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In modern life our home plays an important part or the lifestyle we lead. Whether we live in a modern detached house, a quaint English cottage or even an exotic villa by the beach that home usually includes a small piece of land that we call our garden.

Garden Furniture

The garden is an important part of our home and it means so much to each of us but for different reason. For some it may be an area to relax in their garden furniture on a summers day, for others it’s a party area to entertain friends with a Barbeque and music and to a dedicated gardener it can be a work of art that changes shape and colour between the seasons. But where did gardening start and what compelled people to start collecting and planting different species of plant in their garden.

It’s fairly clear from our historical findings that gardening evolved as part of agriculture. As far back as 35,000 BC there is evidence of Homo Sapiens gaining knowledge of plants through their food gathering techniques. They would have been learning about the importance of fruits, nuts and roots but it would not be until around 15,000 BC that early civilisation would start to cultivate plants.

From around 8000 BC onwards it became more and more common for cereals and pulses to be grown domestically. Crops such as wheat, barley, lentils, peas and beans were cultivated in the Middle East and had reached Greece by 6000 BC.

However the first evidence of ornamental gardening can only be found as far back as the Egyptians, where there is clear evidence of gardens with ponds surrounded by acacias and palms painted on tombs. By 600 BC gardening had escalated to a scale where the hanging gardens of Babylon had to been designed to be so great that it is now considered to be one of the original wonders of the world.

This is all a far cry from the modern garden where a gardener can be seen on a Saturday morning whizzing up and down the lawn with his bright orange Flymo Mower. A modern gardener has access to an array of high tech tools such a Litium Ion cordless battery lawn mowers, automatic watering systems controlled by timers to control the irrigation of the garden whilst on holiday and solar powered water features that use the recent developments in harvesting and storing solar power.

Over the course of our lifetime, we accumulate “stuff” that represents our history, experiences and the good and the bad events that have occurred during our journey through life.

I suppose I am overly sentimental and obsessed with ensuring my own children have keepsakes from their babyhood and beyond. Perhaps it is because I do not have momentos from my babyhood and toddler years that I place a huge importance on ensuring that my children do have treasures that they can appreciate as the years pass by. Call me a pack rat for my kids!

Photographs

Photos are a fabulous means of recording the life of a child.

For each photograph I take of my children, a copy is put into a special box for each of my child. The date and place is recorded on the back of the photograph in addition to additional names of others that may be in the photo. When my children turn 18, I will pass these photographs to my children for their own keeping.

Baby Gifts - Videos

A wonderful, realistic means of recording actions, words and developments of babies, toddlers and up.

The camcorder is an absolutely fantastic electronic device that I have become close friends with since my first baby. Not only do I take videos, but I also utilize video editing software to record music and sounds to the video clips to make it all the more personalized and interesting to others and my children. A copy of all videos is also put into safe keeping for each of my children.

Clothing and Toys

One cannot keep every single piece of clothing or toy, however, I have kept a piece of clothing and a toy from their newborn stage that has been given by a special person in their life such as grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles, mommy and daddy and other special family members or friends. As the years go on, I am sure the collection will grow with favorite toys that they have cherished through their childhood or other “stuff” that will bring back fond memories.

Baby / Toddler Record Keeping Books

Recording the particulars of baby’s birth, date of their first steps, the first word spoken, a clipping of hair from their first haircut or all the “firsts” will be a wonderful keepsake for children when they are older. Every person is curious to know what they were like as a baby, what their favoritie color or song was, etc. Remember, even parents forget such things and record keeping books are a great method of looking back and remembering your children.

Yes, I am probably Clean Sweep’s biggest nightmare but it is so important to me that I give my children a part of their history and I believe that they will be grateful when they are older and obtain these special treasures.

Personalized baby gifts and baby gift baskets are among our most popular gift items for newborn babies. Security blankets, baby blankets, plush toys and more embroidered with baby’s first name and birthdate are an excellent baby gift idea. Not only are they enchanting but are a fabulous keepsake gift that will last a lifetime. Baby gift wagons are also great for boys and girls.

Start your little blessing with a gift that will represent their babyhood and start in the journey of life.

ITS Tutorial School Hong Kong began operating in Hong Kong in 2006. ITS is a registered school with the Hong Kong Education Department. School registration number 566985. ITS Tutorial School is owned by International Tuition Services Ltd a Hong Kong registered company.

The school provides a wide variety of different educational support services for the Hong Kong community. These services include one to one tuition in most major academic subjects within a wide variety of different education syllabuses. Some of the main syllabuses that ITS clients are studying are the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme and the IB MYP (Middle Years Programme). The UK AS/A2 Level syllabuses offered by Edexcel, OCR, AQA and CIE. The UK GCSE and the International IGCSE syllabuses. The American Advanced Placement (AP) program. The Australian HSC, VCE, SACE syllabuses. ITS also provides support for the Hong Kong HKCEE and HKAL syllabuses.

ITS also offers a wide range of exam preparation services for students. Some of the more common exams our clients are preparing for include : The SAT reasoning and SAT subject test, the PSAT, the LNAT, the GMAT, the IELTS exam, the BULATS exam, the UK Common Entrance exam 11+ & 13+ just to name a few.

As well as the one to one support offered by ITS the school also runs small classes in different subjects and exam preparations. Classes are often an economic alternative for students who wish to share the cost of the tuition. Many small classes are often organised by the student themselves. This is where a student will organise with friends to come for classes together.

All of ITS tutors and instructors are fully qualified in the subjects that they are teaching. All our staff must meet the minimum criteria as specified by the Hong Kong Education Department. Many of ITS tutors have post graduate qualifications or are fully registered teachers.

ITS Corporate Training is the division of ITS that caters for the Hong Kong corporate community. The corporate training is helping improve the English and other communication sills of the Hong Kong business community. ITS Corporate training courses are eligible for 50% refund up to HKD $3000 per student under the Hong Kong Governments Workplace English campaign. Corporate training can be conducted both at ITS school premises or on location in the corporations own offices. Corporate training courses are individually tailored to meet the needs of the specific clients involved.

ITS is always keen to develop strategic relationships with other training providers. If you have an idea that you think would be of interest to ITS please contact us to discuss it.

• Counseling
• Marriage Counselor
• Marriage Conflict
• Psychiatrist
• Psychologist
• Therapist
• Marital Therapy
• Love in Marriage
• Sex in Marriage
• Counseling

Since it is important to know something about the several classes of marital therapists, we shall discuss the various different specialists within this group.

The Psychiatrist

Although in the last few years there has been a surge of interest by psychiatrists in the family and in marriage, their training generally does not prepare them to deal with marital problems in conjoint therapy. The ordinary psychiatrist has spent four years in medical school, one year in a general internship, and at least three years in psychiatric residency, A good part of his residency may have been at a large mental institution, such as Bellevue in New York City or a state hospital, and the people with whom he dealt there were primarily individuals hospitalized with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia or alcoholism. He has spent some of his training period (approximately six months) working with neurological problems (disorders caused by pathological abnormalities of the brain or nerves), and some of his time in an outpatient clinic seeing adults and perhaps also children, usually in individual therapy, once or twice a week. Some institutions do afford the opportunity for a small amount of special training in family and marital work, but this is not yet common.

A number of departments of psychiatry in medical schools have started family-treatment units within the last two or three years. This development is a considerable departure from the viewpoint prevalent between the 1920’s and the 1940’s that the physician should see each patent separately.

Psychoanalysts (psychiatric MD’s who have received psychoanalytic training after their three years of psychiatric residency) are often the best-trained psychiatrists in their area, but the least equipped to handle marital problems. Traditionally, one spouse is seen by one analyst and the other by a second. The two analysts rarely communicate (sometimes never), so there is no important sharing of information. Besides, as we have indicated, only by studying the marital interaction can the therapist obtain the important information he requires.

The psychiatrist’s methods of practice may be ascertained by asking someone who has seen him in therapy about them. Sometimes, as has been suggested, the psychiatrist himself will discuss them briefly in a telephone conversation, in order to give a prospective patient his orientation. If the individual knows nothing about the psychiatrist except that he is qualified-that he has his M.D. and has completed the requirements for the American Board of Psychiatry-a shopping expedition is necessary: the individual should arrange to meet the therapist in person and ask him about his methods and point of view. This procedure may seem unnecessarily rude or expensive, but it should be kept in mind that the whole venture is terribly important and its success depends upon the choice of the proper therapist. One may have to visit two or three different psychiatrists before finding an individual with whom one feels confident and compatible. Obviously, this kind of shopping around is necessary for locating not only the most suitable psychiatrist, but any other type of marital therapist as well.

If at all possible, spouses who have agreed to seek conjoint marital therapy should interview the prospective therapists together. If just one spouse goes on this important shopping expedition, he begins the sessions at an advantage-having already talked to the therapist and having chosen him for personal reasons.

• Dating advice
• Age Differences
• Aphrodisiac
• Body Language
• Breaking Up
• Expressions
• First Date
• Flirting
• Insecurity
• Online Dating
• Relationships

There are certain things that a woman can observe about a man, which will tell her if he is interested in her or not. The most obvious sign of attraction is body language. Also, the things that a man says and the way in which he says it, tells a lot about his level of interest. Sometimes it is the things that a man doesn’t say, which expresses his interest in a woman. It is these times that body language expresses more than words do. Thoughtful and romantic gestures are also characteristic of a man who is interested.

With respect to body language, so much can be learned by the way that a man communicates a message to a woman with his body. For instance, how a man looks at a woman and the duration of his look can be extremely expressive. Does he look at her with love and admiration from head to toe or does he merely glance at her and look away? Does he smile at her when he looks at her? Does she smile back? Is there a silent and powerful attraction between the man and woman? Observe how a man moves around a woman. Does he lean toward her or put his hand on her hand? Is he expressing interest in her in various ways? These are the sort of things to look for when wondering if a man is interested in a woman.

If a man is interested in a woman, he will speak highly of her all the time. It does not matter if he is with her or with his friends or colleagues, a man who is interested in a woman will only say good things about her. In fact, a man will smile when he says the name of the woman who he is interested in. Good feelings of attraction or interest will bring a smile to his face.

There are various caring and loving gestures that a man can do for a woman who he is interested in. For example, a man can send a woman flowers to show his attraction or interest in her. This sort of gesture is always well received by a woman. Also, when a man surprises a woman with small gifts, it is a sure sign that he is interested in her.

If a man is creative he may write a letter or a poem for a woman who he is interested in. If he plays music, he may even write her a song and serenade her. These are definite signs that a man is interested in a woman. Also these are very obvious signs of attraction.

When a man loses track of what he is saying to a woman, when he is looking at her or talking to her, chances are he is interested in her and finds her a distraction to him. This is a sort of confusion that one associates with being in love perhaps. When a man is around a woman he is interested in, he goes into almost a dream-like state of happiness. It is not difficult to tell if a man is interested in a woman. Just observe his behavior, watch his body language and listen to what he has to say.
All signs of interest or attraction are obvious to an observant woman.