The Video of Graduation Ceremony

I am the third one.^^.

QUT Graduation Ceremony 2 Videos

QUT Graduation Ceremony

Ursula Bougoure~


She is one of the best lecturer in QUT and the most besutiful Lecturer in QUT.^^.










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Bill Proud

The Boss of Business Faculty.

Kind and Nice

Lecturer.^^.ha~










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Steve~
Marketing Survey is very boring, but he makes this suject very interesting and active.....^^......

Carmela's Birthday Party

WOW~~~Carmela is growing... so tall now that compare with before she didn't even talk.....><

This is the way that Aussie celebrate the birthday. Cool~

So many kids~~kkkk ....

and they try to play the game.ha.

Dr. Max~Nice and Kind Grandpa...ha...

He is a really nice professor in QUT.
I have finished all of his subjects in this semester.
Also, he always gives me a nice scores in the presentation and test.^^.ha~

Doomsday in Brisbane~><~

This is the first time I see Desert dust storm in my life. It's surprised in this morning, when I was studying in the library.

In the meantime, many students came into the library with running noses and coughing. Outside is just like a doomsday in the world.

Phillies dad a hit with parents all over

That adorable kid just tossed his dad's nice ball grab Back to the deck below...ha~~ So cute and present that family audience...^^... I like~^_^ha~

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=6663629

Steve Monforto has been coming to Phillies games since he was 3 years old, and after all that time, he finally caught his first foul ball on Tuesday night.

Then his 3-year-old daughter Emily threw it back.

It was more than just one of those many little moments in the course of a long baseball game when Jayson Werth fouled back a pitch during the bottom of the fifth inning in the Phillies' 5-0 win against Washington at Citizens Bank Park. This moment was truly Beyond Baseball.

It was the real glory of the game right there in front of you, a father hugging his little girl to assure her that she did nothing wrong, a public rite of passage to which so many parents can relate. And that is why the highlight is one of the hottest videos on MLB.com right now, and why the whole family will be on NBC's Today Show, where they will be presented with a surprise gift on Thursday morning.

"We have been inundated with calls from national and local media -- everyone wants the story because it's so heartwarming," said Bonnie Clark, the Phillies' vice president of communications, after talking today to Monforto. "The family is a great family. I talked briefly to the dad. He's been coming to Phillies games since he was 3, and now as a season-ticket holder, and he said he's never caught a foul ball. He just happened to get these seats at the last minute, took up a friend on his offer, so he sat in a different location.

"The rest is history. I told him to embrace his 15 minutes."

Watch the video, and you can see Monforto reach over the rail in the first row of 300 level seats to make nice two-handed grab. Other fans in his section were cheering. After trading fist bumps with nearby fans, Monforto high-fived Emily, who was clad in pink T-shirt and Phillies cap, and handed the ball to her. It was the natural thing for any Dad to do, right?

The Monfortos were there from Laurel Springs, N.J., and sitting a seat to Steve's right in the video is his wife, Kathleen, who has their other daughter, 15-month old Cecilia, on her lap. Kathleen's surprise reaction is visible as Emily takes that ball and fires it over the rail, to somewhere down below. Where it landed, no one knows.

"See, when she first threw it over, you know, I kind of laughed and was like, 'Oh my gosh, there it goes,'" Monforto told the local Fox TV affiliate. "But then the look on her face was that she may have done something wrong, so I wanted to let her know that ... she didn't do anything wrong."

The family was sitting near the suites of Phillies executives. Monforto said he was pleased when the club promptly delivered him a replacement ball, and this is how Clark described the scene as the Phillies went about that:

"After Emily threw the ball down, Mike Stiles [Philles senior VP of operations/administration), who sits in the executive box where our TV is, could see it happen. Mike went out to deliver a ball to her -- not the ball, but a ball -- and on his way back from their seats he was first met by Scott Palmer, who's our director of public affairs. Scott was en route to deliver one as well, and Mike indicated to him that he had already taken care of it. Then Mike was met by [general manager] Ruben Amaro, who was on his way to do the same thing.

"Everyone had the same mindset," said Clark. "We all wanted to do the same thing. Great minds think alike."

Clark said "everybody who's a parent can relate. You've been in that situation where a kid did something so innocent, you don't want to reprimand them. She thought she might have done something wrong, and he quickly reassured her that she didn't do anything wrong. Any parent can relate to the whole scenario."

Clark said Kathleen's reaction was "that she was just concerned that whoever's below them might have gotten hit. She was like, 'Did someone get hit by the ball?'"

For the record: Don't throw foul balls back.

But this was an innocent situation that people can't get enough of.

Producers at the Today Show contacted the Phillies, and the family was on its way to New York for their appearance on Thursday morning's show. Clark said the family will be presented with a surprise gift there, so expect to see it replayed again to that giant audience.

"That was a lucky catch, that I didn't drop that," Monforto said.

He has waited a long time to make a catch like that.

He had no idea what it would turn into.

ATL & BTL

ATL marketing (above the line) refers specifically to advertisements related to things people can see - i.e. wide open to your competition. For instance, ATL includes advertising in newspapers, magazines and the like.

However BTL (below the line) refers to things that happen in the background. Flyers, email marketing, word-of-mouth, inner circle marketing, etc that is not easily detected by your competition.

In other words, ATL has a higher public branding effect, BTL does not have that much of a public branding effect - ATL is often used to generate mindshare, BTL is used to generate loyalty and repeat readership.

Melbourne -- Great Ocean Road

It has been for ages I didn't write down anything on my Blog. Too many things on the new semester, it has been torturing me continuously on papers. However, I just spare few time to complete my rest of Melbourne travelling. I hope I can....^^!!!

"Great Ocean Road" is the most famous famous spot in Melbourne. Many tourists organise their itineraries, no doubt, Great Ocean Road would be involved.

For me, it is the most difficult to get up in the early morning, around 5 o'clock as well as you have to go to the assembly location. Fortunately, I could take a nap on the bus. Near Great Ocean Road, we saw beautiful Ocean coast and the driver started explaining about landscape. Now and then, the bus would pull over to let the passengers take a photograph, because some of the places are also breathtaking.

During this tour, an Aussie how sat beside me was called Blinda. She lives in Sydney, but she didn't go to Melbourne. It's astonished to me, but thinking about Melbourne and Sydney are too big to travelling all of them.

Finally, we arrived the destination, Great Ocean Road. Spectacular! Magnificent! I saw the natural power created these rock columns, twelve Apostles. Even though I couldn't recognise which one is, which one isn't...^^!!! However, the view of the coast that really really caught my eyes. You can take a look the photos.

This is a really good experience for me. Nice people, beatiful view and good weather. You sould travel here, if you come Melbourne.

Here is Barack Obama's inauguration speech in full

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm

Take a look~ It's really fantastic~

Melbourne -- Victoria Market+PUFFING BILLY Steam Train

The third day in Melbourne, today was also whole day travelling.

Victoria Market is the biggest market in Melbourne. There were not only for food, vegetable, some ingredients and grocerie, but also many Art exhibition. In this market, you could feel there were several different atmosphere there. I think that's so-called exotic sells.^^.

After that, Next place was Puffing Billy that was sort of forest steam train. Actually, in Taiwan, we also have this facility, but that is located in a high mountain. Particularly, I didn't take that in Taiwan beofore..^^!!! Therefore, it made me more excited.


Before boarding, we almost couldn't get in the train, because the station oversold the tickets. However, there were not enough seats for all of the passengers. Lucky me, I found a carriage in the end and sit with a French family and Captain.
In comparison with Taiwan, many people sit in the windows and enjoy the weather. I like it! Today, the trip made me enjoy the nature in this Forest. I hope I can come here again.

Melbourne Buliding Exhibition+Museum+Gaol

After Aussie public holiday, more and more people showed up and stores were opened on the street. In the meantime, the whole city seemed to be activated. It's also distinct to the past two days. Therefore, it's a good timing to go to the Information and asked about travelling in Melbourne.

In comparison, Melbourne Information had good quality and quantity than Brisbane. However, Melbourne is also much bigger than Brisbane. Their Information was just like a travelling agency. You need to take the number ticket and were in queue. During the enquiry with the receptionist, I planned today's itinerary and for following days.

Spot 1. Melcourne Buliding Exhibition and Melbourne Museum

Unfortunately, Buliding Exhibition wasn't open, and Museum was too expensive, so I just stayed outside and took some photos. However, their bulidings were fabulous and Magnificent! I like it!

Spot 2. Melcourne Ancient Gaol Museum

I think that was the second time to go to the Gaol=Jail. Last time is when I was childhood, I went to my father's workplace and he was a police officer...ha...Don't think about I was a criminal, ok?^^!!! Everybody knows that Australia was a place where locked many prisoners from Britain. However, the circumstance has become a history now and also attracted many tourists to visit. When I got into the perison, I was astonished to see not only the British but also some Chinese, Irish and so on, many nationalities. They all locked up in this tiny and dirty Gaol, because even I was just locked up for 10 minutes; that was really uncomfortable.

After the visiting the Gaol, the Sun was also getting down. You could find the night view of Melbourne. It was spectacular. Take a look~^_^

Melbourne In Christmas and Boxing Day

It's my first time to go to another city in Australia, Melbourne. In addition, I saw the photographs from my girlfriend's album that makes me more interested in that big city. Also many people said that Melbourne is much better than Sydney.ha....^^!!! Following the articles, I will describe what I saw and what I felt.

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25th December, 2008, I start my trip. In the early morning, when I arrived the Australian National Airport, there had been many people there for waiting the aircraft. I thought because of Christmas. In Australia, Christmas resembles Chinese New Year that people will go back to house with their families and celebrate together. Therefore, you will see no one on the street at Christmas. Also there won't be any stores open by the time. However, the following day is Boxing Day, you will see that people are full of the street and I am one of them, because the merchandise are more cheaper than normal days.^^!!!

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It's a really special experience in Melbourne. As soon as I arrived there, I could feel the distinct atmosphere. The weather was nice, actually cool and cold, but I liked. People said there are 4 seasons in one day that is not boasting. Walking on the street, you could see that not many people there, so you would feel comfortable to visit everywhere ,except China Town. It was the place I still could confront many people. In addtion to China Town, I enjoyed visiting the buliding of Melbourne, because the buliding has been there, maybe for a century from Europe. I thought Australia is also an International country, too many different nationalities.

Tram is one of the main public transportation in Melbourne. It was different to Brisbane, Bus. Their colour and image were also vivid that was like some of their alleys.^^. I have to say, their daylight is really long. Until 9 O'clock, the sunshine is still bright.==. COOL~ Because of the high latitude in Summer.CAN'T SLEEP WELL.><

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On 26th December 2008, the Boxing Day, I finally bought a pair of walking shoes which I really liked in Brisbane. I supposed I couldn't find out in Melbourne. However, after looking for 3 shoe stores, I found out and had many size and also was much cheaper.^_^. FANTASTIC!