Chess

When it takes one hour to defeat your soon-to-be-six year old in chess, it means (a)  you suck at chess or (b) the kid is good.

Maternal vanity makes me choose (b).

SAM museum5

Note on photo above: Me n friends went down to check out the art museum party on Saturday.  Some of them looked they came right out of a nightmare.

1) For my actions: Because I want to be happy.

SAM museum3

Note on photo above: Neither my friend nor I dared to enter the room at the back... it was too eerie.

2) For The Boy: Because she wanted something different.

SAM museum

Note on photo above: Some installations were dreamy, cosy and wonderful.

3) For The Bear: Because you hunted me down after 10 years and found me. 

Pink lady

Orchids in the sun

Note on photo above: I can bring my G10 everywhere!

4) For the cheesy TV dramas with perfect families: Because you are a lie.  Blatant.  Foolish.  Lie.

Papilio prexaspes prexaspes (Blue Helen)

Broadway beng

Cethosia cyane (Leopard lacewing)

Note on photos above: And the forest sleeps on.  Beds of flowers are left untended by their winged counterparts. 

5) For Mr and Mrs Gandalf: Because both of you evoke happy memories.

Logania marmorata damis

Note on photo above: I took ages to get a good shot of this pair. 

6) For Love: Because you taught me to be independent and self-sufficient.

Maybe Arhopala athada athada (Vinous Oakblue)

Lonolyce helicon merguiana (Pointed Line Blue)

Suastus gremius gremius (Palm bob)

Note on photos above: Pickings are far and few between.

7) For the butterflies: Because you all irritate me so much by being so uncooperative but I can't help but be happy when I see you all flutter around drunkenly in the sunlight. 

Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) upperside

Note on photo above: I found a stretch of quiet trail.  Where there was literally nothing except a low gutteral rumbling amongst the trees and this butterfly.  I can't figure out what's making that sound.

8) For the monsoon rains:  Because you drive me nuts when you are hot and sunny and beckoning while I'm in bed and then cold and rainy and forbidding when I'm outdoors.  But then again, recently you've been very nicely aligned with my activities so I'm grateful.

Drupadia ravindra moorei (common posy) poses

Note on photo above: What a nice lil forward strutty pose you got there with all your tails nicely straightened out.

9) For the labrador shaped chocolate: Because you just make me wanna give you a nice biiiig hugga!

Chilades pandava pandava (Cycad blue)

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10) For Raymond: Because he's pretty much disappeared and I wonder what's happened to him.

Jamides alecto agelades (Metallic caerulean)

Hypolimnas bolina bolina (great eggfly)

11) For Nikki: Because she made so much progress in only 1 year.  And I'm proud of her.

Cupid corporation

Note on photo above: That is so true.  But only if you also learn to let go.

12) For the hunters: Because the difference between an avid hunter and a real friend is the selfish motive for a kill.

最近、落書き帳なのに堅苦しくなり過ぎたﾅ・・・
格調高くも無いのに高くしてﾓｼｬｰﾅｲ
ガス抜きしよう。　

ヽ(・ω・)/ｽﾞｺｰ

　
　
　

　
　
　
　

あと、イケメンレスキュー隊員とか
鼻血メイク中のアホ面女子大生とか
色々あるんだけどそれはアウトｶﾅ（；^ω^）
　
　
にしても正規カメラマンというだけで、こんなに撮影しやすいものだとは思わなかったなー・・・
変なところ撮られても皆にこやかなんだもの。
　
　

Ever wandered into a music or video store here and there are sections marked ‘A–Z’, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Foreign’?
   The biggest section is the first one, and often we have the smallest section.
   Think about it though: shouldn’t everything not in ‘New Zealand’ be under ‘Foreign’?
   The other one I get a kick out of is ‘World’, which Borders uses. Shouldn’t everything be under ‘World’? I mean, if you have this category, there is no need to have any others.

Who knew that there would be an Already Ghosts group right here in Wellington?!

Wellington has one too

And, sure enough, I found these near the Overseas’ Terminal:

Blue hands