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Category: Our World

Teaching English in Colombia Report 2

Peter has retired and he decided to volunteer in a school in Colombia South America to teach English. His experiences in getting there were covered in our first story here. He continues… Since I last wrote I would like you……

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March 6, 2023 - 9:52 am March 6, 2023Doing LIfe, Holidays, Our World Colombia, English, teaching 0

Getting Unstuck

Designing Your Life The Stanford University in the USA has a course called “Designing your life.” It seems to have come from asking student what they planned to do next in their life and getting too many “I really don’t……

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January 2, 2023 - 11:42 am January 2, 2023Doing LIfe, Our World Difference, direction, disappointment, example, family, feelings, God, happiness, relationships, retired men, thankfulness, trust 0

Teaching English In Colombia

Peter travelled to Colombia to begin teaching English and found some travel plans just don’t work the way you think they will.

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September 12, 2022 - 9:30 am September 12, 2022Doing LIfe, Our World airports, English, meaning, missed flights, teaching 0

Connecting Through English Conversation Classes

Moving in I knew I was moving to the Gold Coast to retire, but I had no real idea what that might look like. Soon after we moved my wife heard of an English conversation class at Surfers Paradise and……

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July 12, 2022 - 9:52 am July 12, 2022Our World Culture, friendship, language, learning, making a mark, nationality, no racism, retired, supporting each other 0

Alotau – the Peaceful Bay

Where is this taken? Unless your geography is better than mine, or you have been cruising around Australia in the last few years, I doubt that you have ever heard of the town of Alotau. The name means “peaceful bay”.……

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April 26, 2022 - 9:30 am April 26, 2022Holidays, Our World battle, Culture, Dancers, pacific war, Papua New Guinea, retired, retired blokes, retired men, significance, tanks, victory, warriors, World War 0

Gorgeous Mossman

About an hours drive north from Cairns, through some fantastic coastal scenery, is the sleepy and gorgeous little town of Mossman. With a population of about 1700 people, on first glance it may have little to commend it as a……

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February 21, 2022 - 9:28 am February 21, 2022Holidays, Our World, Travelling in Australia gorge, holidays, Mossman, retired men, suspension bridge, swimming, wet tropics 0

Storing Memories from Photographs

My grandfather was an early adopter of photography. I never saw his camera since he and his camera, were long gone before I came along. But I have seen his many photographs of the past. The town council where I……

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January 3, 2022 - 10:55 am January 3, 2022Computers, Our World, Photography image, photos, Photoshop, scanner, slides 0

Battery Life

Which Brand Gives the Best Battery Life?? I was visiting my local hardware store the other day to get some AA batteries. I noticed a few brands of alkaline batteries and lots of different prices. As usual, I stood there……

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September 27, 2021 - 8:10 pm September 27, 2021Our World, Photography alkaline, batteries, battery life, costs, discharge, retired men, testing, value 0

Bowen – Hidden Gem

We have visited Bowen on many occasions but usually we were going somewhere and just spent the night there before travelling on the next day. But with friends living there, this time we had the opportunity to explore Bowen and……

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June 29, 2021 - 8:48 am June 29, 2021Holidays, Our World, Travelling in Australia 0

One of The Most Important Things About You

Whats Most Important? I was driving to church on Sunday but was aware I had lots of things to do before church began. So I began to think I’ll miss some of the singing – and surely that’s not so……

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March 30, 2021 - 12:56 pm March 30, 2021Doing LIfe, Health, Our World begin here, Bible, bigger, part of something, Purpose, retired men, singing, things that matter, things to do, worship 0
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