A Different Side of America Yesterday was the forth anniversary of the war in Iraq. And one of my flatmates - a passionate pacifist and very politically minded - invited the rest of us to go to a demonstration downtown. Another of my flatties, like over 70% of Americans, is also opposed to the war, so she decided to go. And me, well, I have to confess I don't really feel like I know enough about the whole situation to feel as strongly as they do or make a fu...

No, this wasn't our dinner today [see pic on blog page]; no greasy fries, chicken wings or hamburgers for us tonight...Why? Cos it was global marketplace, Oceania style! That's right, representing our side of the world ["our" being me and all you fellow Kiwis reading this that is]!Anyone who knows me well, knows how absolutely stoked I would have been to see New Zealand lamb feature on the menu for the night.But, I'm sorry to say, I was surp...

Another "of the week" category I've gotta add: Buzz of the Week!Yesterday's trip to Magic Mountain, a 16-rollercoaster amusement park, wins hands down. A bunch of about 80-odd international and local students piled into buses yesterday to hit the Los Angeles area theme park, and it was adrenaline-adrenaline-adrenaline!Though, to be honest, about 80% of the time spent at the park was spent queuing for rides, often in hot hot hot sunshin...

The Past 7 Days in Review:Gig of the week: Definitely Starfield, a rockin' Canadian worship band who played a free concert at UCSD Tuesday night [see pic left]. Check 'em out at www.starfieldonline.com. Everyone sing with me now: "I wanna hold the hand that holds the world!"Second to that would be Sunday arv's [afternoon's, for all you non-Kiwis who apparently don't get that abbreviation] jazz club. Possibly cos it was the only other...

Started work today.One of my flatmates works at Foodworks, a dining place over the other side of campus, and helped hook me up with a job there.Pretty cruisy stuff, I'm mostly doing hot foods and salads. And of course, tortilla wraps. The Mexican influence here is pretty strong - not just food, sometimes we'll be listening to a Spanish station on the radio, or my workmates will be talking to each other in Spanish. Hopefully it'll rub off on me!