Little discoveries

I just discovered radio on Yahoo! messenger. It's great, I can actually see what songs are playing. Don't have to go "what is that song?".

Living in Wellington is still a discovery for me too. Sometimes I still can't believe I'm here. Home life is great but when I walk out into the city, I still feel like a stranger. Not versed in all the city's ways, I don't know where I'm going most of the time. But I think the more I get lost, the more I'll find my way.

I imagine it will be like this when I move to other cities around the world. Kinda lost; feeling a little fustrated sometimes but slowly, it gets better.

P.S. thanks for all the comments everyone! I know I love our place now too =D It's really comfy and we admire the little contributions each team has made to it and we're thinking about what we can add. You have to come and visit if you can!

Flat and work environments

Well it's been a great month and a lot has changed with the flat! First, the girls and I cleaned and rearranged the lounge. We now have enough seating for 12 people and used up a lot of space previously underutilised. Ryan was shocked (as above) but pleased :)

Mmmm and we've also increased our level of cooking difficulty. We went from just pasta and sauce (varying the sauces) to roast chicken, meatballs and pasta bakes! All, without Maggie packets :) and lots of different desserts too. I'm so proud of us, Vaish and Simon!

Girl's Chill Out Day

For the first week since I moved to Wellington, we had a proper weekend with nothing to do... we still went to the office for a little while of course – it’s an addiction! But for most of it we were strolling down Cuba St. It was the first time we actually got to see the street properly with no particular destination or purpose in mind. This meant we could do some discovering.

So it was Vaish and me doing Cuba Street. We found some really funky clothes shops, gift shops, shops with nice jewellery. And all at quite reasonable prices! I don’t think we’ll be going to Glasson’s again very soon.

It was so much fun! And we finished off with a milkshake at Fidel’s. Mmmm mmm.

On a more observatory note: Lambton Quay and Cuba Street are very different. Even the people dress differently. On Lambton Qy everyone dresses like they do in all other cities in New Zealand – “normal” clothes from mainstream retail outlets.

Cuba St. on the other hand is a totally different world! Bright, patterned prints, shin-high boots and long sweeping skirts with pants underneath. It’s the 70s relived. You would think it was two different cities. The shops also cater to this type of street wear. We visited some of the ones that Ying was raving about when she came down for July Forum. Ziggurats, Fruitti and lots of others!

So that was our Saturday.

And today? Vaish made us a yummy Indian lunch and I updated the look of my Blog – isn’t it pretty now?!

Weeeeeeekends!