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Hypothetically of course, what is the best way to approach meeting someone you know in a place both of you know you shouldn't be in? Like that time you bumped into your father in the adult video store. What about the time you saw your teacher at a naked beach, but they saw you! What is it best to do in these situations? Do you start by acknowledging them, or pretend that nothing ever happened and that you didn't recognise them there. You can't really say anything to anyone else because you are as bad as the other person. What is it best to do? Make light of it with them, or pretend it never happened?
Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day was a mixed bag this year. Famous in folklore for beach trips with mates in Dunedin, this year I went on my own to the Basin Reserve to see the State Shield semifinal between Wellington and Auckland. When I was at the cricket I did something I never did before. Don't worry, I didn't streak. Instead I actually took along my radio with headphones and listened to live commentary. As Queen so rightly put it This Must Be Heaven For Everyone! Anyway I decided to only watch the first innings before going to watch the NZ vs England cricket match on SKY. I was thinking about heading to the beach on my own as the buses go near, but I am not wanting to appear like one of those strange men frequenting beaches while perving at unassuming females sunbathing. Is it considered socially acceptable for single 28 year old males to go to the beach on their own? I guess the jury is out. My intentions are to go for a swim! I didn't mind in Europe, but over there I didn't know anyone and didn't speak the language so didn't care so much what others thought of me. I also realised that I would be leaving the country shortly. The question remains what events is it considered fine socially for a single guy to go to alone and what isn't? If I spend my life not doing anything because I am not wanting to appear like a loser, it could be a long life missing out on seeing some great sights.
Over the last two days a strange phenomenon has hit Wellington. The inner city area is more lively than usual and there are so many people in novelty costumes. It seems that people place a higher emphasis on dressing up and partying than the actual playing of games. The costumes have been top notch and there is a large assortment of different characters. In my travels I have spotted female masseuses in skimpy towels, Borats, cavemen, butchers, smurfs, coasts guards, plenty of nurses, doctors, nerds, body painted All Blacks, priests, cowgirls (Jessica Simpson wannabees) and Village People. It seems to be a case of less is best. It is tough being a red blooded male when walking around the streets of Wellington amongst scantily clad attractive females. The Sevens has really changed since 2000 when I attended. It was easier to get tickets then, not like now where tickets sell out in 20 minutes.
Full credit to www.stuff.co.nz for the photo.
New Zealand wrapped up the the First cricket test against Sri Lanka with a five wicket win, but the result seems irrelevant compared with the means of getting there.
In a bizarre dismissal Sri Lanka's spin chucker Muralitharan was given out when congratulating batsman Kumar Sangakkara on a century
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I am a huge rugby fan and as a New Zealander I am stoked with the way that we are finally playing to our potential and tormenting everyone. There is a constant calling for a shorter season and more time off for players as the season runs from February to November. It is no longer a winter sport and players struggle with burnout.
With an extented Tri Nations and Super 14, fan numbers have also started dwindling at games as the public only has so much money and with the ease of watching the game at home, the couch is a more attractive and cost effective option. The fans are now also burned out and can't wait for the decreasing cricket season to crank into gear
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In recent times since ditching my previous job to go travelling around Europe I have discovered that there is an employment gulf for educated graduates with limited work experience. I have only worked for a couple of years, but find myself struggling to find work both in New Zealand and when I was in London.
People say get any job to gain experience and money, but many employers like supermarkets, fast food outlets and chain stores often overlook well educated people because they assume that they will be quickly snapped up by other employers. Those with higher scale jobs to offer think that this person doesn't have the runs on the board to be employed
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Having just completed a coach tour where we travelled 24 hours each way from London to Barcelona, it was always going to provide some strange situations. Sure enough the desire for one of our two French stops to involve teeth cleaning at midnight in a French Service Station was bizarre. The above photo provides a rare snapshot of life in the male restrooms. I will never see most of these guys again, let alone clean my teeth at the same foreign country
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Cultural Differences
France is totally different to other countries. People are more outspoken than antipodians and they seem to love smoking. It is the in thing to do over here! Other things to do are spit, and own a dog or two which you walk around the city. I am staying in Nice which is nice in parts, but also has heaps of vandalism. Everything is old and heaps of it is run down, yet that is the way it is over here. I went to Cannes today and there were actual sandy beaches, not the pebbles like in Nice. In both of these places the beaches are so close to the road and you can just walk past willy nilly. There are so many commercial beaches but in amongst these restaurants and beach chairs are these courdoned off pieces of land with bodies scatter sporadically
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Over the past few days I have had some interaction with some strange people in the heart of London. These people obviously have slipped through the cracks of the system. It is funny how people go on and on about the system failing and always lay blame on the system. It is always the scapegoat.
Anyway I was kicking a ball around with a mate from New Zealand when a red haired guy with a limp kept trying to get the ball. He had very low co-ordination skills. His name is Terry and he had the brown marks on his nose from substances. He kept trying to kick the ball, we would then pass it to him and he kept going on about how Kiwi's don't play soccer (he had a slightly good point) and that Australia is the same. I mentioned that New Zealand made the 1982 Finals and how it is like how England go on about 1966. He told me that 1966 was 20 years ago and that he hates that carryon. He stumbled as if he was heading one way and then eventually Terry the soccer ball glancer was off into the Hyde Park pond to play with the ducks
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Too many female directors in movies and too many chick flicks out there. This gives women ideas and expectations.