ward room 17
i got out of surgery early friday morning and was taken up to join the other surgical patients in ward room 17. while the care i received was top notch, i have no doubt that anyone who is used to…
antony
catching a break
this week is our first planned vacation since we arrived in new zealand and we decided to spend 2 days skiing on my rapaheau and then 2 days in the resort town of taupo. nice relaxing drive up on wednesday…
crime wave
we’ve been notified by the police that there has been a bit of a crime wave in our neighborhood and we should be on the look out for suspicious activity. details of the heinous crime? “between Monday and Wednesday, the…
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today is my one year anniversary at company e2 and also the completion of it’s acquisition by company h2. i now work for “e2 – an h2 company”. i don’t expect this will have any impact on me, but we…
yo romeo, where you hangin?
tonight we went to romeo & juliet at the royal nz ballet. second time to the rnz ballet for me, first for the jboss. it was going to be hard to top the performance of cinderella i saw a year…
oceania rules
[updated 24-AUG with final results] a slightly different way to look at the current olympic medal count
one year in
today marks the one year mark for me in new zealand. the highlights – public transport that works. a 3 block walk to my bus stop in island bay, a wait usually less than 10 minutes and i’m in the…
dirty tricks
we are nearing an election in new zealand so the level of political theatre is rising. the national party (more conservative) led by john key is currently ahead in the polls and on track to beat the labour party (more…
start the projector, dim the lights, cue the orchestra
going to the cinema here in wellington is quite a different experience than we’re used to at the boston megaplex. firstly there are several great old classic theatres to choose from – the penthouse in brooklyn, the embassy in the…
those funny aussies
a popular aussie tv programme – the gruen transfer – regularly challenges 2 ad agencies to create pitches to sell the unsellable previous challenges include: the return of child labour baghdad as a holiday spot whale meat this week – invading new zealand.…