So having grown up in a very race conscious society I have always taken the adds on South African TV where the chinese tourist trys to get his photo taken with a lion in Kruger with a pinch of salt. No more! The link below will take you to the BBC website where you will see just how far the Chinese population are willing to go for that "special" wild life experience....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6390005.stm
Friday, February 23, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Watangi Day
So many years ago a bunch of Europeans found two little islands due East of Australia. Rather than send the already feral convicts of Australia to this new haven a non criminal element was selected to go and bring the white religion to the islands.
Any how some kind of white native treaty celebrates some amount of years since signing tomorrow, Tuesday 06 February. In celebration of this the masses of Kiwis that have made London there temporary to permanent homes at the moment descended on mass to the circle line underground trains. The celebration took the form of a pub crawl, one which took advantage of the circuitous train line to bring the crowds of islanders to each of the stops on her line in search of establishments were beer could be purchased. The celebration is christened every year at 4pm on parliament square, where a Hakka is performed outside the houses of parliament. Drunk Kiwis are joined in this celebration by their friends and the odd Australian - normally uninvited due to their poor history of behaviour around booze and natives.
So as I am sharing a house with a proud Kiwi - I sercummed and headed out to make Westminster tube stop for 4 to see the Hakka. The originally stated intention was to see this tribal war dance performed and then cruise the two stops to Temple where we would hit the walkabout and watch England play, in retrospect this should apparently be replaced with the term trounce, Scotland. However the power of the Kiwi number and their personality kept me entertained enough to see the next 18 stops through to Paddington and miss the rugby match. A fair effort that I am quite rightly proud of.
I noted some interesting points about theses islanders as I have now met a few of them. I believe now more than ever that this is a land where not much happens out side of the world of fantasy. This is because a number of the Kiwwi's I met and questioned on their place of origin would say I am from the (north/south) island near (christchurch/Auckland/....), where they filmed (hobitton/mordor/...) or some other strange reference to the Lord of the Rings. Seriously I mean at least we as Anglo/African's can say things like I was born in London and first lived in a flat round the corner from Abbey Road studios - where the Beatles recorded their albums. Or I was born in Kimberly where they found the Kimberly diamond. All interesting facts that are grounded in reality. On top of this none of the people I talked to seem to even have a clue about the amount and quality of wild brown trout in the country streams and rivers.
Anyway I should stop this rant here and re-direct my efforts to the job that pays the bills
Have great weeks and keep checking this space for updates.
Any how some kind of white native treaty celebrates some amount of years since signing tomorrow, Tuesday 06 February. In celebration of this the masses of Kiwis that have made London there temporary to permanent homes at the moment descended on mass to the circle line underground trains. The celebration took the form of a pub crawl, one which took advantage of the circuitous train line to bring the crowds of islanders to each of the stops on her line in search of establishments were beer could be purchased. The celebration is christened every year at 4pm on parliament square, where a Hakka is performed outside the houses of parliament. Drunk Kiwis are joined in this celebration by their friends and the odd Australian - normally uninvited due to their poor history of behaviour around booze and natives.
So as I am sharing a house with a proud Kiwi - I sercummed and headed out to make Westminster tube stop for 4 to see the Hakka. The originally stated intention was to see this tribal war dance performed and then cruise the two stops to Temple where we would hit the walkabout and watch England play, in retrospect this should apparently be replaced with the term trounce, Scotland. However the power of the Kiwi number and their personality kept me entertained enough to see the next 18 stops through to Paddington and miss the rugby match. A fair effort that I am quite rightly proud of.
I noted some interesting points about theses islanders as I have now met a few of them. I believe now more than ever that this is a land where not much happens out side of the world of fantasy. This is because a number of the Kiwwi's I met and questioned on their place of origin would say I am from the (north/south) island near (christchurch/Auckland/....), where they filmed (hobitton/mordor/...) or some other strange reference to the Lord of the Rings. Seriously I mean at least we as Anglo/African's can say things like I was born in London and first lived in a flat round the corner from Abbey Road studios - where the Beatles recorded their albums. Or I was born in Kimberly where they found the Kimberly diamond. All interesting facts that are grounded in reality. On top of this none of the people I talked to seem to even have a clue about the amount and quality of wild brown trout in the country streams and rivers.
Anyway I should stop this rant here and re-direct my efforts to the job that pays the bills
Have great weeks and keep checking this space for updates.
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