20 april
boat trip
bus
sembawang school ottawa auckland road fernleaf
dawn service
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Twenty Eleven
waitangi day 5th feb
6.3 earth quake 22 feb
cape fear acton 25 feb
earthquake appeal 6 march
memorial westminster and crusaders vz sharks 27 march
go see abby 1 april
kylie at o2 7 april
naked boys singing 15 april
royal wedding 29 april
trip to oxford, blenhem palace 13 april
isas 20 april
high tea 21 april
7's 22 april
6.3 earth quake 22 feb
cape fear acton 25 feb
earthquake appeal 6 march
memorial westminster and crusaders vz sharks 27 march
go see abby 1 april
kylie at o2 7 april
naked boys singing 15 april
royal wedding 29 april
trip to oxford, blenhem palace 13 april
isas 20 april
high tea 21 april
7's 22 april
Summer Travels with the Old Man
kneller hall
touring london
edinburgh
turkey, grand bizarre, blue mosk, io sofia cistern
wicked 22 sept
oktoberfest 2010
bbc tour 23 sept
touring london
edinburgh
turkey, grand bizarre, blue mosk, io sofia cistern
wicked 22 sept
oktoberfest 2010
bbc tour 23 sept
twenty 10
vue
heidi and ben get married 6 feb
avenue q 15 april
anzac day hyde park cnr 25 april
isa's 21 may
sevens 22 may
iow festival 11 - 14 june
green day 19 june
hard rock calling, pearl jam 25 june
kings of leon 30 june
bon jovi 23 june
tap dogs 24 june
hampton court palace 9 july
andersons (wales, iow, windsor and oxford, diksmuide beerfest 2/10)
carnival 2010 30 august
earthquake 4 sept 2010
abs vs england 6 nov
barbars vs sth africa 4 dec
abs vs wales 27 nov
heidi and ben get married 6 feb
avenue q 15 april
anzac day hyde park cnr 25 april
isa's 21 may
sevens 22 may
iow festival 11 - 14 june
green day 19 june
hard rock calling, pearl jam 25 june
kings of leon 30 june
bon jovi 23 june
tap dogs 24 june
hampton court palace 9 july
andersons (wales, iow, windsor and oxford, diksmuide beerfest 2/10)
carnival 2010 30 august
earthquake 4 sept 2010
abs vs england 6 nov
barbars vs sth africa 4 dec
abs vs wales 27 nov
Back End of 2009
Girls night at Cozzies 23 oct
Beks Birthday 24 oct
Nuns (and one in training) go to Church 25 october
(Sober) trip to Oxford 31 oct
Jades Birthday 6 november
abs vs babars 5 december
xmas party 11 dec
snow 2009!!
Beks Birthday 24 oct
Nuns (and one in training) go to Church 25 october
(Sober) trip to Oxford 31 oct
Jades Birthday 6 november
abs vs babars 5 december
xmas party 11 dec
snow 2009!!
Summer 2009
strange lying places 9 may soho theatre
ISA's 15 may
eurovision 16 may
sevens 24 may
globe theatre 31 may
kristys return 5 june
twenty 20 6 june
church again fluro 14 june
wimbledon 24 june
toast 2009 27 june clapham common
moved into 18 canada road 28 june
abbys marathon 12 july
greenwich 25 july
the soloist at somerset house 9 august
edinburgh 17 august
- walking tour
- tattoo
ice bar 22 august
nottinghill carnival 30 august
double header twickenham 5 september
abby and alenas leaving drinks 12 and 13 september
ISA's 15 may
eurovision 16 may
sevens 24 may
globe theatre 31 may
kristys return 5 june
twenty 20 6 june
church again fluro 14 june
wimbledon 24 june
toast 2009 27 june clapham common
moved into 18 canada road 28 june
abbys marathon 12 july
greenwich 25 july
the soloist at somerset house 9 august
edinburgh 17 august
- walking tour
- tattoo
ice bar 22 august
nottinghill carnival 30 august
double header twickenham 5 september
abby and alenas leaving drinks 12 and 13 september
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Nov 08 to Now-ish
Jack the Ripper Tour: Started at Tower Hill and went for a couple of hours, walking around the east of the central city where he killed and massacred the women, where they lived or lodged... we even walked in his foot steps, walking through a courtyard where the only way out was through a narrow archway. we saw a pub where he probably used to drink, was quite an interesting tour, although now know far too much about what the first ever serial killer did to his victims.
Ba-bars Vs Aus: on the 3 December 2008 the Barbarians played Australia at Wembly (which was amazing). It was a pretty scrappy game, ba-bars couldn't really get their shit sorted (obviously due to not playing together long) at one stage there was a it of a punch up which went trough one of the advertising boards and involved half the team!! George Gregan played for the Ba-Bars which was an interesting turn of events.
Work Christmas Party: On the 5th December the BSC took to the Thames and had their Christmas Party on a boat which left from Putney to well past the O2 then back again. it was a great night, too much drink and lots of dancing!
Ice Skating is a great winter past time in the capital city, Bek, Mez and I went to the Natural History Museum where a rink was set up outside under floodlights and fairy light covered trees. although only skating for and hour or so (and paying £14 to do so!!) it was quiet enough, especially dodging the the people trying to fly/not fall over and those that were confident but lacking the skill not to take anyone else out!!!
Christmas eve was spent at the walkie drinking lots of Redbull and Vodkas and dancing the night away. Christmas Day we had an Orphans Christmas at Hotel Bracewell Road while trying to recover from the night before I cooked Christmas Dinner with the help from Abby and Andre... turned out not too bad ... apart from Crispy potatoes it wasn't too bad!!!
The morning after the night before...
New Years 2008/2009 was spent at a pub on Embankment, and even though we were so close we ended up watching the fireworks on the telly in the pub!! it was a great night spent with Erica and Beks, they even got me in a dress for the James Bond Themed Ball. Lots of drink was had and a free trip home thanks to TfL!!
The Tower of London is a must see/do of London. Its great to see where Ann Boelyn was beheaded, and buried, to see ancient graffiti of people who are about to be put to death or imprisoned in the Tower of London and to hear of all the blood gory stories that are associated with this historic building. it is also where the Crown Jewels are kept, although we didn't get a chance to see them, no doubt I will be back to see it again!
On the 2nd February we had a snow day which literally shut down the entire city of London. all tubes and buses were stopped making getting anywhere virtually impossible. After it was clear we had a day off work we all headed down to the park at the end of our street and built mammoth snowmen and had snow ball fights.
Waitangi day in London is a big deal... it starts at 11 am at Paddington Station where usually traveling on the Circle line to Westminster we walked most of the way due to it being down for 'works'. From Paddington, we walked to Bayswater.. Nottinghill Gate (where some cricket took place) onto Kensington High Street, where it was time to get a feed to soak up some of the Alcohol...from there we walked onto Gloucester Road... caught the District line to St James Park and walked to Parliament Square. The Square looked green before and a mud pit after!! there were several Hakas and then the mud bath began with everyone being tackled to the ground. Aftwards we made our way to Hammersmith for a feed then to the She Bu walkie to finish off the night. I managed to get my drink spiked... which took a couple of days to recover from. But apart from that it was an awesome day out and surprisingly with the number of people, there were no reported incidents, all the cops that we met along the way were in pretty good spirits and would stop and have a chat every now and again.
Lindsay, my brother, left at the end of February to move back to Melbourne with his girlfriend Dani. We spent an awesome day together doing stuff he had yet to cover in London, we saw the Rosetta stone, went via Big Ben and found the Speights Pub called the Southerner.
Alena, Abby, Jade, Kristy and I all piled into a hire car, then exited the car and piled into a less funny smelling car, and headed off on our road trip to Stone Henge, Salisbury and (literally) a flying visit to Windsor. After a few wrong turns, and riding a few curbs (thanks Alena) we found Stone Henge, walked around a while taking in the rocks and the possibility of their meaning... piling back into the car and headed to Salisbury a town which has a Cathedral which holds an excellent copy of the Magna Carta. the Magna Carta is a document written by nobles o force the King at the time (I forget which one) to obey some form of rules so he couldn't treat his subjects like crap. we thought we would visit Windsor on the way home, but unfortunately couldn't find the turn off, so only got as far as the motorway!!
St Paddy's Day in London, is a pretty low key affair, there is a parade on the weekend prior, and it consisted of a few vintage vehicles, some flatbed trucks with Irish Dancers on them, Pipe and Brass bands. Most exciting part was Borris Johnson at the front!!
St Paddy's Day in Dublin was much more exciting... although, there was more alcohol involved!! we started at about 11am and placed ourselves in prime parade viewing spot in a pub called The Citi. after having breakfast we got stuck into the doubles which were over 6 Euro!!! Guinness wasn't that much better at 4.90 a Euro. but it was a great day out and the parade was amazing, with massive float and performers and bands from all over the world. after a feed of pizza we jumped on the train and headed back to Sams wee town to the bar called the Roost. after a long day we were all in bed relatively early... not as young as I used to be!!! went into town the next day and met up with Erica and spent the afternoon sitting next to the river Liffy in the sun.
Every year a boat race is held on the Thames between Putney Bridge and Cheswick Bridge, between the rowing teams of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Lot of people head to the river with blankets, champagne, wine, cheese, crackers etc!!! these people sure know how to watch a boat race... then you could pick the kiwis and aussies with their jandles, cider and funnels!!! the race was pretty intense with is being quiet close most of the way, until Oxford pulled away and Cambridge crashed into them on purpose, hoping to throw out the rowers, it didn't work and Oxford won by quiet a large lead in the end. a good day out and even the sun made a short appearance!
Ba-bars Vs Aus: on the 3 December 2008 the Barbarians played Australia at Wembly (which was amazing). It was a pretty scrappy game, ba-bars couldn't really get their shit sorted (obviously due to not playing together long) at one stage there was a it of a punch up which went trough one of the advertising boards and involved half the team!! George Gregan played for the Ba-Bars which was an interesting turn of events.
Work Christmas Party: On the 5th December the BSC took to the Thames and had their Christmas Party on a boat which left from Putney to well past the O2 then back again. it was a great night, too much drink and lots of dancing!
Ice Skating is a great winter past time in the capital city, Bek, Mez and I went to the Natural History Museum where a rink was set up outside under floodlights and fairy light covered trees. although only skating for and hour or so (and paying £14 to do so!!) it was quiet enough, especially dodging the the people trying to fly/not fall over and those that were confident but lacking the skill not to take anyone else out!!!
Christmas eve was spent at the walkie drinking lots of Redbull and Vodkas and dancing the night away. Christmas Day we had an Orphans Christmas at Hotel Bracewell Road while trying to recover from the night before I cooked Christmas Dinner with the help from Abby and Andre... turned out not too bad ... apart from Crispy potatoes it wasn't too bad!!!
The morning after the night before...
New Years 2008/2009 was spent at a pub on Embankment, and even though we were so close we ended up watching the fireworks on the telly in the pub!! it was a great night spent with Erica and Beks, they even got me in a dress for the James Bond Themed Ball. Lots of drink was had and a free trip home thanks to TfL!!
The Tower of London is a must see/do of London. Its great to see where Ann Boelyn was beheaded, and buried, to see ancient graffiti of people who are about to be put to death or imprisoned in the Tower of London and to hear of all the blood gory stories that are associated with this historic building. it is also where the Crown Jewels are kept, although we didn't get a chance to see them, no doubt I will be back to see it again!
On the 2nd February we had a snow day which literally shut down the entire city of London. all tubes and buses were stopped making getting anywhere virtually impossible. After it was clear we had a day off work we all headed down to the park at the end of our street and built mammoth snowmen and had snow ball fights.
Waitangi day in London is a big deal... it starts at 11 am at Paddington Station where usually traveling on the Circle line to Westminster we walked most of the way due to it being down for 'works'. From Paddington, we walked to Bayswater.. Nottinghill Gate (where some cricket took place) onto Kensington High Street, where it was time to get a feed to soak up some of the Alcohol...from there we walked onto Gloucester Road... caught the District line to St James Park and walked to Parliament Square. The Square looked green before and a mud pit after!! there were several Hakas and then the mud bath began with everyone being tackled to the ground. Aftwards we made our way to Hammersmith for a feed then to the She Bu walkie to finish off the night. I managed to get my drink spiked... which took a couple of days to recover from. But apart from that it was an awesome day out and surprisingly with the number of people, there were no reported incidents, all the cops that we met along the way were in pretty good spirits and would stop and have a chat every now and again.
Lindsay, my brother, left at the end of February to move back to Melbourne with his girlfriend Dani. We spent an awesome day together doing stuff he had yet to cover in London, we saw the Rosetta stone, went via Big Ben and found the Speights Pub called the Southerner.
Alena, Abby, Jade, Kristy and I all piled into a hire car, then exited the car and piled into a less funny smelling car, and headed off on our road trip to Stone Henge, Salisbury and (literally) a flying visit to Windsor. After a few wrong turns, and riding a few curbs (thanks Alena) we found Stone Henge, walked around a while taking in the rocks and the possibility of their meaning... piling back into the car and headed to Salisbury a town which has a Cathedral which holds an excellent copy of the Magna Carta. the Magna Carta is a document written by nobles o force the King at the time (I forget which one) to obey some form of rules so he couldn't treat his subjects like crap. we thought we would visit Windsor on the way home, but unfortunately couldn't find the turn off, so only got as far as the motorway!!
St Paddy's Day in London, is a pretty low key affair, there is a parade on the weekend prior, and it consisted of a few vintage vehicles, some flatbed trucks with Irish Dancers on them, Pipe and Brass bands. Most exciting part was Borris Johnson at the front!!
St Paddy's Day in Dublin was much more exciting... although, there was more alcohol involved!! we started at about 11am and placed ourselves in prime parade viewing spot in a pub called The Citi. after having breakfast we got stuck into the doubles which were over 6 Euro!!! Guinness wasn't that much better at 4.90 a Euro. but it was a great day out and the parade was amazing, with massive float and performers and bands from all over the world. after a feed of pizza we jumped on the train and headed back to Sams wee town to the bar called the Roost. after a long day we were all in bed relatively early... not as young as I used to be!!! went into town the next day and met up with Erica and spent the afternoon sitting next to the river Liffy in the sun.
Every year a boat race is held on the Thames between Putney Bridge and Cheswick Bridge, between the rowing teams of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Lot of people head to the river with blankets, champagne, wine, cheese, crackers etc!!! these people sure know how to watch a boat race... then you could pick the kiwis and aussies with their jandles, cider and funnels!!! the race was pretty intense with is being quiet close most of the way, until Oxford pulled away and Cambridge crashed into them on purpose, hoping to throw out the rowers, it didn't work and Oxford won by quiet a large lead in the end. a good day out and even the sun made a short appearance!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
October 2008 to November 2008
James Blunt: on the 14 October 2008, Brook (flatmate) and I did the mission from work (in the West) to the O2 (in the East) to check out James Blunt. The concert went off, although the effects were minimal, he was a great singer and at one stage jumped off the stage running down isles of screaming women to a platform in the middle of the the audience where he played the piano. Was excellent live although may have been better in a more intimate setting than the massive O2, which incidentally is the the largest single-roofed structure in the world, now arnt you glad you read this. :)
All Blacks: On the 22 November 2008 all the flatmates and I jumped in a bus and headed to Cardiff, Wales for the All Blacks vs Wales game. We got to our hotel and headed straight to a pub, where I dared Andre to shout 'Go the All Blacks!!' in a typical welsh pub... needless to say you could have heard a pin drop afterwards. We went back to our dive of a Hotel (after they had cleaned up the glass and put the door back on the cupboard!) and got geared up for the night ahead. We headed to the main street and had a few drinks prior to the game. During the haka it was hard to hear due to the deaffening chant of Wales Wales Wales Wales... then there was the stand off between the 2 teams... which felt like went on for ever. The game was awesome my first All Blacks game ever. Afterwards, we all went into town and drank the night away... also attending the Welsh Walkie!! :)
Dave Dobbyn: On the 28 November 2008 a group of us headed to Portobello road in Nottinghill to see Dave Dobbyn. He played all his new stuff in the first set. In the second set he rocked out all the old stuff. Half way through the entire audience started singing Slice of Heaven... da da da dodo da da da and he asked 'do you not know the rest of the words,' so everyone rocked out 'Hey, I got a lot of faith in you I'll stick with you kid, that's the bottom line' and he just said 'all in good time'... o for oarsome!
All Blacks: On the 22 November 2008 all the flatmates and I jumped in a bus and headed to Cardiff, Wales for the All Blacks vs Wales game. We got to our hotel and headed straight to a pub, where I dared Andre to shout 'Go the All Blacks!!' in a typical welsh pub... needless to say you could have heard a pin drop afterwards. We went back to our dive of a Hotel (after they had cleaned up the glass and put the door back on the cupboard!) and got geared up for the night ahead. We headed to the main street and had a few drinks prior to the game. During the haka it was hard to hear due to the deaffening chant of Wales Wales Wales Wales... then there was the stand off between the 2 teams... which felt like went on for ever. The game was awesome my first All Blacks game ever. Afterwards, we all went into town and drank the night away... also attending the Welsh Walkie!! :)
Dave Dobbyn: On the 28 November 2008 a group of us headed to Portobello road in Nottinghill to see Dave Dobbyn. He played all his new stuff in the first set. In the second set he rocked out all the old stuff. Half way through the entire audience started singing Slice of Heaven... da da da dodo da da da and he asked 'do you not know the rest of the words,' so everyone rocked out 'Hey, I got a lot of faith in you I'll stick with you kid, that's the bottom line' and he just said 'all in good time'... o for oarsome!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Toast Festival
I went to a festival called Toast on Saturday. It was a kiwi festival, celebrating everything kiwi!! I paid £5 for a NZ lamb and mint-sauce burger, that’s almost $15 for a burger, but I would do it again, I didn’t realize how much I missed NZ meat... by the way, all donations of meat from NZ greatly appreciated!! Just throw it in an envelope and send it this way!! :) For sale were t-shirts for Africa with Kiwi designs, Tim Tams, Minties, Grainwaves, not to mention the Monteiths and Speights, and kiwi wine. Appearances by Dan Carter and Zin Zan Brooke and Opshop and Supergroove played!! Scorpi-oprpi-orpio Girl!!! It was a fantastic day out, I say day as we started drinking around midday... :) Good times!
But the biggest thing I realised was how amazing it was to see the turnout and the pride and enthusiasm everyone had for everything from home. Practically everyone had a piece of ‘kiwiana’ on be it a ‘next Palmy mayor’ t-shirt to greenstone and bone carvings as far as the eye could see. Its an amazing culture here, there is no Pakeha, Maori or Polynesian, everyone is just ... Kiwi, and we proudly display New Zealand like walking billboards with our clothing, jewelry, bags, blow up kiwis, hats and yes even the tricky art of wearing flags. It is not so much where you come from as it is an identity that we all relate to, we are kiwis and we are proud of it. It makes you realise if all the expats went home the culture of New Zealand would be for the better.
We are all so far from home, its nice to be in a room with people whom you can relate... and mourn the loss of Snifters, Tangy Fruits and Sparkles together.
But the biggest thing I realised was how amazing it was to see the turnout and the pride and enthusiasm everyone had for everything from home. Practically everyone had a piece of ‘kiwiana’ on be it a ‘next Palmy mayor’ t-shirt to greenstone and bone carvings as far as the eye could see. Its an amazing culture here, there is no Pakeha, Maori or Polynesian, everyone is just ... Kiwi, and we proudly display New Zealand like walking billboards with our clothing, jewelry, bags, blow up kiwis, hats and yes even the tricky art of wearing flags. It is not so much where you come from as it is an identity that we all relate to, we are kiwis and we are proud of it. It makes you realise if all the expats went home the culture of New Zealand would be for the better.
We are all so far from home, its nice to be in a room with people whom you can relate... and mourn the loss of Snifters, Tangy Fruits and Sparkles together.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Photos from Contiki Part 2
Venice
Corfu, Greece
Sunrise in Greece
Pompeii
Trivi Fountain
Colosseum
Rome
St Pauls
Florence
Fake David
Pisa
The Chateau we stayed at in France
Corfu, Greece
Sunrise in Greece
Pompeii
Trivi Fountain
Colosseum
Rome
St Pauls
Florence
Fake David
Pisa
The Chateau we stayed at in France
Monday, September 15, 2008
Photos from Contiki Part 1
Beach and town of Nice
Beaujelais Wine Region France
The Grand Casino, Monaco
Mona Lisa
Me and the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triumph
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