13 Nov Sunday
Wheeee-hee-hee-hee!!! Met the Christchurch Anime Tribe today!! XD XD XD
Think I might have overstayed a little bit, but was really nice hang out and to talk to interesting people. ^__^
Vocabulary Words:
EFTPOS (pronounced: eff-poss) 'Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale.' Like the Debit cards in the States.
GST - 'Goods and Services Tax.' A 12.5% on all goods. The tax is included in the price of the item, so the price listed is the price you pay at the register.
Money here is kinda funny. There is no penny. Well, there is a penny, technically. If something rings up at the register as $1.92, and you're paying cash, they charge you $1.90. If it's .98, they charge you $1.
Evidently years ago, they had a penny and a two-penny in circulation. They were voted out several years ago and now everything is rounded to the nearest nickel.
The 5cent piece is about the size of an American dime. The 10cent is bigger, the 20 cent about the size of a Quarter and the 50cent is the largest, about the same as those illusive American 50cent pieces.
The $1 coin is about the size of the 20 cent piece, but gold-coloured. Much much easier to spot than the Liberty Dollars.
There's also a $2 coin, which is also gold-coloured and is larger than the $1 as well as twice as thick.
There's native animals and Maori designs on the coins with Regina on the front, like Canadian money does. (would get into more detail, but would make this a really long entry, but is massive cool, so may do so at a later date when we know more about the symbolism)
The money is different colours and sizes as well. The higher the denomination, the larger the size and the more colours they use on the bill. 10s are blue, 20s are green, 50s are predominately pink and 100s are orange with tan on the back.
But the really cool thing is the transparencies on them. On each bill there's 2 clear spots on the bill, the one on the lower left side is a Fern leaf and on the right there's an oval with different edge patterns and the denomination number on the inside when you hold it up to the light. S'very cool.
We went to Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)'s old lab in the old Canterbury University, now the Christchurch Art Centre. (The university moved and grew, leaving the old historic buildings behind). He won the 1908 Nobel Prize for discovering the nucleus of of the atom, then being the first person to split it. Excellent museum, I especially like the lab itself, where he talks to you via a floating head. ^__^
At the door, they request a donation of a gold coin. ~_^ He's also on the $100 bill.
BTW, Ysabet, Morgan, if you make it down here, we're -not- taking you to the Art Centre. We'd never get you out!!! (beads, leather, woodcraft, tapestry, pottery, spinner's guild, etc...)
Think I might have overstayed a little bit, but was really nice hang out and to talk to interesting people. ^__^
Vocabulary Words:
EFTPOS (pronounced: eff-poss) 'Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale.' Like the Debit cards in the States.
GST - 'Goods and Services Tax.' A 12.5% on all goods. The tax is included in the price of the item, so the price listed is the price you pay at the register.
Money here is kinda funny. There is no penny. Well, there is a penny, technically. If something rings up at the register as $1.92, and you're paying cash, they charge you $1.90. If it's .98, they charge you $1.
Evidently years ago, they had a penny and a two-penny in circulation. They were voted out several years ago and now everything is rounded to the nearest nickel.
The 5cent piece is about the size of an American dime. The 10cent is bigger, the 20 cent about the size of a Quarter and the 50cent is the largest, about the same as those illusive American 50cent pieces.
The $1 coin is about the size of the 20 cent piece, but gold-coloured. Much much easier to spot than the Liberty Dollars.
There's also a $2 coin, which is also gold-coloured and is larger than the $1 as well as twice as thick.
There's native animals and Maori designs on the coins with Regina on the front, like Canadian money does. (would get into more detail, but would make this a really long entry, but is massive cool, so may do so at a later date when we know more about the symbolism)
The money is different colours and sizes as well. The higher the denomination, the larger the size and the more colours they use on the bill. 10s are blue, 20s are green, 50s are predominately pink and 100s are orange with tan on the back.
But the really cool thing is the transparencies on them. On each bill there's 2 clear spots on the bill, the one on the lower left side is a Fern leaf and on the right there's an oval with different edge patterns and the denomination number on the inside when you hold it up to the light. S'very cool.
We went to Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)'s old lab in the old Canterbury University, now the Christchurch Art Centre. (The university moved and grew, leaving the old historic buildings behind). He won the 1908 Nobel Prize for discovering the nucleus of of the atom, then being the first person to split it. Excellent museum, I especially like the lab itself, where he talks to you via a floating head. ^__^
At the door, they request a donation of a gold coin. ~_^ He's also on the $100 bill.
BTW, Ysabet, Morgan, if you make it down here, we're -not- taking you to the Art Centre. We'd never get you out!!! (beads, leather, woodcraft, tapestry, pottery, spinner's guild, etc...)