All Blacks Rugby: A religion
All Black Facts 1. The All Blacks are New Zealand’s national rugby union team and often considered the most successful team in history. 2. They start each International game with the haka, a Maori...
Monthly Archive: June 2018
To the beach!
Although it is winter, Saturday the 23rd of May was quite warm and beautiful. So I decided I needed a beach day, sortof. It took me a long time to decide where I wanted...
Guide to Car Buying
When purchasing a car in another country: Ask around for places to look- dealers, traders, online, auction. I used TradeMe, the Ebay of NZ When looking online, make sure you double check what unit...
Ducks on the Leith
This is the River Leith. It runs through campus. That’s the Clocktower building in the back. See those ducks? I really like them. They are not around during the day, just after the sun...
Samosas after dinner
After dinner, I was invited by a few friends to have samosas and chi. I really had no idea what samosas are, except that I thought it was a drink like a mamosa! Well,...
Surprised I am alive
Thursday was a big day. I had two meetings with other penguin people to discuss a range of topics, including my proposed PhD research. Then it gets good. Another PhD student Mel asked me...
Did you know?
Seagulls who look like they are dancing are actually stomping on the ground to mimic rain vibrations. This makes worms come to the surface so they don’t drown, allowing the gulls a tasty lunch!...
Week highlights
Met with my supervisor, Dr. Phil Seddon. There were two other PhD students there and their adviser. We discussed my thoughts for my research, what my next steps are, and the meeting this week...
Bit of NZ history and environmental movements
Weekend 2-3 June Friday night I was invited by two friends at Abbey to go watch a movie hosted by an environmental group on campus. The movie is called “Tomorrow”. It is a documentary...
First week= Success!
First week is over. What a whirlwind. Monday morning I met with my supervisor Dr. Phil Seddon at 9 am. We talked about research a bit and what I needed to do to get...