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A really random weekend

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So that random weekend I just had (2 weekends ago now). On Thursday evening Camilla and I went to an open air poetry slam in Aotea Square (Auckland's version of Trafalgar Sq - except about a 10th in size). It was quite good but not amazing. On Friday evening Camilla was celebrating her birthday a wee bit early and had the most awesome idea for it ever.  We had a pot luck under the stars!  We drove down to Whatipu - the most beautiful beach area an hour out of Auckland, and made it just as the sun was setting.  My gosh the drive was just beautiful - you drive through Huia and it's like a miniature version of Marlborough Sounds, it is stunning. I can't wait to take my kayak out there and explore more.  The sun caught a layer of mist hovering on top of the water which was turning pink in the light - I wish I could have taken photos. We arrived and rushed down to the beach to meet everyone else sat on a huge tarp.  I went straight to the waterfront and took some photos an

Ponderings

It's absolutely pissing it down outside, I just got drenched on the walk home from work, I had a slightly drunk one to one with my colleague in which I bitched about my boss and my previous colleague conquest, and this week had been insanely busy (in a good way) with a bitter sweetness attached to it. I feel very temporary.  It's been really interesting experiencing Auckland life, a fine balance between planting some shallow roots so I feel at home, but not deep enough ones that I never want to leave. I am coming up to the time when I need to make some decisions.  It seems some of it has been made for me.  My contract at the bank ends at the end of April.  I was bitching about my boss because I approached him in November last year about putting me onto a fixed term with the bank rather than through my temping agency - that way it's easier for them to offer me a permanent job (less paperwork) and gives me staff benefits like certain bank products.  Plus, probably psychol

Antisplore

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I have just had the most random weekend and it’s left me pretty pooped, but before I go into that weekend, let’s talk about the one before that – Antisplore! So there’s a really cool festival called Splore that happens near Auckland every year. We were meant to go but we all left it too late to buy tickets so they were super expensive ($275 compared to $100 something if we’d done early bird) and we couldn’t bring ourselves to pay that much for something.  I suggested we have our own mini festival instead – Colin plays guitar, we can camp somewhere awesome, go near a beach and generally have a brilliant fun camping weekend away – and Antisplore was born! We decided to return to Opoutere (which Amy had discovered a few months before when we went to Whangamata a few months back).  It has its own pretty remote beach for us to be loud and silly on, it’s surrounded by gorgeous country side, cheap and loads of space, and it’s close to Whangamata for shops and water based beach acti