As a notorious hoarder, I have boxes of old diaries and a whole lot of other crap. These memories and important bits and pieces have been moved around the country, stored in random places, and then inevitably packed up with the next move…..
I’ve been attempting a sort out mission – so far I’ve managed to sort through out some old photos which I had duplicate copies of, and now I’m sifting through old diaries…..
Before I throw out my old 2005 diary, I thought I’d record some of the entries as a reminder to myself for future prosperities sake.
To set the scene, in 2005 Nicole and I were living in Christchurch and had been there since the middle (July) of 2003 when I transferred from Waikato University to Lincoln.
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- A day in the life – 2005
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- En route to Arthur’s Pass
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- Walking in Arthur’s Pass
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- Arthur’s Pass
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- River flowing through Arthur’s Pass
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- West Coast bush action
Some diary entries as follows. Note inside front cover -
Affect: to influence change
Effect: to bring about or to carry out
As a student studying Environmental Management, affect and effect were both commonly used words and I would often struggle to remember which one to use. But now I know.
Thursday 7 April 2005 – work 4pm-1am (9hrs)
While studying in Christchurch I worked part-time in my trade as a Fitter/Turner at the Railway Depot fixing freight wagons.
Friday 8 April 2005 – didn’t work. Went to see James Morrison play – an Aussie Trumpet player – very good.
If I hadn’t read this diary entry I would have forgotton about this gig. This dude was amazing, and he had his brother in town so they played together which was apparently a rare thing. They were probably mid 50′s and James’s brother played the drums and was also amazing.
A pretty typical Chch weekend to follow. Saturday 9 April 2005 – worked 6am-11am (5hrs) Nicole got a hair cut. Chilled out at Mink. Went to Matt and Brenda’s with Neil and Jane.
Sunday 10 April 2005 – Slept in till 12. Breaky. Chilled out. Walked up Port Hills (from Bowenvale drive) for a few hours.
Saturday 23 April 2005 – Didn’t work. Went to bed at 7:30am!
While that’s the extent of this diary entry, it reminds me of the late night and what a good one it was. I’d recently won a copy of the new album from local group P-Bass Expressway, tickets to their next gig and a whole lot of party pills. Coincidentally, the week before the gig, Casey phoned out of the blue from Bluff. He’d just sailed over from Tasmania (as you do) and wanted Mike Kelly’s number in Queenstown. So anyway, these two derelict best friends of mine made their way up to Christchurch for the weekend and came to the gig. We hadn’t all been out together for ages so we had a lot of catching up to do: fueled by a lot of booze and some whacky party pills we partied away to P-Bass Expressway (at Winnie Bagoes) until closing and then made our wide eyed way back to our flat on Andover Street, Merivale (a very cool little pad), and chewed the fat until the early hours (7:30am according to my diary!).
Sunday 10 July 2005 – Nicole’s birthday. Kaikoura
Saturday 30 July 2005 – Fat Freddy’s Drop
Sunday 31 July 2005 – Hank Williams This was at the Film Festival
Thursday 11 August 2005 – Transit interview @ 5pm Level 7, Education House, 123 Victoria Street Chch
Thursday 18 August 2005 – Fly out of Chch t 4:15pm Arrive H-town at 6:30pm
Saturday 20 August 2005 – Doreen’s B-day party in Te Kuiti
Friday 16 August 2005 - George arrives at 6:20pm NZ547. It snowed.
Sunday 18 August 2005 - Nicole and George fly to Auckland @ 6:55pm (arrives 8:15pm) NZ458
Friday 7 October 2005 -Fly to Wellington at 6pm – flat hunting
Monday 10 October 2005 – Library 4:30-7:30. I worked at the library as a Student Assistant as during 2005 was promoted to Head Student Assistant! Nerd alert.
Tuesday 11 October 2005 – Worked at Railways 7am-4pm. Library 4:30-7:30. While on study leave I worked as much as possible!
Exams and degree complete. Time to get the f#@k out of Chch. Look out Wellington, here we come.
Monday 7 November 2005 – start new job…. 8:30am reception 7th floor ask for Sarah Hartley-House. Buddied up with Michael Hall (grad env. planner)
Wednesday 16 November 2005 - paid from Transit. My first pay at my new job.
2005: 3/7 Andover Street, Merivale, Christchurch – 121 Abel Street, Te Aro, Wellington
That’s it. That was 2005 for me.
Tags: Christchurch, South Island
