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March 2010

round the bays

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we did the auckland ’round the bays’ walk on sunday.  it was jolly good

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we even got to be ‘wooped up’ by the new zealand prime minister john key

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kezia said he was much bigger than she expected.  but that’s because she’s been singing “little john key” (to the tune of little donkey).  esther thought he should dress as a key and do the race in fancy dress.  but he didn’t

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strange ravers

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here’s a photo that just happened.  i was trying to take a picture of the head below and this chap suddenly arrived with an umbrella and threw himself in front of the shot !  i’m quite pleased with the psychedelic outcome

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mouths agog

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fairs are disturbing places

jandals

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babysitters’ jandals

buzz aldrin

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totally amazing to get to hear buzz aldrin speak this morning.  if you live in auckland he’s available to hear for free tomorrow morning too (and then a pop concert to boot)

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before he got up to speak he sat on the chair directly in front of me

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so that means he’s technically sat on my camera.

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i was almost as proud as the time i sat directly behind jon postel and vint cerf in geneva once.  or when i squeezed by tim berners-lee

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oh yes, i’ve met them all !

(just in case you didn’t know, he’s the chap who landed on the moon with neil armstrong)

the pixies

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i went to see the pixies in auckland last night.  they were TOTALLY excellent

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i’ll not go on about how good they were cuz that’s a bit boring.

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but they were really fantastic.  so there.

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another kiwi shoe

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what is it with kiwis abandoning decent shoes in the street ?

lunch with a penguin

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i went to our wellington office on monday and went for a wander at lunchtime

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just by the waters edge was a little blue penguin bobbing about

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he then obliged to haul himself out of the water for a photo

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her was only tiny (about 30cm) but i loved him


oh dear

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delivery fall out