I'm gonna leave old Hamil-tron

(If you can guess the song title, you get 300,000,000 million points)

Things I will miss about the Waikato
1. Cows and new calves
2. Cold, fresh, still mornings
3. Don and Carolyn the neighbours, who gave me updates on Charlie's hijinks
4. Driving over the river
5. Walking into work 15 minutes late
6. Roast ham at the caff on Friday nights
7. Hash browns and scrambled eggs from the caff
8. Tracey's sarcasm
9. Ye-yah
10. Reading Sideswipe and doing the Herald's sudoko just after deadline
11. Autumn colours
12. Driving the little yellow Times cars all over the countryside
13. Sunsets over a big wide sky
14. Ngaruawahia and Taupiri

Homeward bound, oh yes I am

I resigned today.
I'm going to work at New Zealand Press Association in Wellington in five weeks.
I'm really chuffed.

Beni and the jets

Introducing Miss Benichous Mbenguele, extremely cute seven year old from Brazzaville, Congo. Now happy student at Vardon School in Hamilton. She was our front page girl when one of the balloons from the Balloons Over Waikato festival visited schools in town.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3630793a6004,00.html