tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-330553652012-02-16T10:51:24.906ZFollow me on my intreped journey, to, well wherever I end up! Ooo ar me hearties.Nettleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15583177003743859628noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33055365.post-75316147953412339222010-02-09T02:20:00.001Z2010-02-09T02:21:19.759Z

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Hello folks. Its been a while since my last blogging attempt and a lot has changed since then. First of all we are in the middle of a bitter winter, the coldest since records began. There are stalagtites growing in my kitchen, no seriously I mean it. The kitchen is the coldest room in our house, it faces away from the sun and feels like a cave. The windows are full of condensation, being single

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Well its been a lovely summer again, and although not as spectacular or never ending as last year, its been nice enough to enjoy snorkelling in the ocean, dining al fresco and BBQs at friends.Its also been quite eventful, with the loss of my bunny Wiggles, that was taken from us by an evil cat. I hate cats. I've never seen the point of them as pets. But then I guess my experience with them has

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Just been snorkelling along the South Coast. We thought we would test the water (and my new wet suit). It was pretty marvellous.

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Here is an interesting thing. I am a scientist. Most of my uni life I spend in the lab or preparing for things in the lab. I never really wanted to work in a lab, I wanted to be out and about doing sciency stuff but unfortunately the cutting edge of science inevitably involves some fair amount of lab work. It even sounds boring writing about it, but that I am in the chemistry lab taking pictures

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Its WINTER!! Brrrrrrr. Actually I am sat in the living room and the sun is shining on me and I am feeling pretty toasty. I know come the evening I will be freezing my icicles off and moaning that I am too cold and that NZ houses are crappy and we need more insulation and wood on the fire. Wood on the fire - WOO HOO we have a woodburner finally. I must admit that the long exposure to lovely

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Hello again, I've been a little crap lately at updating my blog, mainly because I've been super busy with Uni work and recently away on field work. Hence this blog is dedicated to all those crew and scientists that have to go on research cruises and collect mud and stuff in the name of science. I was actually very excited at the opportunity to go to sea. The fact that I knew 2 other people that

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This weekend I was meant to dedicate to updating my blog on the last couple of months events in Wellie. Now my laptop has succumbed to a mysterious illness, at which the computer shop on campus charged me $75 for the privilege of fixing, only to find this weekend, it cocked up again big time. I can't access the super slow internet connection either, so I can't upload any pictures, and my laptop

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Hello, well it was a busy weekend, last one that is, ended up going to a leaving do of 2 Robs, Rob from Leeds Uni (UK) and Rob from somewhere in the state (US). I briefly knew Rob (UK) but didn't know the other guy, but there were lots of random people there that I knew so it turned out to be a great night.Put a video on of a guy who did beat box stuff, I don't know what the proper word is for

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I think its time for an update, and I'm in the mood for typing and daubling on about crap. I've been here almost 4 months. Its gone quite slowly to be honest. Its autumn here and its starting to feel cold. At home I suffer with in the cold confides of my cave, NZ houses are not warm, insultated or have any heating. It gets pretty chilly in my room at night (think Antarctic temperatures, well

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First I need to explain what a keg night is. Its when some clever students manage to blag several kegs of free beer (in some weird sort of exchange that I don't really understand what they get from it, but who cares FREE BEER!).So, we have this party in someones HUGE flat with a cool sound system (well it was pretty loud) and lots of random people (see pictures with descriptions). I can't be

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Seeing as NZ is a big rugby playing country, it was difficult for me to say no when asked if I wanted to go and see The Hurricanes (Wellingtons rugby team), some of the team players are All Blacks ones so how could I resist. In the cold but bustling stadium the atmosphere was great, we got ourselves comfy with wine (cos were classy) and chips (cos we're not really classy and they smelt too good)

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Just thought I'd add a few piccies as not updated blog for a while. The first is a view of the City from the top of Mount Victoria which is the mountain behind my house, just a short (but steep) walk up. Lovely views up there, you can see the whole harbour and just how big the city is. The other picture was walking home from Lambton Quay, the sun was setting and it was a full moon and the sky was

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Hiya folks and welcome to another blog from your wonderful host, Nettles. I've had a wonderful couple of weeks, as its been Easter and so 2 weeks off Uni, sorry thats 2 weeks 'working from home'. Although its supposed to be autumn here now, we've been blessed with good weather and we're able to enjoy some of the holiday delights on offer.Simon joined me at the end of March and we planned a nice

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Hi everyone, here are pictures of my first field trip around the Ruapehu Valley. We hiked up mount Raupehu, a good 2600 metres high. The first leg we took ski lifts but we had to climb the summit (near crater lake) for a good few hours. The terrain was pretty rocky, and part of the climb involved walking through snow and ice, pretty tiring, especially at altitude, I was soooooo tired. Getting to

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First of all, I had to incude a picture of Tim (oldest with the cat) and Oskar (with the umbrella). They are my 'roomies' but are very sweet, as you can see, like posing sweet for the camera!The next piccie is another roomie, a native praying mantis that I spotted climbing up the lamp shade. Isnt it lovely?! There is also a South African species that was introduced in 1978, although I am not sure

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Hello folks, Heres an update on my 3rd weekend in Wellie. This weekend has been beautiful, with the sun out shining and a great atmosphere in town. It was the dragon boat and jet boat racing, so I thought I would walk into the city and check it out. First I took a few piccies on the way in, as the sea looked so calm and serene. Spotted this guy fishing, I'm walking along Oriental Parade, which is

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I was just in time for the Cuba Street carnival which is every 2 years, its a parade of floats with food and markets stalls in the day, bands and stuff. It was really nice to watch. Also included a picture of the view from my new place! This is on a nice sunny day, although at the moment its pretty chilly (for Netty standards)....still exploring the area, getting lost quite a bit but in a nice

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Kia Ora everyone!Finally made it to Wellington after missing my connecting flight from Auckland. I think that they expect you to be super-athletes and run to the domestic terminal with all your bags (you have to re-check them all in) and make it in the record time of one hour (after spending most of it in the queue for customs). Customs, ah after arguing with the customs guy about global warming,

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Thanks to Leanne and Nazia, I now have shiny metallic blue/green nails (no not like the algae) after a ladies that lunch session in Nail City, followed by some extremely nice sushi in Mai Bai. After an exhausting lunch time, we settled down to some lovely cakes afterwards from the Chinese bakery, which I couldn't eat all of, but enjoyed nonetheless. And here is a picture of our nails (without

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What can I say apart from 'Utterley splendid darling!'. It was very kitcsh from the beggining, fabulous costumes, accents and music!Living in the 1920's must have been quite wacky! Heres a lowdown on The Vortex: In Coward’s savage portrayal of 1920s cocktail society, Young plays musician Nicky Lancaster, who loses his fiancée to his sophisticated mother Florence’s toyboy lover. The Vortex (the

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Hiya folks, today I am hard at work but recovering from a hangover coutesy of Sarah and Chaopraya which was feeding us free tapas while we sat and chatted and drank lots of wine!Almost forgot is was a working day, and finally got home (on my bike in the freezing cold) although the details are a bit murky.....Off to see Vortex (with WILL YOUNG) tonight at the Royal Exchange, should be fun, going

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We said goodbye to Ruth on Friday, as she leaves for her epic 9 month adventure around the world. Don't worry though, we will be keeping an eye on you! And of course we will have to get round to playing the after eight game at some point....if Leanne hasn't eaten them all!!! For now heres Ruth leading the sisterhood of the travelling disco ball, with her wise demonstration on how to eat an after

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Hello folks! Hope you are all well.Went down to the big smoke to catch up with some pals. First we went to visit Chrissie who lives in a lovely place near Kew Gardens, so naturally we took a little visit there. We didn't really have time to look at everything, its just way too massive but it was lovely and especially like the tropical houses. They was also ice skating but we never got round to

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The Most Amazing Japanese Restaurant! My brother Paul and his girlfriend Laura recommended that I check this place out, and being intruiged by his description organised a last minute visit - last minute because I booked a table 2 days before and was lucky to get it! But it was worth it. Went with Hugh, Helen, Leanne, Ruth, Me (of course), Simon, David and Betsy (in order of seating by the way).

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Just a few piccies and a shitty video from my camera phone of the Christmas lights switch on in Albert Square. Lovely fireworks with music from ABBA (well Mamma Mia are touring here at the mo') and a few celebs to warm up the crowd.

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Frosty this morning, its definately colder and suddenly all the trees are losing their leaves, its winter! OMG its come about so fast but its also lovely to experience the seasons. Since I got back from New Zealand my life has been chaotic for a number of reasons. I have to deal with my psychopathic ex and his psycho mother, and they are not very helpful. In fact, all I want for Christmas is to

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NEW ZEALAND BOUNDI'm counting down the days to a well needed holiday, just the sort of thing to sort you out after a ridiculous break up with a psychopath and all the things that come with dealing with someone who has lost all integrity. Still Jenny and I have been busy sort of planning our mini-adventure, and hopefully we are ready for our intrepid journey to that little island on the other side

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Just came back from a lovely and long weekend in Oxford and went camping in the Chilterns with Simon, Jenny and Rik. We had a lovely time playing games, sitting by the fire, listening to the donkey (that we later found out was a bull), and enjoying the countryside. We were very lucky that it didn't piss it down, it tried to but failed...we also found some mushrooms (the legal edible sort) and

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Hello folks!Welcome to Netty's blog. I hope you are well and that unlike me you haven't eaten too much ice-cream and feel sick. Its raining at the moment, the evening has darkened and its starting to feel like autumn. Soon I will be packing my bags and setting off to New Zealand! I am SOOOO excited. So this is just a tester and a quick HELLO to all you folks out there. Remember:For every minute

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