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One of my photos (of the Chocolate Fish Café) ended up in an online guide to Wellington.

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There was an emergency house meeting just now, because apparently a guy who lived here committed suicide this morning. I don’t think I ever met him, but it is a very disturbing thought that someone ended his life here in my building.
They offer counseling, and RAs (Residential Advisors) will be around, plus a priest [...]

This week’s been quite exciting – not only did I have a test on Thursday and am currently writing a 1500 word assignment for tomorrow, but I also had to decide where to move to. The flat I viewed Wednesday evening turned out to be really nice, as was the girl who showed it to [...]

On Saturday we went up the coast to Tongapurutu (or something like that) – amid absolutely breathtaking scenery the six of us enjoyed a wonderful day! You can also find a couple of photos from last week, when I had to say goodbye to Masumi, who injured her knee and went back home to Japan [...]

After a wonderful weekend (photographic evidence will follow), today started less than wonderful, with humid heat and cramps (the joys of being a woman…) to accompany a long lecture and tutorial. However, I did get my grades for the Human Resources paper I took before Christmas – a very satisfactory A-. Now, if only I [...]

I’ll be spending the weekend with Denise and her family in New Plymouth. Looking very much forward to that, although I’ll also have to at least try and get some studying done – I have a test and an essay coming up next week. Still, I really wanted to use the chance to go up [...]

In my case this mostly means that I should be doing homework for class. However, so far I haven’t even cracked open the book. Instead, this morning I met up with Denise and some of her family at Te Papa, the beautiful museum at the waterfront. I’m planning to go up to New [...]

Had my first viewing today. Furnished one-bedroom flats or studios aren’t very common and furnished rooms in flats even less so, so I don’t expect to find a place as nice as Education House. Still, I don’t think I’ll send in the application for this one unless I really have to – small, dark, no [...]

I’ve uploaded the photos I took during my trip on the South Island to my New Zealand album – lots of good memories there…

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We had lots of fun last night at the Southern Cross. Silva and Masumi couldn’t come, but Kathrin, Tony and Emma were there, plus Emma’s boyfriend (whose Icelandic name I really have no idea how to spell).
We had dinner, ate the yummy cake and then sat out in the beautiful courtyard just talking. I [...]