Crazy But Able

So, I’m in New Zealand now. I flew in a couple of days ago and I’d like to give the bastards that designed airplane seats a piece of my mind. When the person behind you has their eating tray up, it makes a very hard bulge across the back. On a twelve hour flight, that gets to be a wee bit annoying.

I finally broke down and tried the Burger King veggie burger on the way out here. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be, but I still would only recommend it for emergency situations.

At the moment I’m in the Christchurch area. It looks like Christchurch is the place to avoid when visiting New Zealand. It’s basically an ecological wasteland. Very few native species are still in the area. It’s also quite flat. Thankfully I’m going to the West Coast soon. It’s supposedly the nicest place on the South Island with lot’s of cool plants and mountains.

I’m currently in at the university and you know how in a lot of bathrooms they have those signs about washing your hands. Well, the ones here go a little further. Not only does it say to wash your hands, it says “Don’t share spit.” Weird as that sounds, it sounds even weirder in a bathroom.

My favorite New Zealand slang word so far is: knackered. Knackered basically means worn out. When they say it, it sounds like neck-ed. To me it, not being familiar with knackered or New Zealand accents, it sounds like naked with an accent. So I keep hearing bizarre conversations about people being naked in interesting situations.

If you are interested, here’s a fun page of New Zealand slang:
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/kiwi.htm

The best in New Zealand music I’ve heard so far is Bic Runga. Highly recommended!

Anyway, I’ll be here until mid-April and I might actually do some more blogging about it. We’ll see..

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