South Africa – From Cape Town to Winelands

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My group has decided to spend a day in the wine valley to discover how the good South African wine is produced.

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From Cape Town we went to Stellenbosch, situated about 50 kilometers east. It is the second oldest European settlement in the Western Cape province.

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The South African wine industry produces about 1,000,000,000 litres of wine annually. Stellenbosch is the primary location for viticulture and viticulture research.

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The small city looks like a cenarium. The time seems to be stopped there.

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We visited the Village Museum. It shows the four historical Stellenbosch house’s built in four different city moments:

THE SCHREUDEURHUIS – 1680 – 1720

BLETTERMANHUIS – 1750 – 1790

GROSVENOR HOUSE – 1800 to 1830

OM BERGH – 1850 – 1870

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We visited three different wine yards and understood a little bit more about wine production…

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All vineyards offer wine tasting, we taste lots of kinds of wine and almost got drunk.

The third post will be…from Wineland to Durban…

kisses and hugs

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When She Cuts Her Hair…Look Out

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Before

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After

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Some psychologist say: “ when your woman suddenly decides that a nice shoulder length bob would flatter her more, or worse, comes home out of the blue one day with all her hair hacked off, look out”

They say that every time when woman decide to cut her hair means she is going through something very emotional, very unpleasant, and more than likely, something very much related to men.

In my case…well i really had need for something new, something fresh, some kind of “new me”. Maybe you cannot live from perfect job or see all places you’re dreaming about, or buy every peace of clothes you

When you’re kind of “chica” like me, you can get bored quite easily, and get amused even more eaasily. With my beautiful Samsung ST550(TL225) and marvelous options for photo edition i realised that cutting hair and making “new me” was just right step to do! How i know that? Well, after month since i cut my hair i still get thrilled when i see my new look in the mirror and get inspiration to make new portraits and see how i look like in BW or Sepia or…like Cleopatra?! Lol Maybe males around you will be shocked in a first moment and look at you very strange (as you can see on this photo☺ ) but they will get used eventually.

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What’s your hobby?

I don’t think I haven’t mentioned anything about what I do. I’m currently attending at George Brown College in Toronto as a student for Jewellery Arts program. Because I have some spare time this year, I tried to make a piece with leftover materials from last year.

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It’s not a finished piece – silver is not polished and stones are not set. I’m trying to make a pendant for necklace but not decided yet for sure.. We’ll see what happen later. :) I’ll show you the finished piece in the future IF I finish this in this term… lol

I usually take a rest at home with having some tea or coffee after coming back from school or work. I had huge interest on black tea about 5 years ago and it became one of my hobbies. I still enjoy making variety kinds of tea not using tea bags – like milk tea, fruit tea, iced tea, or tea from other countries like Russian tea. (I recommend Russian tea for people who cannot sleep easily at night!)

Today, I’ve decided to have my favourite tea, Assam.

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These are some of tea that I have. I usually buy small bags to taste more and not to keep tea leaves too long, except Assam because it’s my all time favourite!

Standard of tea for one person is one teakettle, so about two and half tea cups in total. But that’s what it says in Europe or by tea experts so the amount of tea is totally up to people who are drinking. :)

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These are the kettle and teacup that I’m using. Porcelain kettle is better than the iron one because it keeps the heat and scent of tea longer. I also enjoy white colour teacup to see the colour of tea. :)

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Using tap water is the best for tea because more oxygen in water gives you better taste of tea. If you don’t have tap water, shaken bottle of water is fine too. :)

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First boiling water is for warming up the kettle and teacup. Warmed up kettle makes more movement of tea leaves so it can give you smooth and deep taste and scent. Keep hot water in kettle while you boil water again for tea.

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After 2 or 3 minutes later, throw away hot water from kettle and put 1 heaping teaspoon of tea leaf. That’s what it says on the guide but again, it’s totally up to the person who will enjoy it. :) Better close the kettle after put tea leaf to not to lose the scent!

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I usually have a first cup after 2 minutes brewing it especially for Assam, because Assam has strong taste. I recommend Assam for milk tea as well from that point. :) Having some sweet cookies or sweet scone is also a good match with Assam straight tea.

So, what’s your hobby? Do you have your own hobby to get relaxed and have fun at home? :)

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All photos, above, have been shot with the Samsung ST1000(CL65), which has been provided by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.

Winter Wonderland, Highland

Highland, literally, means the north of Scotland, the high areas. I decided to take a one day tour of Highland through a Highland tour company. The tour bus driver said that Highland bus tour course is one of the greatest one day tour courses in Europe. This tour is a 12 hour tour which leaves Edinburgh at 8 o’clock in the morning and returns at 8 o’clock in the evening. But to see the famous beautiful snowy landscape of Highland I’ve decided to endure that much.

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Before arriving at Highland, the bus stopped for a moment for a photo time. I was asleep on the way and when I opened my eyes, a jaw dropping scenery spread before my eyes. The snowy scenery of Scotland, with many rocky mountains, was really unique. The clear color of the sky and snowy landscape of the rocky mountain were harmonious and marvelous that even looking at it directly it makes you wonder whether you’re looking at a picture.

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At last we arrived at the town with Loch Ness, the highlight of Highland tour. The scenery of the town which was surrounded by the snowy mountains and lake deep as the sea was breathtaking. As soon as I arrived at the town the first thing that captured my eye was the boat dock. The boat you see in the picture is the boat I’m going to ride to see the Loch Less.

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Finally, I’m on the boat. Let’s go! Loch Less is the biggest and the deepest lake in UK with 36km in length and 230m in depth. The Loch Less seen from the boat didn’t look like a lake but seemed more like the sea. The water is too deep that the color of the water was black and you couldn’t see the end of Loch Less.

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Because of its enormous size, there are a lot of rumor saying that there’ a monster living inside. I just laughed when I heard that rumor but to see the real Loch Less it made me think there could be a real monster inside. The size of Loch Less was overwhelming and it was enough to stimulate the imaginations of numerous tourists.

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While I was observing the scenery through the windows of the boat, I found this cute monster attached to the window. I took a picture of this cute monster and it seemed like the real monster living in Loch Less. And at the entrance of the town, there stands a big structure which embodies the monster. If there was a monster, they imagined it would look like it but to me eyes it just looked cute. The name of the monster is ‘Nessi’. How can it not be cute?

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On the bus ride back to Edinburgh after seeing Loch Less, once again we had photo time. And there, we met children playing riding sleds. There are many hills in Highland that it seemed like if you just come out with a sled you can ride sleds everywhere. The snowy scenery of Highland seen behind the joyful family makes you admire

once again.

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After ending a few days of travel to Edinburgh and Highland, lastly I wrote a letter on a card to my family which I bought as a souvenir. The drawing of the cow on the card is the Highland cow which lives in Highland, and the fur attached to the card is the real fur of Highland cow. Whether it’s true or not, goodbye for now!

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Welcome to Canada – ‘s AutoShow 2010!

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Hello, there. :)

I’m Rach, currently living in Toronto, Canada. SamsungImaging gave me a chance to use Samsung ST1000 (CL65), so I would like to share my sights with you – not only Toronto, but also wherever I go and whatever I do in days. :)

To celebrate getting ST1000(CL65), I decided to go AutoShow 2010 with my friend. AutoShow is open annually at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, but this is my first time to visit the show – made me so excited!

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Welcome to the show! The show closes at 10pm so my friend and I went to the show around 6pm. However, a lot of people were still visiting the centre.

The first booth welcomed us were Acura and Honda. I like both Honda and Toyota lines but I like more sedans for Honda or Acura, and SUVs for Toyota or Lexus. Personally, I like SUVs in general. :)

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Next, the ‘noble sport cars’ from Italy – Maserati vs. Ferarri! Which one do you like better?

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And my favourite car brand – Infiniti! I love their G, EX, and FX series. This one was their ‘concept car’ – Essence – for this show. Looks like a batman car, isn’t it? :)

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Next stop were Toyota and Lexus. Even though there was a lot of news about ‘recall of Toyota’ in these days, their booths were even bigger than other brands from Europe.

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Toyota’s hybrid car, Prius. It was pretty interesting that you can drive for a while just charging it with electricity!

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At the Lexus booth, I saw hard-top convertible car changes its roof for the first time! That really WOWed me with its cool surrounded sound system.

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Is there anyone interested in racing car, Shelby? There was a special space for Carroll Shelby’s racing cars – from antique to the unique versions.

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Hyundai and Kia did an event to win a car by entering the ticket number they gave us. We participated the event too and hoped to have luck to win! :)

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Hyundai’s booth was neat and big enough to exhibit their models. Genesis – Hyundai’s next generation – was there too.

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It was great to see Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and other luxury brands from Europe but those booths were too crowded unlike others. What a shame that I couldn’t see them in various but meeting Jaguar – the gentle-sports car from England – was a pleasant because I can’t meet them on street so often compare to others.

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It was snowing when we came out, but didn’t feel cold since I had so much fun at the show. Hope you had fun like I did with those pictures! I’ll try to take better pictures next time. :) Until then, take care!

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