About the Hunterway (actaully spelt Huntaway haha)

According to the Hunterville Huntaway Festival brochure (Hunterville is a village/settlement/area in NZ) - The Huntaway was developed after Shepherds were intrigued by how a sheep dogs in NZ started using their voice to drive sheep. Using slective breeding of barking-heading dogs and many other breeds crossed to gain the dsired characteristics of a Huntaway. These involving the Labrador, Fox Hound, Border Collie and German Sheperd to name just a few.

Thus resulting in the New Zealand Huntaway, whichu rges sheep to move with its voice along......they say (and every other man and dog pune not intended tell me) that they are highly intelligent as well as being very much a "one man dog." Though breed with stamina that keeps on going allllllll day long.

Haha Ive learnt I have a highly energetic dog, and really should do things with Abby ie taking her walks more often and playing with her to tier her out....other wise she will get bored...hence why the backyard is like WW3 has hit it..they arent really a breed that should be kept in the suburbs...and they arent really a "pet" breed they are more so for working.....


Abby is a Huntaway crossed with a Border Collie - Im not sure who out of her parents were which...




Referecing material - to find out more about Hunterville and the festival - http://www.shemozzle.co.nz

Awwwww The Puppy Dog...

So I was reading a fellow Fiskateers Erin's Blog - and she has a gorgous Border Collie.....so if I havent done so yet - I thought I would write a blog haha about my dogs....since its been a year since I got Abby..

Ok so Ive never had a dog at all growing up, Ive had friends who have had dogs and a neighbour - in primary school my bestest friend Hayley use to have this little fox terrier dog, named Penny....I remember her she would run around with one leg always up off the ground....Hayley's parents operate a food caravan at the Otara Fleamarkets (they still do, have been running it for YEARS) and we use to go into the caravan and get like hotdogs and stuff out for lunch and stuff....I remember sunbathing on the drive one day with her and her sister Kayla after being in the pool....and Kayla was about 3 or so....and was teasing Penny with the hotdog to which she took the whole thing on the stick and ate it...after Penny passed away they got a new dog - but I I grew distant from Hayley with going to different schools and stuff...

I always wanted a Dalmatian dog when I was a kid...I use to have an "imaginary" dog - most kids had an imaginary friend who was human - not me I had a dog....shut up man...lol...I was totally in love with them - then I suddenly went off them...I still "like" them - in terms of the relation to Fire Fighting....so if I have to have anything thats got a dalmation dog on it - it was to be fire related....if you understand that....but as I got older I got into this love for Wolves and so I wanted a Husky or a Alaskan Malamute or similar snow dog breed - only they intail ALOT of work and its a bit unfair having one of those dogs in a city that can get pretty hot....when they are use to cold places..

ANYWAY - when one of our kittens was put down my parents talked about getting a puppy for my dad....and we took Meggan to the SPCA to look at them I have photos of me and her with all these puppies....but we never got one...I always dreamed of having one and the kennel would be by the backdoor and the dog would run around the backyard free range....I made this dream come true a year ago..

There are THREE dogs whom I love to death - two of which i dont get to see anymore....one being that she isnt here anymore. Rolly, Betsy and Abby...

Rolly is Roberto's family dog....shes a Sharpei and the most coolest dog ever...I remember the first time I met Rolly, she was a puppy I cant remember how old she was, Rob probably does, but it was 4 years ago...soooo Im guessing Rolly is about 4 yrs old now or so...but my fond memories of the day I met her was hold this giant puppy cover in rolls of fat in my arms and her chewing my arm to say PUT ME DOWN PLEASE!! And her running through the hallway skidding around on the tiles after a roll of toilet paper - and if youve seen the Purex Toilet Tissuse ads you will know what the Rolly dog does on there....my second time with Rolly she didnt like me, nor did she like me the third time, that was till we had our "Bonding" moment as Rob called it when Mom asked up to take the dog for a walk when we up to the Dairy to get some smokes I think it was...we became pretty good after that....she would sleep with me and Rob alot at the holiday house....I got use to sharing the bed with her...I always remember hearing Rob's Dad asking where the dog was, to hear Mom say she was in with the Kids...I remember the munchies and our walks in Taupo and being covered head to toe in her slobber after one walk - how she ate the whole box of Hershey Kisses I got Rob for Xmas...and the whole chocolate santa of Rob's I shared with her - lol why no one informed Chocolate was bad and lethal for dogs back then I have nooooo idea..but the girl is still doing fab...and for some odd reason probably because I havent cleaned my boot out to my car I still have this giant blob of paper towels in there that was used to wipe her slobber from her mouth...

Betsy was Rob's puppy he had in Blenheim....a gorgous Hunterway X - and the inspiration for Abby....I met Betsy when I went to Blenheim for a holiday to see Rob....I was covered in love from this girl...and for this girl....knowing Rob's dedication to her and how he came to having her - I developed the same need to give this girl the best life ever that she deserved. Rob agreed to sharing her with me....and I help share the cover of Registering her...I would send her lots of packages in the mail with Food and a name tag which she lost not long after having it on...and a collar and lead so Rob could take her for a walk..I missed the two of them alot....Though at the time I didnt approve of how Rob brought her up, I know it worked in the end....and I have adapted the same style with Abby...though I havent manage to have major success...but it works most times..perhaps I should she needs a good telling off from Daddy to set her straight...and even though Betsy's time was short - I know she had the bestest life ever....and I have two fave photos of Rob with her - that shows just how much he really did love her...

Abby is my Hunterway Border Collie X puppy Ive had for a year now - and as I said Betsy was in the inspiration behind getting Abby - breedwise....(because well Sharpeis are just soooooooooo expensive!) I have learnt it isnt as easy as it looked having a dog - being around Rolly and Betsy I forgot that they had been trained and I had to start from ground up - which I thought would be dead easy and its not. But I wouldnt have gotten by the first couple of months with out Rob's help...as the months have gone on its funny the things she does that reminds me so much of Betsy....I must admit I am not a good dog owner and I have learnt they do need attention...and Ive also learnt alot about the breed I have....like the fact that they are bloody high jumpers and I saw that today when Abby manager to jump a 5 foot gate....to get to the other side to see me because my mum had shut her in the backyard...I know she can jump a 3 foot fence...its been funny watching her over the past year from this dog who wanted to be friends with the cats and ended up being attacked by them to her being the one chasing them....but its so funny when you see her jump on the couch and sit next to Sid - who will be sitting there hissing away at her while Abby just sits there tail wagging away....shes just this happy dog....and she loves people and other dogs...and I struggle with that when it comes to being serious...

When we look back to the start on the kind of dog I wanted to start with - and now having a hunterway I dont know if I would go back...with my two Hunterway X's that ive had and have....it is very hard to look at having a different breed....its also very odd thinking about what life would be like if i didnt have my dog....or life without my dog....life was strange as it was living away from Rob and Betsy.....but being away from Abby....yea...its hard....how do you do it Rob??

My day is over...thank god..

Well I have made it through the day. I slept on the train going into Uni....which I seem to do everyday...But I managed to stay awake in classes lol - I went to JayJays during my break just to have a *LOOK* to see if they had any new retro sesame street tees and tops in...of course they had the red version to my hoodie, and another good on sale but they only had it in XS soo stink man....I am a size XL at JayJays - its designed for like skinny Aussie chicks I say...but then it depends on the style and stuff coz I can fit into a L sometimes....and on a rare ocasion a M...

Anyway - and I found their retro tees and they had an elmo one!! Woop!! Now I have a size 12 one already from Farmers, and talk about excited being able to fit into a size 4 times smaller than my normal size - so i want sure what size to get the shop assistant came up and asked me about my sizes...she gave me a L and an XL - I tried the XL first then the L and found the XL had the best fit....the L fitted ok bit tight..I asked if they could put it on hold for me till tomorrow...so yea!!

Me and my Sesame Street clothes....haha somewhere I have a bath towel - I know i had it when i was in Christchurch...but I can just see a scrapbook page of me and my sesame street shit...there are some cool Sesame Street scrapbook stuff out *hangs head in shame* yes I have elmo computer games....and speaking on Elmo and Sesame Street...Imma go and march over to my sisters and hunt down my sesame street video ive had since I was a kid - and maybe steal my niece's elmo movie to watch haha...

Anyway today was funny while i was sitting on the bus i got a text from Robbie...that should be texts! I was totally spammed out...I had a big grin on my face all morning....So Robbie if you reading this - lol and I know you will be - thanks for making my day today...*giggles like a little school girl talking about a boy who she has a crush on...* Sorry for my text spamming in return once I got out of class...all I wanted to do was text but coz Im like blind (not really need to get my eyes tested again) I sit at the front of the class in front of the lecturer *scholar* NOT...lol I couldnt do so...I tried texting so if you got one that looked like my sleep texting which looks like your drunk texting that what that was....

Well yea...work was alright tonight...walked in and my boss asked me how my eyes were - yes thats right...since you were the one had conjunctivitis so i blame you for spreading it to me....I told him they were ok bit itchy but meh...Laurie (BooBoo) said hello to me when I walked in commenting that he hadnt seen his Porkchops for some time...and was wondering what happened to me...lol. I love my nickname he has for me...had Nicky (Oscar) ask me if i had finished my assignment I was like which one I have like 5 or so...lol....he said the hotel one...meh no i started it, its due in next week...and then had Aaron come in asking if i finished my assignment meaning my marketing one...haha...yes I did...with an extention....then had the other Nick (gay nick) ask me how school was and I told him....for the fact I know he is on the same campus as me...so he said he would help me out with my problem I have on Uni trying to kcik me out...and wanting me to give up my job...like hell im giving that up...coz the chances of me giving up my job and them then kicking me out are very large....then I'll be screwed...

I spent the night having tingling sensations going through my spine and chest and stuff....to have it go to my arms and them going numb and stuff while driving home..the past few weeks Ive had my face have this tingle fuzzy feeling down the size of it....dont know what it is...but its shitting me out a bit...asked mum to make me an appointment at the doctors...

One shift down for the week, 3 more to go...lol I swore he said I was on only tuesday, thursday and sunday...

Anyway till next time blog...

And Robbie - I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.

One Assignment Down

Well thats one assignment down - only yea sooo many more to go!!

Marketing Plan Part - DONE
IT Assignement 2/3 done
Accomodation Assignments 1/4 done both of them lol...


Im feeling a bit like doing some scrapbooking or something....but *sneezes* dont know if I have the time to do that right now...

My Webcam on my laptop had gone funky....and I dont know why it was f ine yesturday, I cant uninstall it, becuase it came on the comp, and the comp didnt come with any system disks and stuff...so meh - i'll sort it out later...haha

Never ending paper!!

And thats not scrapbooking paper Im affraid!! Its printer paper with my assignments on them and stuff - well the outline guides and handbooks and infomation Ive printed off.

Currently I have 4 Assignments on the go:

Marketing
IT
Accomodation Operations x2

My marketing plan is broken into 3 parts - A, B, and C. Part A was due in on friday but due to sickness I have an extention so its not due in on monday...not very long at all considering Im getting sicker each day and the illness' I have I have for life on it and I have nooooooooooo idea how to set out the last part on it...and then once I do get this one I have only one month to get the Part B completed in!

My IT one is due at the end othe week and its got three segments to it, Word, Excel and Powepoint and I am trying to figure something out on analysising the floor plan to the Fidelio Training Hotel and noticed on floor doesnt have a title for it...I wont try explaining I had my best friend Jade confused with it and when I tried sending her the file, she couldnt open it...so I gave up...Ive almost finish the Word file on that one...it says you have to design a cover page and screw that Im not in the mood i havent master all that kinda stuff...sorry...my creativity flows more in a different way...

My Accommodations, I have one where I am doing a research on a hotel, I have picked the Spencer on Byron since its only down the road from my work, but the hard bit with it is that i have to suggest a new in room amenity/facility for their target market - and well that is Business/Corporate and well how do you suggest something when they seem to have everything!?? My lecturer is like well think of something else....I DONT FUCKING KNOW WHAT ELSE!! Everything I think of I find they have....They have wireless internet and data ports, and faxes and photocopy machines, and news papers, and desks and well yea you go search the hotel and you will see they have EVERYTHING.....though I did have a slight giggle reading on a site an American complaining that they arent a 4.5 star hotel at all, and basically what he was use to in the US is different here....this isnt Burger King you cant have it your way!! All I could think was, well why didnt you search the hotel more before you booked there?? Of course when this person went there they hadnt been open for that long...times have changed now...I love this hotel, the things iwas showed when I met one of the managers there...I was just blown away I wasnt fully worried that I was meant to be at work doing Wine tasting...lol

Anyway - the second one for Accommodations is designing a hotel room suitable for someone with a disability - and its a group assignment - only I dont get on with my group at all and i put a complaint into my lecturer about them, we were given Physically Impaired and they thought ok so its just people in wheelchair and no limbs, and a couple of illness' that can cause someone to be in a wheelchair...and down syndrome - I stated to my lecturer Downs isnt a physical impairment, its genetic/chromosonal disorder and they can be full capable of doing alot of things...Ive met some amazing people with this disorder when i was a kid and growing up....anyway i found out what the meaning of physically impaired is - and its muscular/motor skills related...and it can also include things like Parkinsons, Arthiritis, Head Injuries just to name a few...but what Im looking forward to is the designing of a room...but as a result I was told I had to make up my mind I could changed to another groups (a group that is doing Visually Impaired/Blind) or I can do it Individually and keep the same disability my group was given - which I have gone with that option. And I will make mine better!! Thats for sure!!

I just hope I can get these all done - I have had a rash for a few weeks now, and though it started going down today, its come back up as ive been stressing out agian, not to mention the fact my doctor wants me to get a medical alert bracelet due to my prolonged bleeding times...im just getting over having Conjunctivitis...

Everything is just all meh...

Toothfairy

I remember my last visit from the tooth fairy....well not fully, but I do remember the last 3 teeth I lost...and not having no toothfairy come for them and they sat in the glass of water for MONTHS.....growing furry fuzzy stuff on em...lol. I then kept them in a jewellery box for sometime when they all broke in half I think I eventually threw them out...they were molars, two of which had fillings in them or maybe all three did...But I remember being in Intermediate School when I lost them and I think my first year of high school...haha..which was 8 yrs ago.

What brings me to this random blog about the tooth fairy?? A little message I got when I walked into the door from Uni from a little girl....asking when I was due home...."within the hour" she was told...to have another phone call come asking for me....to be asked if i can come and extract a tooth to give to the toothfairy to which I replied - if you do it yourself she will give you a big present! (I have connections with this toothfairy you see I said) she left disgrunted and hung up....to have another call DEMANDING I come and pull this tooth out - saying that I wont hurt her and Mummy has Sausage fingers from being a dairy farmer....so it was off i go with my umbrella and car keys and the present from the toothfairy....because remember I have connections with her and she hooked me up with the goods because she was tied up in other business....

With a yank and twist and bing bam boo....out came the tooth....

I tell you this is the second one Ive pulled out of this girls mouth and its doesnt get any easier its bloody scary I tell you!! This girl is my baby and she is growing up fast everyday! Ive watched her grow, Ive seen her at the age of 15 wave to me from inside the womb...go mental in the womb at the sound of my voice, kick me in the head from the womb...to grab that little foot back....and hearing her cry on the phone when she was brought into the word at the sound of me cry....to have her laugh at me and smile at me and copy everything I say and do....to walk in my steps.....

Who is this girl???

She is my Niece and God Daughter Meggan "Meggie Boo" Boswell.

Cutting Class...*oops* plus Ice Skating and New Goodies!

Well Thursday I was meant to be going into the MedLab for some tests on my Palates - the stuff that makes you blood clot since my bleeding time takes well over 20 mins to clot. I was to go to Uni after having these tests done but ended up not going in the end - the night before I was just soooo mentally and emotionally drained. These assessments and assignements are doing my head in, I havent had time to stop and think about me as its Uni,/Work, Uni/Work, Uni/Work...its never ending, though with most of our staff members back at work now and my boss taking on more people Ive had my hours cut back....I know one of my Co Workers wants me to ask for more shifts but Im not in the mood for doing so...ive asked before and I havent gotten anything...if anything ive got a cut back in hours...I had another co worker text me asking if i can work them and I havent even replied because Im just not in the mood to work this week - so even though it means I will have little to no money next week thats ok I guess I have time to get these assessments started and completed - if only I understood the work...

Anyway...

I texted my friend Claire telling her I wasnt going into Uni and she asked if i was going to join her, Julia and Lisa...so I said yes...she came and picked me up and we went over to Scrapbook Studio in Mt Wellington where we met up with Julia...I was going to buy me some Fiskars Papaer but put it back...as I didnt want to spend my money..knowing I had bills to pay, petrol to get...and my board going out in the weekend...so instead I just shoved stuff in each of my friend's baskets for them to buy for things they were/are working on - Im good like that i know...I know where to find things sometimes...haha.

From here we went to Sylvia Park - this is a big mall that ive watched go from the ground up....When Roberto was working for his dad's steel company and I was fresh out of Tech and didnt have a job - well I did but they had cut my shifts and didnt tell me why.....I went with him on deliveries....so use to go past it alot - they also supplied all the steel for it. ANYWAY - we went and had lunch everyone felt bad because I didnt have anything to eat and tried giving me money which i turnt down...it was really a matter of I didnt want to spend my money and the fact that I have a UDED - with only 3kgs to get to my target goal weight...which I may increase to 10kgs...but anyway.....

I ended up getting soem cake and a hot chocolate to make them quiet...plus I have my tradition now of taking photos of my food and hot chocolates when I go out with friends...hahaha...dont ask me why...I guess its a whole lets make a scrapbook page out of this!

We got Lisa a wheelchair because she is awaiting surgery on her foot....and we ended up being like a bunch of kids....I swear I was the ring leader - somehow the things they said I ended up thinking they said something dirty...like Julia saying "Cotton on Kids" (its a kids clothing store) to which I said 'Did you just say Condom?!" hahaha....it was just full of laughs....

I had a good night at work on Thursday - my boss found a love letter Matt wrote on Tuesday and pretended it was from Tim haha...its made up of a whole pile of song quotes ive worked out....and here was my boss reading it and looking at me and myself in fits of laughter....I ended the night with a prank call to my Brother in England, who answered so had a little convo with him....it was great..

I had a pretty similar day on Friday - where Shane told me he was going Ice Skating and me thinking hehehe how gay of him....(he's bi) and he said I should go sometime....so I jumped at the chance of spending time with one of my best friends that I dont get to spend much time with. I went off to the Spencer on Byron for a meeting with a manager for one of my assessments (that i havent started yet :s) and it was off to work for a Wine Tasting session with Geoff Mural Wines which I missed but dont really care...I did get given a bit of Red Wine....my first time having it...and the whole time i though of Roberto and how much he likes a glass of red....I think I had a Shyraz - I didnt like it much.....but then I dont have a palate yet for Wine...though one of my Co Workers did share her glass of wine with me the other night - Kim Crawford Pinot Gris...it was actaully rather nice and fruity and I didnt get that burning after taste I get with wine...

I ended Friday night at Ice Skating, it was great - though Im in alot of pain now...Its not as easy as I thought it was and as it looks on TV and stuff. But I started to get the hang of it. Shane was boosting my confidence during the night as well as showing off - he has got 3 months experience on top of me...I noticed towards the end of the night he would be skating backwards facing me away from the wall in aid of me following him....And I didnt fall down once....which I think is good for my first time on the ice....though its not something I will be doing again anytime soon with so much work on with Uni....Shane goes three times a week...

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I got my Buttons today in the mail from the Button Swap I took part in on Fiskateers!! Woot!! You know what would be cool?? A Ribbon Swap hahaha...

My RAK is going well - I still have to sort things out to put in it....which reminds me I should look at AUTShop at their prices and stock for things....

I got myself a Laptop on Saturday too!!

Blogger Spazz

My blog is having a mental fit!!

Its showing two posts....and Im just having major problems trying to get it all perfect...

NOT good when you have a RAK going...

TIME AFTER TIME RAK - for my scrapbooking friends

Ok Im going to attempt my first RAK!!

This is what you have to do.

From the last two blog posts:

• "Auckland University of Technology"
• "More Uni and work stuff"

Look at the photos - and tell me how many clocks there are in total that I see one my way down to the train station from the Campus at Uni.

*HINT*
Click on the photos to see them larger - it may help you a bit more. Where the clocks have more than ONE face to it (for example on a steple it has a clock face on everyside - this is classed as ONE clock in total).


Have Fun - you have till the end of the month to put your submissions in....ONE GUESS ONLY PER PERSON...

Winner will get a goodie pack which will include Papers and embellishments and ribbons...and some other things :P

More Uni and work stuff

Well Im not into week three of Uni - and so far I have handed in one assessment YAY!! That one was pretty easy mind you...I mean anyone can follow printscreens to do exercises and I must say if you havent got Miscrosoft Office 2007 - you dont know what your missing out on...its realllly cool!! I have 2003 for the fact Shane upgraded and reformated my comp and thats what he had at the time...so I guess WHEN I get around to getting a Laptop I might have to look for one that has a deal that comes with Office...lol

Ive been given another two assignments/assessments on top of the two outstanding ones I alreay have....Ive only done one thing on my Marketing plan - and thats my SWOT analysis. I was going to search google but the time i had booked on the computer labs at Uni had run out - I should have booked in for two hours...not an hour and a half...but oh well....I have printed some stuff off on the Spencer on Byron hotel, but havent started that yet..I dont know where I cant find anything on the databases for it or the chain its under...*sigh* now i have another IT paper and a disability paper to do for Accomodations...THERE IS JUST TO MUCH WORK!! And not enough hours in the day to do everything when your working!

I have found out though that one of the guys in my class is one of my best friend's brothers....its funny knowing that now - everytime I look at him in class Im transported back to high school with his sister and the things we use to do in class...I can see her face in his...sometimes I wish I could hang out with him just so I can feel somewhat close to my best friend....but alas he hangs out with everyone else and no one spends time with me they all know each other and Im an outcast.

Sometimes I feel like people are talking about me behind my back - it gets as bad as me thinking they are conjuring up evils ides of pushing me down the stairs or what ever...So you know I try to avoid the stairs but that means going in the elevator - which I have a BIG fear of...but some days its the only way to get to class - ok so there are the stairs but sod climbing like 12 or so cases of them..Im not like my best friends brother who takes the stairs for everything (I say he's only like that because he's a champ boxer).

I really need to get my eyes redone because Im struggling reading the boards and power point displays and stuff that even sitting at the front of the room - which doesnt help when you already feel like a total outcast...

Ive finally figured out what train I have to catch to get into Uni on time for my classes - how ever doesnt help they are late all the time...I ended up puting in a complaint with the company that runs the train service - I got an email saying I would have a reply in 10 days time...

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The past few weeks at work have been odd....Ive bene this big hyper person and Ive been laughing and bounching about and being silly....Im always smiling and stuff...its been great - well that was until today. Some reason it just wasnt a great day for me....my mood was down really low...I was sick of Mega and his crap - Im always sick of it....and I got so angry at him and I was yelling at him - with Tim telling me to ignore him and I was I AM!! He was like no your not your fighting...Im like I am not...to which Mega said something and I yelled back at him to shut up (there was some swearing) Tim was like see your fighting Him! Im like arggghhhh....Nick from the bar came in and was like hey man shes a woman have some respect treat her like a princess a queen a dame....I was like hahaha....if only I could find me a man who did that...

I think what really put a damper on the night was when Tim told me my hubby was leaving....Its not fair!! I dont want my hubby to go...he's brought a cafe down the road and he isnt allowed to employ anyone from our work not even ex employees - which sucks big time...Who are they to tell him who he hires and who he cant....But apparently its in the contract or something to do with contracts and a big legal no no or something...pffft what ever! Its bad enough that Nicky isnt around much since being demoted - but to have Justin leave too....the two guys who make me happy and give me inspiration....who make me want to cook again...(not so fully in a career but yea) are pretty much gone I have no one else.

Justin isnt my REAL Hubby by the way - its a joke at work. He asked me one day if I had to kill, shag and marry someone from our work who would they be and I said who they were and I said I would marry him..so from that day forth we/I have always called him Hubby.....and I his bitch...lol. I remember one night Hugh threw a Ice Cube at me and it hit my eye - and I went and told Justin - to which he told me what t otell Hugh and I stamped my photo and said your the husband you do it! We were all in fits of laughter when Hugh came into the kitchen and Justin told him to leave his bitch alone...and if he didnt he would bend him over his knee and spank him...

I guess I just hope i get some shifts with Justin before he leaves....I will miss him dearly...I will miss his dirty pranks where he will get me to put orders in and they end up being for gentlemen's clubs...and all the other joking around we do...but just his presence and the smile he puts on my face when I see him....

Well Here are some more photos from the City - I couldnt fit em all in on the last entry... :P

Auckland University of Technology

Week two is done and crossed off, only 102 more weeks to go and I am finished Uni!

Everyday I go into Uni and on my walk to the train station to go home, I always think of the blog I will write, and now that I am here writing it I dont know what to write, Im going to have to close my eyes and imagine myself doing that walk. Well not so much my eyes themself but my minds eye.

I go to Auckland University of Technology, which is in the city of Auckland, and when I say that I mean downtown/centrl, its pretty much across the road from Auckland University. I drive to Homai Train Station and park my car in the park and ride - purely for the fact that Manurewa's train station had a cruddy two hour parking limit and I wish not to return to another clamped wheel let alone my car being towed. So I catch the train from Homai to Britmart. From here I catch a bus up Queen street as Im lazy and dont want to walk, but its more faster to catch the bus up and do my short walked up the semi steep hill to Uni....

So many stairs to climb, and so many elevators - I face my phobia of them daily, and everyday it doesnt get any easier, with the phobia of elevators its brought up a bit higher when its full of people that setting off my fear of crowd, though my fear of heights is somewhat subsided, but not completly. I force myself to sit through 1-2 hour long lecturers, sometimes I can have 2-3 of these a day. Lunch time isnt my favourite time of the day at Uni, for the fact I dont know anyone yet, and well food is expensive on campus, but then the places in the city arent any cheaper - thankfully AuSM puts free feeds on at Lunch time...AuSM is the Auckland Student Movement thing at AUT. Where we get alot of discounts and free stuff etc etc...

I have grown up in Auckland I was born here, so Ive spent 2 decades living in Auckland, and I have been into the city for a number of things, but it to go to the comic book store and lunch with my sister and her husband back in the early days...or job interviews and stuff...and I know these places are here, I go past them everytime I go into the city. But its not until I started at Uni that I really noticed the detail of these places in the city - these places being the old building, the ones that have big heavy historical protections on them, and have been converted into shops and things...these past two weeks I have had the time actaully take them all in....and its amazing how awesome they are.

Sometimes you get sick of the big city smokes, the high rise buildings, the traffic and the large amount of people everywhere.....I love it when I get out of the city and go stay in the country...dont get me wrong though I do love where I live and having seen these things its given me a new light on it.

I spent the other night at Uni late working on an Assessment, and so I ended up leaving when it was dark and I havent noticed these things before, or maybe they are new, but I saw lights on the traffic light poles on the bottom towards the ground that Ive never seen before....the bright lights of the city...and how alive the city is at night still.

One thing ive noticed is the diverse cultures we have let into the country now. For a country that use to be Maori and European, there are so many different people coming here and living here. Somedays you forget your in NZ, and you feel like your in China or something....its a bit disorienting....because you dont here a single word of English...you have a little freak out in your own city! I took my camera in and took some photos - and Im going to share them with you. I want you to see the mix of Vintage and Modern living, and the heart of the city I live in and where i study. Im sorry I havent taken any photos of things in my Uni yet but these will do for now.