Well if Einstein says so...

Stranded whales

123 pilot whales became stranded on puponga beach in Golden bay. My friends Kiley and Rachel went to help rescue the whales, which Kiley says was a surreal experience. FACTS ABOUT PILOT WHALES: Pilot whales are the most common species of whale seen in New Zealand waters. They are between 4-6m in length and move in large pods. Pilots are the most common type of whale stranded in New Zealand. The last stranding at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay was in 1998. Golden Bay is a common place for stranding. More whales have been stranded off the Chatham Islands than anywhere else in New Zealand. In the past there have been up to 400 pilot whales stranded at one time in the Chatham Islands

CCS 75th Jubilee

Last night Piotr and I attended the CCS 75th Jubilee. That in itself in an oxymoron cos 'jubilee' means every 100 years so unless CCS was 7500 years old then it is not its 75th jubilee! Anyway, we went to the function at the railway station. The taxi company had 5 vans on (they usually only have 1 or 2 wheelchairs vans on at a time)cos everyone seemed to want to go to the railway station at the same time! (Funny that!). The evening went well, we did kareoke, Piotr and I sang "Candle in the Wind", I must say he wasn't the most willing participant, but coercion is one of my specialties! The Patron of CCS was there, her husband was the orthopaedic surgeon who started the "Crippled Children's Society" during the polio epidemic. In 1991 it changed to "CCS" cos you can't say "crippled" now but that really hasn't changed it much. Now they also take people with intellectual disabilities, blindness and other things that don't come under the classic definition of "crippled", so maybe they should come up with a new name altogether?

Jokes

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. 2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything." 3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted. 4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra. 5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road." 6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you? 7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home. "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual." 8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field.. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy. 9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either. 10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before. 11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. 12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!" 13. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel. 14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. 15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!" 16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in a craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer." 18. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal." 19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him ..(Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)..... A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. 20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

Sculptures rock!

Whilst in Sydney we visited the sculpture exhibition at Bondai beach. It was awesome. Here Radek, Piotr and I pose in front of one of the really cool scultures!

I don't delete comments!

Freedom of speech is a wonderful thing,but removing people's comments from your blogspot because you are scared people will learn things you don't what anyone to know about you, and not being able to face your past misdemenours is , well, very petty. The beauty is God sees and knows all and in the end the final judgement is made by him! It appears some people have very short memories, they can quickly pass hypocritical judgements on others forgetting that they themselves have seen someone infinitly closer to them (emotionally and biologically)deal with all that and much much more! Being very cordially with an ex and then one day saying you'll never talk to them again because they supposedly emailed your girlfriend, is to say the least strange. Despite ensuring the person concerned I have NEVER emailed her, and offering my username and password so that could be verified, to future comment was entered into. It is possible that there was some fear at what could have been revealed to her? Other things people seem to forget are that they were dumped finally after almost 4 years of trying, that they themselves claimed that if they were ever dumped they would kill themselves, that they were repeatedly told of the other party's non-wish for a relationship, that they ran out an bought an engagement ring that day another male entrenched on their territory and asked their girlfriend out, that they claimed no-one else would ever go out with them is she left ( low self-esteem?) and all the other police related and possible police related situation and visits that occured or could occur if that person decided to speak up! It's obvious that claiming someone to be so disliked and messed up in the head is some desparate attempt to save face and hope the public never find out the truth in case it jeopardises future attempts to enter parliament.

End of year for St John Youth

Last night our division (Hillside), Dunedin and Mogiel youth divisions had the end of year breakup. We went Ten pin Bowling and then bombarded Kaela and co. at KFC for dinner. It was a good night. Piotr and I are on a recruiting mission for next year, cos I want to double the size of our division.

All the family!

Cool aye! I'm working at PCM Solectric at the moment, so I am hanging out with Piotr's parents all the time. Weekend, yay!Feels good that i've been at work for 5 days!