We keep having cloudy evenings with all
of the harbingers of impending rain; mare's tail cloud formations (picture
included), high humidity, but no measurable rain and the Auckland area is feeling
this dearth of water. There is talk of water rationing, but no action yet. Have planted a few starts and hope to be able
to stop watering soon.
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| Less defined Mare's Tail |
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| Beautiful Mare's Tail |
Have found a Spanish class at the local
community center and will be happy to start learning again. But
right now I'm concentrating on overcoming the language barrier in
my NZ community. Oh my, it's a real struggle at times.
One neighbor suggested a Thai restaurant, which she called Thai
'payshon'. "Oh" I said, "can you repeat that?"
"Well" she says, "Thailand is a small country in SE
Asia, and...." After the geographical-socio-political
description, which I did not interrupt, I asked, "Yes, but what
is Payshon? How do you spell it?" So now she
probably thinks I'm illiterate as she responded, payshonately (patiently), "P-a-s-s-i-o-n".
The food was good at the restaurant, expensive for what it was, but
good.
Had friends from work over yesterday
for lunch. They discussed the day they spent an hour on line looking for the descriptive 'ig'. As in 'you are such an ig.' Finally they called dad at work and he inquired among the locals to discover that this is 'egg' and refers to the young girl being very 'brainy'. This is at least a positive appellation for one who is language impaired! ;)
Our guests did assure us it is time to apply for our NZ temporary
residency to compliment the work visas. Will do that this week and report.
All good, J
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