Kiwi Shot

It went from pretty chilly to freaking freezingtitsoff overnight. Literally, overnight.  Apparently it snowed last night.  I am guttered I didn’t see it, I’ve still never seen snow fall from the sky before, I only found out this morning – when I got to work. Due to me getting up at 3am, cold and shivering [...]

ARGH.  I had the worst morning. I dream a lot, very vividly, very scary, very real.  This morning it wasn’t so scary, but it was real enough to get me out of bed at 4am.  Tomorrow at work, I have a board meeting I have to organise the food for.  This morning I woke up [...]

At the first pub we met a couple of Irish guys.  “Oh New Zealand,” he said.  “I know how to speak a bit of Kiwi”. “Do you now? Let’s hear it”. “Ahem”.  He paused for a minute.  “Over heazy bro!  Sweet as ow!” I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything funnier than an Irish man [...]

On Wednesday night, I went to see Rhys Darby’s (otherwise known as “Murray” from Flight of the Conchords) stand up act which was conveniently located down the road from my house. It was at a studio, so naturally everyone there was trying to make themselves look posh, well behaved and important, very nice suits and [...]

He was dressed scruffily in baggy jeans, a white hoody and a bandanna.  He had a big diamond earing in one ear and a gold necklace.  He looked over to me with shifty eyes, as if he was hiding something when I moved to stand beside him. People on the tube give me the creeps. [...]