this post is really coming because it's been forever since i've done anything with this. already having second thoughts about doing something like a blog which requires such a commitment. story of my life.
so much stuff has happened since the last time i posted i honestly have no idea where to begin and what to include.
i suppose i will start with the food, which is probably my 2nd favorite part of this blog (the first, of course, being the crazy list of words these ppl use). however i'm failing to remember almost everything that i've eaten aside from today. tonight: some kind of spicy lamb curry and naan bread from an indian takeaway place. absolutely fantastic. yummmmmm yummm yumm.
one of the "relievers" who's become my buddy kidnapped me during lunch wednesday and took me to a sushi place in browns bay. so so good. i could honestly have gone through and eaten everything in that restaurant. she also made me go to penguino's, an ice cream shop, for a quick scoop. i had hazelnut and it was SOOOO GOOD.
karen and i met in browns bay on wednesday night and went down to the beach to discuss plans for the rest of our trip here. it was really nice to sit on the beach - i feel like i haven't been there in a while. we came up with a badass list of stuff to do including, but not limited to tandem bungeeing, blackwater rafting, and climbing up the rangitoto volcano. it should be freakin awesome.
i digress. we walked back over to sushi ya, apparently the best sushi around, to get some sushi and of course it was closed because places here close at 5:30 (which isn't horribly inconvenient or anything). we backtracked to a little asian noodl-y place which had fantastic-looking pictures on the window. but of course, us being us, we couldn't decide if we really wanted to go there or not. naturally, we decided we would flip a coin. we named the noodle place heads and a chinese takeaway tails andwent through the whole coin flip process only to discover we weren't sure on the rules for flipping a coin. when the coin lands, is that what you get? or do you catch it in your hand, then flip it over onto the back of your hand and that's what you get? yeah, it's an impossible question; we couldn't decide, either, so we just went into the noodle place which we were standing outside of for like 15 minutes.
needless to say eeeeveryone in there stared at us when we came in. i basically can't help but look like an idiot everywhere i go and it's a serious problem here because it's about 99x worse since i know no one/nothing. anyway, karen ordered something straight away and i stood there once again for about 10 minutes trying to decide what to get (thanks mom for that lovely trait). still couldn't decide what to get but by this point the workers were looking at me as though i had mental issues so i landed on sambal chicken. now i had absolutely no idea what sambal chicken was when i ordered it and to this very moment still do not know. pretty sure it was just a bunch of plain noodles and some weird chicken, a couple broc, and that's it. might have been my most disappointing meal here to date. sad.
took the bus home (becoming an expert now) and it was back to my life.
sally, phil, miranda, karen and i all went out last night for phil's friend's 30th birthday in takapuna. phil cracked us a pear(?) cider on the way so we could pre-game. drinking in the car was probably the most foreign-feeling thing in my life but it was rather convenient i must say. we went back to mac's which i have now labeled our home-base bar. the bartender instantly recognized us and slipped us some free drinks, which was so cute. and thank God for that, by the way, because a beer there is $7.50. absolutely ridiculous. waaay fun night with the girls. "number one night," karen kept saying with her finger up. good times. back tonight?
to close this wonderful post i'm sure no one save for troy will read (bc troy is obsessed with this blog) i'll list for all of my fans out there the new plans for the rest of new zealand. (:
karaoke (already know my song :)
glass bottom boat and snorkeling in goat island
tandem bungee in taupo
hot water beaches in coromandel
climb rangitoto volcano
blackwater rafting in waitomo caves
surf
black sand beach and canyoneering at piha
waiheke island
shakespear regional park
tree adventures - woodhill
tattoos
sky tower with ruth
luging
bay of islands
south island
btw new words are constantly being added to the crazy list so check that too
so much stuff has happened since the last time i posted i honestly have no idea where to begin and what to include.
i suppose i will start with the food, which is probably my 2nd favorite part of this blog (the first, of course, being the crazy list of words these ppl use). however i'm failing to remember almost everything that i've eaten aside from today. tonight: some kind of spicy lamb curry and naan bread from an indian takeaway place. absolutely fantastic. yummmmmm yummm yumm.
one of the "relievers" who's become my buddy kidnapped me during lunch wednesday and took me to a sushi place in browns bay. so so good. i could honestly have gone through and eaten everything in that restaurant. she also made me go to penguino's, an ice cream shop, for a quick scoop. i had hazelnut and it was SOOOO GOOD.
karen and i met in browns bay on wednesday night and went down to the beach to discuss plans for the rest of our trip here. it was really nice to sit on the beach - i feel like i haven't been there in a while. we came up with a badass list of stuff to do including, but not limited to tandem bungeeing, blackwater rafting, and climbing up the rangitoto volcano. it should be freakin awesome.
i digress. we walked back over to sushi ya, apparently the best sushi around, to get some sushi and of course it was closed because places here close at 5:30 (which isn't horribly inconvenient or anything). we backtracked to a little asian noodl-y place which had fantastic-looking pictures on the window. but of course, us being us, we couldn't decide if we really wanted to go there or not. naturally, we decided we would flip a coin. we named the noodle place heads and a chinese takeaway tails andwent through the whole coin flip process only to discover we weren't sure on the rules for flipping a coin. when the coin lands, is that what you get? or do you catch it in your hand, then flip it over onto the back of your hand and that's what you get? yeah, it's an impossible question; we couldn't decide, either, so we just went into the noodle place which we were standing outside of for like 15 minutes.
needless to say eeeeveryone in there stared at us when we came in. i basically can't help but look like an idiot everywhere i go and it's a serious problem here because it's about 99x worse since i know no one/nothing. anyway, karen ordered something straight away and i stood there once again for about 10 minutes trying to decide what to get (thanks mom for that lovely trait). still couldn't decide what to get but by this point the workers were looking at me as though i had mental issues so i landed on sambal chicken. now i had absolutely no idea what sambal chicken was when i ordered it and to this very moment still do not know. pretty sure it was just a bunch of plain noodles and some weird chicken, a couple broc, and that's it. might have been my most disappointing meal here to date. sad.
took the bus home (becoming an expert now) and it was back to my life.
sally, phil, miranda, karen and i all went out last night for phil's friend's 30th birthday in takapuna. phil cracked us a pear(?) cider on the way so we could pre-game. drinking in the car was probably the most foreign-feeling thing in my life but it was rather convenient i must say. we went back to mac's which i have now labeled our home-base bar. the bartender instantly recognized us and slipped us some free drinks, which was so cute. and thank God for that, by the way, because a beer there is $7.50. absolutely ridiculous. waaay fun night with the girls. "number one night," karen kept saying with her finger up. good times. back tonight?
to close this wonderful post i'm sure no one save for troy will read (bc troy is obsessed with this blog) i'll list for all of my fans out there the new plans for the rest of new zealand. (:
karaoke (already know my song :)
glass bottom boat and snorkeling in goat island
tandem bungee in taupo
hot water beaches in coromandel
climb rangitoto volcano
blackwater rafting in waitomo caves
surf
black sand beach and canyoneering at piha
waiheke island
shakespear regional park
tree adventures - woodhill
tattoos
sky tower with ruth
luging
bay of islands
south island
btw new words are constantly being added to the crazy list so check that too
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