NZ update

I'm in the mountains on the south island of New Zealand... and it's cold! The clothes I have don't even begin to cut it in terms of keeping my warm! I'm having a good time though, which is the most important thing!

This is just a quick non-update really, I can't believe in 11 days I'll be home!

A day in my life: 20th June 2008

Below is a copy and paste of an entry I wrote to a livejournal community, a day in my life, in 2008 when I was living in New Zealand. I've been looking for it for a while and was over the moon to find it! So I'm reposting it here on 16/7/12. Such sweet memories (and embarassing writing!)

Good morning!







I'm rudely awaken by the alarm going off way too early for my liking! Adam gets out of bed and into the shower, and I eventually get out of bed and start to get ready for work too.



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After I've brushed my teeth, we're both ready so it's time to head off. I always walk to work, even though it takes the best part of 45-50 minutes. It's a nice walk though, and for the first half hour I'm walking with Adam which is lovely! ♥ We get to bitch about our housemates with no fear of being heard, lol!



The Auckland skyline





Bye Adam!





Normally I can resist the sirens call that is Starbucks; lulling me into a false sense of security and drawing me in, before sending me crashing on the rocks of weight gain, addiction and an empty purse...



But not today! Probably because I didn't have breakfast. I get a hot chocolate, and then head off to an internet cafe (I don't have internet in my house, so whenever I come online I had to go to an internet cafe!)





I chat to my mum and dad and sister on MSN for a while, and do all the facebook/LJ stuff (you can see a photo of ! Hehe!), and I write my letter of resignation and send it off to the agency I'm working for.

Time check:



Uh-oh! Best get to work!



I work as a debt collector, and today we were having a "Movie Day"! Basically, people dressed up themselves and their workstations in the theme of a film or a TV programme. Here's ours:









Can anyone guess what TV show we were doing?!
Here's what other teams did:











I get an email from my travel agent, so on my lunch break I quickly eat my lunch and then I go and pick up our tickets for our holiday.



Back to work








Time check:



After work, I get changed and Adam meets me outside. We walk across the road from my work to the harbour, and we're going on a Christmas cruise!









Boys are disgusting. He knew I was taking a picture of him, but burped anyway







There were a lot of older people there, and the DJ was playing mostly cheesy party tunes, which I love!





After the party, we jumped straight into a taxi, and straight back home.



It was quite late by the time we got home, and Adam had to be up at 7:30 to go to work!



Night!

An update!

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned, but I’ve been getting into the spirit of Christmas a little early this year. About seven months early, in fact!

I blame the weather. The fact that it’s turning cold and frosty here is making me feel like Christmas is just around the corner. It’s hard getting used to the opposite seasons! It wasn’t bad in Australia , I never really felt it. Winter there didn’t really feel that much different to the British summer! The mornings and evenings would be a bit on the chilly side but the days could still get really warm. But it’s a little colder here in New Zealand . I’ll be walking down the street to work, and all of a sudden “All I want for Christmas is you” will pop into my head, or I’ll start to wonder what presents I should get my sisters!

Hopefully, I’ve found a solution now though! This weekend Adam and I caught a ferry out to Waiheke Island (which is where the photo was taken!) and we saw a flyer for… a Christmas party! It’s on a boat that sails around the harbour, and you get a Christmas dinner and drinks and they play Christmas songs all night. I’m going to buy the tickets today, I’m hoping that if I go it will get Christmas out of my system for a while; that I’ll be able to trick myself into believing that it has been Christmas so I can think about something else!

I guess there’s nothing wrong with getting into the Christmas spirit a little early though, at least it makes me want to be kind! Especially as (with all the thinking about it I’ve been doing) I’ve decided that I want to make homemade gifts for everyone this year, I’ll have to make a start as soon as I get home anyway!

We're going to Fiji!

Only three weeks and one and a half days left to go at work!

Adam and I booked a holiday to Fiji, and we're going on the first of July, and I'm so excited! Not only for the holiday, but also for the fact that it means even less time at work before I go!

I can't wait to go to Fiji though now; we have four nights on the main island touring around, then four nights partying on beachcomber island and three nights in between.

Exciting!

Campervan weekend

Today is my last day of being 21!

Tomorrow I'll be 22, and that feels very strange. I'll be well into my 20's then! I still feel about 17, lol.

We've rented a campervan for the long weekend, so that should be good fun. We'll drive over to Mount Maunganui. It'll probably be quite cold... May in the Southern Hemisphere is probably the equivalent or similar to November in the Northern Hemisphere. Luckily I've got a hot water bottle, some cosy pyjamas and a warm boy to cuddle up to, so hopefully it shouldn't be too bad!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Update: Here are some photos from the weekend!