Day OneHundredAndSixteen of being Aflickionless...

Have to say that things were a bit of a non-event today.

Maz watched 300 and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Other than that just going over idea for Wellington in her head and trying to find some music that will inspire her for the theme and possibly be something that she will use.
Maz is meant to be working tomorrow, but still hasn't heard anything about a call time. How annoying.

One thing that didn't happen today...well one thing that we found out is that your not back till Saturday now, which means that the whole 119 days thing, no longer applies...I think we might make it 119 days + 1...hahaha! No matter which way, CAN'T WAIT for your return!!!

Before we get into the news for the day, guess who was in the news on Sunday???
"...University of Auckland business student Sarah-Jayne Chamberlain, 23, had her fourth endometriosis operation at the Greenlane hospital in January. Several weeks afterwards she says a MercyAscot nurse called her saying "there had been cases of bugs within the hospital and that I needed to go and get my bloods done". She was found to have an infection and prescribed antibiotics, but an examination showed her wounds were clean. "I think it would be good if they were open about it," she said. "It's not fair that people think the public system is crap ... when in fact the private hospitals are having the same issues."..." Read the full article here. Now on to the news...

More than a thousand Auckland bus workers who face being locked out in a row over 10 cents an hour say they will report for work as usual on Wednesday morning. Infratil-owned NZ Bus has told the workers, including 875 drivers, that they will be barred from 4am on Wednesday - a move likely to plunge Auckland's public transport system into chaos. The lock-out will affect staff at the Metrolink, Go West, Waka Pacific, North Star, Link and city circuit bus services.

A Whangarei man is appearing in court today facing charges of sexual grooming and one charge of unlawful sexual connection with a minor after throwing a paper dart at school girls. The charges come after Whangarei police were alerted to a man who had thrown a paper plane out his car window at high school girls two weeks ago. The paper plane had a cellphone number on it. The girls sent a text message to the number asking the dart thrower to leave them alone. A 45-year-old man was arrested on Friday night, and appeared in Whangarei District Court on Saturday. He was remanded in custody to reappear again today. Police have asked anyone with information about other similar incidents is call them.

McDonald's might have made it to Gore but high school students will have to wait until outside of school hours for a feed - unless they a have a pass. The Southland Times reported that the town's two secondary schools - Gore High School and St Peters College - had asked that pupils in uniform not be served during school hours. Franchisee Simon Rhind said he and partner Cherie Edwards had previously have a McDonald's in Matamata and ran a similar policy, at the request of schools. Pupils soon got the message and he believed that would happen in Gore.

A harbour bridge designed to ease congestion was packed end to end at its opening yesterday as more than 15,000 locals marked its completion with a bridge walk. Tauranga and Mt Maunganui residents took advantage of spring sunshine to cross the second harbour bridge, which was opened for foot traffic for the day by the Transport Agency. A temporary on-ramp was to be installed overnight, allowing drivers to begin using the bridge this morning.

Unruly late-night scenes at downtown Auckland taxi stands have sparked plans for a permit scheme to restore some semblance of order before the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Auckland City's transport committee has endorsed in principle - subject to consulting the taxi industry - a regime designed to exert peer pressure on rogue drivers. "We have an important time ahead of us in terms of demonstrating what kind of city we are," parking services acting group manager Rick Bidgood told the committee. The scheme, backed by a parking advisory board including transport industry representatives, will target inner-city trouble spots before possibly being rolled out to areas such as Ponsonby Rd and Eden Park. Violations by individual drivers such as double-parking at council-owned stands will bring down demerit points on their companies or cooperatives, which will have permits suspended if they accrue too many black marks. That means all of their drivers will be banned from using the stands until their permits are restored, a system which has been pioneered at Auckland Airport.

Brave children have been dared. New Zealand's largest - and arguably scariest-looking - insect is taking up residence in the Auckland Airport precinct. The giant wetapunga normally lives and breeds only on Little Barrier Island. However, 16 of the endangered creatures have been moved to Butterfly Creek in Mangere as part of a captive breeding programme. The spiny insects will be on display to visitors with tarantulas, giant centipedes, mantids, native and introduced cockroaches and other creepy-crawlies.

MAZ'S KITTY...

You thought it was the jackpot edition when you read "Kitty" huh? Hahaha...no! Just some photos that Maz took of Florida this afternoon.

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 16°C
Min: 4°C (overnight)
Humidity: 99%
Fine. Light winds. (Translation: It was another nice day...OMG! Thursday & Friday looks like rain though)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
Maz is meant to have work tomorrow and doesn't have a call time yet...hmmmm

DAILY FOF MOMENT
Your not back till Saturday now...FAIL!