I dropped off Sabine, did a quick shop in Pac n Save, then came back and watched 'Your Name'. Its a very good anime film that for some reason Sabine gave up on months ago. But today I wanted to watched it and so I did.
The USA Wells Fargo bank account transfer worked via Pascall and Ryan, our friends from America. Thanks to them we now have our money in BNZ. It was stupid though as we couldn't make a simple bank transfer from our accounts internationally. So instead we did a bank transfer to Pascalls account, which arrived to her in the post as a check, can you believe it, and she simply did the international bank transfer once the check was processed. This took way too much effort. But thankfully that's settled now. The old American leasing company only got into contact the other day to say that someone moved into our old flat one day later then we expected too. We never knew up to now and just assumed. So we can put America to bed now. Not completely behind us, but very nearly.
Later today I met Sabine in town after her work and we went to the mall for dinner. The original plan was to go to the Japanese event at 5:30, a steak house, to meet with everyone and have dinner there. However after looking online at the steak houses prices we couldn't afford that. So instead we decided to have dinner at the mall like the other day.
Sabine had a kebab, and I had an Indian curry. Other choices of restaurants available were the Wok place that Sabine chose last time, and there is also a Mexican. Oh and a Subway. My Indian curry was done in seconds. The guy just spooned the curry into a bowl, placed rice and the plate and charged me for it. Instant. It was tasty but warm. I would have preferred more of it, and hotter (not as in spicy hot, but literally it was verging on being luke-warm). In retrospect Sabine's kebab took the guy ages. And it came very hot. She got her yogurt sauce with it too, the same stuff you get on German kebabs. England has absolutely no idea when it comes to making kebabs. Nothing is processed out here. Its either Lamb or chicken, or the two mixed in together if you wish. very real meat.
After that we went to Starbucks only to find it shut due to the Dunedin CBD water issue. Some cafes have to close because their machines don't boil the water. The council has decided the water to be safe, as long as its boiled. I cant believe Starbucks is one of cafes that dont boil their water.
We went back to the mall and went to a cafe that was serving hot drinks, and then we waited until 5.30. We walked to the beef restaurant where this supposed Japanese meetup group were. Luckily we were met by Sabines colleague. We sat around this table and there was food such as nachos and spare ribs, however things didn't feel right with the group. It didn't help that two of the people were, how do I put this, full of themselves. One woman couldn't stop talking and it seemed that the whole conversation was about them and their work. At one point I distinctively heard her say that she doesn't like students joining the meetup group. Um, hello? WTF?! Why? There was an Asian guy there that looked bored, and two other girls just talking to each other. It just seemed off. No Japanese at the group either. And why meet at a western like steak house restaurant anyway? That's off-putting for a Japanese group to me.
Sabine and I left just slightly after a few others left.
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