Get back to blog

Haven't have anything written in my blog for 3 years because sharing things on Facebook. Now I feel like to blog again.
Having share things on FB didn't give me much space and unorganised but quick to share and get to my friends easily. These might be the reason why it's so hard to quit because it bring people to get closer to each other.

Hong Kong

4 days 3 nights in Hong Kong : great itinerary
Arrive in Hong Kong at 2pm and take the Airport express train with include the charter which will take passengers to their hotels. This trip the hotel picked is near by the MTR Jordan station. To travel around Hong Kong is not so difficult because they have a good public transport. The underground run until midnight and have stations close to attractions.

First day, visit ladies market, one of the famous tourist market. The name does not mean that they only sale the ladies things. Near by the ladies market is the night market open in the evening till midnight. At the end of the night market street also a place to eat. There are many restaurants which offer seafood dishes. Try the crab typhoon! Not very far from there it is a jade market. However, there are jade shops in the night market as well.

2nd day, visit Hong Kong Disneyland. It is really one day of enjoyment. Stay there until the end to watch a big firework.

3rd day, go up the mountain to visit a giant Polin Buddha. Then continue the journey to visit Hong Kong beach called Repulse Bay. In this place you can have sunbath or take a dip in the sea. Walk up the beach will see Chinese angles and different kind of Buddha and other items that believed to bring wealth and long life. Back to the city, go shopping at Harbour shopping mall and wait to see the symphony of light at the Avenue Square. The show is at 8pm every night.

Last day, take the open roof bus no. 15 to the peak tram station. Go up to the tower building to see the whole Hong Kong city. Before going to the airport stop at Chang Sui Po street. There are clothes, bags and shoes shops a long the road. Good place for shopping

Skill

Time goes very fast. For this month I have learnt many things and it was only 20 days of class.

• wring essay
• paraphrasing and summarising
• hedging
• referencing
• presentation

Also, websites that the teacher gave are very good to help to improve English but I don't have time to read everything. I only red some parts that need to be used in the work that have given. I copied some of the sites to my blog so I can study later after this course. I'm sure that I have to look at them again and again. The job of the teacher is harder than students. I don't need to search for a good website only find it in Jim blog. Thank you Jim.

Plan for the presentation

My presentation topic is the effects of globalisation on tourism management. I have made slides of what I'm going to present on Tuesday. Most of the content is in the essay that I have written. I also look on the website that Jim suggested to prepare my scription. I'm excited to give a presentation. I've never give an individaul presentation before. Also, I hardly speak English in front of many people. This is a very tough task for me.

Library and subject - based resources

I have visited the Library service to find the useful links to journals.
There are lot of journals that provided in my subject. This is very helpful to get information and reliable.
The way to get to the journal is easy by using Internet. Go to Metranet, then Subject Guides. Then click on your subject it will link to the online journal. You need your username and password to be able to read the journal online.

Last minute, Conclusion

Globalisation affects tourism in many aspects. In the economics, it speed up the growth of tourism industry and in social and culture it increase the improvement of the tourism services.
( This sentence refer back to the thesis statement)

There are also benefits and drawbacks of these effects. Tourism in globalisation world brings wealth to countries. However, there are local people who need to be considered.
( This sentence refer back to the key finding study)

The development of tourism still keep going and the number of tourism growth is predicted to be higher. Many countries depend on their tourism as it brings money to a country but with the loss of their culture.
( This sentence state what is the writer consider)

As the globalisation make technology become better, the management of tourism should become better as well in order to minimise its negative effects as possible and benefit more for local people.
( This sentence make a recommendation)

lecture online

As the subject of this month about globalisation so I pick to study online on a related topic. I found one lecture that the topic was very interesting " Is the party over? Sustainable Hopes" by professor Michael Mainelli from Gresham college.

The lecturer gave an overview of the problems that we are having today. Most of problems were related to environment and the increasing of production. The model of the topic was I-PAT.
I = impact
P = pollution
A = affluence
T = technology

I found conditional on the lecture which is very interesting,
" If everyone on the planet today lived at European level of consumption, we would need three planet Earths". and " If everyone on the planet today lived at USA level of consumption, we would need five planet Earths".