February 2012
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WatchHappy Saturday everyone!
We’ve had such an amazing time out meeting each and every one of you this week at your respective campuses. We’ve had heaps fun just getting to know you guys and can’t wait for the year ahead.
Check out some of the highlights from Orientation today at Melbourne Uni!
See ya real soon!
January 2012
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WatchHey peeps!
If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
Today, we review one of the more unfortunate mishaps of filmmaking - with the award for best wardrobe malfunction/crossdress….
We give you WAN THENG’S URBAN LIFE!
Good to see new and familiar...
WatchHey peeps!
If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
EVERYONE loves FOOD! And we’ve got even more reason to love it - check out today’s video for the winners of our MAN vs FOOD category - Cynthia’s Urban Life!
ALSO - a very happy Chinese New...
WatchHey peeps! If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
Check out our special nod to a very clever and creative use of props! Pyrotechnics may have been involved in the process. Here is the award for BEST USE OF PROPS from Dean’s Urban Life!
WatchHey peeps! If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
It’s an integral part of every uni student’s life, and we’ve got some surefire tips to beat the stress. Check out the winners of MAN vs STUDY - Sarah & Val’s Urban Life!
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WatchHey peeps! If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
Check out our winners in the category of MAN vs HYGIENE - Novi’s Urban Life!
Summer Urban Life is on THIS WEEK in a city near you! Don’t forget to check it out. See ya there!
December 2011
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WatchHey peeps! If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not!We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
Here’s our second Special Mention! The award for BEST SPECIAL FX goes to Ai Jet’s Urban Life!
Stay tuned for more upcoming videos over the summer!
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WatchHey peeps!
If you missed out on the videos we showed at our final Combined Urbs for the year, well fret not! We will be uploading them on our social media platforms throughout the summer!
First up - check out our Special Mention for BEST ANIMATION from Jia Ren’s Urban Life! Happy Summer!
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November 2011
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Poached
A humble cafe that sits among the many oddities on Lygon Street. One might easily walk pass without so much as a glance at their extraordinary menu. Thankfully we weren’t a part of that statistic. Credits to Bea who decided a rewarding breakfast was due after our hard work on the baseball field that morning. And so we feasted!
Poached eggs: smoked salmon + asparagus + baby spinach +...
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App of the Week: Stamped
Do you ever find ratings, stars, likes and +1s confusing and sometimes even way off the mark? What if you aren’t that adventurous and prefer only to check out stuff that your friends recommend but don’t know where to start?
Stamped is a new app that tries to solve all that with a simple rating system: if you like it, stamp it. The best part is that recommendations come from your...
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Tip of the week
So as the weather gets warmer, flies become inevitable. Yes, I know we all forgot about their existence after the long winter days. But a few nights ago, I was really annoyed at one particularly loud and fat fly that was buzzing in my room as I was trying to fall asleep. Doing what I do best, I googled “How to keep flies away”. Aside from getting dogs and cats that chases and eats...
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App of the Week: Kindle
It’s crunch time right now for uni students and the term “hitting the books” can be both literal and figurative. However, if you are taking a break and like to read something other than your textbook, there’s an app for that.
The Kindle app isn’t new but is still one that holds one big advantages over iBooks: the Kindle store boasts an impressive number of 800,000...
Dumplings at Hutong!
For a dumpling addict like me, Hutong Dumpling Bar definately has to be among the top of my list! Somewhere in the middle of Chinatown, lies this extremely popular restaurant that is recommended by CheapEats.
They serve a range of dimsim’s and chinese snacks, but here I’ve only tasted the popular dishes (which is all you need in my opinion).
First up, Wontons with Hot Chilli...
October 2011
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WatchWhat an afternoon we had right here at the second annual planetUNI Stressbuster Carnival!
We had bouncy castles, velcro walls and even fairy floss and slushies.
Definitely the best two hours ever spent on campus! Check on some of the highlights here!
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Tech: Lytro light field camera
The Lytro camera represents one of the first of a whole new breed of future cameras and have ushered in the era of light field photography to the masses. Light field photography is a relatively foreign term in the minds of most but will quickly change the way we interact with photos.
So, what is light field photography? When we take regular photographs, we are only capturing a flat...
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Tech: iOS 5 & iCloud
The big day is here, Apple had just released iOS 5 and iCloud along with a raft of other updates and new apps. iOS 5 is probably the largest update that Apple has ever released for iOS devices and includes 200 new features, some big ones and a lot of smaller ones.
Another big new feature being launched alongside iOS 5 is iCloud which aims to seamlessly keep all your devices in sync. Now, all your...
Tip of the Week!
I’m sure I’m not the only one who hates that feeling when you’re down to the last toilet roll. Or when your kitchen is a mess and you can’t find any paper towel? Or having to run to Woolies every month for that box of tissue! Well, for only $60 a year, join Costco! Everything is sold in bulk and we all know that bulk = cheap(er)! Think of all the times you save from the...
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Urban Life: Meet Hui Li
As planetUNI grows, we have more and more leaders rising up. In our ongoing series, we interview an Urban Life coach so you can get to know a little more about the people in our ministry. This week we interview Hui Li who runs an Urban Life group in Melbourne City.
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App of the Week: Momento
Have you wanted to keep a journal but find that starting with a blank page gets too hard and eventually you stop? Or it takes too much time to capture all the details of the day? Well, there’s an app for that!
Say hi to Momento. With this app, your boring old “Dear Diary” entries will never be the same again.
You start off writing about your day with “moments”...
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Izakaya Chuji
Situated in the heart of Melbourne’s bustling city life, delicately tucked into a corner of Lonsdale Street, Izakaya Chuji (or just Chuji for short) just happens to be one of those Japanese restaurants.
You’ve all heard of them.
The ones which are eerily similar to the small cult-favourites in Tokyo, serving popular food with a twist. There’s something about Chuji that just emanates...
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OMG Smoked Salmon
One word - OMG. Originally seen on one of the episodes of Heston’s Feasts, Heston Blumenthal left me hanging as to how on earth I could go about smoking salmon. My room-mate saw it, and suggested going for it with a technique known as hot-smoking and the rest is history. Hot-Smokin’ History!!
5 tbsp Lapsang Souchang leaves (available from T2)
5 tbsp rice
2-3 tbsp brown sugar
2 cinnamon...
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Tip of the Week!
Mid-semester break might be over but I’m pretty sure most of us have yet to snap out of that holiday buzz! Thought I’d recommend a site that would (hopefully) get you back on the study wagon. The Thesis Whisperer is “not just another Wordpress site”. It gives good insight from the planning stages to the day of submission. Whether it’s your up and coming 2500 words...
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
– C.S. Lewis
September 2011
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Urban Life: Meet Dean
As planetUNI grows, we have more and more leaders rising up. In our ongoing series, we interview an Urban Life coach so you can get to know a little more about the people in our ministry. This week we interview Dean who runs an Urban Life group in Melbourne City.
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CHIN CHIN
Are you almost done/ done with mid - semester exams? After that weekly diet of instant noodles and unhealthy takeaways, don’t you feel like pampering your senses with some good food? How about some spicy, savory Thai, so you can work up a sweat to make up for all the exercise you’ve been missing for the past week?
Entering Chin Chin is an assault on the senses. Besides the smell of good food,...
“Faith brings an answer. Enduring faith brings the answer with the formation of...”
– Bill Johnson
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The Beacon Cove Food Store
Feeling adventurous? Thinking of heading to the beach? Well if you and your friends are thinking of heading to one of Melbourne’s beaches for a fun day out and you’re looking for the perfect thing to kick start the day, head over to The Beacon Cove Food Store at Port Melbourne beach.
Take tram 109 heading towards Port Melbourne from Collins Street (if you’re heading from the city) and sit yourself...
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Vegie Bar
The place to go if you’re vegan/vegie-tarian or well, HUNGRY! It’s the excellent food, crazy-long wait, classic warehouse restaurant kinda place to go!
WARNING: food contains traces of vegies, vegetables and veg.
Specials are on really cheap ($10), we had tofu risotto, Malaysian mee-goreng, red curry, and nachos with guacamole.
On a hot summer day, be sure to request to have your meals in...
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Urban Life: Meet Jasper
As planetUNI grows, we have more and more leaders rising up. In our ongoing series, we interview an Urban Life coach so you can get to know a little more about the people in our ministry. This week we interview Jasper who runs an Urban Life group in Southbank.
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WatchplanetUNI Camp 2011 has just come and past, and man what a weekend it has been!
From the praise and worship to the amazing word brought by Ps Kenneth and Sandra Chin to the wet, wild and wacky games that brought out some of the crazies in people, this one is definitely a weekend for the memories.
There is no shadow of a doubt that God has done some pretty amazing things in each and every one of...
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