Well, the fifth installment of the Desert Island playlist tournament is being held on Interference, and of course, that means another entry from me that I'll post here. I'm especially keen to record this as I think it's my best Desert Island tracklist thus far. I'm still pretty proud of my DI II, III, and IV submissions, but I rarely listen to ( Read more... )

Today is one of those days that for a long time seemed very far in the future, and I thought and hoped it would never come. However, here it is. As of today, I have lived precisely half of my life in New Zealand and half in Australia. From tomorrow, the count will be going in the wrong direction, i.e. my time in New Zealand will be in the ( Read more... )

So, yesterday, with my new photographic tendency, I took you to Papakowhai and Paremata and depicted ordinary parts of the suburbs on a regular summer weekend. Now I will try to do the same with the Kapiti Coast, travelling from my relatives' old place in Raumati South up the coast through Raumati Beach and Paraparaumu Beach to leave the coast via ( Read more... )

So, after my 21st birthday that I wrote about yesterday, I flew to New Zealand. Wellington, to be precise. It's always nice flying into Wellington. Well, I suppose it isn't always nice in terms of the ride you get, as the airport is right on the Cook Strait and the weather conditions there can often be unpredictable and unpleasant, but the day I ( Read more... )

I got back from New Zealand this morning ( Read more... )

Last month, I made an LJ post containing my entry for the Interference forum's "Prog Island" tracklist tournament. We're now about to commence the third installment of the full-blown Desert Island tournament, so I thought I'd again post my tracklist with explanatory details. This is a bit of a complex one and I think the second half is the best ( Read more... )

This will be the final part of my series of entries with photos from New Zealand. I'm skipping over Raumati South straight to Raumati Beach, as I took only two photos in Raumati South, neither of which would be of any particular interest to anybody: just a small set of shops and the kindy I went to when I was four. So here are some of the photos ( Read more... )

Continuing on from yesterday's post, I'm proceeding up the Kapiti Coast to Queen Elizabeth Park, which is between Paekakariki and Raumati South. During World War II, it was home to a US Army and Marines camp, and is now the home of the Wellington Tramway Museum. The Museum operates a 2km line and runs preserved Wellington trams (the Wellington ( Read more... )

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Well, I'm back from New Zealand. It was quite the trip.

( Nine days back home. )