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Victoria Graduation Parade

Sadly, I won’t be here anymore for my own chance of a fancy graduation ceremony with cap and gown, so yesterday I went to have a look at the parade of the graduates from the Humanities, Law and Commerce (my department – with orange stoles) faculties. Quite a big thing, with bagpipes and an assembly on the Civic Centre square.

Victoria Graduation Parade Victoria Graduation Parade Victoria Graduation Parade Victoria Graduation Parade

It was a gorgeous day, btw, so I went by my favorite spot on the waterfront (sadly, the café there seems to have closed for winter). I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but there are Wellington-related quotes all along the waterfront, on plaques and benches. I took a picture of one of my favorites:

Wellington waterfront

It’s true you can’t live here by chance, you have to do and be, not simply watch or even describe. This is the city of action, the world headquarters of the verb. – Lauris Edmond

In other news: Happy birthday, Fränzi! Hope it’s a good one…

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

To all you moms, and especially my own Mami (the best of them all, in my opinion *g*) – you deserve all the credit! (The lavender I got this morning in church – it smells yummy!) Also, a big birthday shout-out to my best friend Sibylle! *hugs tightly* I hope you’re having a wonderful day – I miss you! Edit: I completely missed that it’s Pentecost weekend – they didn’t even mention it in church, which I find quite strange.

In other news: It’s been a nice weekend. On Friday I went to Meredith’s birthday dinner at a nice Korean restaurant (Seoul House) with some of her work friends, and on Saturday I met up with Celia and her hubby Charles for a late breakfast (almost a tradition by now) and then a guided tour through the New Zealand Parliament (including the very British looking parliament chambers, the “Beehive” administration building and the National Library). This afternoon I went to the library and got some material for the next assignment. Also, another lovely photo taken from my window at sunset on Tuesday, before it started raining (which it has been for the last several days, on and off).

Birthday girl New Zealand Parliament New Zealand Parliament New Zealand Parliament Sunset from my window

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It’s official

I’ve paid the first half of my plane ticket, so I now have a schedule for leaving New Zealand. Needless to say I’m not happy about it. 🙁

But here are the dates:
June 19: last exam
visit Denise, pack and ship all my stuff
June 28: Meredith moves into my room
travel the South Island, spend a couple of days saying goodbye to Wellington
July 25: Wellington – Melbourne
travel Melbourne – Adelaide – Alice Springs – Uluru – Perth
Sept 2: Perth – Singapore
break up the long flight by visiting Amy
Sept 5: Singapore – London – Zurich

I’ll arrive in Zurich on Sept 6 at noon. It’s a Saturday, so hopefully my whole family can come and pick me up.