the weekend at last

i walked to and from the park and ride bus today so that was good exercise.  the girls had swimming after school and kezia then went to a birthday party which was a trip to see Rango (i think that’s what it’s called).

meanwhile i went to the church office with jane and picked up an incredibly heavy speaker and some other stuff for church camp tomorrow

apparently there’s a tsunami on its way to new zealand due to the dreadful japan earthquake, but it’s not thought we’ll have much to worry about (although those in japan are obviously in a very different situation).  Our tsunami updates are here and the official emergency info here

Meanwhile and on a much lighter note, this fantastic show of kiwi ingenuity is causing a bit of a media splash here at the moment:

A long drop toilet is a non flushing toilet.  often a do it yourself thing where you dig a hole in the ground.  many people in christchurch still don’t have any sewerage pipes so have been making do.  this website catalogues some of the best designs.  have a look through the site. some of these are absolute genius.