Instagram - Week Five

It's time for another instagram photo dump post -thanks to all of you that have asked about my cold/flu/bug - to tell you the truth, its gotten a little bit better, but not much. I'm finding it hard to concentrate at work and by the time I finish work each day I am totally exhausted. I had a lot of stuff on this weekend - but I decided to cancel pretty much all of it due to my general exhaustion. Perhaps I'll get to see my friends again some day soon? 

Anyway - here's a snap shot of what I've been up to over the past week or so.

The last week has seen me using a lot of these for my sore throat - one of my many ongoing ailments!

Last Saturday Rich and I went out for a walk along the waterfront, despite being sick I was getting a pretty major dose of cabin fever and it was a STUNNER of a spring day. We picked up some hot drinks from "Bernie's" on our walk.

As the saying goes - "You can't beat Wellington on a good day".

Last Sunday Rich and I went out for a late lunch at "Carribean" - I love these giant mirrors they have in this cafe.

Tribal fabric I decided to make a new frock with - if a new frock won't cheer me up, then I doubt anything will!

So this was on Monday, got up, got dressed and then realised I wasn't going anywhere. After this I'm pretty sure I texted to to let them know I wouldn't make it in and then went back to bed.

On Monday afternoon I decided to do some study - but I can't say it was terribly successful.

I found a box to put all my patterns in - it made me realise just how many patterns I have!

I bought this pattern to make a dress for Ross and Shelley's wedding - then I just felt like my skills weren't up to it and chickened out and made a more simple design. I think I'm ready to attempt to make this dress for New Years Eve.

I forgot just how much I loved this pattern - the collar is so amazing, I think I need to make this one very, very soon.

Still feeling crappy - but wearing my new handmade Aztec dress.

We got another postcard this week - our friends Lisa and Aaris are travelling through Europe at the moment and sent us a postcard from Sweden.

We had a national earthquake drill this week in New Zealand - we were handed out these little fliers at work.

My next dress will be made from this fabric in celebration of spring - I am thinking that I will tackle a wrap around dress.

Instagram of this weeks Wednesday wardrobe challenge - modern 1950's.

Rich and I watched this movie this week - its amazing and so beautiful. I really loved it.

My cup went missing at work and I was SO annoyed - thankfully it returned to me the next day.

I bought tickets to Billy Bragg this week for Rich's Birthday present - hurrah!

A few of the DVD's that turned up from fatso this week.

Seen as I've had a pretty crappy week - Rich went out and bought me Korean food for dinner on Friday night. Yah!

I saw these Hello Kitty lollies in the window of a store in town that imports a lot of confectionery from overseas. But I was very restrained and didn't buy anything.

Yesterday we went to the Wellington Botanical Gardens as the tulips are in full bloom - so happy spring is here.

Across the road from the botanical garden there was a lantern festival at the Chinese Anglican Church.

I am clearly colour obsessed with colour co-ordination - I even match these flowers!

Rich went shopping for sneakers yesterday - so I tried on the most crazy I could find. I was tempted to buy these gum boots - they are pretty rad!

Today was a day for even MORE study - I've got an appointment with my kaihautu (teacher) in about three weeks and have so much to do before then.

True movie geekery - Rich and I have matching Alfred Hitchcock mugs!

Here's hoping this week will be better and I'll finally kick this bug!

Instagram: Week Four

It's been a while since I did an instagram post - here's a few pictures from the last week.

Waiting at Paramount Cinema for this weeks film society film to begin.

Courtney Place after work - summer is on the way - its still light at six in the evening.

I received two postcards from my friend Dani in Florida this week - the first was from the Kennedy Space Centre.

Yet another order of avon arrived this week.

Postcard from Dani - this time from Mississippi!

I'm kind of addicted to carving stamps and stamping at the moment - here's a wee Halloween themed stamp I made this week.

I got a new watch this week - Hello Kitty of course!

I bought these adorable post it notes this week - they remind me of life in Korea.

I'm working on a bat softie at the moment - here's one of the wings. I'm kind of impatient with hand-sewing, so I have to do it on a step by step basis.

Finally some street art I saw this morning near our apartment.

Weta Cave and Roxy Theatre

Hello world and yes I am still sick - unbelievable right? I don't think I've been sick for this long is ages. Fingers crossed I recover over the weekend! I do actually feel a little better today.

Anyway lets now think back to the weekend, before I was sick! Rich and I had a really fun day on Sunday. We went out to Miramar, which is a suburb of Wellington to visit the Weta Cave.

What is a weta - you may ask (if you're not from New Zealand) well this is a Weta - but the Weta cave has nothing to do with real weta and in fact isn't much of a cave either.

Weta Workshop is a famous special effects workshop based in Miramar and there is a pretty good chance you've seen some of the movies they have worked on such as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong, District 9, Prince Caspian. The Weta Cave is their mini museum and store and it tiny but mighty!

This guy was in the garden, he's pretty cool right? He looks so real. I'm not sure if he's from a film or he's there because he's completely awesome.Lurtz is there to meet you when you enter the Weta Cave - he seems a bit miffed though. But seriously, it's amazing to see something like this up close. The detail that's put into it is really fascinating.
It turns out that Lurtz doesn't like people very much - so it pays not to get too close or you might get bitten!I tried to look scared - I really did. But when you're as smiley as I am it can be pretty darn difficult to put on a "scared" face.There were a lot of movie props at the Weta Cave including these from "Braindead" - which is one of Peter Jackson's early films. Back before Lord of the Rings he used to make some great splatter flicks - I really hope he'll decide one day to make another. If you like horror and you haven't seen it I highly recommend it! Although if you live in the USA the movie is released under the title "Dead Alive".These guys are from another old Peter Jackson movie "Meet the Feebles" which is a bit like the muppets - if the muppets were R18 and a wee bit crazy. I've seen this movie a few times and I love it! But it's not for everyone that's for sure. If you want to see the trailer you can view it here.

This guy from "Prince Caspian" is more likely to be recognised by people, as is this cutie from "Waterhorse".
This "Baby Prawn" from "District 9" was really cool - I loved that movie a lot. I wish they had a full size prawn though.
We also got to me Golem - he was pretty cool, but in these photos he looks a bit like he's giving us the evil eye!
I was never really much into Tintin as a kid, I never read the books and I didn't go to the movie but I have to admit that these guys were pretty cool. After the Weta Cave it was time to get a bite to eat, we decided to go to "Coco at Roxy" which is the cafe at the "Roxy Cinema" which is a beautiful restored old Cinema. We did want to see a movie at the Roxy but there just weren't any on at the time we were there, the next movie was starting in the evening. But that didn't stop us having a look around the cinema which is just beautiful - it puts all those horrible modern "multiplexes" to shame!!
They had another Golem at the Roxy - this one was a little scary though as he was cast in some kind of metal and had no eyes.
This is a very small part of the mural painted on the ceiling in the upstairs foyer of the cinema - it's truly incredible. This photo doesn't even begin to capture how amazing it really is!
A few more shots of the beautiful upstairs foyer area, there was a full bar up here too. I think if I lived in Miramar I'd love to come out here and grab a drink and soak in the beauty of it all.
There was also a collection of old movie posters up stairs - here's a few of my favourites, although the one for "Green Slime" is by far the best in my opinion.