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2012 - Seminars, Policy and Tennis...
Happy New Year and can I take this opportunity of wishing you all the very best for 2012. The year has started off with a bang for us here in Melbourne – the world appears to have itchy feet, particularly in Europe and South Africa...
Will the real Mr Lipschitz please stand up?
It's often the little things that make one feel at home in a new country. Yesterday I was at the local pharmacy waiting for a prescription to be filled when the pharmacist said "prescription for Mr. Lipschitz". I approached the pharmacist at the same time as another gentleman of a similar age. We looked at each other, smiled and then burst out laughing.
Who Moved My Cheese?
I wonder how many migrants read "Who Moved my Cheese?" by Dr Spencer Johnson. The book is a very short story about change that takes place in a maze where 4 amusing characters look for "Cheese" -- cheese being a metaphor for what we want to have in life, whether it is a job, a relationship, money, a big house, freedom, health, recognition, spiritual peace, or even just a better quality of life.
Details of New Points Test Announced
The long awaited new points test to be implemented on 1 July of this year [and announced by the Minister of Immigration in November 2010] was released yesterday and whilst substantially similar to the draft version released in November of last year, contains a number of important differences.
Love and Migration
Perhaps I'm showing my age but for many of my generation the movie "Green Card" was the ultimate migration movie. I'm sure you know the plot but if not, the character played by Gerard Depardieu wants to stay in the United States and enters into a marriage of convenience with the character played by Andy McDowell to secure a Green Card to enable him to commence a job that he's been offered.
