Sunday Transitions

I've just started my third week here in Malta and realised its a wee bit quiet on the blog front from me lately. I've started an update a couple of times during boring ward rounds, or sitting on the bus on the way home from the hospital, but so much seems to have happened in my 18 days here in Malta that I'm not really sure how to coherently put it into prose. However, with the current torrential rain and lightning storms outside, I will try and give a brief rundown of my time here so far.  I arrived in Malta on a Friday afternoon, having suddenly realised at Paris airport that I had no idea what my arrival arrangements were, where I was staying or whether the "pick up" from the airport would eventuate. I was grateful to find Malta airport had free wifi and anxiously checked my emails as I waited for my luggage. Surely someone would be there to pick me up?  Luckily for me, as I walked out of customs, there was an old man with a sign for me, and my fears were allev...

Alright, I'm going to jump on the bandwagon a little bit late, and also because I feel bad for Georgia having done all the posting, as I currently have no life. However, we can still take a trip down memory lane, when I did have a life and what a very busy, fulfilling life it was. I miss it.  Apologies in advance for the extremely long post. What can I say? I love ranting. January I moved into my new flat all by myself (I mean...with the paid help of some movers of course, sure as hell wasn't gonna cart my bed base and mattress half an hour across town). I learnt that I am very good at packing under pressure. The rest of January was a bit lonely though, aside from the fact that Lily came to visit me!! Shreya was also here for her birthday weekend which was so much fun. I won #SluttySummer by some ridiculous miracle. AND THEN I got to be a part of Gee's 22nd birthday party and video via Skype, which was the best thing about January (sorry Tinder). I love that my Wellin...

Inspired by Lily's new take on the Facebook "year in review" I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and share a few of my favourite or most memorable moments from 2014. No pictures for now, because I've only got access to my phone, but I may add them when I'm back in New Zealand. Jan: I started this year as I meant to go on. Spending last New Years as sober driver meant I woke up feeling fresh and ready to tackle the year ahead. I thought 2013 was a pretty crappy year, and was determined to make 2014 better!  Inspired by Taylor S wift's 22, I forced all my friends to spend my 22nd birthday recreating the music video. The result: amazing. http://youtu.be/_jStlhv2eT8 By the end of Jan, I was sick of the toy store and ready to go back to uni, at least as I interpret my tweets from this period! February came, and with it the start of 5.30wakeups, and a sudden increase in workload that only 5th year could bring.  Keen for this year to be a fashionable one for Nuru...

The past 6 days have most certainly been an adventure! Beginning my first solo journey around the world, visiting cities I've never ever thought I'd get to, and many, many hours staring at the grey speckled walls of airports.  My journey began on Sunday, with the first of four flights to get me to France   (Wellington to Auckland) delayed 45 minutes. They broke the plane. Eventually arriving in Auckland I discovered plane two was also delayed approximately 45 minutes. I went shopping. It took great self restraint not to spend all my money on the MAC counter. Finally I got on my flight to Hong Kong.  Being greeted as I stepped off the plane by someone with a sign for all passengers on flight LX139 to Zurich should have raised warning bells, but my first thought was that we must have arrived late, and they wanted to escort us directly to the next gate. How disappointed I was to discover that in fact no, there was no plane to Zurich in Hong Kong, and that said plane left Zur...