The Terrace

The Terrace is a bustling place from Monday to Friday. Everyone is walking or driving up and down, mainly in the mornings and late afternoon. There are some really nice looking cafes and coffee shops along it. I'd like to try some out one day but to be honest I doubt I ever will.... Anyway, the last two days three events have occurred along the Terrace that I have noticed. Although only one is factual. The other two are based on my assumptions. But exciting nonetheless.

The first event is the factual one and illustrated here :
It's kind of hard to see... But it was a protest.Right outside Vanessa's window. You could kind of see it from mine too, but the brick wall remained dominant. Not Good enough for a photo.

Here's something I found on scoop to explain it:

No Israeli Embassy In Wellington

Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 10:12 am
Press Release: NIEW

No Israeli Embassy

We are protesting against Israel opening an embassy in New Zealand.

We are protesting on behalf of Israel’s forgotten and ignored victims. There are five million Palestinians Israel prevents from living in historical
Palestine. There are more than a million Palestinians besieged by Israel and desolated in Gaza. There are nearly three million Palestinians whose homes are being destroyed and land being gobbled up on the West Bank and East Jerusalem. And there are more than a million Palestinians suffering increased discrimination inside Israel.

So basically, they are opposing the embassy because of the apartheid (I think?) in Israel. You might know better of the issue than me-having access to the news-but it was pretty exciting that it was right outside!

Number two occurred this morning on my way up to uni. Well, I noticed it then anyway. There were police outside the building next to Stafford and the building had been evacuated. I heard a lady talking on the phone saying something about a bomb scare. So naturally I put the two together. I could be right or I could be wrong. It was still pretty exciting!

Number three isn't that exciting, but I figure it is mildly so. And better to have three things than two! There was a cyclist crouched on the side of the road as I walked back from uni. There were a whole lot of people around him and his bike was kind of tossed aside. I can only assume that he was hit by a car or he hit a car. But I don't think it was anything serious because there wasn't an ambulance or any huge pools of blood around.

That's just a bit of an exert from my life on the Terrace ^^

In other exciting news, Winston Peters is coming to be a speaker in my POLS lecture some time in May. Everyone is all abuzz about this news!

Love Erin