Friday lunch: Hungi!
Te Wananga organised a Maori’s Luch, 8 $ for a luch. I did not know what was the luch, I went to pick it up and it was hungi, I a not sure about the spelling but It’s something really Maori, the food is cooked for hours in the ground, nothing really new because in many places in the world the food is cooked in the gournd, but it was funny a workmate of mine:
“where was it cooked?”
“…somewhere in the ground in New Zealand!” =/
hehe..british sense of humour..
Tommy.
YAY, we are going to Wellington this weekend, we have a plane at 7.20 in the morning. We’re lucky we found a room in the Ibis Hotel ( 4* ), just 100 dollar for three persons and the place it’s cose the centre city.
We will go to the Te Papa Museum and we will catch up with clod and his girlfriend, I think we will go out for a belgique beer in this place in Wellington, I can’t remember the name ot the place.
The last week we brought the tickets for Australia VS New Zealand the 2nd of August, I can’t wait to go!!
The job is going well, this week I’ve talked with my manager about my job and she gave to me a list of things that I have to do, a long list but atleast I will be busy doing things that I like, the first couple of weeks were very annoyed because she was not in Nz and she could not train me.
I need to start to study for the Ielts exam, I want to do it in september, I need of it to enroll at the Uni, I don;t know which kind of course, if a Master or a Postgrade, But the next Year ( after become resident ) I want to enroll in the Waikato University or The Massey University as an extramural student so I can work and study at the weekend, it will be hard but it’s not the first time and I want to do it because after that I will be very skilled and I think I might find a very good job and earn more than now.
We’re looking the prices of the tickets with my parents for the next februarym 1400 euros with Singapor Airlines the cheapest that we found, but we have to hear from my mum what she could find at the agency in italy. It’s agreat country, but to come here it’s a lot of money, unfortunatly!
I think it will be here just my closest friends, other people can not effort that money just for my wedding, but who care, I think it’s a good occasion to know a good country and honestly I want just them here with me, I have ever wanted just the closer people to my wedding and will be like that!
Tommy
It was a great weekend the last one, we went to Auckland the last saturday for the All Blacks game and was spectacular, the vibe was great and all the people was there to enjoy the game, the coreography before the game with 2 small armies emulating the cavaliers of the mid age ( AB & ENG ) and then the game, with people ( women ) crazy for Dan Carter, the first try of Conrad Smith, everything was amazing.
During the day we went shopping in Auckland, great city, it has something similar with San Francisco but is better, greener and more cosy, I like it. I’ve bought a pair of puma’s, amazing puma’s is better to say ( thanks of Aimee to bring me downstairs there ). Aimee needed to buy new boots but then she haven’t bought them…anyway she was happy after..with her engagement ring! Now it’s official, 14/02/09 Valentine’s day we will get married here in my new country ( i think nowe I can say that, I am not going to move from here! just to travel obviously ).
then the SkyTower, shit! It’s high as the Tour of Paris but I don’t know why i felt vertigo so strong, WoW..
Sunday was relaxed with a Potluck Italian lunch, many italians, about 30/40 people, some old people but some guys too, I’ve met this guy from Udine, 5 years here, resident with a Kiwi-american-japanese girlfriend. He knows Brescia, The “Valle Camonica” and other places up there, he spent 4 years in the army in italy as “Alpino”..it’s amazing because all the Italians here have some interesting stories about them and about the reasons to be in Nz, and all of them are happy to live here, we agree on the things that don’t work in Italy. I have his contact, I will ring him once to go to his house upper Auckland, he said “Io ho poco, ma se vuoi venire su un divano c’e'” translated “I haven’t many things, but if you want to come there is the couch ready”, that’s my people, this is how i wanted to live!
Today or tomorrow I will apply for my visa and my residence, the residence will be frozen till the next march, I Have to live together with my Kiwi for atleast 12 months before to apply for it, but I will do now so I can save the money of the medical tests.
Next update soon,
Tomaso.
It’s been a busy and short week ( monday was the queen’s birthday ), the job is going well and in three weeks I learnt a lot ( still to learn heaps of things ).
I’ve done the blood test, the x-ray chest and see the doc, so now I am just waiting for the results and then I will apply for my relationship visa ( hopefully the residency too ) and then I will have all the rights like a kiwi ( I don’t know about voting but I don’t care at the moment, I have other things before more important ). I paid 390 NZ $ for all the test ( alot of money ) but atleast I’ve done that so I don’t have to be worried about them anymore ( but the visa cost 560 NZ $ ( bucks for the kiwis ) ). In 30-60 days i will know the result of the request.
Last Thursday I’ve gone to train to this team of soccer, I’ve tried to see if I could play here and they want me to continue to go ( just for fun ), so today I’ve bought soccer boots to go the next tuesday night to play again ( 80 NZ $ for adidas boots, a umbro’s soccer ball and protections ). I can’t play rugby but I can play soccer and I will train every week at night twice so I will fit ( I hope so ). It’s funny because in my team there are guys of the NZ soccer team U23, but I know guys in italy better than them to play and they are playing just in the last division ( terza categoria ), there is also this retired man, a retired soccer player, he’s been playing for Derby County and other good teams in UE.
I decided to go and see the New Zealand Maori, the Maori rugby team of new zealand, they are playing the Pacific Six Nation, in 2 weeks they will play in Hamilton, 25 NZ $ to watch them. It will be good because all of them are good players of the Super14 ( to play with them they must to be 1/16 of maori’s blood, so many players could play with ). I am looking forward the next saturday in Auckland, a shopping morning and then the AB game against England, I am very excited!
I was also thinking to go somewhere for 4/5 days in september ( I want to wait atleast 4 months before to ask for a couple of days off ), maybe Sydney or a Pacific Island ( Fiji, Tonga, Samos, Cook Island, Tahiti..I’ve seen the prices of the flights, 400/500 $ return so I think we can effort for 3/4 days of beach and relax ).
I’ve tried this beer tonight, Moa beer, just one bottle 7 $..Aimee’s workmate said it sucks..I don’t think so, I liked it, it’s expensive but it’s very tasty!
Tomaso.
Got them! we’ve brought the tickets for the All Blacks game in Auckland the 14th of June. IT’s AB VS ENG, hopefully will be a great match, I can’t waiti for it!! :)
tomaso.
It’s been a long period this last two week, I was very busy doing staff, jobs, going out and others..but now it seems better, everything is working well and I am very happy. this week first payroll for a week of job, not too bad for the first job in Nz, and it could be better in 6/7 months, the company wants me to do the Forecasting, so the salary could increase fastly, I hope it!
This week I will do all the things to apply for my residence or visa ( I still have to understand if I can apply straight for the Residence ), and then I have to decide How to do for my driver license, my I talian degree ( I have to evaluate it in Nz ) and then for my my studies here, I want to know what I have to do to start to study and then I want to know what I can do, but at the moment I want to do a Master in Finance ( maybe that might open more opportunities in the future..a family costs a lot and I’d rather have a big family without worring about the money )
The last weekend was the Aimee’s dad’s birthday ( Can I use twice the “Genitivo Sassone”? ) and we had a lot of fun ( I was pretty drunk ) and I’ve danced with Brittany coping her, I was like “Barishnikov” ( can’t remember right )? A lot of people here and many of them asking to me if I am here to stay or just for holiday, I was pretty proud to say that I am here to stay, i love living in Nz and I could not change to come back to Italy at all ( I think other Italians here can understand well why ).
Yesterday we went to Rotorua, and we spent time at the Spa, a private pool with hot water, it was expensive but was very funny and very relaxing, I liked it and i would like to come back with my parents and friends the next time. We spent a couple of hours at “Paradie valley springs”, it’s like a zoo close to Rotorua with Kiwi animals and…9 African lions!! Well, it’s been funny while one of the lions tried to hunt me ( I was running around the lions place and this one was chasing me, hehe fortunatly there was the fence.
Tomorrow 2th of june is holiday here, the Queen’s birthday ( Queen of UK )..when Aimee said to me about that i was surprised that after 50 years it’s still a holiday in Nz, but I don’t want to complain about it, 3 days off are good to relax.
The Photo’s been taken yesterday when we come back from Rotorua, the sunset was amazing!
Tommy.
