I am really impressed with the central heating this year, just need shorts and no shirt inside but it is a wee bit fresh outdoors.
Thursday 29 November 2012
Tuesday 27 November 2012
See a miracle happen
See a miracle happen
A yellow Ford cures crippled man who had just left the welfare office.
A yellow Ford cures crippled man who had just left the welfare office.
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It was a joke to frighten Mum
GOING, GOING...: The photo Samantha Busch sent to her mother.
An American woman who sent a joke photo of her near-death experience at the Grand Canyon to scare her mother has become a viral hit.
Samantha Busch got her boyfriend to snap a picture of her apparently about to slip from the edge of a cliff in the canyon.
She then posted the photo to Reddit, with the caption: "Mom was worried about my trip to the Grand Canyon, I sent her this picture."
But she was in fact standing safely on a ledge out of shot. Busch says she was trying to teach her over-protective mother a lesson.
"For five days up to when we left, my mom had warned me about falling off the cliff or being blown off," she told ABC News.
"So when while I was there, I found a cool little spot that I could sneak into, and lean back and look like I am falling off, and I thought that would be a great picture to send back home to my parents."
Monday 26 November 2012
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Sunday 25 November 2012
Sheri and Garry
 | Sheri Patricia Currin and Garry David Crompton celebrate their 7th (wool/copper) anniversary today.
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From Maurice Boyce
8:30 AM (51 minutes ago)  | Reply | |||
Hello John & Mei,
Thank you John again for all of your interesting posts, great to see that George was able to bring some nice NZ food for you! That is a really beautiful picture of Mei in the kitchen, she obviously looks after you - very well!
I am forwarding (by separate e-mail) a notice I got from Brightwater School re their 125 anniversary just in case any of your family are interested. very hot here today in Sydney and I have noted your comments about the weather where you are, the sort of winters we will never know about here.
All the best
Brightwater School’s 125th reunion will be held on the 22 , 23, 24th March 2013.
Hi
Brightwater School’s 125th reunion will be held on the 22 , 23, 24th March 2013.
All information and registration forms are available on the school website.
Programme :
FRIDAY 22nd March 2013, 6.00 pm onwards
Headingly Centre, Headingly Lane, Lower Queen Street, Richmond
Join us for drinks and nibbles
(catch up with old friends and acquaintances)
Registration packs available between 6.00pm-7.30pm
SATURDAY 23rd March 2013
Brightwater School, 106 Ellis Street, Brightwater
10.00am Registration
10.30pm Powhiri and formal welcome
11.00pm Morning Tea
11:30am Classes in action at the school
12.00pm Offical Welcome, Waterwheel opening
12.30pm Lunch and school items
1.30pm Photos / displays / mix and mingle
3.00pm Close
SATURDAY EVENING
Headingly Centre, Headingly Lane, Lower Queen Street, Richmond
6.00pm Pre Dinner Drinks
7.00pm Dinner / live music
SUNDAY 24th March 2013
Left free for you to explore what our region has to offer (refer registration pack for map)
Church Service held at St Pauls Community Church, Waimea West Road, Brightwater
Hope to see you there
Gerald Baldwin reunion organising committee
Saturday 24 November 2012
Dined out last night with a few foreigners, there are not many here, maybe 20 or so
Mushtaq a Yorkshire/Iraqi and Vic a Polish/Canadian and John a South Island/New Zealander
Went to Juliets for a fillet steak which was actually delicious and a few whiskeys as well
Derek, from Scotland and a new arrival who has decided to retire here with his Chinese wife and that is George from
Newcastle, UK and more recently Canada as well.
And now a little more jovial after a few drams of Chivas Regal
George has been delayed
Mei has been busy getting a special meal ready for Georges arrival making Chinese dumplings.
Stirring up the mince and chopping up the vegetables
George arrived in Shanghai at 7.00am this morning and was met by one of his friends. He then made his way to check into the onward flight to Shenyang and the New Zealand agent had not completed the booking so he has been delayed until a later flight. We have not been able to contatt the NZ agaent as it is Saturday night and party time I guess.
Anyway we booked another onward ticket so he will be a couple of hours late now.
Friday 23 November 2012
George is on his way back to China
Mei's son George is coming back to see his Dad who is in hospital wit cancer of the liver so it is a happy and sad time. Mei is over the moon about seeing her son and then his father may not have a lot of time left.
He has passed all exams and will graduate in next year so congratulations on that, he has been under a lot of stress studying for exams and concern for his father.
He will be here later tomorrow afternoon for about 10 days so it will be nice to see him.
Mei and I are on our way out now for a steak so that will be nice except it is heading for a -8c tonight.
George and Mei
Thursday 22 November 2012
Shopping in Shenyang
We go shopping in Shenyang a couple of times a year to pick up a few extras for Christmas and sometimes for other little treats. Shenyang is the capital of our province and is a larger city with about 9 million people and is nearly 100 Km north of us.
We went to the Train station but none running for a couple of hours so decided on the bus. The train is really cheap at about one NZ dollar, the bus is about six NZ dollars. On our way to the bus station across the road we were intercepted by a taxi driver touting for passengers for Shenyang in a shared ride. Cost by taxi was seven dollars fifty so off we went in the taxi.
Picked the wrong day to buy a turkey for Christmas as today is Thanksgiving Day and none left but got everything else we wanted.
Another taxi home and the weather had turned a bit messy and it snowed all the way back but home with our goodies and of course none from New Zealand, just Aussie stuff and also from The US and Europe.
Cannot understand why NZ is not selling more here, maybe everybody is very happy with the way things are back home.
We went to the Train station but none running for a couple of hours so decided on the bus. The train is really cheap at about one NZ dollar, the bus is about six NZ dollars. On our way to the bus station across the road we were intercepted by a taxi driver touting for passengers for Shenyang in a shared ride. Cost by taxi was seven dollars fifty so off we went in the taxi.
Picked the wrong day to buy a turkey for Christmas as today is Thanksgiving Day and none left but got everything else we wanted.
Another taxi home and the weather had turned a bit messy and it snowed all the way back but home with our goodies and of course none from New Zealand, just Aussie stuff and also from The US and Europe.
Cannot understand why NZ is not selling more here, maybe everybody is very happy with the way things are back home.
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Tuesday 20 November 2012
An invitation to going walking - come on Currins and friends - lets go - I love to go a wandering, along a mountain track etc
Maybe a nice quiet walk for those that like nice quiet walks. I thought Lee's brother Murray may like a wander around here along with Helen, Diane and David
Zhanjiajie is an interesting bit of landscape - some more pictures - click here
Click on the small arrow in the top right corner of the slides below, for full screen.
Monday 19 November 2012
Mei's birthday
I finished my classes at 6.30 and thought I woul surprise Mei and take her out for dinner to celebrate. She decided that it was too cold, it is only early winter and just -5c. Anyway we stayed home and just had a quick snack together.
Sunday 18 November 2012
Mei is getting older too
Having her birthday on Monday 19th of November and is very happy because her son George is coming back from New Zealand to see her and to see his father who is in hospital with cancer of the liver. So happy and sad.
Sheri and Garryy have an Anniversary
| Sheri Patricia Currin and Garry David Crompton celebrate their 7th (wool/copper) anniversary on 25 November.
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Thursday 15 November 2012
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Eating out at the Pizza Hut
My new boss took us to the Pizza hut for a snack, she actually was my old boss, the first boss I had when I arrived here and, Mei's parent and hers were great friends and so they were brought up together.
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Monday 12 November 2012
Friday 9 November 2012
Mei and the autumn leaves
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Out wandering
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A friendly spider found in New Zealand
A friendly spider found in New Zealand
Please Dont hurt me! I am your friend!! I am the Huntsman spider.
This species is also called the Avondale or housekeeping spider and they are common throughout the tropics/subtropics. They frequently live in houses (squeezing into cracks and behind furniture) and they could be said to be beneficial because they eat things like cockroaches and flies. They don’t spin webs but catch their prey by stealth and speed.
Due to its large size, it might look dangerous but this particular spider is not venomous (to humans) although the fangs (chelicerae) look like they could give a nasty bite! I was careful when I picked it up. By the way, the photo of the spider on its back does not show it dead, it just played dead when I put it on its back. Convenient for photographs!
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