Being a blogger

As part of our career and business development series.

Being a blogger is fun but its also stressful as there is always deadlines to meet. For some people it can be very hard to find the motivation to start one. But once you start it is very easy to keep writing.

There are no set hours for this, instead like school work there is set deadlines.

Some people choose to just have pictures and others choose to have words and pictures for this. There is a million and one topics to blog about.

But it is also really fun and can take you places that you have never been on.

For a really good blog and to attract traffic you need to spend some time learning and using ADobe Photoshop for your pictures. At first when we started we had no idea of how to use this, but when Katherine took Desktop Publishing at RMIT we finally learned how to use it to our knowledge. We learned of its tricks and tools to use. We are still experimenting to this day.

You can earn money via adsense, but there isn't much money.

You can start one for free.

The rewards that you get by being a blogger is that warm feeling that you are helping others out by telling them things which are good and the things which are not so.

Go on start one today!

Melds Little book of discounts

Meld Magazine has just released a new book called "The little book of discounts". Now $25, but after the 1st of April it will be $30.

These students worked really hard on finding discounts from businesses which contribute to the student lifestyles in the city and outside of it.

There are discounts from:
* Krispy Kreme (saving of $2.50 for the doughnuts)
* Bentoya (saving of $40 altogether ($10x 4 coupons)
* Pepper Lunch (free drinks with meals and 10% off the bill)
* Ganache (saving of about $12-$15)


You can buy yours online at http://www.meldmagazine.com.au/little-orange-book-of-big-discounts/

Chatime's new opening in QV by Katherine

Chatime has just opened in a new location: QV. Now they have an opening special of buy one get one free and also free tea samples.

Here their shop is open and spacious, not like the Melbourne Central one which is small. They are also clean. There are no bathrooms inside, but they are in the shopping centre just one level below.

The server barely spoke any English. He barely understood it. I guess it is just their early days so give them some time.

This place is cash only but there is Woolworths downstairs. My tea was just $4.50.
Here I had the grapefruit and green tea (iced). Mine had no ice to it just the way that I wanted. But the grapefruit flavour was overpowering. You can choose how sweet you want the tea to be as well as the level of ice.


But I'd give them some time to settle and if ever I was in the area and wanted tea I'd give them another go.

The business chic little black dress project

As part of our careers and business development series.

This event is on all throughout March.

Little black dress project is a website run by a Melbourne lady. It started in 2010 and they have about 1000+ likes on Facebook.

Its aim is to inform and inspire women about dressing for work.

They had an exhibition in Melbourne Central as part of Loreal Melbourne Fashion festvial and I was invited to attend.

Here they sold their book for $30 and with it came a free crossaint from Le Petit Gateau.

Here are the pictures

 For more information check out this site

Two Birds One Stone by Katherine

Two birds one Stone has been opened for about a year now. And already itsbeen talked about by various blogs and Melburnians.

It is close to South Yarra station and is about 1o mins from the city. And itsaboutaone minute walk from thestation

On this sunny Wednesday morning the place was buzzing full of people. They are a big place with indoor and outdoor seating. This place was on my list for some time now. I had wanted to get away from the protest that was going on at RMIT and in the city as itwas disrupting my work and becoming scary.

Most meals are priced around $10-$20 and they are homemade. Sweets are about $5 each. They do have vegetarian meals as well as meat.

I chose a very interesting percorino and polenta mealwith mushrooms. Mushrooms had been talked about for some time on My Kitchen Rules,a show on TV. There were quite a few different mushooms in the meal today.They used shitake, enoki and other mushrooms and it was really nice with the pecorino cheese. Pecorino is a type of cheese from Italy. It is quite salty and its like parmesan.

The polenta melted in the mouth.

The long black I had was good too. It was smokey flavoured. It came out way before the polenta.

The lime tart was homemade. It wasnot too sweet and it melted in the mouth.

It was a good spend of $26. Although this place is really expensive it is worth a visit. I would love to try their pulled pork bun