Anything Goes 2007 - Issue 10 by Rex Paura

Anything Goes, Issue: 10/2007 Date: June 30, 2007

Two-Year Osaka, Japan Special

Anything Goes

Anything Goes, Issue10 /2007 Date: June 30, 2007

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Anything Goes will be produced on a monthly basis until further notice

Wonders of Technology By Estella Cheung

would have immediately chosen INSPECTOR GADGET over ‘Play School’ if given the preference as a kid. Afternoons back then were never dull. Children television programs like Inspector Gadget, Astroboy and The Transformers were always something to look forward too after a long day at school. Well, the legacy lives on! …Except that cartons have now turned into reality…creativity is no longer restricted to pencil, paper or anything graphic; but has become real to some extent.

The electronic dictionary is one of those types of technology that I found amusing. Especially this one with a small screen which you can use to write a Kanji (Chinese Character) that you don’t know how to read or pronounce (if your studying Japanese or Chinese). You can even use the electronic dictionary to look up English words you don’t know how to spell or are not sure what the meaning is. The electronic dictionary provides examples of how to correctly use words. Some dictionaries also have audio examples of the correct usage of words and phrases. A single electronic dictionary could contain more than 10 different dictionaries all at once. Mobile phones have also changed almost overnight. Not only do they have calendars to remind you what day it is, an alarm to remind you the next meeting starts in 5 minutes (besides calling, email and SMS), now you can watch television on your mobile. Mobile phones in Japan can pick up the television signals of TV networks, can search for TV networks in another area, and are fitted with excellent audio and visual. These mobile phones also have subtitle settings in Japanese. But you can also record programs that you like, saving them on memory cards. The wonders of technology are many. ☺

What We’re About: Anything Goes will now be keeping you informed on a monthly basis. This electronic publication made up of positive and encouraging stories about anything in general. The objective of this publication is to make reading, easy, relaxing and enjoyable. Readers are encouraged to contribute ideas, clean jokes, poems, short articles etc to ulaveo@yahoo. com.au but discretion lies with the Editor on whether submissions are reader-friendly and could be published. ☺

Anything Goes, Issue: 10/2007 Date: June 30, 2007

Saving lives through blood donation By Maisan Pahun

Almost 50 National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) employees at the Wet Lowlands Islands Programme in Kerevat volunteered for blood donation on the 12th of June this year. Two local Red Cross workers from the Vunapope Hospital and the East New Britain Provincial AIDS council staff attended to the blood donors.

Two-Year Osaka, Japan Special Happy Birthday to ya! Happy belated 18th birthday to Liza Belapuna who celebrated her birthday on June 8th this year…

The joint Red Cross and Provincial AIDS blood donation campaign was to involve people in the East New Britain Province to voluntarily donate blood and at the same time have their blood samples tested for HIV/AIDS. Team Leader of the group Elizabeth Dulai, also a nursing officer at Vunapope Hospital said there was only one HIV/AIDS response unit at Vunapope that carried out HIV/AIDS Voluntary tests for the public. “For this year we are going out to the public and NARI is the first institution we visit before we go to other institutions in the province,” Ms Dulai said. NARI has also developed a HIV/AIDS workplace policy. The purpose of the policy is to ensure a consistent and equitable approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS among staff and families. The policy is also a framework to guide the institution to respect one and other in the workplace. Most people in Papua New Guinea are not familiar with voluntary blood testing for HIV/AIDS. Some people are afraid of blood testing. There were a few sentiments shared about the event in Kerevat. One staff member was a first time volunteer and said he was scared but later realized the importance of the event. “Mi rausim olpla blut na bihain bai bodi kamapim nupla gen….dispela blut blo mi bai halevim wanpela man I stap long hevi bihain,” (I’m doing away with my old blood and later my cell will create new ones…. Hope my blood help someone who is need in the future) he said.

And a happy belated 13th birthday to Johnson Maru who turned a year older on June 18th.

Love and greetings to both Liza and Johnson from the Maru family of 5 Mile and from readers of Anything Goes!

Napping-a stress release process A lunchtime snooze may be good for the heart. A Harvard study of 23,681 healthy men and women tracked for six years found that those who took a midday nap for at least 30 minutes, three times a week were 37 per cent less likely to die from heart disease.

Stanley Kupai of the WLIP donating blood being assisted by Alex Kembu of the ENB Aids Council.

“The association between stress and coronary is well established,” says Dimitrios Trichopoulos, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. “And we know napping may be a stress releasing process”. Reference: Readers Digest, Asia, June 2007, page 64.

Two-Year Osaka, Japan Special

Anything Goes, Issue: 10/2007 Date: June 30, 2007

Shy Japanese? -Not anymore!

By Estella Cheung

Japanese may be conservative people, but not shy…

aybe it’s wrong to use the word shy when describing the character and personality of Japanese .

Japanese are known to be more conservative and private but at the same time always making the extra effort to treat the other person with utmost respect. This balancing act of such respective behaviour has been embedded in the culture through history that even the language contains “polite” forms of speech and “plain” or “non-polite” forms of speech.

Swahili students performing a number.

The summer festival at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies on June 30, showed the other side of the younger generation of Japanese -their western side. Japanese students studying foreign languages, dressed up in costumes and traditional attire of the country whose language they were studying. The students also set up food stalls to sell traditional food dishes from the countries they represented. But dance and music performances of the different countries were the highlight of the day.

The event was an eye opener, proving that even Japan, a country with one of the world’s strongest and firmest cultures is also at the mercy of western influence.

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These guys don’t mind dressing up as girls for the day. White socks and yellow aprons are a good match though!

Who says Japanese cant belly dance? These Turkish class belly dancers know how to do the ‘Shakira’.

Picture Right: People battled the summer heat the whole day until the evening to see performances of different cultures from all over the world and to taste foreign dishes at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies Summer Festival. The festival was held at the school grounds on June 30 and was witnessed by more than 3000 visitors.