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saw some red bananas (grown locally, no less!) at the organic shop a few days ago and grabbed a bunch cos they look interesting! i would love try every kind of fruit (and their different varieties) available on this planet. hurhur.i just had one today and it’s really soft and sweet. yummms.speaking of food, i ...
before i went to nz, i had a feeling that it would be somewhat of a life-changing trip. never did i realise how much my lifestyle would change! and i received so, so much more than what i even dared to dream of.sure, i didn’t get to do some of the things that i’d planned ...
i have always disliked and distrusted the governments and politicians and i am trying my best not to get into a rant in this post.found a video called esoteric agenda (search for it on youtube) which, amongst other things, talks about the fluoridation of water. (a href=”http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread344397/pg1″ target=”_blank”>read)read, …
will be going back to the retreat to visit the guys there one more time just before i fly. beautiful things always happens when i go there – the first time i was brought out to sea, the second time i had the magical encounter with the dolphins and exchanging ghost stories at night while ...
it’s been almost 6 months since i changed my diet to a 100% raw living foods one, and in these few months i’ve experienced some interesting detoxing (or cleansing) symptoms.apart from the more common ones like (very bad) headaches, runny nose, coughs, ‘flus’, i’ve also had swollen painful fingers which i couldn’t bend and, just ...
omgomgomg i just have to write this down. had the most amazing encounter EVER.and what made it even more magical was that it was totally unplanned!!!i went back to the retreat last saturday to stay for their helper week, and on sunday, leigh received a phone call from brett asking if we would like to ...
so far i haven’t been able to get round to learning horse-riding yet, but that’s no longer a priority for me as i have been blessed with so many amazing, unexpected experiences and i have met so many wonderful people.the past weekend, especially, was just magical. i’m going back there again during their helper week ...
i suddenly had a thought to check my email at the hotel lobby just before i went out today, and i received an email from aiko saying that she is in rotorua too and would like to meet up!so i met up with aiko and her bf and had a lovely time catching up, and ...
i finally did it.i jumped out of a plane today the weather was kinda erratic, with short periods of rain and short periods of shine and long periods of cloudys - but thankfully when it was my turn to head up to the clouds the sky was clear and the sun was shining ...
i left masterton yesterday, overnighted at palmerston north and am back in rotorua where i will be until the 10th.as the bus entered rotorua, i saw the HUGEST rainbow i have ever seen in my life.. it was HUGE, and tall, and just so pretty. i saw it just as i was thinking about something, ...
the 24-hour rain left us with a little present this morning:it’s the first time i ever saw a full rainbow and we had a pretty sky at night too, to complete the day:
each time i move to a new place, one of the first questions that i get asked is, “so, how long will you be here?” (the other being “how long will you be in new zealand?”)as the length of m …
it rained the whole day today so it was a nice relaxing day indoors, though the weather’s turning a little chilly. am hoping that my next place further north in katikati would be a little warmer. will be leaving on the 6th.we made blueberry muffins and ricotta cheese today. the cheese was made from goat’s ...
john had laid a layer of hay over his garden (which helps keep away weeds and keep the soil underneath it moist) but unfortunately it appeared that there were grass seeds among the hay and the grass just went crazy in his garden patch.by the time i took this picture i’d already weeded 2 patches, ...
this is fizzfizz is a very coy kittybut soooo adorablethe woodfire oven in action, getting ready to bake some bread!i walked into my room and found schmoo on my bed and couldn’t resist taking a picturedid some gardening and went to pick some blackberries today-man the bushes are so prickly! heh.
three hosts on, i am still overwhelmed by the kindness of all of them.in every home, i have never felt like a stranger, and never felt like i was being treated as some form of cheap labour (besides, the work is mostly very easy). my hosts have all treated me as part of their family, ...
the house i’m staying in now is exactly the house that i would like to live in. i think i have finally found my dream house i wouldn’t mind living on a (much) smaller piece of land though …
arrived in masterton today, and so far this place is the most beautiful of all that i have ever been.it’s a lovely 100-year old house built on top of a hill (they own about 46 acres of land), so the view is simply GREAT. and when the sunsets the whole patch of sky outside the ...
i left hamilton on the 10th with aiko to stay with a family in opotiki for a week–it’s near the beach and i wanted to spend some time relaxing by the sand and sea before looking for horses.they only had a dial-up internet access so i couldn’t plug in my laptop, but there place was ...



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