chezzy chezzy chezzaaaaaa - how bloody wonderful to hear from you!! it has been far tooooooooooooooooo long!! it sounded like you had a wicked time at marjons catching up with ppl, made me slightly homesick - for a couple of seconds anyway! you will defo have to make sure u drink a few for me when you get the reunion organised - perhaps a trip to good companions for old times?? god, do you remember my birthday in there, i was so trahed and people were hiding my drinks? but who came thro and bought me more? Chezza of course - sigh, i had such a massive hangover! altho thinking about the sub the thing i would most want to relive is...."CHICKEN MAYO PROVENCETTE" said over the tannoy thing from the woman who had smoked 50 a day for the last 50 years - oh the tears of laughter we shared over that lil nugget. well am actually at work so better hippity skopity back to it - but i've added a new postcard that i know you will love chezza - chrisdtchurch cafe culture - have a read and let me know what you think!

Kath - wow! the photos are great. Lol at the sand tobogganing. Looks like life is treating you well. It was geat to catch up with Sarah & Kirsty last week along with the lecturers. It seemed like yesterday we were in the sub stressing out over an assignment. The funniest thing i liked about the place - wait for it.....the smell!!!!! I was desperate to go and smell the books in the library. How sad it that. The sub aint changed much. We reminised of you standing on a chair yam singing a bottle, throwing up in the bin then doing it all over again. As you know, Kirsty is organising a reunion. If your still away, we will send you our photos. Take care buddy, enjoy life. It's too short. Lots n lots of love - Chezza & Chris x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x..x.

Zelda - apologies on the slackness with my replies, have been soooo mbusy working and all that. But it was lovely of u to leave a msg, I will treasure it forever and ever and ev.... well you get the idea. I'm wondering how your hair looks now as it's been a few weeks since that email. Tilly's is looking great, she retwisted it last weekend, but cld prob do with a professional job if you know what i mean.... take care and am also very excited about your new job and how soon you will be starting it! horrah!

Hazel - bloody marvellous to hear from you!!! I cannot believe that it has been sooooo long since we last spoke, or even saw each other, i guess it would have been results day which just seems like forever ago. As you can see things are not too bad for me, living it up on the other side of the world with a great travel buddy. How are things with u? What have u been up to? Shoot me an email as it would be great to hear everything. Take care matey, kath

Hi, got your email, so followed the link to see exactly how jealous I should be! And apart from the photos which looked like someone in a radiation suit and mask, I felt very jealous!

Also read the story about lover a and lover b, liked your thinking, but know if it happened to me I probably couldn't get past the 'someone saw my naked arse' thought.

Hope life is treating you well, look forward to hearing from you/seeing you sometime X

thought i'd leave a message as i haven't done so for a while. congrats on your job. hope it all goes well. just a quick update on my hair. i visited the hairdressers again today and had what is left of my hair cut. apart from that have no news at all. sending you happiness.

Hey Kath, um only know one gay venue in the north island and thats in Wellington, its called Pound and is in the main part of the city. Cant remember the exact street, but its off Courtney Place which everyone knows in Welly. Am just checking out some accomodation for you here in Nelson. Could you send me a mail re poss dates etc and I will c what I can do for you both. Take care, and catch ya soon I hope.

Hey Kath
Well, on A/L (and sposed to be packing?!) so thought I'd check out ur site... And...Oh My God...!!!!!!! Am even more thick than I'd previously thought!!!!!!!!! Have only jst realised that if you click on the photos u get to see s*** loads more????!!!! What t*** eh?! But hey, got there in the end. The photos are fantastic! Looks like ur having a great time - the waterfalls and dolphin pics are out of this world. And guess the ones of you guys aren't that bad either! lol. Anyway, jst a quickie for now as am moving monday and can't bloody move in my room for junk/ crap etc. Aghhhhhhhhh.....! Think I'll jst have another fag! lol
Love to you both
Take care
Kirsty xx

heck darn it vita, looks like i may have missed u by a few mins this arvo. some spare time meant trying to catch up on the ol' diary entries. am laughing v hard at the "A" thing as can totally see myself picking up that habit and annoying the crap out of everyone. And thinking back over conversations (if u call them that) i can make out the yeah, nah thing too... v curious, altho im sure i have some odd speech habits too! leaving the stinky city tomorrow for taupo, maybe i can find a cheap net store and arrange some chat time?? dont spose u know of any good places for *whispers* gay bars? not looking for anything flash, anything special, jst wondered if there was a place people can hang out, play pool, drink and maybe grope some or snog without too many odd looks? lol...damn... im sorry, every time i seem to write to u im asking for something.. jst tell me to shut the f**k up and ill start annoying someone else, lol. well had better go as there is a thai with my name on it.... meal that is... lol.

*tries to talk without moving her lips*..kia ora Kath, Ha, you made me laugh with that one!!. Now you have to decipher the 'rising A' at the end of every sentence, not necessarily meaning a question, even tho it sounds like it and the "Yeah, No.........". A phenomonom that we picked up from the aussies apparently.Sometimes its disguised as "Yes, no...." or "Yeah, nah...blah blah blah" etc..Have fun. Am ashamed to admit that you seem to know more about Kauri than me. Didn't know about the wipped out bit, thought that most of them got cut down for their wood and gum etc. Re, the Buses..you will cope better in Welly my dear, where they actually work seven days a week and go all over the place. Dont get too used to it tho cos when you get to Nelson you will be back to Mon to Fri before 5 45 pm only pretty much.....*sigh*.. public transport needs a good sort here but we have pinched one of your double deckers as a tourist attraction bus..red even....Will do my best re accomodation for you both here and in Welly too, will let you know.
take care.x

stacy, is that u?? is that really u? i thought u may have jst fallen off the side of the planet or something as ive been trying to contact u for ages! damn... glad to see ur still alive tho!! sooooooooooo... how are things in sunny portsmouth? hope things are good with u and mr blokey.. im glad to see ur enjoying the pictures, there will be plenty more of those i assure u as ive been told that the south island is even more gorgeous than the noth, quote "its like going from scotland to switzerland" so prepare for more jealousy, hehe. but if u dont like it, come over and take a look urself!! stuff work and all that jazz, hop on a plane and enjoy the moment, hehe. thats pretty much what i did! anyhow, make sure u keep in touch young lady!! oh, and say hi to ur mum for me! take care now.