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Published: March 13th 2009
Hampstead Heath
Just up the road from my flat. And look, blue sky!Well since I have had hundreds of my fans write in asking for the next installment, I thought I should keep you all abreast of things that are happening this side of the world. It can basically be summed up in two words. It’s cold.
I was thinking the other day that winter started last October when London had its first October snow in 30 odd years, and it’s still going in February when we had London’s biggest snowfall in 20 odd years. 5 months of winter?!? It makes me extra glad I’ll be seeing a lot of the sun in Costa Rica in a few weeks.
After I got back from New York, it was back to work to top up the funds before my long trip, but a week in, I was told the following Friday is my last day. Nice of them to give me some notice! Especially when they knew they were going to get rid of me before Christmas! Anyway, despite the credit crunch flooding the market with candidates, I was, obviously, a cut above the rest and only had a nice weeks rest before I scored a contract that would keep me going
Kim and I
My flatmate and I outside our flat playing in the snow. I kicked her arse in the snowball fight too. until I left.
In the week off, I was much busier than I ever was at Live Nation! I managed to tick the majority of stuff off my list of things to do before South America, and even managed to catch up with fellow un-employee Alaina to check out Tate Modern.
As a result of the treacherous weather, I’ve only managed one Leeds game, and what a game it was! A 3-1 win over a very good side sitting a few places above us in the table. I did manage to see some more football with my first taste of Emirates Stadium for a friendly between Brazil and Italy. The majority of stars were out on show and Brazil were deserved 2-0 winners. As for the stadium, it’s no Elland Road or Wembley, but it wasn’t bad.
Then at the beginning of February came the highlight of every Kiwi’s London year, the Waitangi Day Pub Crawl. The day dawned fine and after cooking up a healthy breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausages, and hash browns for my flatmates, I introduced them (2 South African girls and 1 Aussie) to the Kiwi celebrations. The crowds were out in force
Snow!
Just behind our flat again and it seemed everywhere I looked I saw someone I knew, including some people I hadn’t seen since school days.
One of the highlights for me was walking through South Kensington and walking past a hotel where the Hull Football Team were emerging. They didn’t know what hit them, but they were soon initiated into our fervour, and they ended up with a great result against Chelsea which resulted in their manager being sacked. So as a Kiwi, I fully take the credit for getting Chelsea’s manager fired!
We made it to Westminster in time for the haka, and I got in close for some photos and before I knew it, I was being pushed forward and was part of the group doing the haka! To be honest, I wasn’t that disappointed and I even remembered it fully from school! From there we headed towards Temple, but didn’t stay long before I was exhausted and headed home for some well earned rest.
From there, the countdown was on. Only 2 weeks until I left and I spent it basically organizing my stuff and getting rid of my flat. I also managed to get to a League
The morning after
Our table in our little back garden. So much snow that it shut London transport down and we got a day off! Score! Two football game with Ben and several more Hapkido lessons. Unfortunately I will just miss out on grading again! But the last two weeks flew by, and after some leaving drinks, before I knew it, I was up in the air on my way to………..Auckland!
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