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We've been studying about Chinese New Year in school.

Chinese New Year is at a different time than when our New Year is. In China, it is called the Spring Festival because it marks the end of winter in the lunar calendar. The actual date of the Chinese New Year changes each year, but always falls between January 21st and February 20th.  It is the largest celebration for the Chinese people and is celebrated for 2 weeks. This year the start of the Spring Festival falls on February 10th.

My sister found something interesting last week called the James Dyson Award. It is a student design award open to University level students in the fields of design and engineering who design “something that solves a problem.” My sister was really interested in what this year’s winner invented. I was also really excited to find out about this award and I would really like try to win one day with one of my great invention ideas.

We got a little postcard in the mail last week from Canada Post. It was announcing their new digital mailbox epost services. I know my family is in favour of reducing the amount of paper that we use. My Dad signed up as many of our bills to be electronic as he could, but it meant he has to log onto his account of each of the individual sites to see his bills. Each of the accounts sends him a notice when his bill is ready, but if he changes his email address, he has to go to each site he’s registered with and make his changes.