After her mum flew home yesterday back to good old Blighty, Zena is now in Thailand and travelling down to Koh Pha Nagn for some relaxation time before she comes over to see me in 2 weeks.. yes people 2 WEEKS!!Where has all this time gone? I can't believe tommorrow is the 1st of September and I have...
31 August, 2005
Southampton Solent University
On the 15th August my old uni (read - place where I studied for a degree) actually became a Southampton Solent University. After years of offering students a degree validated by Nottingham Trent Uni,...
27 August, 2005
New haircut!!
My Restaurant Manager had a word with me last week, and said "Jez. I think your hair needs a haircut..." I know.. its out of control!! I have tried growing it out before, but its very wavy and bulky....
23 August, 2005
New House, New Job
So today I woke up in my new house at 15A Sunrise Lane, Queenstown.. An incredible house, all the more because I have my own room at last and only paying $80/wk.. My Landlord John is a 40 yo Brit who...
19 August, 2005
Janines 25th Birthday
As its the last week of living in the house, I have been going out Snowboarding a lot this week.. its also been Janines Birthday!! Yep the lady has reached a quarter of a century old!! So we went up to...
15 August, 2005
Book Crossing
Those of you who know me well, will realise that I love to read.. be it newspapers, magazines, the internet or even books. My girlfriend gets annoyed with me reading, whilst others can't believe how fast...
a bit of a change..
Well this is the week the house has been counting down to for 5 weeks.. our eviction!! Yes, for those of you who didn't know we are getting evicted. why?? Some bloody English poms have bought our house as an "investment" and want us out so that they can fix the roof and then start renting it out again.....
09 August, 2005
SNOW at last!!
Went up to the Remarks yesterday with Roxy to bomb about the slopes and we were talking about some more snow turning up.. Had an OK day, but the snow cover is getting less and less... So last night and...
05 August, 2005
Queenstown Parklife Invitational
Thursday 4th August saw Upper Camp St in Queenstown closed off for a street rail jam dubbed Parklife Invitational. As I was in town looking for work, I thought I would stop by and watch this kick off.....
03 August, 2005
nearly in Vietnam
After a phone call off Zena this morning at 5am, my lovely girlfriend is finally on her way to Vietnam to meet up with her mum.. She sounded quite cheerful on the phone when she was waiting in the departure lounge at Heathrow, normally at this point she would be cursing the person who invented airplanes!!So...
02 August, 2005
Zenas off on her travels
So I have been away for just over two months now, sort of settled in Queenstown. I have a house (for another three weeks), a job (that gives me very little hours) and a snowboard (Season Pass to one...
