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Tunnels under Albert Park
Albert Park is a beautiful and serene park situated in the centre of downtown Auckland, a reprieve from busy city life and frequented by many suit-and-tie guys and students on their lunch-breaks each day. Albert Park was originally the site of the Albert Barracks, one of Auckland’s early European military fortifications, which was converted into [...]
Mr X and the perfect body
A documentary screened recently which showed that only 2 women out of 60 had the ‘perfect’ body proportions for their size. 3% = perfect body proportions. If only 3% of women have one, that means that 97 out of 100 have ‘imperfect’ body proportions (imperfect being the opposite of perfect). 97%= imperfect body proportions. The dictionary defines [...]
Childhood heroes
Eagerly anticipating the release of the fourth Indiana Jones movie, I thought I’d do a bit of reminiscing and with a smile and a tinge of ‘missing the good old days’ write a post on my top five childhood heroes. 5. Luke Skywalker Coming in at number 5 is Luke the Jedi Knight. Star Wars [...]
Dreamcatchers in cars
Many people believe that hanging a dreamcatcher above your bed, will prevent you having nightmares. Apparently, the dreamcatcher’s web, catches bad dreams, while the good dreams somehow escape. Okay, a couple of thoughts about dreamcatchers… Firstly, I don’t recommend having one. The belief behind them originates from native-american spirituality and (in my opinion) you’ll probably [...]
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