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SUMMER IS HERE!!!
SUMMER IS HERE!!!
(Click on pics to see larger versions of fluffballs. U know u want to.)
Wossthat greenish-black gunk on my shoes then..? Ewww....
Pics taken by moi, 2010
Sunday, 29 August 2010
A Sunday stroll confirms my suspicions...
Wossthat greenish-black gunk on my shoes then..? Ewww....
Pics taken by moi, 2010
Monday, 31 May 2010
The ultimate pooch "Baroo?"
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Kasper is a pro. His "Baroo?"* earns him 10/10 points. It cannot possibly be done any better, unless you're this owl or possessed by the devil or something.
*Baroo: BAROO [BAH-ROO] (noun) (sound effect) A common animal look expressing: “Whut the…?” Frequently accompanied by a head tilt and/or wrinkled brow (explanation copied from cuteoverload.com ).
Picture of my sister's wittle angel taken by my sister. Or her husband, iunno.
Kasper is a pro. His "Baroo?"* earns him 10/10 points. It cannot possibly be done any better, unless you're this owl or possessed by the devil or something.
*Baroo: BAROO [BAH-ROO] (noun) (sound effect) A common animal look expressing: “Whut the…?” Frequently accompanied by a head tilt and/or wrinkled brow (explanation copied from cuteoverload.com ).
Picture of my sister's wittle angel taken by my sister. Or her husband, iunno.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Monday, 26 April 2010
O RLY?
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What is the first WoW expansion called? *
How much gold does Cold Weather flying cost? **
How many gnomes does it take to paint a wall? ***
Hmmmmm?
THOUGHT SO!
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* Burning Crusade
** 1000 g
*** Depends on how hard you throw them.
Picture of the church next door trying to be as cute as this one taken by moi, 2010
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Woss this birdie called?
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We went to the Katikati bird gardens again last week. So many birds, so many picture opportunities!
I have to take some time to sort them out though. Until then can you help me figure out what this bird is called? I think it's some kind of a goose, but seriously, what kind of a self-respecting goose has a fluorescent green beak?!
Poser
We went to the Katikati bird gardens again last week. So many birds, so many picture opportunities!
I have to take some time to sort them out though. Until then can you help me figure out what this bird is called? I think it's some kind of a goose, but seriously, what kind of a self-respecting goose has a fluorescent green beak?!
Poser
Looks like something out of The Barrens (yes, it's a WOW reference :P)
A bit of an attention whore too.
Any ideas on what this bird is called?
All pics taken by moi, 2010
All pics taken by moi, 2010
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Happy Easter, peeps!
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It seems the egg colouring tradition died out outside Europe so I took it upon myself to rectify the matter.
Behold my creation :)
Have a good holiday!
It seems the egg colouring tradition died out outside Europe so I took it upon myself to rectify the matter.
Behold my creation :)
Have a good holiday!
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Subtle signs that reveal you're addicted to World of Warcraft.
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Click pics for larger versions.
You're addicted to WOW when:
- you think "I'm with stupid" is the best pet name ever and you wish you'd thought of it first
- you've stopped returning pokes on facebook
-you start saying things like "yer", "nar, "gratz" and "sawr" because you spend too much time around Aussies
- you call your slow ass Nissan a swift mount
- you've skipped meals because of dungeon raids
-you can will yourself not to go pee for HOURS
- you don't know how much milk costs at Countdown but you know how much you need for a 5-pack of bananas for your pet ape
-you think "does this hair make my ears look long?"
- you're thinking about getting up early on a Saturday morning just so you can beat all those hordes of Aussies to the Gurubashi arena trinkets
- you haven't checked out cuteoverload , cheezburger or fu penguin in WEEKS
- you try to get your husband interested in playing so he wouldn't notice the steady decline in his love life
- coworker asks if you have allergies because the bags under your eyes are so colossal
- your guild makes up for your crippled social life
- you wish the healer would stop blowing kisses and just do his damn job
- you think "Exalted with your mum" is a hysterically funny guild name AND it makes sense
- you're happy your b-day's coming up cos you don't feel guilty asking for the expansions
- you make a complete ass of yourself running up an down Arathi basin hugging every dead/dying player for the "make love not warcraft" achievement - and it doesn't bloody work!
All rights reserved by moi.
Click pics for larger versions.
You're addicted to WOW when:
- you think "I'm with stupid" is the best pet name ever and you wish you'd thought of it first
- you've stopped returning pokes on facebook
-you start saying things like "yer", "nar, "gratz" and "sawr" because you spend too much time around Aussies
- you call your slow ass Nissan a swift mount
- you've skipped meals because of dungeon raids-you can will yourself not to go pee for HOURS
- you don't know how much milk costs at Countdown but you know how much you need for a 5-pack of bananas for your pet ape
-you think "does this hair make my ears look long?"
- you're thinking about getting up early on a Saturday morning just so you can beat all those hordes of Aussies to the Gurubashi arena trinkets
- you haven't checked out cuteoverload , cheezburger or fu penguin in WEEKS
- you try to get your husband interested in playing so he wouldn't notice the steady decline in his love life
- coworker asks if you have allergies because the bags under your eyes are so colossal
- your guild makes up for your crippled social life
- you wish the healer would stop blowing kisses and just do his damn job
- you think "Exalted with your mum" is a hysterically funny guild name AND it makes sense
- you're happy your b-day's coming up cos you don't feel guilty asking for the expansions
- you make a complete ass of yourself running up an down Arathi basin hugging every dead/dying player for the "make love not warcraft" achievement - and it doesn't bloody work!All rights reserved by moi.
Saturday, 13 March 2010
The beaches around Auckland...
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...are seriously flawed. It's hard enough to find a beach that doesn't have gigantonormous surfer waves, but even when you do find one that looks adequate, well...
Click on pics for larger view.
All pics taken by moi, 2010
...are seriously flawed. It's hard enough to find a beach that doesn't have gigantonormous surfer waves, but even when you do find one that looks adequate, well...
Click on pics for larger view.
Looks promising, doesn't it?
Notice anything... odd in this picture?
And no, I do not mean the exposed axis of snorgling.
And no, I do not mean the exposed axis of snorgling.
THERE'S NO FREAKING WATER!
Ok, time to find another one... looks like we hit jackpot!
Water, check. Shade, check. Sheep, check.
If you can't read, it says "Go home, mwahaha!!!!"
All pics taken by moi, 2010
Sunday, 7 March 2010
The bugs in this country....
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...show disrespect for the photographer, nay, downright contempt...
...show disrespect for the photographer's personal property...
...flip the photographer off with their fluffy bug parts...
...keep reminding the photographer there are better ways to spend free time than playing WOW...
Sheesh... I'm not eating anything from this feijoa tree.
All pics taken by moi, 2010
...show disrespect for the photographer, nay, downright contempt...
(extreme contempt close-up)
...show disrespect for the photographer's personal property...
...flip the photographer off with their fluffy bug parts...
...keep reminding the photographer there are better ways to spend free time than playing WOW...
Sheesh... I'm not eating anything from this feijoa tree.
All pics taken by moi, 2010
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Time to play "name the (presumably Asian) vegetable".
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Any idea what's in this picture?
Jeannot gets free food from his Asian coworkers, and (being all man) he doesn't bother asking the name of the vegetables he's given, or how to prepare them.
I guess he expects me (being all woman) to instinctively know how to cook anything.
Ughhh....
All I got out of him was that someone might had mentioned you peel it and then eat it.
So we did.
Pic taken by moi, 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Random thoughts on NZ food.
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I was never big on ice cream. We often went to have some with the Bjondic family, but I was always like "Yeah.. sure... whatever."
Well, not here! Kiwi ice cream is a massive win and if you've never tried it, you're missing out. As a matter of fact, Kiwis themselves consider their hokey pokey ice cream a part of Kiwiana. They like it as much as their gumboots! Hokey pokey is the Kiwi version of Jezek or Lucka, only a lot better *dodges lightning bolts*.
Falafel. Oh so good. Try getting a good falafel in Ljubljana, I dare you.
Curry. Hated it in Europe, here it is most divine.
Asian food is actual Asian food. It does not all taste the same.
On the downside, you cannot get vegetable cream here. The type you can whisk and put on desserts. Oh no. The real stuff only and it's super heavy, massively greasy and yellow.
Beef! God, the amounts of beef people consume here are just insane. And they're very proud of their beef. The fact of the matter is it is so greasy you can't wash your hands properly after handling it! Tastes appropriately shite, too. Don't really understand how that happens since all the cows wander free on pastures green over here, but there you have it. Ewww!
Oh, and Kiwis seem to be very fond of "light or extra light olive oil". The selection of full-on cold pressed/extra virgin is very limited. WTF... "Light" doesn't look like olive oil, it doesn't smell like it - why bother buying it then? I'm pretty sure the "light" part doesn't mean it's less caloric, it's just way less fragrant. And yellow. And not considerably cheaper. How barbaric. There are other "healthy" oils out there, I see no need to defile pure green and fragrant olive oil.
Guess who makes the best burek in Oceania?
I was never big on ice cream. We often went to have some with the Bjondic family, but I was always like "Yeah.. sure... whatever."
Well, not here! Kiwi ice cream is a massive win and if you've never tried it, you're missing out. As a matter of fact, Kiwis themselves consider their hokey pokey ice cream a part of Kiwiana. They like it as much as their gumboots! Hokey pokey is the Kiwi version of Jezek or Lucka, only a lot better *dodges lightning bolts*.
Falafel. Oh so good. Try getting a good falafel in Ljubljana, I dare you.
Curry. Hated it in Europe, here it is most divine.
Asian food is actual Asian food. It does not all taste the same.
On the downside, you cannot get vegetable cream here. The type you can whisk and put on desserts. Oh no. The real stuff only and it's super heavy, massively greasy and yellow.
Beef! God, the amounts of beef people consume here are just insane. And they're very proud of their beef. The fact of the matter is it is so greasy you can't wash your hands properly after handling it! Tastes appropriately shite, too. Don't really understand how that happens since all the cows wander free on pastures green over here, but there you have it. Ewww!
Oh, and Kiwis seem to be very fond of "light or extra light olive oil". The selection of full-on cold pressed/extra virgin is very limited. WTF... "Light" doesn't look like olive oil, it doesn't smell like it - why bother buying it then? I'm pretty sure the "light" part doesn't mean it's less caloric, it's just way less fragrant. And yellow. And not considerably cheaper. How barbaric. There are other "healthy" oils out there, I see no need to defile pure green and fragrant olive oil.
Guess who makes the best burek in Oceania?Pics taken by moi, 20o9
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
Try eating dinner through these...
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WARNING: Upon receiving a complainy-pants email about this post, I have decided to warn you all that SOME OF THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS ARE QUITE GRAPHIC.
There.
A darker, more disturbing side of Kiwis can be perceived through the ads on TV.
The last one completely freaked me out the first time I saw it. Now I have seen it so many times I have become desensitized. Besides, it usually ends with Jeannot yelling "GET THE HELL OFF ME! GET OFF ME, NIGE!!!" for five to ten minutes in intervals.
Be safe!
WARNING: Upon receiving a complainy-pants email about this post, I have decided to warn you all that SOME OF THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS ARE QUITE GRAPHIC.
There.
A darker, more disturbing side of Kiwis can be perceived through the ads on TV.
The last one completely freaked me out the first time I saw it. Now I have seen it so many times I have become desensitized. Besides, it usually ends with Jeannot yelling "GET THE HELL OFF ME! GET OFF ME, NIGE!!!" for five to ten minutes in intervals.
Be safe!
Friday, 29 January 2010
Sweet As.
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Today's lesson* is dedicated to Kiwispeak.
1. SWEET AS.
If a Kiwi says "Sweet as!", don't get overexcited! He's not complimenting your behind. It's an expression meaning "cool" or "Alright bro!".
Or "Kapai!" if you're Maori.
Consider yourself lucky, some of us learned that the hard way.
2. YEAH YEAH NAH NAH.
A very common beginning of a sentence.
First off, you need to understand the wonderful Kiwi pronunciation.
The way they pronounce "e" is quite different from the rest of the English speaking world. It is similar to Slovene "e" in words like pet, or mesto. As a result, when a Kiwi says "pen", it sounds closer to "pin". "Ten" becomes "tin" etc.
Now pronounce Yeah Yeah Nah Nah the way I just taught you. HEE-LARIOUS!
And it comes in many wonderful variations:
Yeah nah yeah nah
Yeah yeah nah
Yeah nah nah
Yeah nah
Yeah nah yeah
Yeah but nah but yeah but nah
Yeah nah yeah nah yeah nah
It generally means "I agree that it is not...", although I am sure the rule changes after a Tui or five. You also get diarrhea after a Tui or five, but that's a different blog altogether (making a mental note).
Confused much?
3. TWINK.
Means white-out. Or correction fluid, edigs for Slovenes. I know - WTF, right?
4. JANDALS
Japanese sandals, or "japonke" for Slovene speakers. Kiwis are big on jandals, it's the fourt most popular type of footwear, right after
-gumboots (national footwear) or rubber boots
-barefoot
-ugg boots . You'd think they're as rare as rocking horse shit since there's NO WINTER here, but no! I've seen plenty of people wear them during summer.
There are plenty of lost gumboots on the sides of Auckland motorway. Kiwis lose them from their utes - they usually stick them somewhere on the side of the car. ON THE OUTSIDE. On whatever protruding car part they can find. Just put them on, upside down.
A fascinating fact: Kiwis play a game called gumboot toss. I believe I need not explain.
5. CHILLY BIN.
Cooler box. It's where you put your Tui and toilet paper when you hit the beach.
6. L&P
Lemon & Paeroa. Soft drink, world famous in New Zealand. Really good!
Yeah nah.
*A little bit of professional deformation there...
Today's lesson* is dedicated to Kiwispeak.
1. SWEET AS.
If a Kiwi says "Sweet as!", don't get overexcited! He's not complimenting your behind. It's an expression meaning "cool" or "Alright bro!".
Or "Kapai!" if you're Maori.
Consider yourself lucky, some of us learned that the hard way.
2. YEAH YEAH NAH NAH.
A very common beginning of a sentence.
First off, you need to understand the wonderful Kiwi pronunciation.
The way they pronounce "e" is quite different from the rest of the English speaking world. It is similar to Slovene "e" in words like pet, or mesto. As a result, when a Kiwi says "pen", it sounds closer to "pin". "Ten" becomes "tin" etc.
Now pronounce Yeah Yeah Nah Nah the way I just taught you. HEE-LARIOUS!
And it comes in many wonderful variations:
Yeah nah yeah nah
Yeah yeah nah
Yeah nah nah
Yeah nah
Yeah nah yeah
Yeah but nah but yeah but nah
Yeah nah yeah nah yeah nah
It generally means "I agree that it is not...", although I am sure the rule changes after a Tui or five. You also get diarrhea after a Tui or five, but that's a different blog altogether (making a mental note).
Confused much?
3. TWINK.
Means white-out. Or correction fluid, edigs for Slovenes. I know - WTF, right?
4. JANDALS
Japanese sandals, or "japonke" for Slovene speakers. Kiwis are big on jandals, it's the fourt most popular type of footwear, right after
-gumboots (national footwear) or rubber boots
-barefoot
-ugg boots . You'd think they're as rare as rocking horse shit since there's NO WINTER here, but no! I've seen plenty of people wear them during summer.
There are plenty of lost gumboots on the sides of Auckland motorway. Kiwis lose them from their utes - they usually stick them somewhere on the side of the car. ON THE OUTSIDE. On whatever protruding car part they can find. Just put them on, upside down.
A fascinating fact: Kiwis play a game called gumboot toss. I believe I need not explain.
5. CHILLY BIN.
Cooler box. It's where you put your Tui and toilet paper when you hit the beach.
6. L&P
Lemon & Paeroa. Soft drink, world famous in New Zealand. Really good!
Yeah nah.
*A little bit of professional deformation there...
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
I bet you say that to all the girls...
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What a nice day in Auckland central.
Woss that then?
And WHAT is that writing on the ground?
You've got to be kidding me...
All pics taken by moi, 2009
What a nice day in Auckland central.
Woss that then?
And WHAT is that writing on the ground?
You've got to be kidding me...
All pics taken by moi, 2009
Friday, 22 January 2010
XOXOX & about Christmas Kiwi Style
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I didn't realize I had regular readers until I started slacking off. And then people started asking questions about why I stopped blogging, heh...
So, today's blog is dedicated to all of you who decided it was time to give me a gentle nudge in the right direction (Hi Vilma, hi Priamus :D)
Here's what I wanna share today.
There's a nice little church in Auckland that draws my attention every time I pass by. Their bulletin board is always a treat and sometimes I am lucky enough to have my camera with me.
They actually made news this year with this controversial picture. It also ended up on failblog (although the board is a massive WIN in my book!):
see more Epic Fails
Gotta love the Kiwi sense of humour.
All pics except the failblog picture taken by moi, 2009
I didn't realize I had regular readers until I started slacking off. And then people started asking questions about why I stopped blogging, heh...
So, today's blog is dedicated to all of you who decided it was time to give me a gentle nudge in the right direction (Hi Vilma, hi Priamus :D)
Here's what I wanna share today.
There's a nice little church in Auckland that draws my attention every time I pass by. Their bulletin board is always a treat and sometimes I am lucky enough to have my camera with me.
They actually made news this year with this controversial picture. It also ended up on failblog (although the board is a massive WIN in my book!):
see more Epic Fails
Gotta love the Kiwi sense of humour.
All pics except the failblog picture taken by moi, 2009
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