We've been eating NZ$3 lunches at the Clubs & Societies building for most of the week (M-Th) and decided that maybe we should spice up our lives with a little variety. So, after waiting for SOMEONE to finish blogging, we ended up at the Flying Squid where they have some tasty fish & chips! The kumara chips, in particular, were a big hit with everyone so we most likely will end up at the Squid more often!
Ryan Bailey...Animal lover?! He buys a brand new Kathmandu fleece and helps to keep a panda (and her baby) warm. We know he's got massive love for the veges but how nice is that?
At Kathmandu, Ryan also bought a balaclava (the ski mask like head warming thing). For the rest of the evening, the balaclava became a favourite photo object (as you'll see in the following few pics). Here's Cat posing with her new headgear.
Here's Ryan rocking the balaclava AND his nike dri-fit headgear. So that's how all yawl UNC Balla's supposed to do it. Fa sho!
So we went around to a couple clubs for a bit of the dancing thing (admittedly, not really my favourite activity) but it was pretty fun times. My cousin Nat played guide as she led my friends and I around from place to place. Thanks Nat! After all the dancing, we decided it would be good to get some dessert. Take a guess as to what we got (answer coming a little later in this post). Anyways, we walked over to the Night&Day 24 hr convenience store and bought our dessert. There, we ran into Nat and invited her for some dessert as well. We also took this pic with the balaclava. Cat the culprit holds up Jen the innocent shop-goer with her white glove gun.
If there was any doubt, we bought Hokey Pokey ice cream...surprise, surprise! Anyways, moving on to saturday, we decided to go down to Tunnel beach. Unfortunately, as is quickly becoming a routine, circumstances arose making the journey to Tunnel beach a little too difficult (namely we were unable to figure out which bus to take and when those buses come). Luckily for us, Stuart, Ryan and myself, we were within walking distance to Saint Kilda's beach. It took us over an hour of walking there and back but we made it to the beach and had quite a treat. We even bought a cheapo rugby ball (they two guys talked me out of buying a Gilbert Super 12 Match Ball which was 50% off) and played American Football with it. We also tried a little rugby passing but that didn't last very long. Anyhow, the above pic is of St. Kilda's beach which looks real nice and has some good waves. Too bad it's still way to cold for me to even put on my boardshorts and wade in the water...
We had an eventful walk back into town during which we were presented with two opportunities to interact with Kiwi girls. Observe: 1) The 3 of us were walking in a row, with Stuart & I flanking Ryan, when a girl yelled in our direction "Hey guy in the middle, you're hot!!!" We looked over in their direction in amusement when the girl asked Ryan if he had a mobile number. He replied no. 2) We were waiting at a crosswalk when a car full of girls pulls up to the intersection closest to us. They are sitting in the car bobbing their heads while listening to music when they see us standing on the side of the road. They sorta look our way and we sorta look their way. We sort of bob our heads a bit. They roll down their window and say "Hi" and we say "Hi" back. The light changes and they drive off. I don't know why i just spent this much time mentioning all this but it was somewhat amusing. It's even more amusing when you take into consideration that whoever is the first guy to get a date with a Kiwi girl gets hokey pokey ice cream from the other guys. Aren't we mature...
Anyways...here's what we ate for dinner when we finally got back into town. Filadelfio's gourmet pizza restaurant came with a pretty good recommendation from my cousin so we decided to try it out and see if we'd like it. It really is quite tasty stuff! Cat & Jennifer split a medium Italian pizza while us guys split a large Four Cheeses pizza. We'll have to try them again sometime...when we have more money and all that.
Afterwards, went to see Batman Begins with some of people in Flat A on Moat street and it was quite enjoyable. Beyond my expectations really. After the movie, Ryan & I returned to the Captain Cook tavern in order to enjoy some live coverage of the Tour de France. It's pretty cool for me to watch the Tour knowing that I was able to see it in person a year ago. The only unfortunate thing was that we had to wait over 30 min to get into the Cook. Apparently they're really busy on a Saturday night because some people like to go there to drink & dance? What's up with that? They're just getting in the way of people who are there to watch sports!!! Go figure.
This Sunday morning marked the start of the Cadbury Chocolate Carnival and we celebrated by going to the Octagon, downtown, and getting some tasty treats!
The above is a Chocolate covered crumpet! My first crumpet in a LONG time! How I miss you so Golden Crumpets!
And here we have a chocolate pikelet with fresh whipped cream, raspberry jam and chocolate chunks.
They even had some entertainment including a climbing wall, a band, face painting (amazing stuff...I don't have a pic but hopefully Cat will post hers in a little bit), a guy in a bee suit and these clowns (pictured). Such balance & grace!
They even made a giant Moro bar that they were cutting up to give to people!
So, that's all for the time being folks. I've got to check on my hanging laundry and also go buy some groceries so I can cook me some dinner! If I can cook a tasty meal (Salad, Lamb Cutlet & Mashed potatoes are the plan) then I'll post a pic of my first successful cooking adventure in NZ. If not, just assume I went to the local supermarket and bought pies to eat. Take care everyone and I hope to talk to some of you online sometime.
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Ahh... so now I know of all the happenings while I was asleep. :( Looks like you guys had a lot of fun...... without me!! *tear*
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