The mighty, yet graceful Sewer Bridge, spans the Waikato River at the northern end of Hamilton, The City of the Future. Truly a monument of modern construction, a feat of engineering:
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Sewer Bridge in The City of the Future
July 7th, 2010Crane
July 7th, 2010Crane, The Base, Hamilton – City of the Future, New Zealand:
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Pasta with Homemade Pasta Sauce
June 12th, 2010Tonight I became a true Italian chef!
- 1x tin cherry tomatoes
- 2x "normal" tomatoes, diced
- 1/4 onion, finely diced
- 2 tablespoons crushed garlic
- dried Italian Herbs
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- Red wine
- Pepper
- Pasta
- Olive oil
Start some water boiling. In a saucepan fry the onion (I used rice bran oil for this part, Olive oil is at the end), then when it’s been cooking for a few minutes add the garlic. Cook that for a minute then add the can of cherry tomatoes and the normal tomatoes. By now the water should be boiling so put the pasta in. In about 5 minutes add a dash of red wine, a huge sprinkling of Italian herbs, some pepper and the brown sugar. In another 5 minutes check the pasta and taste the sauce. Add more herbs/pepper/sugar to taste. Drain pasta, put sauce on top, then put some extra virgin olive oil on top for that final touch. Belissimo!
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Kim Crawford Friends with Benefits
June 12th, 2010Friends with benefits….hmmmm not so much.
Wine was pretty good though, cheap too!
Kim Crawford 2008 Merlot Diamond Series
Great start to the day!
May 29th, 2010So I went to get a warrant of fitness for the car and get a new driver’s license at the same time. I go to pay for the license and for some reason they don’t accept credit cards, and my eftpos card was declined because I bought petrol on Wednesday and forgot to put more money in the account. Luckily I had enough cash. Then I go to do the eye test and I can’t see what I’m supposed to in that eye testing machine.
e.g. it’s supposed to look like this
1 ABCD EFGH IJKL
2 JHGF UYTR POIU
3 BGRF HJNK TRFG
but I see
1 1 AEBC IFGH
2 2 JUVP OUIR
3 3 BGJN KTRG
And the letters are kind of merging with each other and it’s all very strange. The woman behind the counter says “now read the third block of text” and I said “there are only two blocks of text” and she said “Are you sure?” and then she got another customer to have a look and he could see 3 blocks. I heard the woman behind the counter say it happened to another person and her husband had to look in the machine to prove to his wife that there really were supposed to be 3 blocks of letters. I did see three blocks for an instant when I looked at the wall and then looked back into the machine but I couldn’t see it properly, I could only get 2 columns.
So I went to the optometrist and it was open but the optometrist was sick. WHY WAS IT OPEN IF THERE WAS NO OPTOMETRIST? So now I’ll have to do it next weekend…
Then I got a call from the warrant of fitness place to tell me that they only put a 6 month sticker on the car instead of a 1 year one so I had to go all the way back again. I’m glad they called and got it fixed…
The trouble with Daylight Savings
April 4th, 2010
scottg26.com’s guide to exercise
February 24th, 2010Basic fitness: 30 minute brisk walk every day over varying terrain
Intermediate fitness: 40 minutes on a crosstrainer per day and/or 20 minute swim
Advanced fitness: 40 minute run, 30 minutes swimming non-stop.
Switch your diet from mostly carbs to a lot of protein with plenty of fruits and vegetables!
Dinner 24 Feb 2010
February 24th, 2010Streaky Bacon, Sealord Tuna Heat and Eat Sweet and Sour flavour on Basmati Rice cooked with Extra Virgin Olive Oil infused with Chili, topped with a sprinkling of Cajun seasoning, with a side of frozen mixed vegetables.
Served with Delegat Reserve Hawkes Bay Merlot 2007.
Total time to prepare and cook: Under 15 minutes.
Cicada friend!
February 22nd, 2010
Walk in the park…
February 22nd, 2010Our walk in the forest started off well. A gentle track and good weather made for an enjoyable walk. Missed a crucial (unmarked!) turn half way through, and ended up walking 2 km and an hour more than we thought we would but it was all good. The stairs at the end were a killer…
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