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So how would you spell Fan-ga-pa-ro-wa? (I usually just do the "deer-in-the-headlights-stare" if i'm confronted by such scary-sounding words...) This funny name is actually spelt Whangaparaoa - an area here in NZ. Weird hey. Some other rather unusual kiwi names include: Whangarei, Takapuna, Whakatane, Waitemata, Hokianga..... and then i came across this ridiculously long name (its Maori for Kaikoura - a town in the South Island): Te Ahi-kai-koura-a-Tama-ki-te-rangi. My point is, the friggin Kiwis have the odacity to tell ME that THEY dont even know how to spell Johannesburg?!? What the..? (Yes, that person actually said: " I dont even know where to START spelling that" and yes, i did give this person the *you-are-so-stupid-look*).
You know, when you have the sun beating down on your back and the wind knotting your hair... when you wriggle your toes in the sand and you hear the high-pitched guffaws of the seagulls above you... when you have a good book, a big blanket... and best of all, if you have a BIG slab of chocolate... then you know you are pretty close to heaven. (Unless of course you emerge five hours later and you look like a lobster from hell, but that is of course completely besides the point. Plus, no one EVER told me about sunscreen). So, as you have gathered, today was a rather relaxing one on the beach and next time I promise I will take more.... sunscr...er no, more chocolate. Hehe!
Last weekend we went rock/wall-climbing. Holy crap, those walls are scary and high! I would climb half-way and be like "Ok, i'm done" and then everybody will be like "Come Liesl, you can do it, you're nearly at the top ", and i'll be like "No, this is fine, i'm coming down".... but eventually I made it to the top! (its not quite the same as reaching the top of Mt Kilimanjaro like Hadley did recently, but its the top nonetheless). (Hey, check out my rock-climbing pics - Please note the pink shoes, the hippie hairband and the silver loop earrings, what was i THINKING?!?! )
Ok, well its getting pretty late and this was just a little catch-up to say that i'm still alive on this side of the ocean. Also quickly: its my sister's b'day today: so everybody please sing with me: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIIIRTHDAY DEAR HEIDIIIIIIIII HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HIP HIP! HOORAY! HIP HIP! HOORAY!
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