Winning the lottery

Normally once a month I go shopping to the Bay city shop in Arncliffe. Last month on 15th of July it was Bay city's first birthday. Bay city arranged a raffle draw to celebrate its first birth day. The first three winners would each get 40 items of free shopping from Bay city.

The good news is I was the one of three winners. It was really great for me. My younger son and I picked out 30 shopping itemes last week from Bay city and we still have 10 items remaining. I can say that my last week was so happy.

Odd one out

I don't have negative feelings about integration. I'm lucky because I don't have any experience about being 'called names'.

However, I think the language barrier is a very big difficulty for new migrants to face. Sometimes I felt like the 'Odd one out' when I first came to Australia. For example, once when I went looking for a job and I spoke to the employer, I felt my English wasn't good enough for that job. I thought I needed to develop my English skills more.

Tips for learning English

1. Watch TV .


2. Talk to native English speakers.


3. Speak English when you go shopping.


4. Write down new words and try to remember them.


5. Don't be afraid to make mistakes.


6. Write something in English everyday.


7. Read the local news paper.


8. Listen to English music.


9. Try to increase fluency.


10. Increase your vocabulary and improve you pronunciation..

Nilgiri

Nilgiri is the nicest place in Bangladesh. I went to Chittagong and visited lots of places but Nilgiri was really a great place for me in 2008 . It looks a bit similar to the Blue Mountains of Australia but I can say definitely it is better than the Blue Mountains, because the Blue Mountains are green on every side but one.On the other hand Nilgiri is green on all sides.

Another amazing thing is that if you stand on top of the mountain you can see rain on one side and a rainbow on the other side at the same time. Also I have seen clouds blowing that look like snow from one side and yet there is bright sunlight just opposite at the same time.

One more interesting thing here is that nilgiri is a Bangali word whose English meaning is blue mountain (nill means blue and giri means mountain).