A little bit about me...
Ngā mihi o te ahiahi, my name is Andrej,
Despite the slavic name my cultural background is best described as "German", I grew up and lived in DE for most of my life.
I've been in NZ / Wellington since 2001, living in Wadestown since 2015 and loving it for its mostly quiet environment, its proximity to work and it being surrounded by bush (Ahumairangi, Ōtari, Trelissick Park/Kaiwharawhara Stream). I work in IT. My hobbies/loves are the great outdoors and cooking (combining that w/ manaakitanga, I regularly cook meals to share w/ colleagues at work, probably owing to my Myers-Briggs personality type, ISFJ, some think of me as the office mum ;D).
Politically I stand in the eco & social-democratic corners (probably also owing to my personality type, kaitiakitanga is just as important to me as manaakitanga), not that any single NZ political party has my full support ...
The dish in the photo is one of my signature dishes I take to work several times a year, Beef Rendang, Coconut Rice and Açar (the roti is store-bought, though). =}
The outdoors shot is Wellington seen from Mt McKerrow in the Remutakas.
Ka kite ano,
Andrej
P.S.: Oh, yes, forgot to say: I have a thing for languages! I grew up bilingual, was surrounded by "foreign" languages during my school time in Munich (Turkish, Italian, Greek, Romanian, ... ), learnt English and Latin in school, classical Greek at Uni, and picked up bits and bobs of Italian and French, have learnt basic Spanish to be able to get around non-touristy corners of Spain, and am currently learning Te Reo. :)
P.P.S.: Fixed a spelling mistake, it's => its :)
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.5% Summer
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36.8% Winter
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
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