Today I am getting the tattoo that I've wanted for like, four years. On my wrist. In 45 minutes, actually ( Read more... )

New Zealand's current population is about 4.1 million. In 2005, New Jersey had a population of 8,717,925 people and is about 1/12 the size of NZ. In 2005, NZ was worth about $97.6 billion international currency. In 2004, New Jersey, the wealthiest U.S. state, was worth an estimated U.S. $416 billion. ( Did you know... )

oh, Nelly Furtado. What happened to the sassy, genuine chick on Whoa! Nelly (with the exception of Fly Like A Bird)? "Promiscuous" sounds like a million other songs. It is just a bad song and the video was disappointing and yucky ( Read more... )

Anne, my Chinese flatmate with the super squeaky laugh whom I thought was 20 (it said so in the ad on nzflatfinder) is actually 18. Her boyfriend Eric left to go home yesterday. because she talked about him nonstop all day, new and rather scandalous information came out into the open ( Read more... )

I'm in my new flat! here is my new home address ( Read more... )

That is totally the kind of thing I came to New Zealand for...

I got in a wetsuit, got in a boat, jumped off the boat and swam in freezing water with the rarest dolphins in the world. It was windy and the waves were quite high. The boat drifted away to let me play with them, and I treaded water hard. They gave me rocks to bang together under the ( Read more... )

Arthur's Pass/Otira Gorge photoset

In case anyone is wondering where I am in terms of all the confusion with planning and decision-making since a few days ago ( Read more... )

( some recent photographs )

I am now allowed to make coffees for people! Using REAL coffee! My cappuccino foam rocks now.

Gosh, coffee in New Zealand is such a thing. Sheesh. It's only coffee.