Right, so after spending the guts of a year in Australia in very hot heat, one might think that I would be a little in shock going to the climate of NZ but in fact, I am finding it very easy and probably more immediatly comfortable to tell the truth. I'm not suffering from shivers or any of that. All in all, a pretty smooth transistion, which I thought would be the case. Living in Scotland for so many years, the weather was pretty harsh at times and getting used to the cold, is just a way of life. Us Scotties are blue blooded and need the temperature a little low. When it's too hot, I find it hard to function and air-con, although good, just isn't natural, all day and night long...

So, after doing Australia, I decided to go back to a different part of NZ. The flight was good and made it clear of the dangerous ash clouds which were causing havoc recently.

I am confused. After looking into bankruptcy, it seems that it doesn't make any difference at all with regards to using a bank machine etc. Once the bank discharges you, they let you open a bankruptcy account which is exactly the same as the account you used previously. Such a load of BS. Really that term should be phased out. I found this out by investigating some bank managers that are or were indeed technically themself bankrupt...

After a lot of walking around, a house I frequently passed made me suspicious... The mailbox is full and the garden overgrown. I'd say judging by the area the price would fetch up to 350/400K However as I went nearer, it was clear to see it has been wrecked... All the place smashed to pieces, but structurally sound. A person like me would make easy work repairing it, but that's not the point. Obviously this must be a bad area. It would seem like the previous occupant just fled or moved, who knows. Something doesn't add up about it though. A person I met a while back admitted they hated living in this town and i am beginning to see why. It was a female. It is complicated to explain and incidentally the area they lived had one of the highest price tags with no finance on it... I am trying to get working, but certainly this is not easy. Honestly, I don't think this place is worth the hassle. Going back to UK is not that easy either with flights cancelled due to weather etc.

Back in day as a nipper, I used to almost pride myself on being well-built. IE relatively good shape/muscle etc. I was reading about some of the things that bodybuilders get upto. Not a lot of them are "honest" lets say. There's this stuff called synthol. Man i'm near tempted to try it myself, it's credited as being basically, instant muscle. Read up on it, it's whacked, but all in all, it's fake. It's basically oil you inject into your muscles...
Another thing that used to be fun was arm wrestling. I really took this seriously at one point, not to silly levels, but still competetive. I can't understand folk not wanting to do weights and stuff, without all the phoney hollywood stuff.