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Wed 9 Nov
We have a Camellia right out side our front door.
Those who get the joke, please don't explain it.
Those who don't get the joke, the joke will not be explained.
Vocabulary Words:
Chips - French Fries
Tomato Sauce - Ketchup. You can also get tomato sauce and spaghetti noodles that is eaten on toast.
Togs (note: not entirely sure on the spelling): Swimsuits
Jersey - 'Sweater' in the States, 'Jumper' in Australia and the UK.
Chemist - Pharmacy or Drug Store (we didn't need one, but you see the large sign that says 'Chemist' on the road before you see 'So and So Drug Store' or Pharmacy)
Dairy - Like the 'Konbini' in Japan, or the Convenience Stores or Mini-marts in the States. Usually family run, they're on quite a few corners and vary widely.
Last night we had real fish and chips, wrapped in white paper. Fried fish, potato cakes, hot dogs (kinda like a NZ corn dog) and meat patties. The fish was okay, but the potato cakes were bland. The chips were good, especially when dipped in tomato sauce. Which was in a tin!!! Not a bottle. ^__^
Could only eat a little bit before the grease started to kinda make me queasy. Got a good bit of food for cheap though.
Had a moment of surreality this afternoon. We finished moving in today and was sitting there realising that wow, I have my own room again. With a queen sized bed. Boy, is it gonna be hard rolling up the bed in the morning to put it away. *thuds head in convenient wall.*
S'okay, David's realising that for the first time in five months, he can take clothes OUT of the suitcase and doesn't hafta put them back in. He was commenting he wasn't quite sure if he remembered what to do with them. I think he figured it out. ^__^
New Zealand news is also rather fun to watch. Which isn't something I ever thought 'd ever say about news. In the States, you get a lot of death, dismemberment and general depression.
Here, we get: "I'm not advocating everyone going to get the fat sucked out of their bum and used for fuel" (for a bio-fueled boat) and "Upcoming crisis in New Zealand: We're running out of Scientists."
You've got the general death, dismemberment and depressing news too, but it's much more entertaining to watch. The news casters act like people. And highly Sarcastic. It's great fun. *cheers with David, watching to see if a newscaster actually blinks. Hey! He looked to the side!!! XD*
Commercials are also more cracked out, although not nearly approaching some of Japan's. Hee hee hee. *watches a blind folded guy wearing his undies and socks stagger around a room full of mousetraps in an attempt to get a bite out of a sandwich. The sandwich is being dangled on the end of a fishing pole by a second man, standing on a chair. They're bored.*
From a beer commercial, where the beer guys are pseudo-firemen who -must- get a frothy mug of beer up to the top of a mountain:
"Quick! Form a human chain!"
"But there's only five of us!"
"It'll be a small chain!"
David's parents headed out today to travel elsewhere in the country. It was lovely to meet them, but I can't say that I'm unhappy to see them go. They're nice people, very friendly, but kinda overly helpful without always knowing what they're doing. They also don't shut up much. (Sorry, David)
Was starting to stress out a bit from the constant natter when the thought hit: We could use this stereotype in TGZ.
And suddenly, all was good. And we were highly entertained.
Once again, pondering what would Kaito do? saves the day/our sanity. ('what would Saguru do?' helps if we're trying to think logically. Pondering 'What would Conan do?' usually leads to sleeping darts and kicking balls. >P )</>
Need to work on fic, it's been over a week and we haven't even opened at TGZ file or anything. ^^; Sorry.
We have a Camellia right out side our front door.
Those who get the joke, please don't explain it.
Those who don't get the joke, the joke will not be explained.
Vocabulary Words:
Chips - French Fries
Tomato Sauce - Ketchup. You can also get tomato sauce and spaghetti noodles that is eaten on toast.
Togs (note: not entirely sure on the spelling): Swimsuits
Jersey - 'Sweater' in the States, 'Jumper' in Australia and the UK.
Chemist - Pharmacy or Drug Store (we didn't need one, but you see the large sign that says 'Chemist' on the road before you see 'So and So Drug Store' or Pharmacy)
Dairy - Like the 'Konbini' in Japan, or the Convenience Stores or Mini-marts in the States. Usually family run, they're on quite a few corners and vary widely.
Last night we had real fish and chips, wrapped in white paper. Fried fish, potato cakes, hot dogs (kinda like a NZ corn dog) and meat patties. The fish was okay, but the potato cakes were bland. The chips were good, especially when dipped in tomato sauce. Which was in a tin!!! Not a bottle. ^__^
Could only eat a little bit before the grease started to kinda make me queasy. Got a good bit of food for cheap though.
Had a moment of surreality this afternoon. We finished moving in today and was sitting there realising that wow, I have my own room again. With a queen sized bed. Boy, is it gonna be hard rolling up the bed in the morning to put it away. *thuds head in convenient wall.*
S'okay, David's realising that for the first time in five months, he can take clothes OUT of the suitcase and doesn't hafta put them back in. He was commenting he wasn't quite sure if he remembered what to do with them. I think he figured it out. ^__^
New Zealand news is also rather fun to watch. Which isn't something I ever thought 'd ever say about news. In the States, you get a lot of death, dismemberment and general depression.
Here, we get: "I'm not advocating everyone going to get the fat sucked out of their bum and used for fuel" (for a bio-fueled boat) and "Upcoming crisis in New Zealand: We're running out of Scientists."
You've got the general death, dismemberment and depressing news too, but it's much more entertaining to watch. The news casters act like people. And highly Sarcastic. It's great fun. *cheers with David, watching to see if a newscaster actually blinks. Hey! He looked to the side!!! XD*
Commercials are also more cracked out, although not nearly approaching some of Japan's. Hee hee hee. *watches a blind folded guy wearing his undies and socks stagger around a room full of mousetraps in an attempt to get a bite out of a sandwich. The sandwich is being dangled on the end of a fishing pole by a second man, standing on a chair. They're bored.*
From a beer commercial, where the beer guys are pseudo-firemen who -must- get a frothy mug of beer up to the top of a mountain:
"Quick! Form a human chain!"
"But there's only five of us!"
"It'll be a small chain!"
David's parents headed out today to travel elsewhere in the country. It was lovely to meet them, but I can't say that I'm unhappy to see them go. They're nice people, very friendly, but kinda overly helpful without always knowing what they're doing. They also don't shut up much. (Sorry, David)
Was starting to stress out a bit from the constant natter when the thought hit: We could use this stereotype in TGZ.
And suddenly, all was good. And we were highly entertained.
Once again, pondering what would Kaito do? saves the day/our sanity. ('what would Saguru do?' helps if we're trying to think logically. Pondering 'What would Conan do?' usually leads to sleeping darts and kicking balls. >P )</>
Need to work on fic, it's been over a week and we haven't even opened at TGZ file or anything. ^^; Sorry.