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And so by Monday morning everything was neatly unpacked and in it’s place in the new apartment. All is well - the place needs a mop - but I am happy. My initial reservations were unfounded. While smaller the apartment is much nicer (no wall paper peeling off the walls) and more modern (instant hot water a major plus). It works out to be a 10 minute (brisk)walk to work from the new place so I am kidding myself that I am getting a bit of exercuse each day. Perhaps now if I took the stairs instead of the elevator and stopped eating so much I might get somewhere?! (I thought I miht get the new eye toy game for Playstation 2 that is like a work out with a physical trainer - that way it would be fun and I wouldn’t have to embaress my self (more than usual) at the gym. - We’ll see.
I have successfully cast my vote for New Zealand First despite the tempting proposition of voting for the NEW Zealand family rights protection party or the Republic of New Zealand Party (Why do they even bother?). The electorate was a bit harder to decide. I am a Manukau East voter by virtue of the 2 month stay with the Grandparents prior to my departure - and frankly the mix of independants, United Future and Maori Party candidates didn’t really do it for me - so the vote went to incumbant Labour MP Ross Robertson.
Let me preface my next comments by saying I feel for anyone who has been caught with their pants down by the shear force of mother nature. BUT as I was saying to Ken on Friday - whats up with people in New Orleans going fucking mental on it and looting and shooting at the cops and stuff! When the bottom of the North Island floods - as it is want to do from time to time - you don’t see people going nuts! Moreover how patronising in tone is CNN America? I am so happy that we get Hong Kong based CNN International here in Korea. Are people really that dumb in the US that they must be spoon fed there news and talked down to to such an extent?
Imagine my suprise when this morning (lunch time?) I flicked to channel 58 and found New Zealand comedy ‘The Strip’ playing with Korean subtitles. 30 minutes of homesickness later and i was off to work - wasn’t too bad - had it been set in Auckland I would have been a mess/ I dunno? There’s something in the air at the moment - but I wouldn’t mind a few days in Auckland - maybe a coffee at Atlas and Eggs Benedict at Cezan…
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