by Chris | Feb 10, 2008 | Blog
I went to my first cricket game on Saturday, a One Day International between the Blackcaps and England. England won the toss and decided to bat, and boy was their innings boring. Not a single 6 from them and they went all out for 130 runs in 49.4 overs. New Zealand...
by Chris | Feb 6, 2008 | Blog
Yesterday was another public holiday in New Zealand, Waitangi day. The problem with public holidays in New Zealand is that if an employee works on a public holiday they are entitled to time and a half and a day in lieu. Speaking to several part time university...
by Chris | Jan 30, 2008 | Blog
The biggest party of the year and I am going. The parade of nations was on today, same as last year, not that interesting. Tomorrow though I’m taking off work at noon to head over to the stadium for the fun. All 30,000 tickets sold out in 5 minutes but I managed to...
by Chris | Jan 28, 2008 | Blog
Saturday was the annual Wellington Cup, supposedly the biggest racing event in New Zealand. The event was held at Trentham which is about an hour train ride from Wellington. It was good fun with all the people in classy dress for the races, but it was also a bit...
by Chris | Jan 26, 2008 | Blog
When did manners go out of style? When did it become socially acceptable to close a door on someone’s face or renege on favours owed to someone? I don’t consider “Oh, I didn’t know” an acceptable response, maybe something more along the lines of “I am a completely...
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