Postcards From Home & Counting Down

Loving all the postcards that my mum and sister have sent me - counting down now, just over 5 weeks to go!

My mum and sister sent me lots of pretty postcards! :)

The Wellington Sunday Market

Market on Willis Street

I really used to hate going to markets to buy groceries - now I love it! Primarily because it is so cheap - you can get your whole week's worth of stuff for $15! Its nice to have a stroll down to the market every Sunday morning and get amongst the hustle and bustle of all the people from loads of different places. It really cheap too - far cheaper than the supermarket - bonus!

Lots of fruit and veg!

Also there is a stand run by this husband and wife who make the BEST jam in the world - I've now labelled the man "Jam Man" - they're so lovely - but its crushingly disappointing whenever they aren't there and I have no jam! Homemade  too!

Goodies back from market

Jam Man's jam - BEST JAM EVER!

Watching Eurovision In New Zealand

So this is the first time that I have watched Eurovision outside Europe! It was so strange watching it a 7:30am on a Sunday rather than late on a Saturday evening! Managed to watch it online - with Graham Norton's commentary - it was amazing!  I was kind of disappointed in the lack of fun acts - people were taking it very seriously this year! So here's some of my favourites:


GREECE: Alcohol Is Free - Was clearly the best song and should've won!

IRELAND: Only Love Survives - I really don't get how this song came last!? It was really good and deserved to do a lot better! 

ROMANIA: It's My Life - I really liked this song - even if it was a bit strange - it was really good!

And well done Sweden for an amazing show! It was really funny with out being really cringy -Petra the presenter was amazing and I really loved the interval act! Dancing Swedish Meatballs and Ikea jokes!

All in all a good show - I didn't think much of the winning song and the voting was really strange this year. Not forgetting Bonnie Tyler was really bad - it was embarrassing! There were so many other weird and wonderful things here's just a few more of the stand out bits.

This was kind of weird Azerbaijan. A man being all tense with his shadow? What?

Best dance moves of the night have to go to Belgium!

Happiest man ever from Malta - so cute!

The funniest moment when Graham Norton  shouted "ITS SIDESHOW BOB!"

Went To See Jurassic Park In 3D!

What's with the 3D glasses!?!?!

It seems so real!

One of the perks of having no classes on Mondays is being able to go to the cinema at 11:30am! It was a great time to go - there were a few people there, staff are friendly, no queues and there wasn't popcorn everywhere! It was also the first time I have seen a film in 3D I was pretty impressed!

This is still one of my favourite films ever and it was supper cool in 3D! It was like the dinosaurs were coming out of the screen. I also got to see bits that I had forgotten about like, "Clever girl.", Samuel Jackson and "Hold on to your butts.", "Ah-ahah! didn't say the magic word!" and just the general amazement that is Jeff Goldblum. Ian Malcolm is still my favourite character!

Dr Alan Grant is still one of my heroes

 I'm all hyped up for my palaeontology class tomorrow! Although it won't be anywhere near as exiting - all we do is look at boring sealife. Too much to ask to learn about dinosaurs for even one class!?

Still, Jurassic Park is one of my favourite films ever!... even though most of the animals are from the Cretaceous....

John Hammond should've had minigolf at Jurassic Park

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

One of the best things about living with other international students is getting to celebrate different festivals this time it was Cinco de Mayo! We had the most amazing flat dinner ever with lots of yummy Mexican food and margaritas! Not forgetting the sombreros!

Yummy food!