Memories and The Big City

No doubt the Village People would've been chased out of Invers or Gore, but I believe that no one would look twice if they were in Wellington. It is a sign of the culture here where people can get away with wearing and being whoever in Wellington, which probably makes being a Christian easier.

The year is almost upon us and my first year in the big smoke has been host to many great times. IT is definitely a new chapter in my life and there is a real sense that Wellington is the 25-30 year old Dunedin. I feel that there are not many things left for me in Dunners, as people are moving on from there. There are many attractions up here and heaps more people to meet and grow relationships with. There seems to be an abundance of females, yet coffee has turned into a marriage proposal in many quarters. The people in Wellington seem more positive than down south with less of the tall poppy syndrome which sees anyone making a good fist of something being chopped down at the knees. At the same time, the people probably blow their own trumpet on the whole and are definitely more into the image of things. The EMO culture will probably never hit Gore!

There is far better entertainment up here with beaches so accessible and the weather suitable. The Cake Tin with football, cricket, Beckham. There are heaps of movie theatres and shows. I can see why there aren't as many sports jocks around here as there is such a wide range of accessible entertainment.

My highlights of the year were in no particular order.

1)Sports camp - (not the flu afterwards)
2) Getting my first articles published in Consumer.
3) My weekends in Dunners. These involved weddings, football and the Gore Ball.
4)Muzza's 30th Party Lip Sync - we were the Village People hence the clip and I was the Leather Man (Biker). YouTube deleted our clip!
5) Sports - getting back into tennis and continuing to play football and touch.
6)Beckham - seeing him was cool.
7)Weekly social roster - my calendar has been more full than ever before with nightly events like movie club, salsa, Friday Night Drinks. These have been great especially if I had no sport on!