 Choose your own adventure 28/9/23 Today’s blog is our “Choose your own adventure” addition! It’s fast becoming a favourite for our talented bloggers and having the freedom to write about anything they like shows us what is making their intelligent minds tick! As our regular support worker Jessy is on a family holiday we welcomed our support worker Krystle and Sheridan our Disability Cert IV student who is spending the next five weeks with us. They were both super impressed by the team and their writing. Sporting in Spring is such a busy time, we’ve got the AFL Grand Final, Melbourne Cup, Swimming competitions and much more since the weather is so nice, but today, I’m not going to talk about AFL or horse racing, in fact I highly doubt you have heard of this sport. Maybe you’ve seen it on the Medicare Insurance advertisement 2 or 3 years back. What I’m talking about is called Swordcraft. A LARPing game, where you fight your friends and teammates with foam swords and dress up in medieval clothing. It’s quite an intense game of make believe and fun mixed with Warhammer fantasy lore. I first started in 2019 just after my trip to Japan. My character is a half elf and I wear prostatic ears alongside my makeup and clothes, I am a speedy healer with a foam staff with a rapier by my side. This hobby does come with an expensive build up to make your character and immersive yourself as your character. Here’s a quick rundown of how much I’ve paid for my equipment. My main weapon is my mage staff which I heal and cast spells which comes with a hefty price of $326.95 (as of now) my rapier is $176.95 (as of now), my brown leather and red corsert is $195.95. I would recommend playing this for an emersed environment and to get fit in a nerdy way and buying preowned items. I’m planning on going back to play soon, they play on Friday nights in Melbourne at Westen Oval in Parkville Victoria, I sometimes even go to the Saturday games every fortnight in Traralgon. It is fun and very tiring but it is so worth it. – Holly My dad Brendan was diagnosed with throat cancer on the 27th of June 2023. His journey has begun spending a lot of time in and out of hospitals like Monash Clayton and Peter Mac. He has been getting many tests done and is being given lots of medications. The effect has been really tough on my family and dad has been through so much, so have my mum and my family. It’s been very hard watching him go through the treatment. Recently we received encouraging news which helps us to stay positive. Have you or a loved one gone though cancer treatment and if so how did it affect you? From my family to yours we can get through this. Don’t stop believing love Jess. Welcome to our blog today. I speak about my experiences about going to the AFL Grand Final. I have been to loads of grand finals. The first one was in 2014. I was a bit nervous because it was against Hawthorn who are a great AFL team in my opinion as I liked a couple of the players who used to play for them or currently do now. Sadly, this was my first loss. I thought of the positive not every team can make the finals and my team the Sydney Swans have a chance like every team each year. In 2015 I also went to a grand final. Sadly the Swans lost against Hawks again but at least we tried. I remember some of the players who played in these games. There we some players who have since retired. In 2016 I went to my first grand final parade. I got to see some of my favorite Sydney players. Issac Heeney remember me and gave me the thumbs up as I recently went to Sydney the week before. I loved seeing the players as it brought me a lot of joy and happiness there were a lot of Western Bulldogs fans there. I also got to see Patrick Dangerfield as he won the Brownlow medal this year. The next day we went to the ground it was so cool. I got a Swans flag to wave at the game sadly we lost this again year. I still go to the games even though we lose. In 2022 I went to yet another grand final even though we lost by heaps of points. I was thinking of the positives and got to see one of my favourite singers , Robbie Williams. He is a rockstar and he is a great singer. Swans tried their best but it was proven that the Cats were the better team on the day. I also met Joel Amartey, James Bell and Peter Ladhamas as they didn’t play on grand final day. That was my positive, getting to meet a couple of players who I’ve never met before. Thank you for reading about my experience about grand finals. Have you ever been to one? They are great. If you don’t like sport its probably not for you. There are also loads of people there too. What AFL team do you barrack for? There are a lot to choose from even if you don’t go for a team. – Scarlett I would like to talk about my hidden talents. I have many. Firstly, I have supernatural senses due to growing up in Christian home. I can tell the difference between undead and spirits and no, I am not an exorcist. I am also very good at cooking/baking as my dad’s side are all bakers and mum side are all chef’s. I picked these skills up from both my parents because it is in my blood. Athletics is another hidden talent of mine as I am quite Athletic. I did lots of sports back at schools and day services. This includes tri-state games also I can put my legs around my head, but no this does not make me Spider-Man! Lastly, I have great knowledge in mythology. In many mythology’s around the world they have dark past also with pop culture’s such as movies, TV shows, novels (my favourite novel is Bram stoker’s Dracula). This is a huge interest to me. Do you have any hidden talents? – Phillip HELLO FRIENDS! Welcome to today's blog. Every month we do a choose your own adventure blog which means we get to choose our own topics, when normally we all have the same topic that is voted on by the blogging group. For this month's Choose Your Own Adventure Blog I have chosen to dive into my journey of becoming obsessed with reading. I have a “small” library of books at home and when I say small, I mean two bookcases crammed with over 200 books. After reading that sentence it might surprise you to learn that I haven't always enjoyed reading, in fact in my early primary school days I HATED reading, it just wasn’t something I was good at, and I couldn’t make the words make sense to me, it was really frustrating that I wasn’t able learn as quickly as my classmates and I wasn’t interested in the books I was using to learn to read. In 2003 my grade three teacher took us to the school library; it was a weekly trip for about half an hour or forty minutes. Never usually a life changing experience, except on this day it was. My grade three teacher asked me about the books I liked to read and obviously I said I don’t like to read. I think I might have offered my Grade three teacher a challenge that day and she 100% took it. You see what I didn’t know is that you could choose books about things that interested you and that everyone learns at a different pace. This is what happens when books are chosen for you, which is what most teachers did and when I didn’t read, I got told off or given extra books to read. Fun Right? However, this teacher took the time to ask what I was interested in. At that time, I was OBSESSED with horses and The Saddle Club. She took me to the area of the library that had books like Pony Pals, Black Beauty, Pony Tails and of course The Saddle Club. This moment was life changing for me because even if I wasn’t ready to start reading The Saddle Club Books that day. I had something to work towards and get excited about, plus my grade three teacher was there to help me get to all my reading goals. Guess who learned to read and enjoys reading now? ME! Shout Out to My Grade Three teacher for the time, patience and commitment. Also, to my mum who saw all my frustration trying and failing to do the reading thing. We got there in the end <3 I must recommend books while I have your attention: The Resilience Project – Hugh Van Cuylenburg, Different Not Less – Chloe Hayden, First We Make The Beast Beautiful- Sarah Wilson, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart- Holly Ringland and Horrie The Wog Dog – Ion Idriess – Shan Today's topic is the writer's choice and I have chosen coffee stores and reason is because people go to different coffee stores. What is your idea of a coffee store? Mine is Starbucks because in my opinion Starbucks is a good coffee store. Let me start with history of the Starbucks company. It was founded in Seattle US on March 30th 1971, and there are 90 stores throughout America. In July 2000 the first Starbucks in Australia wasnopened in Sydney NSW by former Starbucks employee Howard Schultz. At one stage there were 90 stores throughout Australia, today there are only 17 stores, 7 are in Victoria. There are over 8,000 varieties of drinks that you can purchase. My favourite is only available at Christmas time. It’s the Gingerbread latte but during the year I like a chai latte. Do you have a favourite drink at Starbucks and if so what is it? - Charlotte Well there you go! Another snap shot into the minds of these creative writers. Join us again next week as our talented team… JUST WRITE! 
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 SPRING HAS SPRUNG! I LOVE Spring! Like REALLY REALLY LOVE it! It tells me that sunny days are coming, the weather will be warming up, daylight savings is on the way and dare I say…CHRISTMAS! Can you tell I’m excited? Today our team blog about Spring, and Spring holiday destinations…Cindy Spring is the start of the warmer months and when people start to relax and clean or even travel before the busy season in Summer. Spring is perfect for a nice walk since blossoming is in effect, In the last few weeks of Spring I will be going on another cruise with my significant other who I talked about in previous blogs. We are celebrating his grandma’s 80th as well, Adam joined my family and I for my grandmas 80th in August so it is just mere coincidence that I will be going on another so soon after. The cruise we’ll be on is called P&O Comedy Cruise and it will be held on Pacific Adventure for 3 nights. I would recommend a 4 night or 3 night cruise for your first time, depending on your body and how you deal with motion sickness it can be very daunting so bring anti-nausea if you want to try. Considering the price for hotels and foods and airfares, a cruise has got you covered for all that for a cost of an airfare usually depending where and when. But Spring can have some self reflecting time as well, hence why It is called spring cleaning, refresh and clean out old stuff for the summer months following, get rid of all those dusty 5 year old jackets and donate them for a good cause, it is time for a upgrade! And for a closing scene I’ll give you all a small reading! “The card I pulled for everyone is a reversed attachment. This card reversed is a wonderful indicator that an old negative pattern, relationship or desperate attitude is being released. As you continue to let go, you will be able to establish new ways of doing things and relating to others” – Holly It’s spring! Yay. The weather is amazing especially the sunny days as it brings me joy and happiness. I love doing outside activities in the sunshine especially going onto walks around Lysterfield Lake and Wilson Botanic Park as I love going for walks as they count as exercise and are suitable for my health and well-being too. I also love running and playing basketball in the sunshine. Another fact about me is that I love playing tennis in the summer and spring weather too. I also love going to the beach during the summertime as I love spending time in the water during the warm days as it brings me joy and keeps me cool in the hotter days ahead. I also love spring as I have a swimming pool and can often be found there during the summer and Spring time. Funny fact: Great Danes do not like the heat and my dog Lucy is scared of water so I put her bed under the air conditioning or spray her with the garden hose to cool her down sometimes. Some of the other activities I would suggest doing in the warmer weather are gardening, going to a park with your family or having a picnic. I can ride a bicycle or a scooter around a bike track. Or even blow some bubbles in the sunshine. They look so cool when they are in the sunshine. You can even draw with chalk on the footpath outside your home or at a local park. On Monday’s, we blow bubbles in a park and draw some amazing drawings as a team in the sunshine. Some people choose to play basketball too as it’s a team activity. The every 1 cafe sells milkshakes if you want to get a refreshing drink like a milkshake. My favourite is chocolate. We have many other cold beverages located at Amstel Club 1:30-3:30 on Thursday’s. We had a team meeting recently about what else we can offer during the warmer weather. Don’t forget Slip, Slop, Slap, and Seek Shade to reflect the importance of seeking shade and sliding wraparound sunglasses to prevent sun damage. – Scarlett. Spring has sprung! Come on an adventure, to see what I got up to last week as the weather was stunning. We decided to do some sight seeing on the Mornington Peninsula. Our first stop was Moonlight Sanctuary. Moonlight Sanctury is about 50 minutes from the CBD and is set in a bushland setting with over 70 Australian animals. Some are kangaroos and wallabies which can be hand fed. You can also cuddle a koala, which I did. We walked around looking at the animals and learnt about cockatoos. It was fabulous. There are plenty of places to enjoy a picnic. We spent at least an hour there but could have spent more time. I recommend it to families. There is a cafe there too. Our next destination was Arthur Seat which has a chairlift ride which is called The Eagle. It is an enclosed cabin and the view is stunning. We could see the city of Melbourne. We decided to do the return trip where you can watch cars below us. We enjoyed lunch at the restaurant which was delicious. Our last destination was originally a surprise, it turned out to be Charlie’s Auto Museum. It’s a private owned collection of over eighty cars and bikes. There is a model of the Titanic and Luna Park. It was originally opened in 1988 in a small shed on his property but it has grown so big. It was interesting to see olden day cars and some overseas cars. My favourite car was a pink stretched limo. Another highly recommended place to visit. I had a blast of a day. Have you been to any of these places and if so what did you think of them? Happy reading about my sightseeing day love Jess Seasonal travel for me will be in Spring time. There are so many countries that you can travel to in spring and some of the countries I would like to travel are. Europe Romania Hungary Greece (Go to the temple of Persephone to thank her for spring) Asia North and South Korea Philippines Thailand Japan Indonesia (Did you know that Indonesia is both European and Asian) Did you know there is a hidden country called Eurasia if you want to find where is Eurasia in world map is, it’s in between both Europe and Asia. Most people want to travel during spring because the warmer weather brings delicious seasonal produce, blooming flowers, and the days are longer which give you more time to enjoy with family and friends. What country would you like to travel to in Spring? Phillip Spring is here! I like spring because the sun is out, and the weather is warmer, the butterflies are flying around, the bees are buzzing, you can have a long walk at the park, or a bike ride or have ice cream with family and friends. You can also go swimming in a pool or at the beach. Spring festivals. Have you ever been to a spring festival? I’ve been to two spring festivals which were Oktoberfest which takes place in late September and throughout October and second festival I’ve been to was the Tulip Festival which start on 16th of September and goes until the 15th of October. How do I feel about the festivals? I love going to the Tulip Festival because the different colours of Tulips are so pretty. You can even buy Dutch clogs or take photos in the giant Dutch Clogs, some are even Disney themed clogs and music , food and drinks are delicious. The Oktoberfest highlights German food, drinks and music. I reckon that’s just about getting out and enjoying spring. Charlotte   Who loves themselves a little retail therapy?
In store or online, these shops and outlets can help us buy everything we need, even when we don’t need anything! These days we shop online for so many things but in store we can touch feel and smell everything on offer. This week our team blogs about their favourite shops or retail outlets… Retail and stores are part of our everyday life. From the supermarket to buying clothes for the season, it is the second biggest employment with 9.8 percent of Australia working in retail as their main job. I’m going to talk about the stores I go to when I have free time and money. The shop I’m going to be talking about today is called Critical Hit and it is Located in the heart of Melbourne, they are labeled as a hobby and pop culture store. They sell everything from Anime goods and pop references to exclusive items from Japan, I mostly go there to try my luck at Itchiban Kuji, meaning number 1 prize, it is like a lucky dip with letters, A being the highest to go for and hardest to get, this includes figures, plushies and big items, then the list goes down from there until a set letter like H or G being the smallest like a keychain. I have been lucky a few times, I even won an A prize on one ticket. They sell Manga and cds, posters, figures, TCGs (trading card game), Plushies, and apparel. They even can help recommendations on what to watch next and are LGBTQ+ friendly. – Holly Welcome to our blog today I chat about my favourite retail shop which is Sportsgirl. I love shopping at Sportsgirl because of the clothes they sell and the really cool accessories they have. I especially love the T-shirts and jumpers as they make me feel comfortable to wear and I can move easily. I love buying clothes that I can move and grove. Sportgirl has been opened since 1948 to bring fashion and beauty to the world customers love seeing their new products in the many different stores around the world. Sportgirl is a business that can be founded all around the world, they have many locations such as Cranbourne and Fountain Gate and you can find these locations on their website for a location closer to you. Sportgirl is an Iconic Australian brand specializing in fashion beauty and accessories. The journey began in 1948 and Sportsgirl is now operating in 120 stores nationally including online. The first store Sportsgirl store opened in 1948 as an alternative to its sister label, Sportscraft, on Swanston Street Melbourne. The store was owned and operated by the Bardas family, who at the time had no retail outlet and had been distributing their Sportscraft clothing label via department stores. Why do you like Sportgirl? – Scarlett My favourite shops are EB Games, Woolies and Coles. My favourite shop of all time is EB Games or wherever I can buy my Xbox cards. Why you may ask? It's because I'm a gamer in my spare time. It's a must for me to buy an Xbox card every Wednesday afternoon when I go shopping If not I get cranky. But lately, I have been trying to save money for my trip to America so I'm spending less than usual but I still buy a cheaper one. The card is for my Fortnite game that needs to be updated. The other shops I go shopping at are Woollies and Coles. Wednesday afternoon is when I cook dinner for my family with the help of my support worker Jessy from Umbrella Support. We go food shopping for my breakfast, lunch, snack, Pepsi Max no sugar, and the stuff I need for cooking dinner. As for clothing my dad and I do them together I love shopping with him. I'm looking forward to Next week I will have fun with my dad but I will also miss my friends. – TJ Jay Jays were founded in 1978 in Sydney by 2 brothers. In 1993 it was purchased by the Just Group and it’s a very successful company. Jay Jays sells jumpers, t-shirts, shirts, sweatpants and their policy is all about having a good time and living carelessly. Inspired by youth, culture and street wear. I think Jay Jay's have great street wear, and they are a fabulous clothing brand and as a customer there I love it because all their outfits and clothing are very suitable and comfy. The Jay Jay's clothes are made in Bangladesh and the company is now owned by Just Jeans. The locations of jay's jays in Australia are in Cranbourne, Dandenong, South Wharf, Doncaster, Southland, Chadstone, Docklands, Knox, Karingal and so many other locations throughout Australia. Do you like shopping at retail stores if so what type of store? - Angelina Kmart was established in 1969, with the opening of its first store in Burwood, Victoria, and was only open for 45 min and closed due to safety reasons. The original hours were only Monday to Friday 9 to 5 and Sunday trading. In the late 1980’s late night trading opening their doors at midnight now Kmart is open 24 hrs a day 7 days a week and their 323 stores throughout Australia Kmart were voted best. family store because it sells such as things as home decor and textiles, furniture, apparel and footwear, children's entertainment and toys, pet supplies, photographic developing, camping and fishing goods, sporting goods, small appliances, storage and home organisation, confectionery, stationery, books, cards and party goods I used to work at Kmart over 10 years ago or a little more. I love how it’s got a variety of things. And the prices reasonable for the product. We have tried to find out when Kmart first opened its doors at midnight. We think it was the late 1980,’s but we could not find out the exact date. Do you know? Do you like Kmart - Jess Hello Friends! I just want to start off by saying that I hope you are having a wonderful day! Now let me make it better by talking about two of my favourite things! BAGS AND DISNEY! I’ll back up the truck here for a moment, most in our blogging group are talking about our favourite retail stores or online stores. I have chosen Loungefly.com Don’t know what Loungefly is, that’s all good because I'm going to tell you. Loungefly.com is amazing! They have vegan friendly & licensed backpacks, bags, apparel (clothes), wallets, enamel pins, ear headbands, keychains and lanyards. Everything you find at Loungefly.com or at the places that stock the Loungefly Brand is inspired by all things pop culture. This means you'll find; Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, Harry Potter, Stitch Shoppe and MLB (Major League Baseball). So just fandom heaven really. A Fandom for anyone who doesn’t know is fans of a person, team, group or series for some examples. You see now why I love Loungefly, BAGS AND DISNEY. I’ll also add that I have two loungefly bags; A Lion King full sized backpack and a Simba mini backpack and you can safely assume that I love both endlessly and they bring me a lot of joy! I love all my bags, but the Loungefly ones just hit different for me and my goodness they are such good quality. The bags being vegan friendly is a bonus too. Did you want a bit of a background on Loungefly? Well, here it is! Loungefly was founded in 1998 in a small warehouse in California by Trevor Schultz. They started small and now are one of the biggest or leading collectable companies. As of 2017 when they joined with Funko Pop. They have been stocked in physical stores such as EB Games, Zing and Sanity just to name a few as an example. Google Loungefly and you'll find them stocked in most web stores (Popcultcha, shopDisney) because they are just that good! GO GET ONE! Or don’t, I don’t want to tell you how to live your life. Today Phillip wasn’t feeling the vibe of retail so decided he would branch out and blog about traditions… Intro: What is religion traditions many countries has their own traditions since growing up European traditions 1. Throwing pottery out of the widows, which started in an Island called Corfu in Greece. 2. Partita a Scacchi, Marostica in Italy is a human chess game. 3. Easter whip, in Czech Republic & Slovakia who believes by whipping girls and women will help with luck and fertility. 4. Ursul (bear dance), in Romania and Moldova is a winter even that symbolises death and rebirth of time, and push off the evil spirits. 5. Sinjska Alka (Chivalric Tournament), in Dalmatia Croatia is chivalric tournament. 6. Caber toss, is a Scotland, tradition which is a Highland Games that involves tossing a large pole called a caber. Asian traditions some examples are Different Greetings, kick off your shoes, Mind your head and feet, slurping is good, and share your food. African traditions 1. The courtship dance of the wadable 2. The lip plates of the Morsi 3. The bull jumping of the Hamer 4. The red ochre of the Himba 5. The spitting of them Maasai 6. The healing dance of the san The list goes on and on tradition around the World is vast topic so I am going stop here and maybe I will have another occasion to blog on this topic that I am passionate about. What is your family traditions and A,Y,O,K? Phillip  Welcome to our Bonus blog, we chat about R U OK Day.
What is R U OK Day? R U, OK day is Thursday 14th September and support those who are struggling along with wearing yellow to represent this beautiful and important day. The meaning of R U OK means reminding everyone that any day is to ask ''are you okay?' and support those who struggle with life or any other struggles. this year's theme is 'I'm here to hear.” R U Ok is an Australian non-profit suicide prevention organization, founded by advertiser Gavin Larkin in 2009. It revolves around the slogan “ R U OK?” and advocates for people to have a conversation with others to encourage responsible public discussion of social isolation and its negative consequences such as suicide. Gavin Larkin is the founder of Ru Okay and the first day of R U, OK? day was held on 29 November 2009. His mission is to inspire and empower people to meaningfully connect with those in their world and lend support when they are struggling with life. Ru Ok contributes suicide prevention efforts by encouraging people to invest more time in their personal relationships and building the capacity of informal support networks, friends, family, and colleagues to be alert to those around them to have a conversation if they identify signs of distress of difficulty and connect someone to appropriate support, long before they’re in crisis. TODAY at Every 1 cafe we will be acknowledging those who are struggling and we will support them during the difficult times.  Who loves themselves a little retail therapy? In store or online, these shops and outlets can help us buy everything we need, even when we don’t need anything! These days we shop online for so many things but in store we can touch feel and smell everything on offer. This week our team blogs about their favourite shops or retail outlets… Retail and stores are part of our everyday life. From the supermarket to buying clothes for the season, it is the second biggest employment with 9.8 percent of Australia working in retail as their main job. I’m going to talk about the stores I go to when I have free time and money. The shop I’m going to be talking about today is called Critical Hit and it is Located in the heart of Melbourne, they are labeled as a hobby and pop culture store. They sell everything from Anime goods and pop references to exclusive items from Japan, I mostly go there to try my luck at Itchiban Kuji, meaning number 1 prize, it is like a lucky dip with letters, A being the highest to go for and hardest to get, this includes figures, plushies and big items, then the list goes down from there until a set letter like H or G being the smallest like a keychain. I have been lucky a few times, I even won an A prize on one ticket. They sell Manga and cds, posters, figures, TCGs (trading card game), Plushies, and apparel. They even can help recommendations on what to watch next and are LGBTQ+ friendly. – Holly Welcome to our blog today I chat about my favourite retail shop which is Sportsgirl. I love shopping at Sportsgirl because of the clothes they sell and the really cool accessories they have. I especially love the T-shirts and jumpers as they make me feel comfortable to wear and I can move easily. I love buying clothes that I can move and grove. Sportgirl has been opened since 1948 to bring fashion and beauty to the world customers love seeing their new products in the many different stores around the world. Sportgirl is a business that can be founded all around the world, they have many locations such as Cranbourne and Fountain Gate and you can find these locations on their website for a location closer to you. Sportgirl is an Iconic Australian brand specializing in fashion beauty and accessories. The journey began in 1948 and Sportsgirl is now operating in 120 stores nationally including online. The first store Sportsgirl store opened in 1948 as an alternative to its sister label, Sportscraft, on Swanston Street Melbourne. The store was owned and operated by the Bardas family, who at the time had no retail outlet and had been distributing their Sportscraft clothing label via department stores. Why do you like Sportgirl? – Scarlett My favourite shops are EB Games, Woolies and Coles. My favourite shop of all time is EB Games or wherever I can buy my Xbox cards. Why you may ask? It's because I'm a gamer in my spare time. It's a must for me to buy an Xbox card every Wednesday afternoon when I go shopping If not I get cranky. But lately, I have been trying to save money for my trip to America so I'm spending less than usual but I still buy a cheaper one. The card is for my Fortnite game that needs to be updated. The other shops I go shopping at are Woollies and Coles. Wednesday afternoon is when I cook dinner for my family with the help of my support worker Jessy from Umbrella Support. We go food shopping for my breakfast, lunch, snack, Pepsi Max no sugar, and the stuff I need for cooking dinner. As for clothing my dad and I do them together I love shopping with him. I'm looking forward to Next week I will have fun with my dad but I will also miss my friends. – TJ Jay Jays were founded in 1978 in Sydney by 2 brothers. In 1993 it was purchased by the Just Group and it’s a very successful company. Jay Jays sells jumpers, t-shirts, shirts, sweatpants and their policy is all about having a good time and living carelessly. Inspired by youth, culture and street wear. I think Jay Jay's have great street wear, and they are a fabulous clothing brand and as a customer there I love it because all their outfits and clothing are very suitable and comfy. The Jay Jay's clothes are made in Bangladesh and the company is now owned by Just Jeans. The locations of jay's jays in Australia are in Cranbourne, Dandenong, South Wharf, Doncaster, Southland, Chadstone, Docklands, Knox, Karingal and so many other locations throughout Australia. Do you like shopping at retail stores if so what type of store? - Angelina Kmart was established in 1969, with the opening of its first store in Burwood, Victoria, and was only open for 45 min and closed due to safety reasons. The original hours were only Monday to Friday 9 to 5 and Sunday trading. In the late 1980’s late night trading opening their doors at midnight. Now Kmart is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week and their 323 stores throughout Australia. Kmart were voted best. family store because it sells such as things as home decor and textiles, furniture, apparel and footwear, children's entertainment and toys, pet supplies, photographic developing, camping and fishing goods, sporting goods, small appliances, storage and home organisation, confectionery, stationery, books, cards and party goods. I used to work at Kmart over 10 years ago or a little more. I love how it’s got a variety of things and the prices reasonable for the product. We have tried to find out when Kmart first opened its doors at midnight. We think it was the late 1980,’s but we could not find out the exact date. Would you know? Do you like Kmart - Jess Hello Friends! I just want to start off by saying that I hope you are having a wonderful day! Now let me make it better by talking about two of my favourite things! BAGS AND DISNEY! I’ll back up the truck here for a moment, most in our blogging group are talking about our favourite retail stores or online stores. I have chosen Loungefly.com Don’t know what Loungefly is, that’s all good because I'm going to tell you. Loungefly.com is amazing! They have vegan friendly & licensed backpacks, bags, apparel (clothes), wallets, enamel pins, ear headbands, keychains and lanyards. Everything you find at Loungefly.com or at the places that stock the Loungefly Brand is inspired by all things pop culture. This means you'll find; Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, Harry Potter, Stitch Shoppe and MLB (Major League Baseball). So just fandom heaven really. A Fandom for anyone who doesn’t know is fans of a person, team, group or series for some examples. You see now why I love Loungefly, BAGS AND DISNEY. I’ll also add that I have two loungefly bags; A Lion King full sized backpack and a Simba mini backpack and you can safely assume that I love both endlessly and they bring me a lot of joy! I love all my bags, but the Loungefly ones just hit different for me and my goodness they are such good quality. The bags being vegan friendly is a bonus too. Did you want a bit of a background on Loungefly? Well, here it is! Loungefly was founded in 1998 in a small warehouse in California by Trevor Schultz. They started small and now are one of the biggest or leading collectable companies. As of 2017 when they joined with Funko Pop. They have been stocked in physical stores such as EB Games, Zing and Sanity just to name a few as an example. Google Loungefly and you'll find them stocked in most web stores (Popcultcha, shopDisney) because they are just that good! GO GET ONE! Or don’t, I don’t want to tell you how to live your life. - Shan Today Phillip wasn’t feeling the vibe of retail so decided he would branch out and blog about traditions… Intro: What is religion traditions many countries has their own traditions since growing up European traditions 1. Throwing pottery out of the widows, which started in an Island called Corfu in Greece. 2. Partita a Scacchi, Marostica in Italy is a human chess game. 3. Easter whip, in Czech Republic & Slovakia who believes by whipping girls and women will help with luck and fertility. 4. Ursul (bear dance), in Romania and Moldova is a winter even that symbolises death and rebirth of time, and push off the evil spirits. 5. Sinjska Alka (Chivalric Tournament), in Dalmatia Croatia is chivalric tournament. 6. Caber toss, is a Scotland, tradition which is a Highland Games that involves tossing a large pole called a caber. Asian traditions some examples are Different Greetings, kick off your shoes, Mind your head and feet, slurping is good, and share your food. African traditions 1. The courtship dance of the wadable 2. The lip plates of the Morsi 3. The bull jumping of the Hamer 4. The red ochre of the Himba 5. The spitting of them Maasai 6. The healing dance of the san The list goes on and on tradition around the World is vast topic so I am going stop here and maybe I will have another occasion to blog on this topic that I am passionate about. What is your family traditions and A,Y,O,K? Phillip   The thought of writing about relationships gives me warm and fuzzy feelings. We all have a person who lights up our world OR we may have an animal who also does that! I love my dog, he’s my best friend so I can understand if any of our team, wanted to write about their pets! Today this talented team of writers explore feelings on relationships and you as our readers will once again be treated to a little more insight to their views… Relationship, the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected. You may not know it but you are in one right now, everyone has some form of connection or relationship involving family, friends or even work colleagues, it doesn’t necessarily mean to love someone, it’s more like a simpler way to explain the situation depending on what they may be. So let’s keep it simple and practical this time when talking about my relationship with my boyfriend, We started out as good friends online back in 2017 and over the course of that year I slowly grew to like him more than a friend. This relationship is built on trust and honesty but it isn’t all that easy, we have our ups and downs and trust gone all over the place but we talk it out and I will forever be grateful to him, he really brings the light to my dim, boring world, he just brings that extra ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. His laugh is contagious and makes some pretty funny but very dark jokes, I want him to excel at his writing and creative story making, he is an aspiring author but just needs that push to keep going and that’s why I’m here because that’s what you’re meant to do in relationship, help them to help yourself as well, I could not have made it this far without him and by the time he reads this, I just want him to know that I support you the very best I can and hope we can both help each other with our dreams and projects for the future, I believe in you and I encourage you to push a little harder, even though it sounds like I’m the annoying one. That being said, maybe I can give you guys a glimpse of his work, who knows what the future holds but I hope I can help give his confidence, I love you Adam. – Holly My relationship with Mrs. Pepper Hi it’s me Angelina! Today’s blog will be all about different types of relationships. I would like to go wayyyy back to when I was in primary school when Mrs. Pepper was my Vice Principal and the relationship that we had was very special. Mrs. Pepper was my person to go to at Trinity (Primary School) because she would always understand what I was going through and that helped me a bit to know that someone understands what I was going through. Mrs. Pepper is a really nice person when you meet her in person because she checks up on people when they feel down or sad, she cares for the other teachers, students and staff, she is so kind and generous, she helps the students with problems and she tries to make time for others so that they can communicate with her. I liked Mrs. Pepper so much because we laughed together, played games together and most of all we worked together. Do you have any relationships with special people in your life? – Angelina Welcome to our blog today where I chat about my relationship with Lucy my dog. Lucy is a Great Dane who is 5 years old. Her birthday is January 25th. We got Lucy in 2018 from a breeders house where they had heaps of Great Dane puppies. She was called yellow collar when we went to check her out. Dad and my brother picked her up from the breeders as I was at school during the time they were collecting her. Lucy is a great friend and supporter buddy. Whenever I need a hug or a cuddle from Lucy she is always there. She sometimes even sneaks on the couch for a cuddle even though she is not allowed on the couch. Can you Imagine me eating pizza or food at the kitchen bench? Especially pizza! Lucy lays her head next to me or rests it on my hand for a piece or a two. It’s sometimes hard to control especially when there is cheese hanging from my mouth, she sometimes grabs it from me and kisses me after it. I sadly can’t walk Lucy as she is so strong and heavy but I sometimes go on the walks with her down the streets, the neighbours love lucy and often call her over and she pulls dad across the road and she lets kids pat her. I sometimes go on runs with Lucy as we take her to a dog park which has fences around it so Lucy can’t escape as she is very fast runner and hard to keep up with. She loves hoping in the car for a journey to either the vet or the park. She gets very excited and we have taken her into Bunnings as you can now take dogs into there and she sometimes comes to drop in on me at Salvos in the morning as she needs social interaction. She loves to play with soft toys even though sometimes she breaks them apart in thirty seconds. We often buy them from Kmart or Salvos as they are for a good price. Funny fact about Lucy is that she can’t catch a ball. She gets fed twice a day, once at breakfast then dinner and sometimes some treats during the day such as chicken as it’s her favourite food. Facts about Great Danes
So, when we had the discussion about today's topic, and it was suggested that we blog about relationships I thought, how can I make this authentically Shan? What is our topic, you ask? Our topic is relationships. When people talk about relationships, they usually think about human relationships so naturally I'm throwing that right out the window and I am going to talk about being a plant parent. For anyone who doesn’t know what a plant parent is, it is a person who cares for their plants as much as they would care for a child or a pet. I am in no way a green thumb, but I do consider myself a plant parent because I love my little friends so much, I have two pots of alyssum flowers (Groot and Butterfly), a tiny lavender sprout (Tiny), a Venus fly trap (Spike), an aloe vera plant (Vera), three succulent plants (Pickle, Pip and Duckie) and hopefully a Cherry Blossum bonsai tree soon (yet to be named). In spring I plant sunflower seeds and become the proud parent of some beautiful sunflowers. Fun fact about me, sunflowers are my favourite flowers. I really enjoy growing plants from seeds because you get to see every part of the plant's journey, from seed to seedling to fully grown plant and it's super rewarding. It has been suggested that growing plants can have a positive effect on mental and physical health by helping to make you feel happier, reduce stress and lower blood pressure. It’s an added bonus, they also provide you with better air quality too! With Spring coming I'm looking forward to sitting in the sun with my plants and telling them how beautiful they are and hopefully they will have flowered by then and I'll get to see butterflies and bee friends. Relationships come in all shapes and sizes, not just with humans. Plants are wonderful friends and if you're worried about killing them fake ones are just as good. I have said in a previous blog that I make friends with all little creatures and inanimate objects because why not. That’s a topic for another blog though. Don’t forget to water your plant friends and yourself too! - Shan Today I am going to talk about my relationship with a special man and how we met. Who is he you ask? He is Robert and this is our lovable journey. We met each other at a bowling competition. I forgot to give him my number so I rang his bowling club and gave it to them. What drew me to him was his kind, polite, honest manners in fact he is everything to me. We have been together five years and engaged for 10months. They have been the best years of my life, we laugh together and we have so many things we love doing together, I can’t imagine life without him. Are you lucky to have someone special in your life? - Jess What is the meaning of a relationship? (I had to look this one up with Jessy). A relationship is any connection between two people, which can be either positive or negative. You can have a relationship with a wide range of people, including family and friends. Today I want to talk about my relationship with my family. My family includes mum, dad, my twin brother, my older sister, my little brother and myself. Something that you guys might not know about me is my twin brother and I were adopted when we were babies. How I feel when I am hanging out with my family is relaxed, calm, chilled, and safe. I know I can count on my mum and dad whenever I need them because they've always been there for me and I love hanging out with family because they are awesome and funny. My mum is the one who always pushes me to be more independent and my dad is the person I can talk to when I have a problem he listens and makes me feel calm. I am thankful to have a family, do you? – TJ In my opinion a relationship is when two people come together and as two worlds collide. What you need to know about Shaije H and Brooke P is that we are quite close because we have lots in common. For example Shaije and I used to go to same schools at Yarrabah and Frankston SDS. I have known Brooke when we attended another disability program together. Brooke and I do a lots together. We went to each other birthdays, we went to Australia’s Got Talent auditions and we went away together. Shaije : we both love Japanese animas and super heroes events. I have a mysterious close friend since growing up but what I mean by mysterious, is a childhood friend. I can’t remember her name and even though I have known her for a long time she now lives in Sydney and she has two kids. I wish that one day our path will cross again. (Do you remember your close friendships? Try to Remember their names ?) - Phillip  |
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