https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5 Level 6 Green en-us 2018-08-02 00:06:12 UTC 2018-08-03 03:21:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271718733 Today I want to talk about something that happened in my dormitory. I really hate when someone smokes next to me when I am doing my laundry or washing my hands. I can not breathe when this happen, it really drives me mad because I can't bear the smoke. Another terrible thing that happens in my dorm is that some of my friends they don't clean out their rubbish can. They just leave the rubbish in the room and go out to play with friends or study. I think it is really a terrible thing in the dorm, it is disgusting. The best solution to this is telling them what is right and what should be done.]]> 2018-08-02 00:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271718733 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271718887 One of the most annoying things since I came to Australia is one creature. It’s called an Ibis which is a  white bird with a sharp beak. You can see them everywhere. As long as they keep silent they don’t annoy me. One day I watched ibis flying over one girl and catching the head and taking food from her hand. I was shocked and felt disgusted. Every time I go to the food court in UQ I see them searching for food and sometimes walking on the table. I wish there would be supersonic waves to not let them come near us.]]> 2018-08-02 00:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271718887 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271719197  I want to talk about is waiting for someone or something. One thing I really hate is this. It's really annoying and also it drives me mad. You might also have experienced, for example, a bus often delays in Brisbane.I can't  stand it even only for 3 or 5 minutes because I feel that it's too long time. However, I hate waiting for the internet connection the most.I think everyone has experienced.When you are using your mobile phone or watching Netflix, YouTube or Instagram, the mark spinning shows up on your screen. At that time, I always turn my phone off and take it away    because I don't want to wait for this time even just one minute. So one thing I really hate is waiting.]]> 2018-08-02 00:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271719197 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271720118 Good morning guys, today I will like to talk about I hate people saying that Hong Kong is the same as China.
First of all, I would like to talk about the background about Hong Kong.
Hong Kong used to be the British colony and (was) handed back to China in 1997. Although it belongs to China, it is a different country to it. I will simply describe it by 3 major ideas such as the way you enter Hong Kong from China , the language and also the freedom.

I would like to talk about the way to enter Hong Kong from China. If you want to come to Hong Kong from China, you need to pass over a border. Do you know what a border is? It is similar to a gate. you need to go through 2 sets of customs to get into Hong Kong. It just likes when you need to go into Japan, you need to hand in your passport for checking. So you need to go through 2 sets of customs to get in. The first one is the China one and second one is the Hong Kong one. And then for the foreigner, you usually need to get different rules for applying when you want to get into it. Unless you are coming from exempt Visa Countries. So, You can't just come to China and expect to just walk into Hong Kong. Because you need to pass through the customs and border. That’s why I will say it is a different country from China. 

And then is the Language, as usually, HongKongese speak Cantonese. But mainland people speak Mandarin. There are parts of Guang Dong as well as in Macau ,where people speak Cantonese as well. But Hong Kong has its own sort of variant of Cantonese. You may mix up this two Language and think they both are Chinese. Let’s see an example. In Hong Kong, we usually use traditional Chinese in writing. But the one used in Mainland China is Simplified Chinese. Let’s have a look of this picture about the difference between them.
Also, Mandarin utilizes four tones, whereas Cantonese has at least six and sometimes as many as nine. And different tones have different meanings, even when used for the same word.
So obviously the language of Hong Kong and China have a huge difference.

Freedom:
Other than that, Hong Kong people rather have more freedom than the mainland. Such as the freedom of speech , that of using internet or even that of the press. For example, if you say something bad about the China government, you will not get any punishment in Hong Kong, neither is in the internet nor in the News. But if you did that in the mainland, you surely would disappear , be imprisoned or caught in a mental hospital. 
So you can see there is a huge difference between Hong Kong and China. And please do not mix up them anymore, although Hong Kong was generally handed back to China. it is still not the same as China.]]> 2018-08-02 00:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271720118 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271765740 I'd like to talk about clicking one's tongue.
I don't understand why people clicked them tongue. It's aggressive and oppressive. 
When I commuted to work on a crowded train, a few people clicked them tongue. I understood they were annoyed with the crowded train, but I didn't understand why they express their feeling. I think this behavior is like a saying "I'm annoyed!". It's not cool and I feel scared and terrible.
And my ex-senior colleague often clicked her tongue. So I couldn't ask her about work and other colleague and I had to be careful with her. It's tired to care others feeling.
It drive me mad.]]> 2018-08-02 09:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271765740 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271770509 I want to talk about trains in Brisbane. Usually I use a train because there is no bus stop near my house. So I use a train. But trains are not working on the weekend because of construction. They are working on railway. I can’t understand why trains don’t work on the weekend. Because many people want to go out to somewhere like the city or south bank. I know they can’t do that in the weekdays, because students have to go to school and workers have to go to work. But why do they work on the most weekend. And both day, Saturday and Sunday. Every time I go to the station, The sign says trains are not working. It makes me mad. Buses replace the train, but it’s not so often. So many people want to take that bus. So it’s going to be busy. And that bus stops at every station. Normally it takes about 20 minutes to go to the city from my station by train. But by bus, it takes an hour. It’s terrible.]]> 2018-08-02 11:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271770509 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271778411 My rant is about Australian birds. Do you know white big bird you can see at lunch time at UQ? It makes me mad because they take our lunch. And I don’t like the color of the inside of wings. Do you know that? It’s red. It reminds me of inside the body. They catch our food with a big mouth and fly around us. So it annoys me. A different bird also drives me mad. They make noise in the morning. Especially on the weekend, I want to sleep more, but it makes me awake. I hate Australian birds. ]]> 2018-08-02 13:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271778411 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271825013 Recently, it's really crowded at lunch time. I usually have lunch with about 5~6 mates. Thousand of student are rushing out at the same time. Restaurants area is super packed. If i want to buy lunch, I should wait more than 15 minutes. That's a waste of time. Even though, I bring lunch, I need to warm it up. As you know, a line for microwave is completely long and even after warming it up, I need to find the seat. It takes 5 more minutes, so everyday I have cold lunch

]]> 2018-08-02 22:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271825013 https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271853784 I'm going to introduce about crowded trains. So, I always use the train in Japan especially I use 7:30 to 8:30 every morning. Men's height are of course taller than me and my height is 150cm. So men's under arms are close to my face. They use like this. (making gesture of hanging strap) It's so disgusting for me. Body's smell in older people are so terrible. I'm always squished in people around me. I tried using woman-only car of the train. Twice I tried but both, Old lady and younger...maybe teenager argued like a fight. It was so awful. I have to use the (nomal) train and I have to be patient like this situation. But one thing, I have a benefit of my height because when I was a high school student, I had never been molested a man. Mens, they hadn't touched me because my height is so small. Like a sexual molester. I've never experienced. That's all.]]> 2018-08-03 03:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/r_trevarthen1/lru260fr5bu5/wish/271853784