If only I could find my cellphone this quickly...

Botanic Gardens last week

I was in the Library again today, to stick with the recent trend of academic productivity, and was so moved by the preciseness that the books related to the subject I wanted that I decided to post about it.  It all started with a later than usual flat shop for the coming week.  Nothing can kill evening productivity like a late dinner so time was of the essence.  Usually I come home from Uni around 5:30 or 6 and then just kind of putts around until dinner and then get going after I'm full and happy.  Last night we didn't eat till 8:30 so there was quite a bit of puttsing and then I decided to increase my knowledge of New Zealand culture and cinematography by watching the second Lord of the Rings film.  Not exactly productive.  We started the drive home from the Pak n' Save around 7 and I got my first manual transmission, left side of the road driving experience.  Yes, the stick shifting is done with the left hand.  It was a little weird but it must feel great for a left hander to come here and finally have something geared towards them (no pun intended).  I felt like I was in drivers ed again as I cautiously spotted where I wanted to go on each turn and drove 5 mph under the speed limit.  You wouldn't think simply flipping everything to the opposite side would mess with you that much but it really takes a lot of concentration at first.  Staying on the correct side of the road comes quickly when your life is on the line, however.  Anyway,  back home, after a not too late dinner, I made my way through the fresh Dunedin night to the library to begin research on my paper about Africa.  I have decided that I want to do my paper on the problems of rapid city growth in Africa and how the effects of those problems might be alleviated.  I also had decided that I would try to focus specifically on the rural-urban interactions because the degree of urbanization tends to depend on what's going on or going wrong in the rural areas.   I walked for about 5 minutes through the florescent lit aisles of the Central Library before finding the Mother Lode.   In almost no time I was thumbing through a book titled "Rural-Urban Interactions in the Developing World."   How good is that?!   Needless to say, I'm quite excited about the recent acquisition and plan to get (as they say here) stuck into the reading tomorrow.   With that, expect a special edition Birthday post from me again tomorrow and wish me sweet dreams.  Love ya.