I was fortunate enough to spend about 8 weeks in Sydney and Melbourne last year while on my gypsy travel binge, and I’d like to share a few quick light-hearted thoughts.
It’s been a while since I’ve recapped the big stuff in my life, so here’s what went down in 2007.
At the risk of seeming like a complete nerd, I thought I’d share five goals I set in August 2006 before leaving Arizona to complete my last year at The University of Auckland. I’ll share what [...]
Among the many joys of having a centrally located flat in Auckland’s CBD, besides waking up to marching bands and political protests on Saturdays, is that every holiday season there’s a giant pedophile Santa outside my window beckoning the young and innocent children of Auckland with his dodgy moving finger.
Although I’m not one to shy away from [...]
So I’m just browsing the Web, minding my own business, and then I happen to check the feed of my friends’ status updates on Facebook. I see some rather distressing updates like “… is in disbelief” and “… is predicting national depression.” Obviously something really bad is happening, and because all the doom and gloom [...]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the New Zealand Police get mocked for not carrying guns on their person and keeping them in the boot (American translation: trunk) of their cars. Well, a recent hostage crisis in Auckland might poor some cold water on that image, especially with visuals such as:
But don’t [...]
This is a really great example of how Kiwis take a slightly different approach to the world. Sure, everyone makes fun of Bush and Brad Pitt’s women, but to do it so openly on the billboard of a major television company? I can only imagine the uproar that would happen in the States if a [...]
ATTENTION ALL ASIAN RESTAURATEURS: You’re Missing A Huge Opportunity!
So I was having dinner with my friend Priscilla at a Japanese restaurant last night, and realised that Asian restaurants are missing out on a huge opportunity. As with almost any non-Asians, both of us had pretty much no idea what all of the options were on [...]
I just came across one of the most refreshing websites I’ve seen in a while. It’s a greeting card service called someecards. The site helps you say what everyone thinks deep down but is too afraid to say out loud.
Think greeting cards meets Demotivations.
Check these out:
Via NOTCOT.
Last Tuesday at the Auckland International Airport an X-ray machine identified a “suspect package” at the NZ Post’s international mail centre. And what was done about it? Exactly what any reasonable person would do – the package was put in storage until the following morning, and then the bomb squad was called in.
As reported by [...]
Okay, for for the none of you that read my blog on a regular basis, you’d know that back in November of 2007 I wrote my first blog post in over 2 years recapping the previous couple years of my life. In the post I promised a series of 9 following posts to give a [...]