The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
So we are just waiting for the opening ceremony.
The flags are outside the house. There are lots of teams to support. Go Black, Go Green, Go White and Go Red.
I wore my England scarf and hat at work today for the social at MPIA. The Samoans and Tongans were out in strength.
I hope this is as good as Euro ’96. So much fun.
Let’s not forget that it is a big rugby league weekend as well.
Go rugby!
One day to the off. The big event for NZ starts with the hosts having a big hit out with Tonga. There is a level of anxiety in the country I think, with the risk of failure in the background and the recent losses to Australia and SA.
The flags are in the steets and people are chattering more about the imminent action. My workplaces are being dressed up with regalia. Tomorrow I have to wear items of the countries I support to work.
At home Sara has bought the flags to hang from the windows: New Zealand, England, Ireland and we have adopted Tonga.
Meanwhile, England have adopted Samoa:
Keep watching.
Sunday sees me and Joe go to the stadium to watch SA and Wales. Who will I be supporting? “Well, I’ve never met a nice……….” (sing along!)
Wow wow wow
The weather over the weekend has ben wet windy and very cold; very antarctic.
That tight constellation of lows and narrow isobars lead to cold strong winds from the south. South has hit the sounth island and around the hills of Wellington.
Too cold to cycle this morning-picked up a lift from Shaz-special trip by her. XXXXX
This event occured a little while ago, but I overlooked posting the details.
The evening included the pupils performing across a number of activities. The school orchestra played as did the jazz band. Shakesperian drama was part of the programme. The finale was a dance production of the Wizard of Oz. It was well done particualrly with the cuts to the film soundtrack.
Eleanr had her part as the good witch of the north.
An for the action watch this excerpt: