I met during a media course I did. It’s amazing to see events like this adapt to people with a disability.
 
I would love to see accessibility become normal and people with a disability not be seen as special at these events. I also got the chance to see Dylan Alcott who I’ve met a couple times at Ability fest. What do you think accessibility should look like at events? Do you think it will ever become normal? Have you ran into someone you know, unexpectedly after a long time?
 
Keep being awesome
 
Ben 

This is who I’ve met OR who I want to meet…
 
Lets show off a little! OR a lot!
 
Today’s blog has our writers sharing stories of famous people they have either met or would like to meet. This one is going to be FUN!
 
 Today's blog is about celebrities and who we have or would like to meet. 
I have met Blinky Bill in Queensland when I went to a theme park. I like The Wiggles, I haven't been to a show yet but with my support worker I will. Anthony, the blue Wiggle is my favourite because he likes food, like fruit- salad. And bananas. He's a good dancer and he is strong. So I would love to meet the Wiggles.
 
In Japan I saw the Aladdin characters, Jafar was so cool. And there were camels too.
I have some wonderful friends. Cindy, Krystle and my support workers. Matt is fantastic. I love my true love too. 

My best big brother Chris will come with me to New York soon and I hope to meet some celebrities there. New York have the big yellow taxi's.
 
I enjoy the wrestling and the music, so when I go to New York I would love to go to a wrestling show like Smackdown. I also enjoy hip-hop girls and their music.
I hope that celebrities are nice, and they would calm me because I would like to meet them. Thank you for reading my blog, Thomas.
 
 
Hello and welcome to my first blog for 2025. Today we have decided to blog about famous people we would like to meet or have met in the past. I have met heaps of famous people in the past. From sport stars like Dylan Alcott, Peter “Spider” Everett and Chaz Mostert just to name a few. I’ve also met Natalie Bassingthwaite (my celeb wife).

I would love to go to America to meet the Pittsburgh steelers and Pittsburgh penguins. While I’m there I would like to go to Manchester to meet the Manchester united players.  I have also met heaps of people through my podcast “Ben Sport talk”. Who have you met? Who would u like to meet?
 
Thanks for reading my first blog of 2025 and always remember to KEEP SPORTY!!!!
 
https://open.spotify.com/show/682cXPtR6B3iXN2ESgSd3Z?si=Go_GTzlHQoezn52WVvDNiQ
 
 
 Who would you like to meet or who have you met?
Celebrities are just people with a big fandom, but I have met a handful of famous people. Channel 7 hosts a Good Friday appeal telethon where most of the Channel 7 stars,  volunteer for a meet and greet. 
 
I went there a few times, and I have met Chris Hemsworth (AKA Thor) 
He was so lovely, I needed help to get off the stage and he stood up and showed me the way. 
 
The person I would love to meet is Johnny Depp. Ever since I was little, I’ve wanted to meet him. I also have a plan if I ever did meet him, to convince him, I was his wife. I won’t go into details, it’s a bit of a hostage situation, so I won’t mention too much, also it will probably never happen. 
 
If I could bring famous people back to life, there’s a whole heap of people I would like to meet but I’ll just name a few.
 
The members of the 27 club,  including Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse,
and Jimi Hendrix.  Why are they in the 27 club, you may ask?  It’s because they passed away at the age of 27. 
 
Another great person I would love to bring back is Robin Williams. 
He was a hilarious man, made everyone laugh. His movie Jack is my favourite. 
 
A few more people I would love to bring back to life in order to meet them are Heath Ledger (Dark Knight movie), River Phoenix (he passed away in front of the Viper Bar which was Johnny Depp’s Bar), see the connection there. Brandan Lee (The Crow), Brittany Murphy (Girl Interrupted), Steve Irwin  our very own Crocodile Hunter.
 
This isn’t going to happen without a seance but, I could try to arrange it. 
Haley
 
 
Hi readers, today's topic is about my favourite celebrity and how I would like to meet them. The celebrity I chose is super cool because he is the one and only Snoop Dogg, I have been a fan since forever. I got to see him performing at his awesome concert two years ago and I had a blast.

I would have loved to meet Snoop when he was here but it was very expensive. 
I love his music, and also the other rappers from both the East and West Coast. I like to learn the lyrics and understand the beef they have with each other. Like Drake and Kendrick Lamar.  

I have met one person who is famous on Australian TV, his name is David Field. He was the guy in the  "Kill Hungry Thirsty Dead" ad for Oak Milk. I have a photo on my phone.

This is Nick thanks for reading my blog.
 
 
Dear readers, today's topic is a celebrity I would like to meet and I would like to meet Sabrina Carpenter. The reason is I like her voice and I have only recently begun listening to her and really like her new song called Taste. She also has a perfume called Sweet tooth. I was given it for Christmas. I love that it smells like cherry.

Some facts about her are:
1  She was born on the 11th May which makes her a Taurus
2  She isis an American singer, songwriter, and actress
3  She was in the Disney show Girls Meet Worlds 2014 to 2017
4  Sabrina has won many awards for singing and acting
5  Her aunty is Nancy Cartwright, she is an actress but is more famous as the voice of Bart Simpson
6 She is friends with Jenna Ortega and she is best friends with Joey King

Readers I hope you had fun learning about Sabrina. Written by Charlotte

 
Hi readers, welcome back to our blog this week we are blogging about if we wanted to meet a celebrity, who would it be? I love Disney, and I would like to meet all the Disney princesses if I could. I have met Jasmine, Cinderella and Belle. This was in Hong Kong.
 
If I could have met Tina Turner I would have been so happy. I saw the show in the city and I love my t-shirt from the Tina show. I would wave to her, and I would ask her to dance and we would dance the Nutbush and Proud Mary together. 
 
I also love the Musical and the movie, Hairspray. The music is cool and I love the dancing.  My favourite song in the movie is call “I Can Hear the Bells”. I love this song because she is talking about how she feels about this new guy she just met and how this person has knocked her off her feet.
 
Also this movie has a lot of dancing which I love doing in my spare time. I wonder if ever get a chance to be on a live show like Hairspray how awesome that would be. I do have a little experience in performing in front of my friends at Dinner with Friends and I love it because it makes me feel like a superstar.
 
Thanks for reading our blog this week, Princess Claire.
 
 
Hi friends and welcome back to my blogging journey. Today’s topic is the celebrity I would like to meet.  I have chosen Idina Menzel. She is an American actress and singer who was born on the 30th of May 1971 in New York. She is Jewish and her parents originally came from Russia.

During her college years she worked as a wedding singer. She was in the TV show Glee from 2010 to 2013 and she became famous playing a character in the musical Rent.

Another fun fact is in the movie Frozen she sang and spoke the character Elsa both as a child and adult. Did you know that during her performance in Wicked she fell through the trap door and cracked a lower rib. She won a Tony award for her performance as Elphaba.

While Googling about Idina I discovered she could do sign language and there is a video of her signing to the song Into the Unknown. I would love to meet her because I love her voice and her music, she is so pretty. She is not afraid to make mistakes and she seems like a nice person when she has been interviewed.


All the best, Bethany signing off until next week.
 
 
 
Delta Goodrem, Luke Hodge and Lara Jean Marshall.  
What do these three have in common? Well, they are all celebrities, they are very kind and I’ve met them! Honestly I never thought I’d ever meet a celebrity in my lifetime so it was pretty special to get to meet these three!  
 
I went to a Hawthorn football club family day one year and you could meet some of the players and do different activities and one of the activities was to play Wii tennis against a Hawthorn football player and obviously we wanted to play against Luke Hodge. We did get to play against him however me not know how to play tennis in real life or on the Wii didn’t help our chances of winning. Holly and I lost Wii tennis against Luke Hodge and we couldn’t have been happier to be honest.  
 
I happened to notice that Delta Goodrem was the fashion ambassador for Westfield shopping centre one year and that she would be doing a live performance and meet and greet at my nearest Westfield. So I ask my Dad if it was okay if I went and saw Delta on his birthday and I was very grateful that he said yes! So at 7:30am on a weekday I was waiting to see Delta Goodrem at Westfield. I was 4th in line and she wouldn’t be there until at least 1pm but it didn’t matter to any of us. I spent that day being adopted by a group of complete strangers and it was the best day! Delta was extraordinary kind and I got a hug! Such a great experience!  
 
I got to meet Lisa Atwood from the Saddle Club! Lara Jean Marshall who is the actress who played Lisa was so very kind and chatted to us about Saddle Club and sang Hello World with us. I also got to watch her do her radio show too which always so cool! Honestly it pays to have connections and I’m so very very very grateful that I got to have that experience because it made my whole week.  
 
Have you met a celebrity? Do you want to meet a celebrity?  
Have a wonderful day.  
Your  friend 
Shan 
​

Twenty twenty five!
 
When did that happen?
 
Oh, I know, midnight on the 31st December last year! So, here we are with a fresh start, a new chapter to write and so much to offer. We were also so excited to welcome Haley to our talented team and can’t wait to share with you, our readers, the blogs our writers publish this year.
 
2025 is a new year and so this is what I plan.

I want to be a Navy Seal and I know it is a big dream of mine. 

I found weights at the tip where I work and I am working hard on my strength.

I work at the tip which I love because I find lots of awesome things. The best thing I found was my crazy cart, and it was small but I just fold myself into it.  They are fun and I'm looking forward to having more fun with it now I have replaced the batteries with my quad bike batteries. I didn't want to buy new ones when I have some already.

On Monday’s I will keep doing numeracy and literacy and blogging helps with my literacy.  I hope to keep getting better. I have a friend who has an airplane and we talk about putting it on a pole and using it like a weather vane, that would be funny.  

Thank you for reading my blog this week, Nick.
 
 
Welcome to a New Year blog... 
 
Happy New Year to all our readers old and new, I hope that so far 2025 has been good to you. For anyone that hasn’t had the best start to the year I just want you to know that your feelings are valid, you are loved, you are enough and you are allowed to take up space as you’re an important member of our beautiful world. Every day is a new fresh day and know that I am rooting for you and I believe in all of you. Just take it one minute, one hour or one day at a time. Do this year at your own pace and in your own time my friends.  
 
Starting a new year can be extremely exciting with all the festivities and such. Let me tell you though I didn’t make it to midnight, I rarely do get to midnight on New Year's Eve now days, I usually take a series of small naps and then get woken when the fireworks go off. Once upon a time I would stay up and I did parties (small gatherings) or I would spend the night at a friend's house and enjoy the night with good company. Now I enjoy naps until the fireworks scare my dog. He was very calm about it this year, though I'm sure he still feels like the fireworks are unnecessarily loud. For me though this is a perfect start to the new year, naps and my dog. Added bonus if you’re comfy and warm in bed.  
 
I feel like my blogs always end up as a TED TALK, a brain dump or a 300-word venting and education session. But hey this is my brain and it does amazing things for me every day and I haven’t heard any complaints. Mostly because I'm not listening for them.

I wonder what this year will bring for everyone? I’m excited to see and experience the new things that this new year has to offer. I hope that you are too and I wish you all the best for the rest of the year.  
 
Treat each other with kindness,  
 
Your Friend,  
Shan. 
 
 
2025 is a new year. Welcome back readers I am happy to be back. It's important for me to support my friends and they are supportive of me. I love and care for my friends.
 
Cindy is a good support she understands me and I enjoy working with her. 

This year I want to be more open to things that I haven't tried, like working on myself to be friendly with my peers. I will try my best to stay focus on my tasks for the day. I love blogging and I love my job on Wednesday. I have a new job at the coffee shop I go there on Mondays and Saturdays. I like serving the customers the food. There are times when I need to take a break something that I do is going outside to get fresh air or I can go on my phone. It helps me to be calm. 
 
I love my girlfriend Claire, I see her on Thursday we do a lots of fun things together.
Thank you for reading my blog Thomas.
 
 
Hi readers, and Happy New Year.  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. Today’s blog is about the new year and what lays ahead for 2025.
 
For me, one of my 2025 goals is to get out of my comfort zone and try new adventures. 
Let’s just say I’ve started to pursue my goals.
 
I’ve started a new blogging group, where a group of friends write a blog each week. 
 
On the 2nd of January, I went on a train to the city with my friend and her partner to see Robbie Williams. I give it a 7/10 for a free gig.
 
I’ve also planned a 5km foam run with a friend, and an Amy Shark Concert, this is all in January. I’m also going to Hamilton Island in February with my friend too, on our own.
 
Also I’m trying to do a photo a day with a caption about the photo for fifty-two weeks, so by the end of the year I can look back and see all of my memories of 2025, the good and the bad.
 
Well that’s just two months into my 2025, I can’t wait to see what else the year will bring me. - Haley 


Hey friends today’s topic is what I am looking forward to this year in 2025?

For me it’s my birthday for those who don’t know my birthday is the month after Christmas and it’s the 20th January, this will be my biggest birthday celebration because I will be turning 20 years old. I am still planning on where I will have my birthday. It is very overwhelming for me because I don’t know where to have it or who to invite. I have a few ideas on where to have it , like bowling or karaoke or just having it at home or maybe hire a room, too many decisions.

I am looking to doing my usual activities like Handmade, Cooking, Bowling, Blogging and Hellow Media. Hopefully horse riding and finding out if I can start getting my hours in with my driving instructor, and especially catching up with friends at parties. A special thing I am looking forward to is re-joining a choir as it’s lots of fun.

Looking at my list I think it’s going to be a good year for me.
Do you have plans for this year?
Do you make a New Year’s resolution?  I don’t know if I do but lots of people do have new year resolutions.

Thank you for reading my blog my dear readers,- Beth
 
 
Dear readers, welcome back and Happy New Year. This week’s topic is the New Year.
 
Readers I have a question:- What is something you're looking forward to in 2025?
 
Let me start by telling you about what I am looking forward to this year.
I’m looking forward to achieving my goals like 120 hours of driving and applying for jobs locally. I’m looking forward to my independence and not relying on other people or taxis.
 
I’m applying for jobs in the hospitality industry and I would like it to be local, and if possible in a cafe. Travel is something I'm looking into, hoping to visit my family interstate and fingers crossed there could be a surprise trip.
 
Who knows what the future holds but I’m looking forward to 2025.
 
Do you have plans or dreams for the year or are you just happy to see what the year brings?
 
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hello my readers, Happy New Year and welcome back to our blog.
I am so happy to be back to my routine and seeing my friends at my regular programs.
 
I had an awesome break over the Christmas holidays. I went to Hong Kong with my family.
 
It was a great experience to be at DisneyLand I felt like a princess. When I was there it was truly magical and I loved everything about it. I was brave and did a lot of scary rides. My favourite part was seeing Belle in Beauty and Beast show. Hong Kong is big and it was hot too but I got to cool down at the pool.
 
This year I am looking forward to my birthday which is in March and my next holiday. My mum is planning another Disney cruise for me because I loved it so much the last time I went and I know it’s going to be amazing. How lucky am I. 
 
Thank you, readers. Until next time, Claire. 

How the year has flown! Before our bloggers take a well earned rest over the Christmas and New Year period, we will hear about what their plans are and what they're looking forward to this coming 2025 year.


Enjoy our last entry for 2024!


Hey friends, today’s topic is what I am looking forward to next year in 2025?
For me my birthday is something I look forward to, for those who don’t know, my birthday is the month after Christmas and it’s the 20th January. It will be my biggest birthday celebration because I will be turning twenty years old. I am still planning on where I will have my birthday. It is very overwhelming for me because I don’t know where to have it or who to invite. I have a few ideas on where to have it, like bowling or karaoke or just having it at home or maybe hire a room, too many decisions.

I am looking forward to doing my usual activities like handmade, cooking, bowling, blogging , Hellow Media, hopefully horse riding. I'm finding out if i can start getting my hours in with my driving instructor, and especially catching up with friends at the zoom parties. A special thing I am looking forward to is rejoining a choir as it’s lots of fun.

Looking at my list I think it’s going to be a good year for me.
Do you have plans for next year?
Do you make a New Year’s resolution? I don’t know if I do but lots of people do. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my readers. I am looking forward to having a break and spending time with my friends and family. Thank you for reading my blog my dear readers, have a wonderfull Christmas.

This is your bubbly friend Bethany signing off for the last time this year, see you next year friends.

Bethany


What I am looking forward to in 2025
I am looking forward to hanging out with my supports and my friends. There are many things I love, I love my family and my support staff. 
I love myself and I love to hang out with my mates. 

I think next year is going to be a good year for me. I hope to go to England with my brother Chris. 

If I am overwhelmed I have learned that I can turn my back and feel better, it is good to talk about my feelings.

Thomas


Hi readers, welcome to our last blog for this year. It has been fun for me to get to know everybody
and spending time with my mate Ben at Justwrite. I have all these crazy ideas that head and
I would like to share some with you.
what I am looking forward to next year is also our last blogging topic for the year.

I have a list of things that I want to do for example, I want to go paintballing, and I want to work on my
crazy cart to get it up and running.  
I want to take it to my dads house and replace the battery, and give it a good clean.  
I need to find out how to get power to it, so it works for me. Have you heard of a crazy cart?  

I want to get stronger so I can go for runs. I love the Navy Seals and I am a bit obsessed with a movie about them.
They are hero's, they rescue and save people. Navy Seals need to be super focussed and disciplined and they work closely together in their group.
this is Nick signing off for the last time in 2024.  See you all next year
Nick


What I’m looking forward to next year in 2025. I will go on a holiday soon and have fun with my family. Every year we go to Lakes Entrance it's where I can go to ride the boat with my family and have fun. I’m happy for GTA 5 on ps4 maybe need wifi, and I can play with Daz and have fun. 

I will paint my house a better colour inside and outside. My house will look good if I make it a different colour and I need a new table and I will make my own table and make it look good. From your crazy friend TJ and Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.
TJ


Dear readers, this week’s topic is what are you looking forward to next year.
Readers I have a question, what are you looking forward to next year?
Let me start by telling you what i'm looking forward to next year.
 A new year of challenges and to learn and try new things and seeing what will 2025 bring to me. I hope more travelling with my family and also by myself. I'm excited to see all the movies coming out in 2025. I would also like to achieve my goals. One of my goals is finding a new job and another one of my goals is get my drivers licence. I would like to do a bit more exploring of my new neighborhood with my family and try new foods. 
I'm feeling excited, calm, happy, anxious and ready for next year and new adventures. 

Are you ready for next year or not?

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all my readers

Written by Charlotte


What I am looking forward to in 2025

I will be happy with my family
I am looking forward to my holidays in HongKong Disneyland.
I will miss my Umbrella friends and supports who are Cindy and Krystle.
I will looking forward to the movies next year with Krystle, we have a list to go through.


Every day of the week I have fun, I do handmade on Mondays and creative workshop of Tuesdays.  
I love my bowling, and my dancing and it makes me look forward to fun.
Thursdays is fun for blogging and media and Fridays is my family day. I relax and eat mums food as she is an amazing cook.

My birthday is in March and I’m happy for that, and I will have another holiday.

I have enjoyed blogging this year and I will be doing it again next year with my friends.  

Thank you, your friend, Claire.


What are you looking forward to in 2025?
2025 brings a fresh new year with many possibilities and new beginnings. It’s an opportunity to start with a fresh perspective because a new year is a blank page. You get to celebrate the ending of one year (2024) while being excited for the new year (2025) and all it can bring. It’s also a chance to be grateful for everything that the last year has taught you, the good, the bad and the crazy. Shout out to the crazy for making the year fun and exciting, even if it made me want to rip my hair out sometimes.
I have many things to look forward to in 2025, the fact as I've mentioned that it's a fresh new year is something I get excited for. So many new opportunities, new things to learn, 
things to try and give a go. Getting back into a routine is exciting, getting back into the 
rhythm of things and doing all the things I do in my day to day. Spending another year with 
my sisters beautifully handsome dog Chopper and with my beautiful but temperamental bird Katut is always something I look forward too. I'll be making new animal friends. I'm pretty much the Disney princess Aurora, I'm always attracting all the animal friends wherever I go.
My best friend is having a baby in the new year and this is a big event for her, I’m excited to meet her beautiful new baby and get to know my new little best friend. It's been very 
exciting being a part of the journey with her and I'm so happy for her! I'm very excited to find out her name also because I don’t know what it is! I hope to also see all of my good friends, their children and/or their fur babies! It’s always exciting to see friends and their families, whether that's children, fur babies, plants or whatever family is to them.
Honestly, I'm just looking forward to everything! I can't possibly put it all in one blog and my memory probably wouldn't allow it, as I wouldn't remember everything and that's okay. I hope that everyone has something to look forward to in the new year and please be responsible and safe but also have the time of your life.
From your optimistic friend,

Shan

​We couldn’t choose…
 
The indecision between Christmas and AI was a very hot topic this morning as our bloggers threw around suggestions for this week’s blog topic. So, we decided to write about both. Please enjoy this very varied edition of “JUST WRITE”
 
 

Hello beautiful readers today, we are writing about two interesting topics: Christmas or Artificial Intelligence (AI). Can you guess which one I chose? I picked Christmas because I love everything about it.
 
I love Christmas decorations, lights, carols, and movies. I also enjoy eating Christmas food. Christmas is a special time to spend with family. My mum and dad give me nice gifts.
 
Christmas makes me happy, and I have a great time with my family and friends. This Christmas will be extra special because we're going to Hong Kong. I'm excited to visit Disneyland. 
 
Thank you for reading my blog, Claire
 
 
AI planning Christmas.
 
Could AI really plan Christmas? Well in one case it already has. A woman in the UK has used Chat GPT to plan everything from the food to the gifts. My concern with AI taking over Christmas is that it will lose the authenticity and people will become lazy and allow AI to dictate what people eat and what they buy for presents. I wonder how long it would take to prepare Christmas with AI compared to how long it takes now? 
 
Will a family Christmas ever be the same again once it takes over? Will they have to rename the Mariah Carey hit “All I want for Christmas is you” to “All I want for Christmas is AI”? What does Christmas look like for you? How will AI affect your Christmas in the future? Will it be as dysfunctional as what’s coming up? Head over to Hellow Media to find out.
 
Merry Christmas and keep being awesome!
Ben
 
P.S. I promise I wrote this. LOL.
 
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is Xmas or A.I
I have a question for you readers: Do you call it Christmas or Xmas and why?
Are you feeling the Christmas hype this year or like some of us there's a touch of mixed emotions.
 
Have you decorated your home inside or outside or even both or simply done nothing. Do you have a tree and if so is it real or a plastic one and is it decorated with presents underneath. At my home we have two trees, one in the living room and the other one is in my bedroom. Only the living room tree has presents under it.
 
Another thing we do at our place is we have a chalkboard that counts down the days till Christmas day, starting from the 1st of December. Do you count the days and if so, do you have a chalkboard like mine?
 
I would like to end my blog with an original poem.
 
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Christmas is just around the corner
Are you excited too?
 
Written by Charlotte
 

Hi readers, welcome to my blog! Today, I want to talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's accessible to everyone. To be honest, I'm not sure if I like or trust AI.
 
In my opinion, AI can be a challenge for government organisations, such as the CIA. I feel that AI has the capability to hack into important data, like classified documents, and might cause problems in the future. It's like something out of a science fiction movie, but we're living in a digital age where technology is everywhere.
 
As AI continues to advance, I think it's essential to consider the potential risks and benefits. While AI can bring many advantages to us human being. We also need to be aware of the potential challenges and taking steps to address them will be crucial to protect consumers.
 
 Thanks for reading my blog, Nick.
 
 
The A.I. Rabbit hole... 
 
Since we are quickly approaching Christmas, you would expect that I would be writing about Christmas and all its festivities. Sorry Santa but I have to keep everyone on their toes and make a complete left turn and write about A.I.  
 
According to google.com artificial intelligence is a set of technologies that enables computers to perform a variety of advanced functions, including the ability to see, understand and translate spoken and written language, analyze data, make recommendations, and more.  
 
So now that the definition is out of the way let’s get into it, I’m quietly waiting for A.I. to take over the world as we know it and I’m sending out a warning to read up about and educate yourself about things like A.I. because the more you know the less you can be caught off guard. Yes, it’s got it’s uses, it can be extremely helpful and I obviously can’t help but use it as it will be the norm now and in the future. However, it should like with most Australian animals, be approached with caution.  
 
With the way the world is today, and how technologically advanced we are quickly becoming, all our data and sensitive information ends up being shared with different sites, government agencies and hospitals just as some examples. It’s also used with A.I. which can be a bit scary. While I understand that personal information does need to be shared and can be shared with or without my knowledge. Anything about me can be found eventually and quite quickly at any point in time what I worry about is how it can be used and where it can be sold. I think we will find that cyber-crime and A.I. will go hand in hand.   
 
I have also read many conspiracy theories around A.I. and it just drives home how important it is to be educated and find reliable sources of information otherwise you might find yourself not leaving to house and becoming somewhat of a recluse. I too am still learning how far A.I. actually goes into our society as it’s become somewhat of an obsession to learn as much as I can. I have so many questions in regards to how we can use it to help our world and what safe guards will be put into place so that we can enjoy and use A.I. safely. Also, I'm curious about how the military use and will use it.  
 
I will leave you with this; how do you think Christmas and A.I. will be intertwined now and in the future? Go right on ahead and get your thinking caps on people! Maybe do some research on it if you like. YAY HOMEWORK! 
 
Your friend, 
Shan.  
 
 

Hey friends, it’s Thursday again which means back to blogging and today’s topic is Christmas.  A fun fact for you my readers is Mrs Clause’s real name is actually Gertrude and she was a school teacher and she is often described as a kind hearted grandmother.
 
A fun fact is the world’s tallest Christmas tree was 67.361 meters high and was displayed in a Seattle shopping mall in 1950.
 
another fun fact is tinsel was invented in 1610 in Germany and was originally spun from real silver.
 
Did you know is that Coca-Cola helped create the image of Santa Claus we know today, but previous images of Santa showed him wearing red robes.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog and learnt something new
 
This is Bethany signing off until next week.

​It's that time of the month again where our bloggers get to freely blog about whatever
they like. We have a mixed bag today from perspective, historical events and that cheeky little elf who makes an appearance this time of year. Enjoy!
 
 
Hello my lovely readers, welcome back to our blog. Today I would like to share my passion for Disney. If you have ever met with me you'll know straight away how much I love Disney. The first thing that you will notice is me wearing my Disney shirt or hoodie if it's winter. I have so many of them and I have one for every occasion. I had the opportunity to experience many trips and adventure with Disney like the Disney cruise I went this year with my family for my birthday celebration, and it was amazing. What I love the most was the Beauty and the Beast show they had on board and all the yummy food. I love making beautiful memories with my lovely family. One that I will never forget is Disneyland in America and I went there on Christmas Eve it was so beautiful, I went on the big rides. I loved it all and I wasn’t scared.
 
I got to see the stunning Christmas lights it was like I was in a dream this experience
made me so happy. I am looking forward to this year and guess what, I am going to Disneyland Hong Kong which I am sure is going to be amazingly wonderful and I can't wait.
 
Thank you for reading my blog. I have something special that I would like to share with you is that I am sitting near by boyfriend Thomas and I am very happy - Claire
 
 
 
This is my first blog today, and I am happy to be here.
My brother Chris is one of my best brothers. We do a lot of fun things together.
We will go on a big plane together, on a big trip to England because I really want to see
H.R.Puf'nStuf World. I love all the things about H.R.Puff'n'Stuf like Jimmy, Cling and Clang. I watch new episodes on YouTube every week and it makes me smile.
It is a good place for me.
 
I have the t-shirt from H.R Puf'n'Stuf and a bag and a hat and I like to watch the DVD’s. Thomas
 
 
Hi readers, today's topic is a choose your own adventure and my adventure is about the elf on the shelf. the elf on the shelf first started in 2005 by an American author named Carol Aebersold as a story for her daughters. The idea is to explain how Santa knows
which children are good and who are naughty. There are 3 simple rules.
 
1st one is the elf on the shelf cannot be touched by children or family members. Adults may use tongs or potholders or use a magic glove to hold them and move them if needed.
2nd, he does not speak or move while children are awake.
3rd the biggest rule is to have fun.
The elf can appear for any aged children.
They can appear in any homes from the 24th of November to the 1st of December and
leave on Christmas Eve.
A while ago we had an elf but it didn't have a name, it was a naughty elf. Once he went into mum’s bathroom and he had a spa in her bathroom sink. Another time he got into her makeup and put it on himself. Once he got inside the candle but lucky it was not going. Lots of people have elf on the shelf and they can do lots of things. Tik tok or Facebook have lots of photos and stories of what the elf has been doing.
 
Do you have an elf and if so is it a good or naughty elf?. Does it have a name?
If you don't have an elf and would like one, you can buy the book from Coles or some
bookstores but it's not cheap. They come in a hard cover book and tell the story about the elf or you can buy a cheaper one from lots of stores and they still have the magic. enjoy your elf on the shelf.
 
Thank you for reading my blog
this is your friend Bethany signing off until next week.
 
 
Choose your own adventure. The Tenerife
airport disaster happened in 1977 and it is classed as the world's worst accidental aircraft disaster. I like to research these types of things as it is interesting to me.
Firstly, the disaster could have been avoided if the radios were used properly and if the pilots weren't diverted in the first place. Old technology meant the communication wasn't effective as when one person tried to talk on
the radio, another was unable too.
 
Many flights were diverted to Las Rodeos
where this accident happened, and there was a lot of fog. So visibility was incredibly low. The planes involved were given different instructions to deal with the much smaller
airport and runways, but, the communication wasn't very clear and two aircraft, full of passengers collided whilst taxiing on the runway. here is a story of a lady who decided not to board her plane, and therefore avoided the flight. She decided to stay longer in her city, her friends however, did board, and they passed away.
I like to research plane disasters
 
Thank you for reading my blog Nick.
 
 
 
Today's blog is all about me. As people who know me would know I love my sport. I have been on a couple sporting holidays to the UK. I went to Manchester to watch Manchester United play when I was 18 and last year I went to the Ashes. I would love to go to America but unfortunately that's not possible for me due to medical reasons and costs. I also love going to concerts as I can be myself and not have my disability interfere. I love Mexican food and my favourite food is tacos or burritos. Do you have a favourite cuisine? I used to love Slinkys as a kid and love Tie Dye as an adult. What Wacky things do you have? Keep being awesome – Ben
 
 
Lost in space..
Do you ever lose yourself in the space of your own mind? I have moments where I get lost in my own head, physically I am in reality but my mind is not present and it's like I'm off in space, completely zoned out. Even as a child I would completely zone out.
 
I can’t tell you where my mind actually goes because I go blank in my mind, no thoughts and no feelings just blank. Completely unaware of my current surroundings. I like to think that my mind is off on an adventure in space, it takes me a bit to come back to earth and then I have to catch up on whatever I missed because as I said my mind is gone. It gives new meaning to the saying my mind wanders.
 
For a person that would usually be filled with restless energy, with many thoughts and feelings it's almost like respite from my own mind, I mean this in the kindest way towards myself but my mind can be hard work. (as can anyone's) I wouldn’t call it daydreaming because I do that too and its very vivid and my mind is still in overdrive and thinking nonstop. I have zoned out in the middle of conversations and not because it's
a boring conversation or anything it just happens and I have no say in it at all. Slightly frustrating but there isn't much I can do about it, just shake it off and continue with life.
 
It's almost like someone has hit the skip button in my mind or handed my brain the skip card from Uno or maybe I just lose reception. I don't have a fancy medical word for it so I quess that's the best way I can explain it. My blogs seem to mostly be brain dumps and I love it and hopefully everyone else enjoys it too. Though I do wonder if anyone else has the same thing happen, it would be really interesting to hear about this zoning out from other people's perspectives/ point of views and it's nice to share
experiences sometimes too.
 
At the very least I have given you something to think about.
With all the kindness, Your friend,
Shan.
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is a choose your own adventure.
Let me start by telling you about my taste in music!
 
My current playlist on Spotify is music from the movie Hannah Montana, Zayn and Sia. Eminem is my favourite rapper of all time. My Christmas playlist music helps me with my anxiety. I listen to Ed Sheeran songs sometimes and last year I was fortunate to see him at his concert and I went with my parents. It was the first concert I've ever been to and Iwas a bit anxious because I do not like big crowds. But after warming up my seat I was singing along so much that I lost my voice and couldn't talk for a few days, but my mum got me on video enjoying the concert.
What kind of music do you like to listen to?
Written by Charlotte

Technology…
 
It’s a mixed bag this topic as we love it so much but some of us in the room have also lived without mobile phones, Google, and social media. We had to use phones that were attached to a wall in our homes back in the day!
 
How do you feel about the world we live in now and as you read this blog today, do you find yourself looking down at your phone?
 
 
I am happy for technology and glad we have it. 
I have my phone with music to my hearing-aid helps to make me calm down. I love playing games on my laptop, especially Fortnite and GTA. Sometimes I win the game and get more level and some cool math games too. 

I love to hangout with my friends on Fortnite and technology makes all this possible. TJ
 
 
Hi readers, today's blog is about technology and how it's impacting our everyday life.
I think we can all agree that technology does make our life easier but is it a good thing or is it making us dumb?

If you ask me I will never put my trust or rely completely on technology simply because behind it there are people. A good example is of the Titan submersible, the people building it made so many mistakes that it ended up badly for all the people who went in to the submarine.

There were communication issues, they used the incorrect materials and it wasn't executed well.  The poor people.

The Titanic is another very famous incident and a lot of research has pointed to the fact that the ship itself snapped in half but may have also exploded because there were fires in the coal bunker. The weight of the engine versus the weight of the water in the front after hitting the iceberg may have caused it to snap in half...and then sink.   There is a story about the chef on the Titanic who thought about the passengers by throwing chairs out in the water so they had something to hang on too. 

Technology of different times suits those times, but old technology doesn't really help us anymore. – Nick
 
 
Welcome to another tech savvy blog. Technology dates back to the early 17th century in Greece. Technology was created in ancient Greece. It is predated with the word tekhne used to mean “used to make things”. In the 19th century It started to be used by the Europeans and the French. The Germans used the words Technik and the French use word technology to refer to way of doing. Technology has changed over the years which has changed the way we do things and how we interact with people. I often wonder what will happen over the next 10 years and if the younger generation will know how to communicate without technology?  Even kids as young as 3 are using iPad’s and that’s leading to developmental delays.
 
This leads to crime and youth ending up in jail which puts a strain on our justice system. Scammers have also taken advantage of the rise of technology and they use it to use it to their advantage. Technology has also helped in the way we work and connect with others. This can be dangerous as we don’t know who’s on the other end of the online chat.  
 
Are telcos doing enough to protect us? What can we do to protect ourselves? Well, it’s late so I’m going to sign off before the scammers get to me.
 
Keep being awesome! – Ben
 
 
I use technology every day. I am lucky for a hearing aid that connects to my phone. I can talk on the phone, and no one will hear it ring, just me.  

I use my iPad to play games, bowling is my favourite. And I am typing on my iPad today for blogging. I watch movies on my iPad, Disney is my favourite. I use my phone to watch YouTube about fairies and to open my gate at home. .  

I love technology because I love my games and I like my movies, they are very good.  I get to call my friends and to message them too.  I can listen to music on my phone and it plays in my hearing aid which I love.

I don't like technology sometimes because I have to remember to charge my things and if I forget, oops, I won't get to use them. So it's important to keep my hearing aid in green, not orange or red. 
 
If it's red it's flat and that's not good.  I am a smart woman and I love Cindy, I have the best time in bowling and blogging and media cameras too. 

From your friend, Claire 
 
 
Hi friends, how are you? It’s Thursday again which means back to blogging and today’s topic is technology. For those who don’t know, technology was invented and became more important to us in the 18th century, and it all began with Stone Age humans inventing tools made out of stones. That was technology for their time. 

Google tells us that nowadays technology is everywhere and it is helping people with special needs with reading and writing documents, communicating with others and searching for information online.  It can help people who are upset or have anxiety by using technology such as a phone or tablet or headphones. They can use it to play games online or listen to music wherever they are. For me, technology has helped me when I am dealing with my anxiety.  By listening to music, playing a game or taking a few deep breaths even just talking to someone you trust online, technology is helpful. 

Have a great rest of your day my dear readers this is Bethany signing off, until next week.  Beth
 
 
Technology... Friend or foe? 
We are fast becoming a world that heavily relies on all things technology, it seems that we are trying to all have the most advanced and futuristic technology to make our lives easier. Is it really making our lives easier though or is it just another thing that has a hold on us and will eventually control us. If you don’t think technology can be a problem, here’s a fun fact there are rehab programs for phone addiction.
 
There isn't a part of our lives that doesn't have some form of technological aspect. To an extent this is scary to me because we are slowly handing over control of our lives to technology. 
 
 I’m wary of AI (Artificial intelligence) while it masks itself as fun and super helpful to me it seems like a dance with the devil, it can and will cause problems for us and I'm just waiting to see what rules and regulations (if any) will be put into place for AI. Who would have thought it could take our whole identity and be us. If another human took my likeness and identity, it would be called identity theft.  
 
 I love learning all about technology, how it works, the brand, where it came from and the different ways it can be used in different areas in people's lives. When it comes to all things technological, I dive into the good, the bad and the sinister. Because it’s good to be educated and stay one step ahead. I don’t for a second think there will be anything in the technological world that won’t be used against us in one way or another.

I try to learn as much as I can about the how’s and why’s so that if needed, I can thwart any plans of a tech uprising! (look at me being dramatic). I'm not going into what I have learnt so far because I don’t want to scare anyone, though I want to point out that I would never use my knowledge for evil. 
 
Just randomly to finish off I do have a soft spot for robots I like to think we can be friends.  Be careful out in the world my friends, 
Your friend,  
 Shan.  
 
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is Technology.

Readers I have a question: what do you use your technology devices for?

Let me start by telling you about how we use technology in everyday life for things in buildings, farming , cars , roads, airports, airplanes and  even I used my laptop which is a piece of technology to write this blog.

However I use my Iphone  everyday because I need my phone with me all the time. Let me give you an example of how tech impacts my everyday life. I will wake up by my alarm. The first thing is checking the weather. I will also use my phone for booking a taxi for where I need to go on that day, I use it for listening to music, and chatting with my friends.

One thing that scares me about technology is AI because I don't like it.
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I am worried that maybe it will take over the world one day. – Charlotte