Fernweh

Here down South it’s definitely colder than in Wellington – more like proper winter, with temperatures here in Christchurch around 5 degrees. That wouldn’t be bad, but in addition it’s very wet – especially yesterday it felt a bit like the end of the world, it was raining so hard. *shivers* I ended up going [...]

The evening out with Rathy, Michelle and Jessica was lovely. First yummy Thai food, then incredible dessert at Strawberry Fare (seriously, I almost melted at the first bite of the warm raspberry-drenched chocolate cake) and finally a drink at Jet bar. Have I mentioned that I don’t want to leave? But tomorrow I have to [...]

Everything’s packed and I gave my keys to Meredith. Not as many boxes as I’d feared, but oh, it was hard! Trying to get excited about going down South tomorrow, but not quite there yet. I’m more thrilled about my Australia trip at the moment: Staying with a friend in Melbourne, then a three-day tour [...]

Uploaded the photos from last weekend, including a couple Michelle took. You can see them here. (Photos of Denise’s kids aren’t public, though.) Other than that I’ve started packing up all my stuff. So far it’s 2 book boxes, 1 big box and my suitcase, but I’m thinking there’ll be another box with the winter [...]

Another visit with Roger, and I walked away with my last (well, for the time being at least *g*) tattoo after only a bit over half an hour’s work: I’m so happy with it, it’s the perfect commemoration of New Zealand. It’s a kirituhi (a Maori-style tattoo, but not a proper moko), a koru, symbolizing [...]

Before the Narnia movie (which I loved, and not just because I recognized a number of stunning New Zealand locations) I went to see Kathy, my hairdresser here. The result: Quite short, but that’s the fun with short hair – growing it out doesn’t take very long at all!

Wrote my very last exam this morning. No idea how it went, really, but there’s no use in stressing out about it – I’ll just have to wait for the results. Some of them might already be released next week, when exam time officially finishes, but I should definitely know before I leave. Later today [...]

Really relieved I survived the two exams this week. Not sure at all how I did – I’m thinking ‘middling’ and hoping for ‘okay’. Now I have a week until the next one, which will be the last exam ever in my university career! I have some stuff to do until then (like get my [...]

Study week is almost over – my first exam is tomorrow afternoon. I don’t know if I’ve studied enough, if I’ll remember all those finicky little details, but there’s not much I can do about that now except revise some more. Yesterday I watched a couple of movies with Michelle (and a very sleepy Rathy) [...]

So I had my very last day of regular uni on Friday. Reviews for my three upcoming exams, so it doesn’t really feel as if I’ll never sit in a lecture theatre again. And exam preparation is what this week should be all about – however, so far I haven’t even started yet. Mostly for [...]