Saturday 21 March 2009

Hi there. Sorry that it's been such a long time since I last updated you on my comings and goings. Where / how to start? I can't just reel of a list of 'things that have happened since last time', for a kick off it would be just that - a list.

The weather in good old Blighty has certainly taken a turn for the better. Why, for the last week I've been wearing my shorts, albeit in concert with a vest - it's the thought that counts. I was party to a conversation in the post office the other day. Alright, I was eavesdropping. The customer was sending a birthday card to her son in New Zealand and was whinging how she'd like to be out there with him and her daughter in law. The post office worker asked if there was any chance that they'd come back to Britain. Well you wouldn't Adam and believe it. She got the classic blast of Daily Express / Mail tripe, which basically goes along the lines of 'there's nothing for them to come back here for'.

I wanted to scream, 'Good, off you go then, I'll bet New Zealand is looking for gits like you. All their rampant positivity must be such a downer for them...' But I didn't. Perhaps I should've, but it really does make me angry when I hear people putting their country down like that. If you don't like it here, then sod off! It's a real case of be happy with what you are, not where you're at, because chances are that they'd be no happier in NZ or anywhere else, they'd only be hankering after what they've left behind. Most probably with the Daily Express / Mail coming out very near the top of their list. Gah!