November’s gone
There’s two lonely pictures in the November gallery, both from our recent trip to Edinburgh to see the All Blacks v Scotland with Simon, Shona and her family.
We were walking through a shopping centre before the match and saw the two players above, Rodney So’oialo and Jerome Kaino. They didn’t seem too impressed to be accosted for a photo, even Andrea’s opening line of “Hi, I’m Andrea from Putaruru” generated little response. I was pretending I didn’t know her after that but had to drop that pretense after being asked by her to take a photograph of them together.
We are looking forward to Christmas! The tree has been retrieved from Dave and Mary’s loft and it has new baubles from Asda adorning it.
We sent off the NZ pressies last weekend after being gouged charged a fair and reasonable amount by the post office and two of the four packages arrived in under a week! A new record! Who knows where the other half are but hopefully they aren’t far behind.
Ofsted were at Andrea’s school two weeks ago. They are still waiting for the official report but the outcome seems to have been positive… its a relief to have it over and done with.
Andrea is taking the ‘Life in the UK’ test on Wednesday as part of her new visa… she has failed 6 practice tests on the computer so far!
December 1st, 20082:50 am at
Rugby is over, all is slammed and the boys look happy to have met Andrea & John again. Good luck with the test. Try these: How many King Henrys have there been?
Pooh has a friend called Christopher ……………….. (not WJ)
Does the Queen fart when at the toilet?
How big IS ben?
December 1st, 20083:22 am at
Rugby is over, all is slammed and the boys look happy to have met Andrea & John again. Good luck with the test. Try these: How many King Henrys have there been?
Pooh has a friend called Christopher ……………….. (not WJ)
Does the Queen fart when at the toilet?
How big IS ben?
Do dislexic people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
What colour is Gordon?
How did the English world stop in 1966?
Are there any ATMs in UK?
Is milk available all year round?
Why is Newcastle so called dating c1240, and I don’t mean lunchtime?
What bus do you take to Paris?
Apart from Islam, what is the main religion of UK?
When did Mike & Gail last visit?
What is the longest one sylabul word in English? screeched!
Did you know that England has the fewest Internet Cafes in the world per sq km?
only one English occupation has three double letters. bookkeeper
Are there any lakes in the Lake District?
Who performs at the Picadilli Circus?
Is Wales closed during Winter?
Ive never seen good weather on British TV. How do plants grow?
Is Windsor a bouncy castle?
Why did they bulid so many ruined castles in England?
What time does the 1 o’clock gun go off in Edinburgh?
How much does it cost to buy something a the One Pound Shop in Shields?
December 1st, 200812:36 pm at
Just to try to help,
Andrea is welcome to try my free helping website: http://uklifetest.com
hopefully this increases her chances to pass the test.
Cheers
December 1st, 200810:04 pm at
Got me stumped with most of those questions, Mike and Gail, but I do know that the pound shop will be having a sale soon and everything will be 50 pence
December 4th, 20089:58 am at
Well done Andrea, I had every faith in you
I think she would have scraped through your test too Mike…
December 12th, 20082:44 am at
Good skills andrea, it must have been the practice!!!!!:mrgreen: Your prize, should you wish to accept it, is to wait at Dave & Mary’s for the post to arrive. I sent it 3 hours ago. Start looking next Thursday. Merry Christmas to you all.
December 24th, 20087:31 am at
Hi Guys, just checking in. MERRY XMAS!! Hope you have a good one! love Chris
December 24th, 200810:32 am at
Merry Christmas Christine!
Hope all is well over there, enjoy the holiday!