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AtricleZine - Travel and Work: Interview with Krista Scott: Harvest Work in Australia, Teaching English in Vietnam
Losing weight can be such a bind. The road is a difficult one and, just when you want to start feeling good about yourself, someone takes away all those lovely snacks and those large meals. But you need to do this. Start learning portion control.Despite what mama might have said when you were young, you do not have to clean your plate in order to be ‘good.’ In fact, when you are on a diet that may be the last thing you wish to do. But it can be difficult to control the urge.In today’s super-sized and over-portioned servings at restaurants, diners and fast food locations it is too easy to think the giant plate in front of you is what you are ‘supposed’ to eat, otherwise, why would they give it to you. These portions are not ‘normal’ and you can always eat half the plate and take the rest home. It takes 20 minutes for the brain to realize the stomach is full so chances are you are finished eating long before the end of the gigantic portion. Feeling ‘stuffed’ is unhealthy and you should aim for ‘pleasantly full’.Try using a smaller plate to begin with. The smaller plate fits less food and can still look full. This can help. Also, eat more slowly to give your stomach a chance to feel it's fullness before you are bursting. Weight loss and calorie control is simply a process of re-education for the body and brain. Get those portion sizes down.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard an
Diabetes Mellitus is a common condition in which there is too much sugar in the blood. High blood pressure and smoking cigarettes can contribute to heart problems, along with having high cholesterol (fats in your blood) and being overweight. Your heart is a big muscle that circulates blood through your body. Your blood carries oxygen to all of your organs, something that is necessary for life. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach. In people who do not have diabetes, the pancreas automatically produces the right amount of insulin to move glucose from blood into the cells. However, diabetes develops when the pancreas does not make enough insulin, or the cells in the muscles, liver, and fat do not use insulin properly, or both. As a result, the amount of glucose in the blood increases while the cells are starved of energy. Over time, high blood glucose levels damage nerves and blood vessels, leading to complications such as heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death among people with diabetes.Having diabetes significantly increases your risk for developing heart disease. Diabetes often causes your cholesterol and triglyceride levels to be higher than normal and increases your blood pressure. It's very important that you talk with your primary care physician about ways to manage your diabetes and control other risk factors associated with diabetes. Dia
Krista is a very cute young woman, always in a good mood and sporting a great smile. Later that evening, Krista gave a special performance after sunset at the campground of something called "poise", a former Martial art developed by the Maori people that involves the rhythmic twirling of two long wires that have a wick at the end that is set on fire. One of her co-workers was playing the bongos and the performance did have a very aboriginal feel to it. The image that is created in the dark is of circles of fires whirling around the performer in perfect coordination with the rhythm.
So without further ado, here is Krista Scott, a very adventurous, endearing young woman, as you will discover yourself.
1) Please tell us about yourself.
I am 25 years old and I'm originally from Cobourg, Ontario. I have always loved the outdoors and loved to play outside. When I finished high school I wasn't ready for university. I went travelling to the prairies and started working in a restaurant in Regina. I met a lot of cool people along the way. From there I went west to work in Alberta as well as in Whistler, B.C. There I worked in a grocery store and at Boston Pizza and spent the rest of my time snowboarding. I also ran into a lot of Aussies there. I knew this was a place that was going to suck you in with its addictive lifestyle, so I decided to head home. Based on my friendships with these people from Australia, I decided to get a working visa for that country, something that was pretty easy to get for a Canadian citizen. I had decided I wanted to go to Australia to travel and work there for a year.
2) Please tell us about your 13 month adventure in Australia.
After a couple of stopovers in Alaska and Hong Kong I landed in Australia. In Alaska I had a chance to see the Aurora Borealis, while Hong Kong struck me as a very busy and smoggy place. But the airport is on an island, which was really interesting.
I landed in Sydney and headed over to New South Wales to link up with a girl I had met at Whistler. I bought a 1984 Toyota Tourago camping van which had a flat nose because the engine was right under the seat. I had a tent and a stove and I lived out of the van. During this time I realized for the first time how little you need to live. I often slept on the roof of the van, looking at the stars.
In South Australia I stayed in a working hostel that connected me to harvest work opportunities. I found these places through the Lonely Planet guidebook, which was tremendously helpful. My first harvest work assignment was to sort potatoes in a shed. This was midnight work since the potatoes' skins would crack during the day time. The heat was often stifling at 42 degrees Celsius. After the potato harvest I also harvested grapes and onions. In total I did about 3 months of harvest work there.
At that time the engine in my camper van seized up and I had to buy a new engine. After it was fixed, together with 8 other people we decided to drive to Central Australia and we visited Ayer's Rock (Uluru) and various other little towns in the area. I heard lots of outback stories from the locals while we were there. We also went to a town called Cooper Pedy, a place where everybody lives underground in caves since the weather is too hot. We stayed in a hostel where the bunkbeds were located in a cave. While I was there I also talked to a group of Hell's Angels bikers, who seemed to be pretty cool people as long as you didn't upset them.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard and
I'm disgusted with our healthcare system! We don't have a healthcare system, we have a disease care system. Feel ill? Take a pill! Drug companies have brain washed you, the American public, to think that we are deficient in drugs! We run to the doctor to have them treat symptoms. Yet symptoms are not the cause of your condition! 40 years ago we had only 4 autoimmune conditions. Now we have over 80. Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, Parkinson's, Crohn's, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes and more. Cancer can not be caught. It is abnormal growth of normal tissue. The body is breaking down from within. Are we born with a deficiency in chemotherapy or radiation? How about those of you on anti-depressants? Do you really think you were born with a shortage of Prozac, Wellbutrin, Zoloft or Celexa? If the pharmaceutical companies wanted you healthy, they would be broke and out of business.Glyconutrients represent the latest in science. They are required for our cells to communicate. We are deficient in 6 of the 8 due to our poor food supply. Fruits and vegetables are harvested green from fields void of the required minerals, vitamins and trace elements. 90% of our food is processed. We super size it and package it. Our water system is contaminated with known carcinogens and our air is polluted. How do you expect to get the nutrients you need out of the food you are eating? We have to supplement with glyc
So without further ado, here is Krista Scott, a very adventurous, endearing young woman, as you will discover yourself.
1) Please tell us about yourself.
I am 25 years old and I'm originally from Cobourg, Ontario. I have always loved the outdoors and loved to play outside. When I finished high school I wasn't ready for university. I went travelling to the prairies and started working in a restaurant in Regina. I met a lot of cool people along the way. From there I went west to work in Alberta as well as in Whistler, B.C. There I worked in a grocery store and at Boston Pizza and spent the rest of my time snowboarding. I also ran into a lot of Aussies there. I knew this was a place that was going to suck you in with its addictive lifestyle, so I decided to head home. Based on my friendships with these people from Australia, I decided to get a working visa for that country, something that was pretty easy to get for a Canadian citizen. I had decided I wanted to go to Australia to travel and work there for a year.
2) Please tell us about your 13 month adventure in Australia.
After a couple of stopovers in Alaska and Hong Kong I landed in Australia. In Alaska I had a chance to see the Aurora Borealis, while Hong Kong struck me as a very busy and smoggy place. But the airport is on an island, which was really interesting.
I landed in Sydney and headed over to New South Wales to link up with a girl I had met at Whistler. I bought a 1984 Toyota Tourago camping van which had a flat nose because the engine was right under the seat. I had a tent and a stove and I lived out of the van. During this time I realized for the first time how little you need to live. I often slept on the roof of the van, looking at the stars.
In South Australia I stayed in a working hostel that connected me to harvest work opportunities. I found these places through the Lonely Planet guidebook, which was tremendously helpful. My first harvest work assignment was to sort potatoes in a shed. This was midnight work since the potatoes' skins would crack during the day time. The heat was often stifling at 42 degrees Celsius. After the potato harvest I also harvested grapes and onions. In total I did about 3 months of harvest work there.
At that time the engine in my camper van seized up and I had to buy a new engine. After it was fixed, together with 8 other people we decided to drive to Central Australia and we visited Ayer's Rock (Uluru) and various other little towns in the area. I heard lots of outback stories from the locals while we were there. We also went to a town called Cooper Pedy, a place where everybody lives underground in caves since the weather is too hot. We stayed in a hostel where the bunkbeds were located in a cave. While I was there I also talked to a group of Hell's Angels bikers, who seemed to be pretty cool people as long as you didn't upset them.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard an
If you cringe at the thought of applying makeup that is thick, clogs your pores and leaves your skin dry and irritated, you need to explore mineral cosmetics. Naturally formulated mineral makeup is much better for your skin than traditional cosmetics, because it is not petroleum-based and does not contain filler ingredients that block your pores, or irritate your skin.Now the important point to note, this is not a new invention: mineral cosmetics have been used in many cultures throughout history. It has taken until recent times, however for large cosmetics companies to recognise the benefits of mineral makeup, and to throw their weight into producing and distributing pure mineral makeup. Also, Mineral Makeup and cosmetics have recently been popularized in the media, thus establishing a large number of Minerals Cosmetics fans.The benefits versus traditional petroleum-based products are numerous. One very important point is, mineral makeup is free from preservatives such as talc, synthetic chemicals and other filler type ingredients that you find in many mainstream makeup products. Instead, mineral cosmetics utilise minerals such titanium dioxide and mica powder.Mineral cosmetics achieve their color by using pure iron oxides, which absorb heat. Mineral makeup also contains zinc oxide and together, these ingredients can offer you protection from the sun and from the effects of aging. It i
2) Please tell us about your 13 month adventure in Australia.
After a couple of stopovers in Alaska and Hong Kong I landed in Australia. In Alaska I had a chance to see the Aurora Borealis, while Hong Kong struck me as a very busy and smoggy place. But the airport is on an island, which was really interesting.
I landed in Sydney and headed over to New South Wales to link up with a girl I had met at Whistler. I bought a 1984 Toyota Tourago camping van which had a flat nose because the engine was right under the seat. I had a tent and a stove and I lived out of the van. During this time I realized for the first time how little you need to live. I often slept on the roof of the van, looking at the stars.
In South Australia I stayed in a working hostel that connected me to harvest work opportunities. I found these places through the Lonely Planet guidebook, which was tremendously helpful. My first harvest work assignment was to sort potatoes in a shed. This was midnight work since the potatoes' skins would crack during the day time. The heat was often stifling at 42 degrees Celsius. After the potato harvest I also harvested grapes and onions. In total I did about 3 months of harvest work there.
At that time the engine in my camper van seized up and I had to buy a new engine. After it was fixed, together with 8 other people we decided to drive to Central Australia and we visited Ayer's Rock (Uluru) and various other little towns in the area. I heard lots of outback stories from the locals while we were there. We also went to a town called Cooper Pedy, a place where everybody lives underground in caves since the weather is too hot. We stayed in a hostel where the bunkbeds were located in a cave. While I was there I also talked to a group of Hell's Angels bikers, who seemed to be pretty cool people as long as you didn't upset them.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard an
Fridays are typically the most unproductive day of the week, with the exception of the occasional Monday doldrums. By Friday everybody is ready for the weekend and it’s often just difficult to get into the work rhythm of the first four days of the week. But what if I told you there was a way to make your Fridays productive again? What if there was a way to get even more done Monday through Thursday by doing something a little different on Friday. Well, there is a way and today I'm going to tell you how!Okay, so there really is a way to make your days more productive, including I-can't-wait-until-5pm-Fridays. Its really simple.Step 1: Find a part of your daily job that actually doesn't have to be done each and every day.Step 2: Stop doing that job on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.Step 3: Do that job on Friday.Yeah, it's really that easy. Almost everybody has daily tasks that that need to get done during the week, they just don't have to be done today. Sometimes these are things that take only a few minutes, sometimes they are things that take an hour or more, but they do add up and sometimes they do bog down productivity as you switch from task to task. By moving many of these tasks to a single day, you can make your other days more productive and create a Friday that stands out from the rest of the week. You now g
In South Australia I stayed in a working hostel that connected me to harvest work opportunities. I found these places through the Lonely Planet guidebook, which was tremendously helpful. My first harvest work assignment was to sort potatoes in a shed. This was midnight work since the potatoes' skins would crack during the day time. The heat was often stifling at 42 degrees Celsius. After the potato harvest I also harvested grapes and onions. In total I did about 3 months of harvest work there.
At that time the engine in my camper van seized up and I had to buy a new engine. After it was fixed, together with 8 other people we decided to drive to Central Australia and we visited Ayer's Rock (Uluru) and various other little towns in the area. I heard lots of outback stories from the locals while we were there. We also went to a town called Cooper Pedy, a place where everybody lives underground in caves since the weather is too hot. We stayed in a hostel where the bunkbeds were located in a cave. While I was there I also talked to a group of Hell's Angels bikers, who seemed to be pretty cool people as long as you didn't upset them.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard an
Link popularity is how the search engines like Google and Yahoo know the importance of your website. The more sites related to yours that link to it (otherwise known as backlinking) the more important your site is—and the higher it will appear on the search engine rankings. The higher it appears, the better off you are—many people only click the first few results and never even get to page 2.There are several ways to get back links. One way is to trade links; each website links to the other. This practice is largely frowned upon by the big search engines, and they are becoming better at detecting mutual links.Another way is just to ask for it. Remember that you are asking someone to link to your website who may not even know you, so calling them is better than sending an email that will probably go in the trash. As you build your links, more people will click on them and your sales will go up.Another way to get a link is to write an article, offer it to a company that would post it on their own site in exchange for a link. If you aren’t a writer, you can hire someone to write you a short article on some technical aspect of your profession. Send out ten of these and get ten backlinks. Have them posted on more than one website and watch your sales increase even more.
From there I went to the West Coast which is just a beautiful area. There you can have all sorts of beaches to yourself. I went to a place called Exmouth and from there I explored the Nigaloo Reef which is unique since the corals start right at the beach. The scenery is breathtaking. While there I did some harvest work and I ended up picking apples.
Next I explored Northern Australia, including the cities of Cairns and Darwin. There I got a surfboard and did lots of surfing.I explored places like Margaret River and Esperance. My friend from Canada had joined me and we stayed in hostels, parked by the side of the road, camped in caravan parks. At that time I realized that sometimes a hot shower goes a long way....
Queensland was my next stop, it's a beautiful place with lush rainforest. I got myself a job in banana harvesting, started working in the shed, sorting bananas. Then I asked to work outside, which was very unusual for a woman. I got to drive a 4x4 and cut down banans with a machete. Harvest work is done about 80% by backpackers. The local harvest workers are a different crowd of people and they sport some amazing mullets. They are a little reserved at the beginning, but if you make an effort they are really approachable.
On the Gold Coast I met up with the same people I had travelled with earlier, we mostly did surfing and bummed around the area. We also checked out Frazier Island, did some swimming with the sharks and some skydiving. I later told my dad that I went skydiving and he said he would have really worried about me if he had known. But when I was back in Canada, my dad and I decided to go skydiving together and he really loved it. That was great.
My last stop in Australia was Sydney again from where I came home. The culture shock of coming back to Canada was harsh. I went from + 30 degrees to -25 degrees. I had also gone through this amazing adventure, while life for my friends had pretty much stayed the same. It was difficult to adjust when I came back. But it gave me the idea to take an ESL (Teaching English at a Second Language) program to get myself an international career.
3) Please tell us about the ESL program that you took.
The brochure for Trent University's ESL program literally fell into my lap one day. I decided to take a one-year program at Trent in Peterborough (Ontario). It's a great program, it's 2 semesters long and includes 100 hours of theory and 20 hours of practical teaching. The classes were small, there were only 10 of us. Most of my co-students were retirees who were launching second careeers.
4) You have plans to go on your first ESL teaching assignment to Vietnam. What's in store for you?
In the first year after graduating you don't have a lot of choice with ESL since you don't have real teaching experience yet. I wanted to go to Vietnam, but I figured I would more easily be able to go to Korea or Japan where there is a big demand for certified ESL teachers. Contrary to China, in these 2 countries you definitely need credentials to work in ESL. Through a stroke of luck I found out that one of my friend's parents lives in Vietnam and he will be able to make some local connections for me and I am planning to head over there in September. I don't know exactly yet where I am going to go, but I am sure I will find my first ESL assignment with his help.
5) You learned how to do "poise" (an impressive twirling of 2 long wires whose ends have a wick that is set on fire) in Australia, tell us more about that.
Poise was originally a martial art used by the Maori people and it involves two wires with a wick at the end that is set on fire. Then at night you twirl the wires in different patterns around your body, usually set to music or drums. I met some people in Australia who taught me some pretty good moves and I have been performing occasionally in public or entertaining people on the campground with it. It's a really fun thing to do.
6) You now work as an intern for this adventure travel company called Equinox. What do you do there, how did you get the job?
The way I landed this job was another one of
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