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Helllllooo,

I had an enjoyable weekend with the company of grandma and grandad. But first of all, here is a picture of my room. Because I put my paintings and posters up and now it's very beautiful. Better than having dull grey walls anyway...


So the weekend was pretty good. I don't really recall what it was that I did on Saturday... I do remember feeling thoroughly lazy and spending much of the day watching anime in bed though. I studied a bit but not much because I couldn't concentrate. I went to see Alice in Wonderland though with Ryan. Coolest movie ever. I liked it (obviously). We had crepes at a yummy crepe shop which is just opposite cotton on. You can choose between a wide selection of sweet and savoury crepes. The sweet flavours include the traditional lemon and sugar as well as nutella, banana and chocolate, caramello (which Ryan had) and chestnut cream (which I had). The savoury flavours include the likes of sundried tomato, cream cheese and mushrooms (which we tried the next day).

Sunday was fairly bustling. Went to the Te Papa vege market and got some vegetables. Then since the weather was nice Ryan and I went on a picnic mission to the botanical gardens. After some intense exploration, my conclusion is that it is like a huuuuuuuge esplanade. With hills. Because nothing is complete in wellington without hills. Even parliament has hills (or at least it isn't flat...). Here are some shots of the gardens. The ukelele orchestra were playing a concert (I assume that's who it was) inside too.




Anyway, after that, Ryan and I met Grandma and Grandad. We had drinks at a cafe beside the rose gardens where I enjoyed a thoroughly delicious iced coffee. Then we went on various adventures around wellington together. It was very fun :)

Later on I did a spot of shopping and almost died taking it back to mine. Shopping bags are heavy. Especially those containing milk.... Interesting to walk through parliament at around 6 though, I happened to see a camera man and reporter; presumably preparing for a news item.

Then yesterday was back to uni. I made a start on one of my assignments too: due next wednesday. There is a fellow social policy student (Aidan) who suggested we work on it together and it was good to have the company.

Today in my POLS lecture Peter Dunne came in to talk to us. Mainly just about the things he believed in which obviously reflected his position in United Future. But it was very interesting. Also to hear the questions people asked and the responses he gave. On Friday the Green party leaders are coming in to talk to us. I'm unsure as to how such talks will help out in our essays and exams to be honest. But I suppose they give us valuable insight.

Today I had work as well. It wasn't so bad this week. Now that I know the shop and the people in it a bit better. I was considering quitting but I think i'll stay. It is convenient after all. But I might just end up spending lots of money on clothes and shoes. There are lots of pretty things in the shop and I do need to buy some more things so that I have some recent parts of the shop to wear for work....

Love Erin