in the pics: some lupin flowers and a river, and a mountain, hiding behind clouds; a fence, with fields, and more mtns in clouds; the deep, dark chasm, ready to suck you into the darkness...ha ha ha..
1/9
We visited the Moeraki boulders…look like dinosaur eggs ready to hatch.
1/10
PIC.. “the whole sky” pic
Ahhh…back to the city, and a dentist appointment for our mid-service check up. I passed, but was told I still brush my teeth too hard. And I should brush at a 45 degree angle in circles. Some Kiwi slang: supi = supermarket. Frock = dress.
I did write one poem..and forgot to read it to my friend:
The Whole Sky
Filling with clouds, the dark grey rolling kind.
Rain.
Green and the other colors come after.
Only a piece reflects
Blue ripples, soft or hard.
The whole sky,
So gigantic
The plane, pinhead floating through white puffs.
The whole sky
Filled by a bow or rains
All the colors glistening in soft arc.
The whole sky
Fills my eyes
And I see clearly for the first time
What it really means
To reflect love.
Nature does it so well.
--Matt Crichton
1/8/09
I went to NZ with a few things I wanted to buy: biking gloves: I got gardening gloves instead (retro style). I got a new helmet by defaultàthe bike rental place required people to buy a helmet.
I found a replacement nose piece for my goggles. Now on their third replacement cycle.
The teachers at my school wanted chocolate. I got them some yummy Toblerone (comes in a triangular box).
I found some tennis balls. They are hard to find in Samoa, and I know two people in Samoa that want to play tennis.
Lots and lots of CDs—now I have to figure out what kind of project I can do with my computer students.
I had some extra NZ currency at the end of our trip and I wanted to buy a necklace…some jade. I didn’t because that seems expensive and thought I had lost two previous necklaces. Later I found one—the one with a piece of paua and jade ring. I’m not very good and wearing expensive things—e.g. watches, rings, necklaces. It was nice to wear it in NZ, but back to Samoa. I can’t wear it because I’m always too sweaty.
I found a large clam shell that I want to make into a necklace anyway. A lot cheaper and I’d rather make my own necklace.
I wanted to get some more paua shells, but I was not able to find the shell factory, or the beaches where they hide. That’s OK, because paua is a NZ thing, not a Samoa thing.
So to review, here are the three most memorable things I saw/did/ and ate in NZ:
DID: mountain biking with snow capped mountains; camping by a lake that looked onto Mt. Cook; Maruia hot springs (then jumping in the ice water pool…aka the Finnish experience.)
SAW: Milford sound, the chasm (how water can make such smooth rock shapes); Franz glacier.
ATE: fresh cherries; steak and potatoes (with onions and lots of garlic); triple decker sandwich (with bread, mustard, mayo, hummus, sliced meat, tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese). Yum yum yum. Sorry enchilada, I missed the guacamole and sour cream on you, and could have used some more sauce from the cooked chicken…and more cheese.
I really liked this saying. And noticed that NZ tries really hard to keep things beautiful. Cool.
Toihu te whenua…leave the land undisturbed.
We visited the Moeraki boulders…look like dinosaur eggs ready to hatch.
1/10
PIC.. “the whole sky” pic
Ahhh…back to the city, and a dentist appointment for our mid-service check up. I passed, but was told I still brush my teeth too hard. And I should brush at a 45 degree angle in circles. Some Kiwi slang: supi = supermarket. Frock = dress.
I did write one poem..and forgot to read it to my friend:
The Whole Sky
Filling with clouds, the dark grey rolling kind.
Rain.
Green and the other colors come after.
Only a piece reflects
Blue ripples, soft or hard.
The whole sky,
So gigantic
The plane, pinhead floating through white puffs.
The whole sky
Filled by a bow or rains
All the colors glistening in soft arc.
The whole sky
Fills my eyes
And I see clearly for the first time
What it really means
To reflect love.
Nature does it so well.
--Matt Crichton
1/8/09
I went to NZ with a few things I wanted to buy: biking gloves: I got gardening gloves instead (retro style). I got a new helmet by defaultàthe bike rental place required people to buy a helmet.
I found a replacement nose piece for my goggles. Now on their third replacement cycle.
The teachers at my school wanted chocolate. I got them some yummy Toblerone (comes in a triangular box).
I found some tennis balls. They are hard to find in Samoa, and I know two people in Samoa that want to play tennis.
Lots and lots of CDs—now I have to figure out what kind of project I can do with my computer students.
I had some extra NZ currency at the end of our trip and I wanted to buy a necklace…some jade. I didn’t because that seems expensive and thought I had lost two previous necklaces. Later I found one—the one with a piece of paua and jade ring. I’m not very good and wearing expensive things—e.g. watches, rings, necklaces. It was nice to wear it in NZ, but back to Samoa. I can’t wear it because I’m always too sweaty.
I found a large clam shell that I want to make into a necklace anyway. A lot cheaper and I’d rather make my own necklace.
I wanted to get some more paua shells, but I was not able to find the shell factory, or the beaches where they hide. That’s OK, because paua is a NZ thing, not a Samoa thing.
So to review, here are the three most memorable things I saw/did/ and ate in NZ:
DID: mountain biking with snow capped mountains; camping by a lake that looked onto Mt. Cook; Maruia hot springs (then jumping in the ice water pool…aka the Finnish experience.)
SAW: Milford sound, the chasm (how water can make such smooth rock shapes); Franz glacier.
ATE: fresh cherries; steak and potatoes (with onions and lots of garlic); triple decker sandwich (with bread, mustard, mayo, hummus, sliced meat, tomato, avocado, cucumber, cheese). Yum yum yum. Sorry enchilada, I missed the guacamole and sour cream on you, and could have used some more sauce from the cooked chicken…and more cheese.
I really liked this saying. And noticed that NZ tries really hard to keep things beautiful. Cool.
Toihu te whenua…leave the land undisturbed.
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