Would you apply for one? Do you think it would be a good idea? Would it be affective?
BBC News- Read about it – here
Today they celebrate the festival
of lights, the Diwali.
I have asked my friend Ari what he will do this year.
Ari lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire UK
me: Ari, as you celebrate this Hindu holiday, can you tell us about it?
Ari : If you have been recently greeted by the phrase Happy Diwali then it must be Diwali. This phrase is heard around this time of year and is the greeting by Hindus during the Hindu festival of Diwali (aka Deepawali).
It signifies a 5 day festival with Dewali being the 3rd day, this year it falls on Tuesday 13th November.
It is a festival generally known as the festival of lights, spiritually it is Light winning over Dark, or Good over Evil. It’s Knowledge over Ignorance. The celebration of inner light. It also signified the Hindu New year and is harvest time in many regions of India. Each region has its variations to how they celebrate the festival. But they all have sweets, fire crackers and little oil lamps (known as Diyas) that are lit.
Gifts are exchanged between family and friends to wish each other a happy, wealthy and peaceful Diwali.
It’s the dedication to Saraswati, the goddess of Knowledge;the ultimate wealth as it can not be stolen from you and it overcomes ignorance.
me: Does your whole family celebrate it?
Ari: Yes the whole family celebrates it….we share sweets and light lamps
We pass sweets to everyone we know.
It’s also a celebration to Lakshmi,goddess of wealth who visits homes on this day.
So to welcome Her into our homes the doorstep is decorated with a floor painting,known as a Rangoli design. Various designs are done.
me: Thank you, Ari! Happy Diwali from us here!
A short video from the BBC : Prince Charles visiting Papua New Guinea and greeting the people in Pidgin English
Prince Charles speaks Pidgin English in Papua New Guinea – Telegraph
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
‘Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God’s providence he was catch’d,
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip Hoorah !
Hip hip Hoorah !
A penny loaf to feed ol’Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,’
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we’ll say: ol’Pope is dead.
Papers asses election in the US
Final pre-election day – BBC News
Obama or Romney neither should expect to get much done in the Congress – Telegraph
BBC News – Storm Sandy: Barack Obama warns of long road to recovery.
The future of books.
Have you got an e-reader? What do you think of them, would you get one? Do you already have one? Will books ever be obsolete?
Interesting article about the new “Human Epoch” – new geological time period in the Earth’s history?
Tanulni együtt jó! Tanulni úgy jó, hogy elfelejtjük, hogy tanulunk, azt csináljuk, amit szeretünk, es közben “ránk ragad” egy csomó hasznos dolog is.
