played in the snow (the poms back home said it never snowed in London)
drunk Speights in the sunshine surrounded by 2000 other antipodeans
realised my cleverly cute and unique use of the word “antipodean” isn’t actually unique at all… 4 years of Uni math papers for nothing
not watched TV. At all. (no, torrents don’t count)!
read 2 fiction books (an unusual claim for me)
oggled at Page 3 Girls
been strangely saddened/repulsed by the 17 year old slappers in the BBC series Glamour Girls who’s life goal is get get their tits out on Page 3… and then wondered where she is now
seen what real money is, and wondered how I can get some of my own
been amazed by the beautiful women everywhere, especially when flat hunting
been disappointed with The Underground after Hong Kong’s MTR
learnt not to rely on The Underground during weekends (engineering works everywhere)
bought from Amazon.co.uk, twice
having traveled through some of the most populous places in the world, what the “long-tail” is all about, finally
learnt how to spot the kiwi girls; they’re the bigger ones
grown to hate the estate flat
noted that there’s hardly a Briton to be found in London
been amazed how many conservative Muslim’s live here, after basically none in NZ
read George Orwell classic novel, “1984”
been struck by how many cameras there are watching you, everywhere, 24/7
against my best intentions, become apathetic to being watched by cameras, everywhere, 24/7
been quietly enjoying proper broadband
yet to use the word “innit” in conversation
fallen in love with BBC’s iPlayer; the Flash-based internet TV time-shifting service
felt betrayed by Cadbury, re: the local version of the Creme Egg (looks the same, faaaaar from the same quality back home)
been green with envy as an uncountable number of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Austin Martin’s drive past me. The guy down the street parks TWO Ferrari’s in his driveway, including the F540
inconsolable after learning an Australian hedge fund manager, Greg Coffey, earns £125 MILLION from his bonus alone
grown a bit more familiar with Ruby on Rails, having fought hand-to-hand combat with a fresh Linux install with all the Apache, Mongrel, Capistrano, Plesk trimmings
realised that being a web-geek in NZ has it’s advantages; namely RSS feeds are already filled with goodies when I wake up… there are definate advantages to being awake while the rest of the world sleeps
found a flat! yay, after only 3 weeks. And unlike the rest of London, this one has a lounge (and not a converted 5th bedroom
fallen off the bandwagon; I discovered a place that sold V at midnight on the way home from drinks, and eventually bought and consumed the heavenly fluro-nuclear-green liquid
