Stuff

A few people (mostly family) have asked me to let them know what I'm doing etc. over the next year as I'm going to be hopping across the planet to New Zealand.  So, here goes my first attempt at blogging.

For those of you who are confused enough about my life already, here's a brief rundown.


To the right, you'll see a map of Oceania, with New Zealand highlighted. This is the lovely country of hobbits and sheep where I'll be frolicking about for a bit and hopefully learning some chemistry. As you can see, it's mostly made up of two islands, aptly named the 'north' and 'south' islands - or if you want, Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Waipounamu, respectively in Te reo Māori. I'm going to be staying in Auckland which is on the north island (but not the thing marked with a star - that's Wellington).

Another thing you may notice is that it is not a part of Australia (the big green thing to the left). I mean, it's even less a part of Australia than Wales is a part of England. Obviously the confusion lies in the fact that they have essentially the same flag and accents that are practically indistinguishable.

I'll throw a couple more maps in the mix just because I like maps.


This is Oklahoma in relation to the United States. It borders places like Texas, Kansas... but it's called Oklahoma. Not Texas, not Ohio or Oregon or Canada. I was born here, and this is where my family live. Oh and it looks like a pan, and they have cowboys and guns and terrifying weather and things of that nature, but also a lot of awesome people and pretty places.




And here's Wales! This is my home where I've lived since I was six. It's also not England. I'm pretty sure that it's at the complete opposite end of the globe from New Zealand - could you make an earth sandwich? Someone else can figure it out for me. Oh yeah, and like New Zealand we have a lot of sheep (insert inappropriate sheep joke here). Nottingham's a place where I am a lot of the time. But it's not in Wales.

In summary, I wasn't born in Texas, my family never moved to England and I'm not moving to Australia.

So yeah, watch this space - I'll try to update it now and then, mostly with HOLY TENTACLES THIS PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL. Oh yeah, and I'm going out there in a week... I am sooooo not ready to be this much of an adult.

Oh, fact of the day - maphill.com is the best thing ever.