Another day another blog...
So, the previously planned mountain biking trip was cancelled, as another leader had scheduled us to do Waka Arma instead and, given the choice, the kids chose that.
What is Waka Arma you may be asking yourself? Allow me to explain.
Here in good ol' New Zealand, the native people are known as maori. The maori people were pretty kick ass back in the day, warriors, and dancers and weavers and generally just full of awesomeness. And they had special canoes called wakas. Now, maori culture has sort of fallen by the wayside, so the maori people that are still around, are trying to revive it. Also full of awesome. So, there's this kayak/canoe/waka club that allows us to take the kids there so they can learn about team work and listening to instructions as the only way to make a waka move with any speed is to listen to the steerer and follow instructions in unison.
So we did that today instead of mountain biking, and i got completely drenched in the Avon River... which is a pretty disgusting river.
After work, my friends and I went to see the new Alice In Wonderland movie. Which was pretty fucking awesome really. If you're an Alice purest you may not like it, but me, I loved it. Every second of it. Even the weird corny dance moves.
On that note, I should probably sleep considering I have to get up at stupid o'clock in the morning in order to get to work on time... Christ I hope I have enough bus money...
Fare thee well!
--Tempesta
So, the previously planned mountain biking trip was cancelled, as another leader had scheduled us to do Waka Arma instead and, given the choice, the kids chose that.
What is Waka Arma you may be asking yourself? Allow me to explain.
Here in good ol' New Zealand, the native people are known as maori. The maori people were pretty kick ass back in the day, warriors, and dancers and weavers and generally just full of awesomeness. And they had special canoes called wakas. Now, maori culture has sort of fallen by the wayside, so the maori people that are still around, are trying to revive it. Also full of awesome. So, there's this kayak/canoe/waka club that allows us to take the kids there so they can learn about team work and listening to instructions as the only way to make a waka move with any speed is to listen to the steerer and follow instructions in unison.
So we did that today instead of mountain biking, and i got completely drenched in the Avon River... which is a pretty disgusting river.
After work, my friends and I went to see the new Alice In Wonderland movie. Which was pretty fucking awesome really. If you're an Alice purest you may not like it, but me, I loved it. Every second of it. Even the weird corny dance moves.
On that note, I should probably sleep considering I have to get up at stupid o'clock in the morning in order to get to work on time... Christ I hope I have enough bus money...
Fare thee well!
--Tempesta
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chaoticnorse:
Now that you mention I can't remember last time I was on a bike either. Wow probably 14 years now. Makes me wonder if you never really forget how to ride one.
tempesta:
Well, apparently you don't forget (I figured out it's been three years) but you do get very out of shape...