Ally & Suzy's Blog

This week was filled with early morning rises and plenty of kung-fu baby kicks. A good week all round, with lots getting done on both the job front and the getting out and about front. I spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at job interviews. One of which I have already got a job offer from, [...]

Saturday saw the return of the All Blacks to the Tri-Nations test matches once more, this time to take on the Wallabies in Melbourne. Some Kiwis might have been a little apprehensive that we were no longer playing on home soil, but that didn’t concern the Hakka Squad as they trounced the Aussies 49-28. Suzy, [...]

Been a busy week for me this week. Suzy has been feeling a little queasy with the baby quite a lot this week, so plenty of bed and sleep for her. Joey Adams whom I was friends with in Edinburgh had embarked on a backpackers tour-de-force from September 2009 after selling up his Edinburgh house. [...]

The start of this week was mainly uneventful, apart from Tuesday evening when we went to a pub quiz in a local Irish bar called ‘The Bog’ in Parnell. Symon came along too and we had a great laugh, especially because we came last place, not just by a little bit as well! Our handicap, [...]

Not only are Suzy and I now feeling tons better, we have the Internets in our new pad so finally I can get back on to Skype-ing and blogging to you good people! This week, the weather has been mainly very good for mid-winter. Temperatures have been a solid 14-15 degrees most days and the [...]

It’s been a busy old week! We spent the Sunday saying our goodbyes in the morning at the Airport. It was pretty overwhelming seeing so many of you at the airport to wish us a farewell. I felt really ill as I had a bad dose of the man flu (which I still have by the [...]

On Saturday we agreed to meet up with Symon again, and we went into the city again on the bus. We met Symon at the Britomart train station which is at the bottom of Queen Street (Aucklands equivalent to Princes Street, although a lot bigger!). Symon is a big fan of a Gourmet pizza place called [...]