I drove to Nelson yesterday. Just as I was driving around the Picton oval I saw two hitch hikers. They didn’t look dodgy so I stopped and asked them where they were headed, Nelson! The hitch hikers were champs! They were two German guy’s who were touring NZ for three weeks. One (Pablo) had been [...]

My whirlwind North Island tour has come to an end, and what a bash it was! I had some good catch-up rants with Dad and Grandma in Hamilton and Dad agreed with me – Hamilton is such a boring place! The gardens were cool but what else is there? It’s certainly not “more than you’d [...]

Okay, so I’m a bit late with this one! Last Friday I made a road-trip to Chistchurch to catch up with a friend of mine (Matt) who I studied with. The drive down wasn’t as scenic as I’d hoped due to the thick fog and rain. I flagged most of the sightseeing until the trip [...]

Generally pejorative, Muffin Top (or Muffin Top Girl) is a slang term for someone who wears both tight fitting low-rise jeans (or pants) and midriff-baring tops. This phenomenon generally occurs when the wearer is overweight or attempting to squeeze into incorrectly sized pants and the resulting bulge of flab above the waistline is often said [...]

Well I got a ski in, and it was bloody good! So I’ve got the visa and I’ve taken an entry test for the French language school I’ll be studying at in Paris. They rate me as level ‘beginner’ which is a step up from ‘total beginner’. I would have been pissed if I was [...]

After a mad dash from Manners Street (Wellington CBD) down to the Basin Reserve, I jumped into my friend John’s car and he drove up Brooklyn hill at a milloin miles an hour. I was sure the back end of the car was going to fish tail on a few corners. I was running late [...]

It’s actually sunny in Wellington today! What happened! It feels like I’m still in Sydney weather wise; clear blue sky, quite warm. I’ve been up and down Brooklyn hill three or four times on the bus and have been sucking back brilliant coffees. Wellington’s a lot friendlier than Sydney. When you walk along the footpath [...]