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China Japan Blog
My Hong Kong, China and Japan holiday blog is at http://allriteinasia.blogspot.com/. Click on the photo to view the gallery (link updated as the gallery has been moved to Picasaweb).
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Only two more sleeps to holiday
As usual it's near panic stations as we rapidly approach our trip to Hong Kong, China and Japan. You would think that we have it all down pat by now, but each time we decide to do things just that much differently. It is partly due to the destination; we may need to be more…
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The challenges of blogging on a Zaurus
As with my other recent trips overseas I intend to keep a blog of my experiences. Previously I added my entries right here in Webworld. However, the trip entries tend to get diluted amongst everything else, making them difficult to refer to later, so I'm thinking of starting a new blog solely devoted to this…
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Twenty years of mobile phones in Australia
February marked the twentieth anniversary of the mobile phone network in Australia. In 1987 Telecom Australia (now Telstra) switched on its analogue phone network in Sydney. From the huge voice only "bricks" of that era we now have 3G phones on which we can surf the web, video call and even watch television. Another step…
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Standing up in front of the class
I've noticed that our management often fares poorly in the public speaking stakes in contrast to visitors from the US. I was discussing this with a work colleague who has extensive experience in sales, both here and in the USA. Daniel believes that the Americans tend to be more confident with public speaking because they…
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Queen Mary 2 and Chinese New Year
We joined the huge crowd down at Garden Island this evening to see the huge Queen Mary 2 cruise liner. I've added the photos to the gallery. Didn't stay to see her smaller sister ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2 enter the harbour as we've seen it up close before. I have also added photos of…
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