I was going to go on a cruise today across to the Coromandel Peninsula, but seem to have come down with some sort sickness, akin to a cold or possibly healing crisis given that i've been living on fruits, veges and nuts for the last 3 days. Hopefully today will be the worst of it, as day 3 usually is.
Asian supermarkets, I have decided are the cheapest sellers of fruit around. I only discovered the local one a week ago and the prices there are the same or better than the Sandringham market twice a week that i usually try to go to, when my work schedule permits.
Owing to the fact that I feel horrible i shouldn't really be making plans to drive back to hamilton, but seeing my mum always makes me feel better. And i have to carry my nephews very oversized present back to him. But he won't see it til christmas. But I think he'll really like it.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Thoughts of the moment
I'm going to Sydney in two months. Mostly to see my friend who just came to see me, but also because I have leave right then and I want to go somewhere, and its just convenient having cheap flights and a free place to stay in another country. They also seem to have really yummy pineapples in australia, much better than the ones here, and fruit is not a thing you can just carry into new zealand, you get in big trouble for things like that.
Today i went to a wedding. It was lovely. Radiant bride, bashful groom, he wrote his wife a song and pre-recorded it to use as their first dance song, lots of family, yummy food. And yet after I left i felt kind of hollow. Its a weird feeling, feeling like that. I can't quite explain it.
I turn 30 this year. I hope i'm not going to have a psycho mental breakdown, like my flatmate did when she hit 30. I have heard (remembering some random voice in my past) that 30 to 35 is when a person is in the prime of their life. I would like to believe that, since there isn't much else to look forward to otherwise. Going downhill from 25 is an unappealing idea, pushing it back to going downhill from 35 is much more preferable, thats a leeway of a whole other 5 years.
I went on a blind date a couple of weeks ago. He said he would call. He hasn't. I'm not quite sure what to take from that. Is it more a reflection on me or on him?
I'm wondering the outcome of the game against the Springboks. We could see and hear the game fireworks from our house far from the stadium, and i could also hear african singing, i thought it was from the church because I had totally forgotten about the game. Apparently the Springboks hung out in the gold coast for the last few days because they said Hamilton is boring and theres nothing to do here, which prompted widespread news coverage and radio talkback of the pro's and con's of being in Hamilton. I'm sure there was much animated discussion though I didn't hear any of it because I don't have a radio (except in my car, AM only) and the tv is in the house not the sleepout where I am.
I lost my watch on wednesday. Its a small thing but it was very gutting at the time. I was in Lynn mall and I have no idea at what point it fell off. I retraced my steps insofar as I could remember them but no gold glimmer did I see. I've had that watch for nearly 10 years it was very disappointing to lose it. My wrist feels naked but I don't want to rush out and get a replacement. Strange, I've never mourned the loss of an object before.
I emailed an elder from my mission to ask if he had a group photo from this time we had a get together, and he said he did but wasn't sure where all his mission photos were since they moved. Then his wife, who was my companion, emailed me and said, You just have to ask the right person, I know where the photos are, I'll send you a copy, and voila there it was. I thought it was hilarious that he had no clue where any of his stuff was and she knew exactly where it was.
Tonight my sister was going out saturday night shopping and gave me a pointed look and I asked if i could go for a ride. When we got into the car she said she had wanted to ask if i wanted to come but didn't want to say it out loud, in case her visitors thought she was talking to them. So she tried to telepathically project it to me. We've never had telepathy between ourselves, despite being twins, so it was quite cool that it worked. I just all of a sudden noticed she was leaving and had a strong desire to go too.
This entry feels more like a journal entry than any post i've ever written before. I feel like i've said to much about a whole lot of nothing, and yet I feel better for having gotten it out of my system.
Today i went to a wedding. It was lovely. Radiant bride, bashful groom, he wrote his wife a song and pre-recorded it to use as their first dance song, lots of family, yummy food. And yet after I left i felt kind of hollow. Its a weird feeling, feeling like that. I can't quite explain it.
I turn 30 this year. I hope i'm not going to have a psycho mental breakdown, like my flatmate did when she hit 30. I have heard (remembering some random voice in my past) that 30 to 35 is when a person is in the prime of their life. I would like to believe that, since there isn't much else to look forward to otherwise. Going downhill from 25 is an unappealing idea, pushing it back to going downhill from 35 is much more preferable, thats a leeway of a whole other 5 years.
I went on a blind date a couple of weeks ago. He said he would call. He hasn't. I'm not quite sure what to take from that. Is it more a reflection on me or on him?
I'm wondering the outcome of the game against the Springboks. We could see and hear the game fireworks from our house far from the stadium, and i could also hear african singing, i thought it was from the church because I had totally forgotten about the game. Apparently the Springboks hung out in the gold coast for the last few days because they said Hamilton is boring and theres nothing to do here, which prompted widespread news coverage and radio talkback of the pro's and con's of being in Hamilton. I'm sure there was much animated discussion though I didn't hear any of it because I don't have a radio (except in my car, AM only) and the tv is in the house not the sleepout where I am.
I lost my watch on wednesday. Its a small thing but it was very gutting at the time. I was in Lynn mall and I have no idea at what point it fell off. I retraced my steps insofar as I could remember them but no gold glimmer did I see. I've had that watch for nearly 10 years it was very disappointing to lose it. My wrist feels naked but I don't want to rush out and get a replacement. Strange, I've never mourned the loss of an object before.
I emailed an elder from my mission to ask if he had a group photo from this time we had a get together, and he said he did but wasn't sure where all his mission photos were since they moved. Then his wife, who was my companion, emailed me and said, You just have to ask the right person, I know where the photos are, I'll send you a copy, and voila there it was. I thought it was hilarious that he had no clue where any of his stuff was and she knew exactly where it was.
Tonight my sister was going out saturday night shopping and gave me a pointed look and I asked if i could go for a ride. When we got into the car she said she had wanted to ask if i wanted to come but didn't want to say it out loud, in case her visitors thought she was talking to them. So she tried to telepathically project it to me. We've never had telepathy between ourselves, despite being twins, so it was quite cool that it worked. I just all of a sudden noticed she was leaving and had a strong desire to go too.
This entry feels more like a journal entry than any post i've ever written before. I feel like i've said to much about a whole lot of nothing, and yet I feel better for having gotten it out of my system.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Goat Island
My friend Hollie is visiting me this week from australia, well she's working here as well. Today we went up to Goat island and she convinced me to go snorkeling for the first time ever. Goat Island is a beautiful protected marine reserve full of fish of all kinds, sea life and sting rays. Luckily we didn't see any sting rays. I also got to wear a wetsuit for the first time, that was an experience in and of itself.
We headed out into the water following some advice from divers who were just coming in from the water, swam around looking at all the fish. Saw a mangled penguin lying at the bottom of the ocean, a guy in a kayak offered to show us where some crayfish were. We followed him but since he said they were well under a rock we opted to not try and see them.
On our way back in we were on the lookout for sting rays, but Im quite glad we didn't encounter any, as I really think I would have panicked, thinking of Steven Irwins untimely death.
There were a lot of jellyfish in the water, I got a big fright the first time i looked up and there was one right by my head almost in my hair. There were a lot of purple and clear veined ones on the way back into the beach. By the time i got there my ankles and calves were so sore from using the flippers, i was relieved to get back on land.
Beautiful weather, and a novel experience, what more could you want?
We headed out into the water following some advice from divers who were just coming in from the water, swam around looking at all the fish. Saw a mangled penguin lying at the bottom of the ocean, a guy in a kayak offered to show us where some crayfish were. We followed him but since he said they were well under a rock we opted to not try and see them.
On our way back in we were on the lookout for sting rays, but Im quite glad we didn't encounter any, as I really think I would have panicked, thinking of Steven Irwins untimely death.
There were a lot of jellyfish in the water, I got a big fright the first time i looked up and there was one right by my head almost in my hair. There were a lot of purple and clear veined ones on the way back into the beach. By the time i got there my ankles and calves were so sore from using the flippers, i was relieved to get back on land.
Beautiful weather, and a novel experience, what more could you want?
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