Yours Truly, ME: Rugby Union

It is funny how sleeping in means waking up about 7:30am. What the heck is happening to me? I hope I can keep this sleep schedule when I get back to the states...I would be able to accomplish so much!

We came across this car on our walk to the bus....blue car....byu plates...just a coincidence? I will never know!

Whitaker Place

The whole 3 day weekend thing is such a nice concept. If only I could have a 4 day work week forever. We bussed to the Auckland War Museum today. There we were able to see a Maori Cultural performance. The museum had a bunch of cool things both specific to New Zealand and worldwide as well.

The Quad Poi Balls, Looks like Kendall has some competition!

They had some sweet outfit choices

The Tongue is a defense mechanism the maori men did to scare off enemies at war

pretty as a picture

I went through an earthquake caused by a volcano simulator

That is a big bird

Trying out the Maori tongue

We went to the rugby game after the museum. I had originally planned to vote for the Christchurch Crusaders just to go against the grain, you know, but once I got into the stadium and was given a free blues flag, I quickly switched just so I could wave the flag and act like I was a true fan. The game was way fun to watch. For all those who thought football players are tough, why don’t they try it without the pads and helmets, and without any downs or time outs. The boys were brutal and pretty massive. The game just went so quickly. There was no announcer and the game just continued on without pauses. If the players get into a huge dog pile, they just have to figure a way to get the ball out of it and continue on with the game. One of the players was bleeding on his head and they just came over with tape, put it around his head, and carried on with the game. I am very glad I was never signed up for women's rugby! I don't think I would have survived it! It rained a bit during the game and my flag was made into a useful head scarf. The Crusaders won by 1 point....I knew I should have stuck with them, dang you free blues gear!