Friday, August 25, 2006

With just over a week to go...

9 days to be precise, and ill be leacing the land of sheep, bungy and general mayhem.
It´s been a good deal of good times the last couple of weeks!
What´s surprising is that Ive been in Auckland for the past coupld of weeks, generally becuase of the small trifle that is finishing up a master´s project (shudder), but i´ve got to say that it wasnt as bad as i though it would be

in fact, its all been good fun, all work and all play, leaving little time for sleeping , but hey, that´s something i can catch up on later, right? perhaps my liver disagrees...

Anyhow, so the last couple of weeks, life in Auckland has been all about:

Work--> Sadly i did have to do some

Salsa --> The friday nights at the mexican cafe are always good fun



Ping Pong--> for those idle moments at the railway


Mass Movements--> it´s been great how everyone is up for everything! what a cool crowd!

The Strand--> The Ol´wednesday night classic, im surprised to say that i will miss the place. Mary Rocks!!

Tapas Thusday--> Quickly becoming the classic, turn up with a dish, a bottle of wine and the rest is just laughs


Jazz--> last night, in fact, loving old men playing jazz

Crepes--> A little tradition imported from the first semester kids


Comedy--> jokes are funnier when in kiwi accents

And general random nights, it´s become dangerous to go for dinner, since you never know what will happen to you!



And now, a bit of detox coming my way, since Im gong kayaking in the marlborough sounds! I leave tomorrow, should be good, have to wake up at 5 in the morning tho, which shouldnt be too much of a problem , as long as i skip dinner...

Note: I have become significanlty more lazy with my pictures, so all the ones from this post are all curtesy of good ol´ halli! cheers dude!

Monday, August 21, 2006

Nacho, the free dude...

...for now at least!

It's been a hectic couple of weeks of much work and many parties, and now it's all coming slowly to an end, what a shame!

I have basically been sleeping very little and have managed to succesffuly finish all my work, so that I can now head over to the Marlborough Sounds, in the South island for some kayaking action! Can't wait!

Interestingly, I also seem to have been having a great time! The new kids in the railway campus are respectably cool ;) so it's been pretty much non stop. All in good fun and never climbig to the roof of the railway campus... nononono...

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Oh my Lord

Here it is folks, the moment no one's been waiting for!
You though you were safe, but you will not be spared!

In a moment of absolute creeativity, and too much spare time, John, Mike and me created this epic photoseries that will have you begging for more!

Give it up for: The lordude of the Rings

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Kiwi Huntin'


>I hears they taste like chicken

Mt Ruapehu

The deadline for my project is looming, i can totally feel the pressure building up (if such a thing is possible in New Zealand) so I did the only logical thing I could have done: I went snowboarding this weekend, in hopes of breaking an arm to avoid the deadline! The oportunity of snowboarding in a volcano also sounded like a cool thing to do!

We went to Whakapapa, on the north-western slopes of Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand’s largest developed ski area. We stayed in this hut that belongs to the uni of Auckland and which is right on the snow side, awesome!

I have to say that things started pretty well and I was actually snowboarding, not just falling on my ass, but then I got a bit cocky and headed up to higher places:




needless to say, it was a painful way down, and though my writeup has not been compromised, sitting down for long periods of time has definately become more painful!

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Work is fun

... as fun as getting hit in the face with a five day old tuna fish, that is.

D-day for my thesis is rapidly approaching, (or looming as I prefer to say since it reflects better the sense of doom and gloom)so I'm having to work my little ass off!

These two pretty much sum up how I'm feeling at the moment!



By John Campbell, whose site is worth a check!

http://goodbyefoom.stereotypist.com/