After extensive phonecalls back 'home' it seems unwise for me to head back to the UK just now because the weather is so bad. My little German buddy returned tonight only to inform me, that he and his 5 or 6 mates had failed to gain any employment here although they have been trying. The only advice I could give them was to try the local supermarkets, as that's really all there is here apart from a few backpackers which are probably ran by the local mafia, all in the best possible taste of course, just legally rob you quietly with nice conversation to boot probably.

After seeing that Thailand, Ireland and Mexico are now falling foul to the intense rain spectrums, with the 2 main airports closed in Thailand today, it's obvious to see that the weather is not getting any weaker so to speak. I have lost track of the weather events since last year that were documented in mainstream media and frankly don't care anymore. The last I heard was that some of the authorities in Ireland were falling foul to the flooding. The quicker Branson gets man on the moon, the better, until some piece of American space junk probably knocks things haywire again. We've drilled the oil to extreme and ruined nearly everything in natures path, from ecomonies to ecologys. 10 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Steve Jobs, now we have No cash, No Hope and No Jobs...

As I suspected, the recent uprising in Llybia did not stop with just Ghadaffi and his family alone... The recent finding of 52 bodies of pro Ghadaffi supporters shot in the back at a hotel shows that his regime is being ousted bit by bit. Also a brief look at the stockmarket today showed high gains of the dollar which is probably a sign of western confidence at this stage. There is not much to tell from me today, other than my host decided to entertain some gay doctors, and i got an interview request from a fairly decent company in the UK. I went to the beach today and the weather was nice, some pictures I'll post later as it's bedtime for me here.

So after a few days splitting wood with a hydraulic ram and chainsawing up wood etc doing general man work, i'm sitting thinking where to go from here. My host has allowed me to stay on a while longer, primarily because it seems I will be doing some roofing work, when this damn rain holds up for a while. My little German buddy thinks he's bailing out on Sunday to go and pick grapes or something like that. One thing about NZ, there are a lot of krauts here, especially in the farming side of things - vineyards. I can see it in their eyes they want to pick the grapes and make wine. Not a bad plan, except it rains nearly every day here, so timing is important. Much as I like golf and even if I could afford the horrendous fees here, it just rains to much to get near a course. The last I heard a boat was spewing oil all over the coastline, so I doubt that it would be such a relaxing round anyways.

Well, I've never seen such chaos in my entire life. These financial protests have never been seen on a global level before. I understand London, New York, Auckland, Rome have had thousands of angry demonstrations today in protest of corporate greed. The images I saw were pretty much on par with combat conditions in some cases. The growing tension in the Arab world is also extremely concerning. Quantas workers went on strike again today in Australia. People need jobs otherwise this chaos won't stop. I have never lived in such scary times.

Damn, damn the bit. Only a few days after Steve Jobs passing away, it seems the inventor of the C programming language is also now deceased. One really sad month for computing. I was once going to learn c++ and it was all too much for me. This is terrible news. All the legends are dying off. The rain is pretty heavy out here again today, i'm sitting in, while everyone else is out watching rugby. I wish I could get hyped about this game, I used to play it, but all I recall was feeling like being in a boxing match for hours at a time, even when you win, it hurts.

This has got to be the saddest day since Sep 11th. The internet is saying Steve Jobs is now deceased with cancer at 56 years old. I never owned those Apples, but am aware they are a quality product. Truly sad news. I did have a friend who owned one of the first Apple macs who incidentally was also a nudist, but that is completely beside the point. I'm glad I never made it as a programmer if people like this are just going to up and die. Condolencies to the Jobs family.

Tonight I had some quality time, and that's really all there is to say.

Tommorow, I rest up and am trying to save energy for driving up to Napier on Saturday. It seems I may have landed a good host on the wwoofing scheme, which is good news.

After around a year or so of using Wikipedia, which I can confirm, is the one most useful source of reliable information on the internet, I have several bookmarks which I check daily. Much as I appreciate the mainstream media takes on what is really happening in the world, these bookmarks are far better at gauging the situation.

List of rail accidents (2010–2019) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of shipwrecks in 2011 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of power outages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of assassinated people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earthquakes in 2011 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of floods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So it seems looking at the weather reports over here that the Nelson area is due for some seriously bad weather, mainly thunderstorms and heavy rain, maybe flooding. I was up there not so long ago and it did cross my mind that it may be a flood prone area. NZ weather is just as sensitive as anywhere else in the world at the moment. This country is experiencing untold weather events that are not normal for this side of the world. First, with the devastating Christchurch earthquake that wiped out the television centre, which incidentally contained a training school above it, i'm led to believe, that many people died in this event, including a lot of students and teaching personnel. There are still ongoing aftershocks happening regularly in this area, and I have not been anywhere near to survey the damadge, primarily due to wanting to maintain my own mental health. The weather is pretty gloomy today, with dreary rainfall here. I would not be surprised to read tommorow that flooding has occured in Nelson or in that area generally. Anywhere dry just now is a bonus.

A while back, I approached the college in Wellington enquiring about courses, in particularly plumbing. Now, if I had been a Kiwi resident, the fees would be pretty slim, but as an international, basically they wanted 20 grand for a piece of paper, that would not be recognised in any other country... So, logic stepped in, and I said no. My trade skills and mechanical certs are not recognised abroad, it's the same with being a lawyer/politicial or professional, they are not classed as trades. I recall walking through Brisbane immigration and seeing a lawyer shouting and screaming because he was not allowed into the country. Even I was huckled, but after 4 hours of nonsensical conversation, after gaining all my personal details, they let me pass. I wasn't a great fan of Australia, but I'm glad I at least saw it, despite the flooding that occured while I was there being the absolute worst in it's history. Anyways, back to the point. I am looking for a proper employer that can legitimatly permit me to work here and not no damn duff winz (dole office) bullshit. The same thing happened when the Polish invaded the UK. They claimed asylum many of them and then got UK government payouts and free council houses. I was even told, when I went to Auckland, that I would get the dole over here, by some Italian people that weren't even from this country. I don't have time for these capers, about being good humans etc, it's all red tape, that wrecks everything. The same is going on in Australia just now, with them trying to get Chinese into the country in droves.

So according to the mainstream news, another hurricane hit the Phillipines and also China causing massive destruction and displacement. Over here in NZ there is already signs of this with displaced people around the place (myself included really, since 2009 after my company was flooded, i've found it hard to maintain myself in one spot.) The weather is pretty dreary over here today with mild rain predicted for the next few days. I'm beginning to feel better after a few days rest, but still have a long way to go before I reach a happy state. Next week, I need to approach some companies directly and try and get working again. Forklifts and hurricanes are light years apart, although this is not the only thing I can do. For now, i'm just glad the war on terror is over and have been checking out internet hookup sites with limited success... There are some true scams out there for sure, mate1 being the worst. At last check I had 300+ fake emails. I have found some other sites, but really it can be a bit lame sending emails to people you don't know, and maybe dangerous to tell the truth. For the record though, I have met women off the internet that have been legitimate, so it's a hit or miss really sometimes. The biggest thing that's annoying me just now is boredom. I'm glad to be out of Wellington with all that rugby carry on though, man that hype really blows hard. I used to play rugby as a prop forward years ago and was trained by a professional player, but we never used to hype it up, that must have been the work of clever media companies brainwashing people through the television. Well, the only next big thing I can really accomplish is quitting smoking (again.) for the 6th time.