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What happens when daddy cooks dinner
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It’s not OK … but what do you do about it?
So this is going to be a blogpost a bit different from what I normally post about.
This morning I was waiting for the bus on the parade in Island Bay in Wellington. A mother was walking her kids to St Francis De Sales school (the local catholic primary school). The kids were riding bikes, an [...]
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Chinese New Year
While I was sweltering in the heat that is our office during the weekends, Laurel and Kahurangi went to the Chinese New Year festivities.
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Wings over Wairarapa
Apart from the big traffic snarl ups getting to and from the aerodrome, Wings over Wairarapa was a very fun day.
It was really hard to take photos with the digital camera, because it was so bright I couldnt see the lcd screen but a few turned out ok. The highlights of the show for me [...]
A very NZ voting experience
So I walked down the hill to the polling place closest to me, did a head nod and got a ‘chur’ from one of the guys coming out. Got given my voting paper, put down my two ticks and put it in the box. Then went out a grabbed a flat white and a long [...]
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Make some art from recycled stuff
Looking for something for the kids to do during the school holidays?
Why not have them make some art with the help of Laurel.
Heres a list of the times and places where she is running classes.
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Good things about the Bus Ride
One of my colleagues did a good post on bus etiquette and subsequently ended up on TV talking about it.
While everything he said was true, I actually usually quite enjoy my bus ride to and from work so I thought I’d do a little post about the things that make the ride fun.
Saying good morning [...]
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Rent a conversation
This is a kinda cool idea at the Wellington City Libraries, Living Libraries
From the website
Instead of borrowing a book, you can borrow a person for a 30-minute chat. The ‘Books’ are people you may not normally have the opportunity to talk to. Many of them may face negative stereotypes or prejudice within our community, and [...]
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Awesome Chicken Tacos
I just ate the best chicken taco’s eva. They were a bit of a fusion between a greek doner kebab, and a mexican soft taco. With hummus and spinach added to a basic chicken taco mix, wrapped in a flour tortilla. Yum!
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Things you see on your way to work
I suspect you are unlikely to see this elsewhere in the world, but today as I was walking from the bus stop up to the office. I looked out of the corner of my eye and noticed a very fit looking woman, who had obviously just stepped out of the configure gym, sitting on a [...]
