Quality of life

When I first came to the University of Glamorgan it is an interesting place and really good experience to my life and also it change my lifestyle completely. After completing 2-3 weeks in Glamorgan I fell little bit of stress. And I feel along. Because this is a new experience, i miss my old friends and old life style. Back in home I had lot of friends. Every day we were used to play cricket and enjoy ourselves. On the other hand in here I had only few friends. And I’m really felt sad. However, the university was good, because there were lot of students everywhere in the university. So I didn’t felt sad, also I had good friends in my classroom. Sometimes I felt little bit upset because this whole thing is new to me. I am not used to these kinds of factors. For an example back home my schools are different and Glamorgan University is completely different. The other factor is weather. In Srilanka weather is too hot. But in here weather is too cold. However, university life affects me to have a responsibility life and good behaviour. Because we must attend to classes at time, this is what I never done in back home and the home work, deadlines made me really comfortable. 

Welsh Assembly

The wales assembly debating center is situated in Cardiff bay.it is very beautiful.

On 3rd march 2011 people from across wales voted in the referendum on the law making powers of the national assembly for wales. majority of them voted  'yes' in the referendum. 

• Referendum question

Do you want the assembly now to be able to make laws on all matters in the 20 subject areas it has power for ?

• results

63.5%  of people voted yes.

36.5%  voted no

so now the wales assembly can make their own laws in wales without permission from London Parliament. 












Reference
Wales.gov.uk (2011) Welsh government . Available at: http://wales.gov.uk/legislation/referendumpowers/?lang=en (Accessed: 8 December 2011).

Welfare

1. The official retirement age in Srilanka is 60.  also every one can retire early in between age 55-60. yes women can retire in age 55 and men can retire in age 60.
2. Yes, there is a pension for old people who cannot work. the government paying them 2500 rupees per week. sometime it depending on the job.
3. Government help them for looking work. and there are some work programs also few clubs help them in financially.  ex: lions club.
4. All four benefits
5. Yes there are social workers. no there are not that much popular.
6. SOS children village. they have a open bank account. 
7. Yes there is a citizens advice bureau. 
8. Yes  there is NHS in Srilanka. We don't have enough resources for doctors and patients. 
9. They earn more than 5000 rupees per day.
10. The uniform is white it have dark black rows and there is a white hat that every one should wear. also there is a watch attached to the uniform. furthermore, normally their platting their hair and put a knot. and always their Waring a hand gloves. 
11. The emergency telephone number is 119.
12. One of the alternative medicine is 'Paspanguwa'

Reference
Pensions.gov,lk (2011) Pensions, Availabe at: http://www.pensions.gov.lk/(Accessed: 8 December 2011).

Posh

According to Yahoo Education

'posh' means smart and fashionable. a popular theory holds that it is derived from initials of 'port out, starboard home'. the cooler and expensive side of the ships travelling England and India in mid 19th century. posh was supposedly stamp on the tickets of first-class passengers travelling in that side of ships owned by the peninsular and oriental steam navigation company.

Reference 

Education.yahoo.com, 'posh' Available at:: http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/posh (Accessed : 8 December 2011).

According to oxford dictionary 

Early 20th century: there is no evidence support like the flock etymology that posh is formed from the initials of port out starboard home referencing more confortable accommodation out of the heat of the sun, on ships between England and India.

Reference

Oxford dictionaries.com, (2011)'posh' Available at : http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/posh (Accessed : 8 December 2011).

London Riots

this video is from Youtube.

My Oppienion

• Police fatal shooting of 29 year old Mark Duggan during attempt to arrest him.
• Then a riot began in Tottenham, North London 
• More than 100 people have been arrested, police vehicles damaged and shops looted. 
• Lot of people took advantage of the situation and started to looting.
• some of them are out of their minds. police fail to control them.
• Police suggets that mark is a drug dealer.
• people believe riots started marks friends. 

Refference T-Mobile Shop looted in brixton, youtube (2011) Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ22y9YYQaU&feature=player_embedded (Accessed: 8 December 2011)

Influence of Media

Broadsheet newspapers: the Guardian

Topic

Motorist warned not to drive as hurricane-force winds lash Scotland

• Winds of up to 100mph are likely to close bridges, blow over and damage property, say police.

• This advice to avoid travel is not given lightly but is based on the clearest information yet from weather forecasters that there will be high winds gusts of up to 90 miles per hour.

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  There will be gusts of 100mph in north-west Scotland and over high ground. Gusts of up to 70mph are expected in northern England and north-west Wales.

Reference 

Carrel,S. (2011) 'Motorists warned not to drive as hurricane-force winds lash Scotland' ,The guardian,8 December [online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/08/motorists-drive-hurricane-wind-scotland (Accessed 8 December 2011).


Tabloid newspaper: mail online

Topic

Wind turbine EXPLODES as the worst storm for 15 years batters Northern Britain with hurricane-force gusts of up to 165mph

• Wind speeds of over 100mph recorded in England.

• Hurricane force winds of up to 165mph swept across Scotland today as storms battered Britain and police told people to stay indoors for their own safety.

• The winds were so strong that a meter tall wind turbine spectacularly caught fire at Ardrossan in North Ayrshire, while pilots landing at Scottish airports had to battle to get their planes down safety in the treacherous conditions.

Reference

Cooper.R, (2011) 'Wind turbine EXPLODES as the worst storm for 15 years batters Northern Britain with hurricane-force gusts of up to 165mph, mail online,8 December [online] Available at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071633/UK-weather-Britain-battered-winds-151mph.html (Accessed : 8 December 2011).

Indians in UK

India is the largest democracy and second most population country. In UK there are lot of Indians living all around the country. The one of the official language of India is Hindi. Well over million people using it as a first language or second language. However, there is an Urdu speaking community lives in UK, they identify themselves as Urdu speakers. Urdu speakers are larger than Hindi community. The majority of Urdu community came from west Punjab in India. The majority of Indian people settled in Northampton textile towns and London. In a survey 2000 Indians were counted in London schools. Furthermore, most Indian people in UK speak Hindi as their first language. On the other hand, number of UK radio stations including BBC Asian network broadcast Hindi programmes; also several satellite TV stations broadcast Hindi programmes. However there are large Indian community living in UK. 

Hindi Words.

REFERENCE

BBC home (2011) PUNJABI,AVAILABLE AT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/panjabi.shtml (accessed 6 December 2011).