Happy Times

Sorry to anyone who was hoping to see an entry sooner.

Thanks to the couple of people who have (somewhat randomly) sent me messages - it's always cool to know someone else is reading :)


So hrm, where to start?

Well, I am officially employed, essentially full-time for the next week or two. Unfortunately, the work is shit boring and pretty physically draining (although not particularly taxing - I just have to walk around in the sun all day. I need to find a hat that doesn't make me look like a complete toss). The pay is quite good however, and I'm definately getting a bit more familiar with Waitakere City. Which I guess is a good thing (?).

Songs I Like This Week:
Placebo - Protege Moi.
French version of 'Protect Me', which should be fairly obvious if you're at all a fan. It's essentially identical except that the verses are in French whilst the chorus remains english. I'm not sure what it is that makes it cool, but it's just...yeah, cool. Such an elegent explaination eh?

Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
Had this for quite awhile, but what the hey. OCS have a real strange sound to them, and they're kind of hard to describe, but I guess they're kind of like a modern cross between the Strokes and the Beatles. Or something like that. But yeah, it's a great song.

UB40 - Pretty much anything.
God bless 80's (and hell, 90's) white-boy reggae. Yeah bo.

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Nostalgic thoughts: I was thinking about the memories and times I'm nostalgic about after reading J's last entry - I realised I don't really have all that many...

- Nastasi Island (Formerly ,Club): Awesome, awesome time. I can't remember exactly when this was, but I think I would have been about 10 or so years old. Spent about a week at this island resort in Fiji, and spent the entire time hanging out with three girls, two of whom I knew from back home in Suva, and one of whom I had a crush on. I don't really remember what we got up to, just that I had a really good time. Sitting in the boat as we sailed off home with that heavy sick feeling of sadness and longing, tinged with happiness from what you've experienced.

- Form 1, Parnell Intermediate. Anna and Georgia and Guy. These people all had a pretty big impact on me in one way or another (some more so than others) but the times I had with them were pretty fucking great before things got crazy. Rollerblading down Parnell Road. I remember once I tried to be cool and grab a parking meter and spin around it to a stop, but my upper body stopped whilst my legs just roared on, so I ended up on my arse, hard. Oops. Anytime I hear anything Aqua I think of these times.

God I miss Intermediate. Life was so simple and fun back then, although it probably didn't really seem so at the time.

I wish I could find someone who taught Choy Lee Fut, or Pak Mei or Fong Ngan in NZ..

More later.