My B-Day

The Kiwis are in town, just in time for my b-day do. And such gems they are. They brought with them the best kiwi lard in the world. (That's English for really really fattening food, usually sweets I think). The list...

1 - Cookie Time
2 - Squiggles
3 - Perky Nanas
4 - Pineapple Lumps
5 - Dairy Milk Cadbury (they are better in NZ I swear)
6 - Whittaker Peanut Slabs
7 - Toffee Pops
8 - Tim Tams
and the lucky number 9... the best thing of all... my favourite of ALL time... SIMPLY SQUEEZED FEIJOA JUICE!!!

For those who are not from Aotearoa (NZ), feijoa is a fruit, tastes like guava, but way better. And you can't get them anywhere, ANYWHERE in London. I was ecstatic. How cool are they... Thanks brossssssss...

This year was definitely the best b-day to date. The tall New Yorker rings me at 8pm on Friday, telling me he'll be at Heathrow tomorrow morning. Just in time for my b-day party. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I scream. I jump around. I hug everyone around me.

And so my b-day this year was the best ever. Having your best mates with you, partying till the sun literally came up, having great photographs to remind you exactly the state we got to by the end of the night/early morn.

Had so many thoughtful pressies. Mostly photography related of course. My mates knew exactly what I wanted/needed. Every single one. Every single one was so, so thoughtful. Yum cha. My favourite. Photography magazines from Australia and New Zealand (How awesome is that!!!). A photo printer, when I want that photo out on paper right now. A photo frame from my favourite store in London, MUJI. A basil plant so I can get fresh basil for home made pasta/sammies. A white desk lamp to go with my iBook (I was just looking for something like that. Read my mind. Again).

One of my mates said I was a difficult person to get a present for. But you know hey, cliche as it may sound, spending an afternoon with you would be the best present ever.