Waitangi Day and Chinese New Year

Nath and I had a cultural weekend partaking in Waitangi and Chinese NY festivities. Waitangi celebrations consisted of dressing up in NZ themed clothing and buying beers at the off license and walking the streets of London to converge on Parliament for a Haka at 4pm.  It is meant to be a pub crawl but with so many people the pubs packed out so most drank outside.  There was a shortage of toilet facilities so at one point I went into and Indian restaurant, booked a table for 8, told the man my friends were across the road and I had to go get them, and as he went to set our table I knicked off upstairs to use the toilet!  Caught up with my cousin, brother, uni friend and some peeps I went to school with.  In the end Nath and I had a reasonably quiet one, I think about 4 beers each over the space of 5hrs.  After the Haka we went home and cooked up pasta for dinner. 
Today we headed to Trafalgar Square to watch celebrations for Chinese New Year.  We saw the fireworks display and the dancing dragon and lions.  We also walked through China Town which was obviously packed and going off.
My job is going really well and Im enjoying it.  I think the students have taken to me and we get on well.  I was runner up teacher of the week last week for the yr 11s.  One of the yr 11 form classes votes on a teacher of the week and a student of the week.  I was pretty stoked with that result.  So far it is as cruisy as it first seemed, half of my teaching time is spent traveling to venues, I am starting to get frustrated with the 'dead/wated' time but we have no other options. I have started playing squash with some of the staff.  On my 1st week I bet two maths teachers 9-0 and 9-0 so that was pretty awesome as it was not their first time. 
Still no plans for half term break coming up in two weeks. Would love to go to Paris - so much to do especially Disneyland! That would be cool.
This date last year we were in Quito and on day two of our South America trip.  How fast time has flown, would love to be back there doing it all again.  Have noticed there has been no flloods and mudslides in Peru this year!! 
The weather is getting warmer, the mornings are much lighter and the evenings aren't so dark.  Spring clothing is starting to appear in the shops so summer must be on the way :)

La paz a cabo.