Can anyone say best birthday EVER!!!!!! This was my first bday back home in 5 years, so I've been looking forward to it a little more than normal. This year did not disappoint!! Mum, Dad and Emily all took the day off to spend it with me. We headed to Te Awa Shopping Centre to watch Real Steel at D Box. D Box is the first of it's kind in Australasia. The screens are like a normal cinema but the seats are pure awesomeness. The seats move with the movie, so think...

What a better way to start a Sunday than to go for a 10km walk in the country, and that is exactly what we did. It had been on the cards for awhile that we would have a go at the SBS 10k walk/run. My original plan was to run the 10ks with Dad, but as my knee was still playing up we decided to do the 10k walk with my Mum, Aunty, Cousin and Sister. Dad did have one condition though and that was we had to dress up!! So hence the camo gear complete with toy guns,...

What a busy day! Up at 9am, which doesn't sound early but it is when you're still stuck in Perth mode and it's only 5am in the morning there. Had to head to Cambridge as Dad was doing a 26km river race in his kayak from Cambridge to Hamilton. What an awesome event, wish I had taken part, well I did wish that until we drove away and it started pouring down with rain. Next stop was the Backing Black Fan Tour. Emily and I got to see how our feet sizes compared ...

We brought the tickets over a year ago and finally it was time for our first game of the rugby world cup!!! Emily and I decided to head into the city two hours before the game. We started our mission from the Fan Zone which is at the south end of Hamilton City, approx 20 minute walk to the stadium. You could feel the excitement, the city was buzzing!!! Almost a total blackout with ABs supporters everywhere, but there were a few red and white samurai warriors ...

Today was a pretty cruisy day! Had to go to my most favorite shop in NZ, The Warehouse! Looked around The Base which is now apparently the largest shopping complex in NZ, shot Hamilton!! But surprisingly enough, I hardly brought anything, must be something wrong there!! Then tonight Hamilton surprised me again. We went to watch the NZ Breakers play the Wollongong Hawks at the new Claudelands arena, and what an awesome arena!! The Basketball was awesome, my first...