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Dear all Wata Magazine readers,
We are seeing each other again in a new issue of Wata
Magazine. Since the 6th issue, a lot of things have happened
on and off the online forum of which the common goal is to
provide the members with the possibly best experience of being
with Wata. A new forum website came into life and it has
more a unique and appealing design as well as functions that
can even attract the least interested people. Moreover, news of Many thanks to our contributors
some other future things are also hinted somewhere in this issue
which you can explore yourself. I do not want to spoil your Writers
eagerness until you reach the last page of the magazine.
August and September have nearly passed and been highlight- Charisma
ed by a number of events: the summer holiday for students, the Ngoc Dung
open day of a new school year and the coming Mid Autumn Hoa Lam
Festival. Last but not least, a number of our dear members Yue Ming
Quoc Nam
have achieved good academic results and graduated, preparing
for new challenges in the school of life. The magazine team
Editors
wish all members did well in terms of their career and academic
aspects, and have a great holiday. Bambie
The last line is just to remind you of the bond between you and Minh Chau
the magazine team. It is a place for those who like to express Hannibal
themselves in English writing, reporting, editing and graphic
design. Hence, there is always a place in the team if you want Designers
to challenge yourselves and earn good experiences in working
in a magazine group. All you need to do is drop us an email Christine
Jasmine
at WT.Contact@gmail.com and we will welcome you on
board.
We are looking forward to your participation and thank you
for all your support and contribution.

Yours faithfully,

The Walkie Talkie Magazine Team

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Radio online schedule

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Speaking topics
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News
Thu Phuong
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The job interview

Charisma
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Karate and my life

Quoc Nam
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Useful shortcut keys in Windows OS

Ngoc Dung
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Crossword - Riddles
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Music corner
If I were a boy - Beyonce
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Answer key - Funny story

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What’s
in
After a long expecting time, at the begin-
ning of August 2009, all Wata members
could be all together in a common home
– Watavn.org – with a new appearance
and new functions that surprise both the
members and the web design team itself.
The new forum website is highlighted
with the wooden-brown background re-
flecting a classical yet not outmoded
style. Flowers and greens are moderately
added to provide readers with a pleasant
feeling when using the site.
Not only the interface but also functions
of the new forum are paid a great atten-
tion. The new structure includes six
parts. They are arranged appropriately
so that you can easily see what major
you want and share. Also, there are some
new parts such as Musicbox – a place
where people can enjoy and share only
music, and Love message – where we
can send sweet messages or best wishes
to one another.
We have gone a great length in our
achievements so far and we still have
some exciting news to tell you.
Our Wata’s homepage will come to
life in the middle of October this
year (yeah not next year!!!). The
introduction of the homepage will
also mark the commencement of
Wata’s marketing time. In conjunc-
tion with the online upgrade, a slo-
gan and logo contest will be held
soon. The competition is open to all
members. We are really looking
forward to your support for this
competition! You are helping WA-
TA become a professional and
friendly site, and a best friend of
people who want to improve their
English skills.
Enjoy and share your time with us!
Watavn’s report team
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Radio Online Schedule From October, Radio Online team will
deliver to you a special program called
“Orienting Career”. If you are a student and
are wondering what you will do after grad-
uate, come with our RO and find out the
answers for yourselves.
In October, we would like to invite a
guest who has been working in IT field. If
you have any questions for our guest,
please do not hesitate to send them through
to us via Radio Team email before October
15, 2009.
In November, the month of Teachers,
we would like to invite a teacher for our
talk show. “No matter what your major is,
you still can be a teacher”. You can send us
your questions before November 12, 2009
The last months of the year are coming
up with plenty of exciting events, which
await all of us. You have already planned
for this special period of time, have you
not? “Message At Night” – a program of
Radio Online – is eagerly expected to
make your days more remarkable with its
interesting stories. “Dancing With The
Devil” story would give you a bit feeling
of mystery on Halloween Day, which will
be on air on October 30, 2009. Besides, to
celebrate the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day,
we are so glad to broadcast the story “The
Teacher Who Cared” as a gift for our be-
loved teachers on November 28, 2009
So what are you waiting for? Please do
not forget to arrange your time to listen to
“Orienting Career” Program and to enjoy
relaxing moments with us via “Message At
Night”.
Radio Online Team
Email: watavncommunity@gmail.com
or nguyetminhpa@gmail.com
or vanlnt@yahoo.com

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E Message at night: Halloween day
E Story: “Dancing With The Devil”
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 speaking t o p i c s
in next two months

Set 1 – 27 September 2009 by whispering. The key is that the whisper

should be passed once only and the listener
Topic 1: either has to pay all the attention to the message
or makes a guess of the content. After the mes-
Some people prefer to work for large companies. sage comes back to the initiator, the originality
Others prefer to work for small companies. of the message is revealed. It is a helpful game
Which would you prefer? Use specific reasons for listening, picking out the main ideas and
and examples to support your answers. paraphrasing. It also exemplify how distorted
(Recommended by Thao Tran) and wrong a message becomes after a string of
gossiping.
Topic 2: Role play Each member should be the initiator once. Try
to come up with an averagely complicated sen-
You have just graduated and got a good job in tence and pass it once by telling the listener
an international company and your parents are ONCE only. As the conference is on Skype,
really happy at that. However, you really wish make a private connection to the listener only to
to go abroad to study more but your parents pass the message. Hopefully, it will be funny.
really want you to focus on your current career.
They also prefer you to live beside them be- Set 3 – 11 October 2009
cause you are the only child in the family.
Role A: son/daughter. Try to persuade your Topic 1:
parents to permit you to go abroad for further
study The story that a university student attacks his
Role B: Parents (mother/father): Explain the teacher with acid as he fails the English exam
advantages of staying in Vietnam and building and cannot get the degree has caused a stir in
up the career as well as persuade your public opinion. You can know more about this
son/daughter to stay at home. (Recommended story via this link.
by Thao Tran) Some feel sympathy for him as they think that
spending four hard years at the university with-
Set 2 – 4 October 2009 out receiving the degree to earn a living did
lead him to the deadlock while others are dis-
Topic 1: contented with his cruel action to his teacher.
How about your own opinion about the
In most countries the legal retirement age for student’s action? Which side of the argument do
men is five years older than that for women, you agree?
even though women live longer than men on What are the underlying causes of such grievous
average. Why do you think there is such a situation?
contradiction between the retirement age and
the life expectancy? Is this fair for women and Topic 2: Role-playing
men, and should it be changed?
Your friend has just failed the university en-
Topic 2: Chinese whispering trance examination and felt extremely de-
pressed as he/she thinks that his/her failure
Chinese whispering is a game in which a mes- would close every door to a successful future
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to comfort and give some pieces of useful ad-
vice to your friend.
Role A: as the friend who fails the exam,
showing your despair and worries about a
gloomy future
Role B: as the close friend, try to comfort the
friend and give advice on what can be done
Set 4 – 18 October 2009
Prologue:
A conversation between two girls:
A: I'm very confused, I need your advice. I don't
know if I should approach a guy.
B: Why? What's happened to you?
A: I have crush on a guy at my working place.
He's not very handsome but he is nice and
lovely. We work at the same department but
I've never found a chance to talk to him. He's a
marketing executive and I'm just a salesperson.
I just can observe him from a distance. Please
help me. Every time I made attempt to ap-
proach him, my heart seemed to fall out of my
chest. What can I do now?
B: Listen, listen up. Are you serious? What do
you know about him?
A: I knew him one month ago. I know his name.
That's all. And he's very kind to everyone and
my friends like him too. But no one ever make
conversation with him. I'm going to quit my job
in one week. I have no time to waste. Can you
give me any suggestion?
B: Okay, calm down. I think you need to go
through some steps. First step, you should have
talk with him first to see if he's got girlfriend or
not and...
A: I don't care if he's got a girlfriend.
B: oh, okay, okay. I see. So let's move on. Hmm,
second step, again try to make most of any
chance to have a talk to him first. Topics can
depend on real situation at that time. You can
go nowhere in your relationship with him if
you just observe him from afar. Right?
A: I know but HOW TO? Run into him and say
t o p i c s
in next two months
sorry and...
B: I don't know. Maybe he got hurt hundreds of
times like that and that don't impress him much.
A: So what i can do now?
...
Topic 1:
Put yourself in girl A's shoes.
Would you decide to approach that
object? If yes, how are you going to do that? If
no, give reasons why you are not approach
him?
If that person has girlfriend or boyfriend
already, would you act like the girl A does?
(Recommended by Jasmine)
Topic 2: Role-playing
A golden chance has come to the girl A. One
day, her object comes and returns the ID card
that she left at the working place. While her
heart is beating out of control, she tries to calm
down and make the most of this chance.
Imagine you are in the similar situation, try to
drive the conversation with your object the way
you want it to go.
Student A: you are talking to the person in your
dream. So calm down and make use of that
golden chance. Try to get his contact address
(email, cell phone...) cleverly
Student B: (the student A's object) your inten-
tion is to give the ID card to her/him. You
know few things about this one so just make a
usual conversation with him/her.
(Recommended by Jasmine)
Set 5 – 25 October 2009
Topic 1:
Urban citizens are more and more interested in
a vegetarian diet as a way to improve health.
People not only eat vegetarian dishes but also
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 speaking
learn how to cook them and promote the philoso-
phy among members of their families, friends and
colleagues. An article on TTO addressed this
trend and you can access it here.
Why is vegetarian diet more popular among popu-
lations nowadays? What benefits and adverse
effects a vegetarian diet can have on a person?
Are you a vegetarian or trying vegetarian dishes
as a part of your diet? How do you find the dishes
in comparison with the meat-based ones? Share
your experiences about vegetarian foods with the
others.
Topic 2: role-playing
Despite the fact that you are a busy with your
work, your husband and your children are not
helping you to keep the house neat, cook, nor do
any of the dishes. Therefore, you have been
staying up until 2:00 am in order to finish all of
your housework. Have a talk with one or all of
them.
Two or three members can participate in this play-
ing
Role A: as the mother, express the stresses and
your disapproval at the husband and the children
Role B and C: as the husband and one of the
children, try to give excuses for your neglect at
doing the housework and try not to irritate the
mother too much. (Recommended by Christine)
Set 6 – 1 November 2009
Topic 1:
In France, people drink champagne not to get
drunk but to enjoy its flavor and the way it en-
hances food. French Champagne is highly re-
vered and is often associated with celebration
and luxury. Because of this champagne culture in
France, French kids are allowed to get their first
taste of champagne at a very early age.
In your opinion, is it good or bad to let children
taste alcohol at that early age?
t o p i c s
in next two months
When and how should parents introduce their
children to alcohol?
Looking for more drinking advice, you can visit
official website Drinking and you.
(Recommended by Jasmine)
Topic 2:
An unlicensed, drunken teenager was driving
when he rammed into a car. He got out and went
towards the car in anger. He yelled at the driver
and kicked at the car furiously. One moment later,
the driver in an officer uniform got out of the car
and began to talk to the teenager ...
Twenty minutes later, the teen was waiting for his
parents behind the bar.
In this role playing topic, 2 students are needed to
make a conversation between the teenager and the
officer.
Student A (the teenager): imagine you were the
teenager in the story. And you are too drunk to
realize the situation you're involved in. Argue
with the policeman and try to be as irrational as
possible. To give you a start, there are some
options below you can choose to insist on:
- The man is trying to threaten you by pretending
to be an officer with a stolen uniform.
- Ask the man for his authority card.
- You are not drunk.
- Or you are doing your homework given by your
driving instructor.
...
Student B (the officer): Talk to the teen and try to
make him aware of the situation he's getting in.
And if word doesn't work, as an experienced
officer you will know how to deal with such guys.
Right? (Recommended by Jasmine)
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 speaking t o p i c s
in next two months

Set 7 – 8 November 2009 she was 30. At the age of 81, Hetty had an
argument with a shop assistant about the price of
Topic 1: a bottle of milk. She became so angry that she
had a stroke and died. She left a fortune of
Plagiarism has recently been raised in our forum almost $100 million to her two children. Howev-
and it is also a hot topic among student communi- er, her children lived extravagant lives with half
ty. It is considered as a significant problem in of the inheritance they received.
education not only in Vietnam but also in other
countries. Let’s take this chance to discuss the What do you think about Hetty H. Robinson? In
topic more. your opinion, what did money mean to her? If
What is plagiarism? Is plagiarism only happening you were her child, would you spend the inheri-
in education or is it prevalent elsewhere? If possi- tance the same way as her children did? Though
ble, share your experiences about plagiarism? In she didn't get rich by saving but investing, do
your opinion, how can plagiarism be prevented you think that saving money is an efficient way
in educational environment? to get wealthy?

Topic 2: Mai An Tiem’s puzzle Topic 2: Role-playing

You all know the story about Mai An Tiem and Hetty H. Robinson had a daughter, Sylvia Green.
the watermelon. In short, after saying a disturbed She disapproved all of her daughter's suitors
truth about his superior, the Hung King, Mai An because she suspected they just wanted to get
Tiem was sent to an isolated island to prove his their hands on her money.
words. Actually, the King allowed An Tiem to Make an imaginary conversation among Hetty
bring 3 things to support his family’s life on the Robinson, Sylvia and her boyfriend when Sylvia
island. If you were Mai An Tiem, what would took her boyfriend to her house to meet her moth-
you choose to bring along? Bearing in mind that er.
the story happened in the era of Hung King Student A (Hetty Robinson): Put yourself in
which ran from 2880 to 258 BC, hence, some- Hetty's shoes, a woman who is very stingy and
thing like a shotgun or an iPod would be a pecu- eccentric. Bear in mind that, from your perspec-
liar demand. tive, the guy is trying to mislead you/your daugh-
ter and all he cares about is your money.
Question him and be cautious to him.
Set 8 – 15 November 2009 Student B (Sylvia's boyfriend): Are you honest?
Or is your intention to get your hand on her
Topic 1: money? No one knows but you. So try to reach
your goal when talking to her. You know who
Hetty Howland Robinson was an American busi- your girlfriend's mother is already. (Decide your
nesswoman. She is not only known as the first intention before playing the role and reveal it
American woman to make a substantial impact after finish the conversation)
on Wall Street, but also notorious for her frugal- Student C (Sylvia): show a trust in the boyfriend.
ity. She is listed in Guiness Book of World Support and protect him in front of your mother.
Records as the greatest of misers and was As saying above, Hetty never admitted Sylvia's
dubbed the Witch of Wall Street. For further info boyfriends. But here the result can be different.
about her reputation for her stinginess click here (Recommended by Jasmine)
. She inherited $7.5 million from her father when

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 speaking t o p i c s
in next two months

Topic sets for Mondays

– 28 September – Full moon festival

– 5 October – Traveling by oneself or in a group
– 12 October – Fatherhood
– 19 October – Preparation before the age of 30
– 26 Ocober – Conflic between mother and daughter in law
– 2 November – Relocation for being with your love
– 9 November – Work and motivation
– 16 November – Work and high pressure.

Topic sets for Wednesdays

– 30 September – Voluntary work

– 7 September – Traveling
– 14 October – What’s really important in your life ?
– 21 October – Optimism
– 28 October – Overcoming Obstacles
– 4 November – Recycling Energy
– 11 November – Dare to dream, dare to succeed
– 18 November – What goes around comes around

Topic sets for Fridays

– 25 September – Unfairness in dating.

– 2 October – Your favourite cartoons
–. 9 October – Lady – killers
– 16 October – The way you fall in love
– 23 October – A change is gonna come – Barack Obama
– 30 October – Courage in friendship
– 6 November – Brothership
– 13 November – A hero lies in our souls.

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News

The celebration of Michael Jackson’s birthday

August 29 is a special day as it is the King of Pop's birthday.

Michael Jackson did not live long enough to celebrate his 51st
birthday but his fans remember him everyday. The people in Las
Vegas set a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame as the gift for his
birthday. In Brooklyn, Spike Lee, the director of the video clip
“They don’t care about us” by Michael Jackson, also organized the
birthday celebration at Prospect Park where thousands of fans
were assembling after a downpour. They gathered together to
dance and sing along Michael‘s hit-songs from his earlier performances as a member of Jackson Five to those
latest ones. Emerging from the crowd is the huge white birthday cake
written “Happy Birthday Michael”. The sky was covered with balloons and of course, neither flowers nor cards
could be absent in such occasions.

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

2009 H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new
virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. This virus is spreading from person-to-
person worldwide, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses are spread. On June
11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) signaled
that a pandemic of 2009 H1N1 flu was underway. Flu
viruses are spread mainly from person to person through
coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes
people may become infected by touching something – such
as a surface or object – with flu viruses on it and then
touching their mouth or nose.
In Vietnam, there are 4.902 cases that tested positive for
H1N1, and 6 deaths without age limit.

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News

Phu My Bridge Opening Ceremony

On the nation’s historic day of September 2 2009, one of the most

important events was the remarkable opening ceremony of Phu My
Bridge. Present at the Ceremony were the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung and other staffs of HCMC People’s Committee together with
thousands of people joining in this special event. At the Ceremony, the
Prime Minister cut the red tape and officially let the new bridge to be in
operation. Phu My bridge of 2,101m in length now connects District 7
and District 2 and helps improve the current complicated traffic condi-
tion as well as in the future. The construction of Phu My Bridge started
on February 22, 2007 and was scheduled to complete on December 31,

“Dead meat” is pouring into Viet Nam

Vietnam is becoming the consuming market of frozen unqualified meats which have been imported from
many foreign countries. The fact of import management loosely contribut-
ed into the uncontrolled increase of imported frozen meats. “In 2007, Viet
Nam imported 44.178 tons of frozen meat. However, the number is consid-
erably increasing to 119.130 tons. Particularly, in June, the amount of
frozen meat was 57,206 tons”, Ministry department of Animal Health and
Production said. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, Deputy Chief of the department,
indicated that the economic crisis, which caused the state of in-stock goods,
led foreign countries exported frozen meat with very cheap and bargaining
prices. He said that it was the high time that Vietnam stipulated more
restrictive regulations for limiting to import frozen unqualified products. It
is also the solution to protecting internal breeding and civil health.

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the job interview
As a senior student in university, more I thought about it, the more I felt
everyone has to make a choice in this year. stressed. I recalled my three years in uni-
It means you have to think about your versity and realized I had done nothing
future before graduating from the school. special. I was still obscure in the campus.
Some will try to find a job for themselves; If I could not be brave for once and went
some may apply for postgraduate course to for this interview, how was I supposed to
further their education. Some may not have know what would happen to my future;
any plans at all. They just wait, and wait. how was I supposed to experience any
Wait for the graduation day. miracle in life?
For me, my parents want me to stay The interview was divided into
on at the campus since they think I’m not two sections. In the first section, a Chi-
ready for what lies ahead. According to nese interviewer will read your resume
them, I am still so young and not capable and ask you several questions. If he or she
of handling social issues as an adult. But thinks that you can be capable of perform-
last week, one job interview has made them ing the tasks the company wants you to,
stop worrying bout me and change their you then have a chance to proceed to the
plan. next section. In the second section, you
Last week, a very nice company, are supposed to meet an IELTS spoken
which business includes the Chinese well language examiner who will have some
logging overseas markets, came to my questions that you are expected to be able
school and sought to employ some students to answer in limited time.
to work for them so as to develop their On that day, I was the first intervie-
future business of the company’s overseas wee. After reading my resume and asking
markets. Therefore, just like the other stu- questions, they let me go without reveal-
dents, I spent much time to prepare for the ing any results. I felt so confused at that
interview in hope that I would be recruited. time and couldn’t find the reason why
I was my very first job interview ever. they did not give me the chance to go to
Before the interview, just as usual, I made the next round. But my story did not end
a call to my parents to let them know about there. I waited outside the door for about
it. Would this interview be a challenge or a four hours until all the applicants had
change for me? I could not tell. Because the finished their interviews. When the inter-

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 viewers came out, I came to them and said
: “Hello sir, I’m one of the applicants who
did not have the chance to go for the sec-
ond interview. And honestly I don’t know
why. Can you tell me the reason? Please
don’t let me go home with regrets because
this is my first job interview. I hope I can
at least gain some experience in order to do
better next time.” Then one of them said:
“Well, you know, in fact you would be
capable of the company’s work but we
noticed that you don’t have very good
sight and our work needs healthy guys to
adapt in the working conditions. That is
the reason.” My initial response was “Ok,
if you say so, why do I see some of your
employees wearing glasses; and is there
any difference between people with high
myopia and people with low myopia when
they are working? They all have to wear
glasses at all time anyway. That’s what
glasses are for. They allow people with
sight weaknesses to be able to live and
work like any others.”
After hearing that the interviewers
thought for a while and said: “Well, maybe
that sounds reasonable but it is late now.
So if you have time you can come to the
hotel where we stay tomorrow and we will
talk about your problem.”
“Wow, there could still be a turn-
ing point so don't give it up so early!” I
thought to myself.
On the next day, just as I expected,
I got the chance to go in for the second
interview and successfully passed it. I got
that job. And it was simply very, very
cool. Finally the interviewer told me “I
was so impressed by you and your words;
you are a persistent guy with a great
eloquence that I appreciate so much ,that
is why I gave you a second chance.”
Well, there still is something I’m
not sure of. Does it mean another chapter
of my life has opened? Is my campus life
over? Is this what my university has pre-
pared me for? There is still another year
left for me to get the bachelor degree so
what should I do in this year? That is so
hard to plan. Like Forrest Gump says:
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You
never know what you are gonna get.” I
don’t know what will happen to me. I just
hope that my path bears too much frustra-
tion in the future. And in order to do that,
it is high time I made a decision for myself.
Charisma
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 Karate and
A physically weak boy: that was me. That
was the ‘me’ of two years ago. As I recall
this memory, I can only vaguely remember
how I have become as strong as I am today.
To begin with, I am a student of Social
Sciences & Humanities University. I live in
the Ho Chi Minh National University dormi-
tory where there are various types of sports
and activities such as football, basketball,
volleyball and especially martial arts. Ran-
domly, I took up Karate and no, that was for
no particular reason.
Karatedo is very popular worldwide. In con-
trast to other types of marial arts, Karate
does not require innate physical strength nor
height: just patience and you are ready to
kick start. In karate, you mainly use your
hands to punch and legs to kick at times.
As a beginner, I felt very tired at first when-
ever I was practicing Karate. I suppose the
reason being is that I had to move in rhythm
along with my feet constantly as if I was
“dancing”! However, within a short period of
time, I gradually improved to be a good
fighter in our karate class. Honestly, it has
brought me many benefits: not only enables
you to become a strong person but also
gains you more confidence. Now I do
not feel shy anymore everytime I stand
in front of crowd or being put on the
spot. As opposed to it, I enjoy my study-
ing with a relaxing and healthy physical
body as well as mentality.
Undoubtedly, as a student , you surely
feel tired or possibly exhausted with
school work and other chores . There-
fore, picking up a sport or a frequent
social activity is a highly recommended
idea to relax and give yourselves more
opportunities to live the real world. Per-
sonally, I would advise you to practice
Karate because it is very suitable with
the small body-build of most Asian pop-
ulation. Furthermore , it can possibly
help you become a great fighter to pro-
tect yourselves agianst enemies or forth-
coming dangers with some kicks or
punches at their weak points on their
bodies such as sun,temple,chin, etc. Yes,
it is a good defence considering both
genders, everyone!
Karate has now become part of my life!
Quoc Nam
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 Useful shortcut keys
Windows OS
Shortcut keys are frequently used by experienced Windows users. You possibly wonder why you should use
keystrokes as you are accustomed to using my mouse buttons.
It is definitely fast when somebody has used the mouse for a long time, hence, they do not find the keystrokes
useful. However, it will always be faster to use the keyboard than to forcefully click on windows or symbols
desired. If you get used to using shortcut keys one day, you will know how effective and rapid they are. In doing
that, you should know useful shortcut keys that are listed in the table below.

Windows Key Shortcuts:

Show Desktop

Open Windows Explorer (or Computer)

Open Windows Search

Open the Run dialog box

Minimize all windows

Open System Properties

Lock an account. If the user account has a password, the

password must be typed in again to unlock the system.

Open 3-D Flip (It is a cool graphic and available in

Windows Vista and Windows 7)

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Other useful ones:

Ctrl + Shift + Esc : Open Task Manager (for Windows vista and Windows 7)

Ctrl + Alt + Delete : Open Task Manager (for Windows XP and previous Windows OS)

Alt + Tab : Open Windows Flip. Allow you to choose an open application to
switch to by repeatedly pressing the Tab key.

Moreover, you can make your own

shortcut keys if yours are not the same
as others. You can create a shortcut for
an application which you want to make.
For instance, let us make the shortcut
key for “Skype”. First of all, right-click
the shortcut/icon of the application and
select “Properties”. On shortcut tab
(shown in Figure on the left hand side),
you will see “Shortcut key” box and
type the shortcut key you want use next
time in.
Once you are familiar with the short-
cut keys, you will fall in love with them
and change your habit from using the
mouse buttons to using keystrokes.

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1.Along with monkey, this animal has appeared
many times in many posts in our forum. It even
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represents some of our dear members. What is it?
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4. What animal is native to Australia but no-

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where else?

6. What kind of bird is the symbol of peace?

7. What animal is strongly associated with Viet-

namese agriculture?

10. In the Madagascar animation, what animal is

called Gloria by her friends?

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2. In the history of Vietnam, this mythical animal possesses a supernatural power that represented the
king?

3. In the same animation in Q.10, what animal has the name of Marty?

5. New Zealand chooses this animal as its national symbol.

8. According to Darwin, human beings are likely to evolve from this animal?

This is a line from a song in a famous animation; names of two animals appear in this line.
9. Can you guess what they are? “Have you ever heard the _____ cry to the blue corn moon,
11. or asked the pretty ______ why he grinned”
Riddles

1. What vehicle is spelled the same back-

wards and forwards? Answer key page 21
2. What do you get when you cross a snow-
man with a wolf?

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"If I Were a Boy" is a pop song by American R&B
singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was written by Toby Gad
and BC Jean, and produced by Gad and Knowles for
her third solo album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008).
The song was released as the album's lead single to
U.S. radios on October 8, 2008. The music video for
"If I Were a Boy", directed by Jake Nava, was shot in
black and white and portrays a narrative about an
ordinary day for a couple in a role reversal that is
hinted at by the lyrics but is visually revealed only at
the end of the video. It begins with Knowles and her
husband reciting words such as "intimacy",
"honesty", and "commitment." The song starts as her
husband prepares breakfast and Knowles takes off to
her job as police officer with an attractive male
police partner with whom the sparks are clearly
flying. While her curves are admired by the police
partner, her husband is spending time at his office
job looking up a pair of earrings to buy for her
online. The husband calls Knowles, only to be
ignored by his wife, who is out having a beer "with
the guys." That night the husband gives Knowles
the earrings and the two leave for a party at which
he catches her dancing intimately with her police
partner. As the husband confronts her at home, the
reversal is revealed and roles are restored; we learn
that the husband is actually the police officer with
an attractive female partner. Knowles is the office
worker who has been snubbed. The video was
nominated for the BET Award for Video of the Year.
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If I were a boy even just for a day I'd roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted And go drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it 'Cause they stick up for me

Chorus:
If I were a boy I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her 'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted 'Cause he's taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy I would turn off my phone

Tell everyone it's broken So they'd think that I was sleeping alone
I'd put myself first And make the rules as I go
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful Waiting for me to come home, to come home

Repeat: [Chorus]

It's a little too late for you to come back Say it's just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy You don't understand

And you don't understand, oh How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man

You don't listen to her You don't care how it hurts

Until you lose the one you wanted 'Cause you're taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you're just a boy

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ANSWER KEYS

Riddles:

1. Racecar.
2. Frostbite

Let's have some fun with homophones

A: Waiter, what do you call this?

B: It's bean soup, sir.
A:I don't care what it's been .What it's it now.
A: Have you hunter bear?
B: No, I always hunt with my clothes on.

Teacher: Stop! You know the school rules - No fighting allowed.

Student: But, sir, we weren't fighting aloud. We were fighting quitely.

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