mein deutschkurs hat gestern begann. die erste abend war nicht schwer, ich wußte schon alles. “ich heiße helen und ich komme aus neuseeland. woher kommenRead More
Category: politics

so now it’s 2011. i began this blog two years ago, after emerging from a pitch-black tunnel into 2009, & one year ago i satRead More
it is a bit freaky indeed, more so than we really want to think. the latest organic nz magazine has an article about wifi inRead More

“outside of a dog, a woman’s best friend is a book. inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read!” wrote diane torr on theRead More

i’ve returned to münchen after just over 3 weeks in the uk. in my absence the trees have shed nearly all of their leaves, revealingRead More

last year, i happened to be in belgrade when the gay pride march was to be held; it was the first attempt to hold aRead More
i was pretty surprised when i heard that obama had been awarded the nobel peace prize – when he hasn’t yet had the chance toRead More

yesterday wellington charmed me with her beauty: the harbour sparkling blue, the tararuas fading into the distance and the norfolk pines lining oriental bay completingRead More

so much has happened in the last 3 weeks – the 090909 UpStage festival, the eclectic tech carnival, exploring istanbul & visiting friends in belgradeRead More
recently i posted about an internet blackout protest against section 92a, a proposed nz law that would have forced ISPs to take down a webRead More