WRITTEN ON Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
On one of my trips to New Zealand, I spent some time on the plane watching a documentary about Kiwi English. I found it really funny and, most importantly, very interesting for anyone visiting/moving to New Zealand, as well as New Zealanders or simply people who are interested in language and how it develops.
I tried [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
My lovelies,
I started writing this post with a feeling of “I wish my life was slightly more ‘blog-able’ so I wouldn’t spend so long without coming back here” but I guess that’s not really what I want to say anymore. I’m not sure if it’s a case of having blogging material or not (so many [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, March 1st, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
And just when you thought that a roadtrip with fun people followed by a crazy ride in a zorb wasn’t enough to make it a good day, comes an afternoon relaxing at the hot pools in the Polyneasian Spa.
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WRITTEN ON Monday, March 1st, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
I had been wanting to have a go at Zorbing since the first time I heard about the crazy “sport”. It basically involves rolling downhill inside a giant inflatable ball. There’s two ways to do it: strapped to the zorb, going down the hill on a straight route or having a bit of water inside [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
step 1. start the weekend with dinner with your girlfriends, drink wine and watch a movie that makes you laugh.
step 2. have brunch somewhere nice with said girlfriends.
step 3. take a nap. never underestimate the importance of a good nap.
step 4. have dinner with fun people.
step 5. watch more movies that put you in a [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
(summer here in the southern hemisphere, that is)
I know it’s already February and we’re half way through Summer down here but before the sky goes all grey again and the coats need to get out of the closet, here’s the plan:
- run more, run more often, run for longer.
- go strawberry picking (apparently every single [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
1. As a listaholic, the best thing in life is to have your wishlists and your to do lists be one and the same (or at least to be able to move items from the wishlist to a to do list on a regular basis, and then tick them off). I’m always so happy when [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
picnics, barbecues, sun, strawberries, smiles, ice cream, fish and chips on the beach, blue skies.
next week, christmas! the sequence still feels weird to me.
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 7th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
The last month was a month of absolute insanity, with work and nanowrimo taking up pretty much all of my time awake. Still, a girl’s gotta have some distractions so, even if the cultural life was way slower than what it should have been, there was still time to go to a couple of really [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, December 6th, 2009 BY kiwivera AND STORED IN kiwiland
from here.
