Jenjie

Can we please be very careful about how we phrase things. if you want to make allegations, then phrase it as such not as a statement of fact.

have changed job roles, and so not on shifts at the moment. 3 x 5 day weeks getting up at 7:15am is killing me. hopefully, we'll get our new team set up soon and I can get back to the shifts

noooooooooo not yellow hats really! I darw the line at yellow t-shirts :laugh3: LCCC parking looks nasty & is likely to change before september :\ I'm not sure where else you could park nearby, and for free :( the streets are probably out because most of them have matchday parking restrictions which I would guess will also involve concerts. There's a multi-storey car park in Sale which is around £4 for 24 hours parking, and has 24 hours access, but you'd need a tram ticket on top of that which is about £3.60 for a day ticket. I'd guess the random parking for sports events may be available, but they can be dodgy. We're ok because Ian & I both work within walking distance so could park at one of our workplaces.

Twitter him!!! When I twittered asking what mischief Anchorman & #42 were upto because they'd gone very quiet, we got a new blog :D (I'm sure its coincidence but hey believing in fan power is fun :lol:)

Twitter him!!! When I twittered asking what mischief Anchorman & #42 were upto because they'd gone very quiet, we got a new blog :D (I'm sure its coincidence but hey believing in fan power is fun :lol:)

Coldplay concert was very cool, pretty and intense and yeah, cool. I was a little disappointed that they started with Violet Hill when they weren’t warmed up but that would be my only complaint oh and they didn’t play ‘trouble’. But they did play Yellow and all these huge yellow balloons were released onto the crowd, the people on the floor bounced them around and from where we were sitting it looked amazing. When the balloons popped yellow bits of paper rained down. The ‘mosh pit’ kept boucing the balloons onto the stage though, so the band had to keep kicking them out. During Lovers in Japan they released thousands, millions? of paper butterflies in all different colours from the ceiling. The sound guys put up paper parasols to protect themselves and the gear. It was gorgeous. Chris Martin is an astoundingly good performer, he just throws himself into it so much, he really works. He dances like a particularly uncoordinated scarecrow and you’re sure he’ll fall down at any time. For a couple of songs they left the stage and played from a mini-set up right in the back rows of the arena. They covered ‘I’m a believer’ from there and got audience participation. Chris played The Hardest Part on his own just on the piano, on the catwalk in the crowd. Lots of awesome memories. I wish I’d taken my camera but I’d assumed they’d be taking them off people. Everyone else seemed to have them though, so there’s bound to be footage from the concert on youtube. The curtain raiser band was completely rubbish too. http://jennitalula.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/auckland/

the baby was ethan. so how did he survive the dharma murders & become an other??????

dye it yellow :p :laugh3:

I don't think anyone has found one yet

The copy & paste queen has noted your requests, but is feeling too tired, and fears she may mess things up if she goes into that first post tonight. Will sort it tomorrow for you when my brain feels more agile :D

New Zealand’s 6 year drought is over No I don’t mean the early March storms that blew across Aotearoa, I mean the Coldplay drought! It’s been 6 long years since the band plucked a single note on these shores and tonight’s sold out crowd at Vector Arena in Auckland didn’t let them forget it for a minute. The evening started off with our posse of Oxfam campaigners, 20 strong, heading downtown on busses, trains, bikes and feet to tell people about our work…and to rock. I’m happy to report we did both. Big ups to the band for providing some great autographed gear. That was the inspiration for our text-to-win contest. And while we were giving people a chance to score a signed Asian umbrella that Chris used on stage, a drum skin or a tour book, we had a great opportunity to talk to thousands of them about Oxfam’s work to deliver clean, safe water to communities in the developing world. In the unlikely event that you were at the show but didn’t happen to spot any of us with the 20 litre containers on our heads, highlighting the fact that way too many people still have to walk for hours each day to fetch dirty water for their families, fear not – you can still enter the contest by going to http://www.oxfam.org.nz/coldplay. After sufficiently getting the word out, we were lucky to catch a few songs from Kiwi soulstress (and Oxfam supporter) Hollie Smith, followed by the atmospheric feedback of Mercury Rev. A couple of crowd surges and one break dancing stage-sweeper later, the crowd went ballistic as the lights dropped and Coldplay walked out, sparklers afire. The unifying force of this band was obvious as I looked around—from 13-year old kids to 70-year old grandparents, with a cultural mix as diverse as New Zealand itself—all cheering, dancing and singing along together. Big thanks to Chris, Will, Johnny and Guy. Not only do you keep coming up with undeniably catchy songs, your social conscience continues to be a beacon for millions of people waking up to the fact that injustice is not inevitable. It’s an honour to work with you and everyone we talked to tonight so that we can all create a fairer world together. See you tomorrow! Blogging from the New Zealand Coldplay shows is Oxfam Communications Coordinator and appreciator of guitar and piano driven rock, Jason Garman http://www.oxfamblogs.org/coldplay/?p=164

lankyshire :) hats are a must but they have to be big yellow ones :D

awesome pic :D

I'm not expecting mine before the end of August at the very earliest

google street view?

Review: Coldplay in concert Six years is a long wait for one of the biggest bands in the world to head to New Zealand. But finally on Wednesday night, Coldplay kept a promise to us Kiwis - that if we built a decent arena, they'd play it. The last time they graced these shores was in 2001 at the Big Day Out. So with heavy expectation at the Vector Arena, the stage was set for a welcome return. And boy - they did not disappoint. After a slightly muted (and woefully brief) turn from Hollie Smith, ethereal 90s soundscape creators Mercury Rev took to the stage. With blasts from the past including Holes from their greatest album Deserter's Songs, the band set the right tone for the night ahead. Advertisement But clearly the entire audience was there to see Coldplay grace us with hits from their past albums and from their current album, Viva La Vida. After a breakdancing cleaner (!) swept down the side stages for the band, they erupted onto the stage. And then everyone fell in love - once again - with Chris Martin and the boys. Two giant screens midway in the arena allowed those far, far away at the back to enjoy the thunderous show they put on - lasers strobed the arena during Clocks, the lights pounded during Politik and the entire audience sang along to Fix U. It's difficult to sum up the kind of energy Chris Martin brings to every performance - from skipping across the stage to theatrically falling down during the end of some songs, he clearly gives us heart and soul during every show. That's probably some indication of why this is one of the hottest shows in New Zealand - or even the world - right now. But the band hasn't lost their playfulness either with Martin exalting us to be loud enough and they would play some of their old stuff - cue Yellow complete with balloons falling from the rafters and being punted around the Vector until they exploded with confetti sprawling out. However, the best moment of the night came when Coldplay showed they haven't lost their personal touch. Leaving the stage on what appeared to be a victory lap, they took up residence right at the back of the arena to perform a slightly more intimate few numbers - including Green Eyes, a song from drummer Will Champion and a thunderous version of the Monkees I'm a Believer. It was then after Chris explained you don't take a 97 hour flight and not meet everyone, that the band amply demonstrated why they have put on the best show this year - so far. When it ended and the audience dutifully filed out, there wasn't an unhappy face to be seen as they spilled onto the streets. If you don't have a ticket to Thursday night's final performance, beg, borrow (but don't steal) whatever you need to get there. http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/review-coldplay-in-concert-2566891

I completely forgotten I'd created this thread :lol:

A British migrant who wants to work as a nurse in Australia has been told she must take an English language test before her application will be considered. 'Are you joking?' Mrs Julie Dutton asked officials. 'I'm from England. I was educated there. I worked there. I speak fluent English.' But politically correct officials in Sydney told her that unless she took the test, proving she understood and could speak English, she couldn't be considered for the job. Mrs Dutton's revelations come the day after Australia announced it was cutting its foreign migrant intake by 14 per cent to help protect jobs for Australian workers. But Mrs Dutton's problems arose before the migrant cuts were announced. She and her Australian husband moved to Sydney from the UK last year, where she had been working as a nurse. Three weeks ago, she applied to have her British nursing qualifications recognised in New South Wales - and she prepared herself for differences that might arise in the way things are done in her profession in the UK and in Australia. What she did not expect was to be challenged on her understanding of the English language, she told Australia's ABC news network. 'I was told the application could not be processed because I had not taken the English language exam and now I have to wait until June before I can apply again and when I will be able to take the test to prove I can speak English. 'I didn't even know that you needed an English language test and I said: "Are you sure? I am from England, I was educated in the UK and I have worked in the UK. I speak fluent English." 'And they said: "There are no exemptions from this now as of the 1st of January."' Mrs Dutton did not point out the obvious - that the fact she was even able to hold a conversation with officials in the English language was evidence she could speak it. Last night, the Premier of New South Wales, Mr Nathan Rees, promised to look into her case - but he admitted that on the face of it, 'it sounds absurd'. The State's conservative opposition told the ABC that it was a case of 'bureaucracy gone mad'. Yesterday it was announced that Australia is set to protect its workers during the looming recession by slashing its intake of skilled migrants for the first time in a decade. The 14 per cent cut in immigration comes on a wave of concern that skilled foreign workers could stoke resentment by taking jobs at a time of rising unemployment. One expert slammed the situation as 'madness' after mine workers in Queensland and Western Australia found that their positions were being filled by foreign workers. Immigration Minister Chris Evans, who removed hairdressers and cooks from Australia's critical occupation shortage list at Christmas, said he was now also deleting foreign bricklayers, plumbers, carpenters and electricians from the list that guides skilled migration intake. Further cuts were likely in the May 12 budget, he said, leaving only health occupations, engineering and information technology skills as needed skills. 'What we'll look to do is run a smaller programme and keep the capacity to make sure we can bring in any labour we might need as the year develops,' Evans said. A recession is looming in the country, with the centre-left government expecting unemployment to reach seven percent midway through next year. Australia is also due to hold an election in late 2010. Immigration has been a charged issue in past polls, particularly following economic downturn. A leading migration expert, former government official Bob Kinnaird, said record recent migrant arrivals in a fast shrinking job market were leading to 'highly combustible' conditions in regional areas, where many new arrivals had settled. In Queensland and Western Australia retrenched mine workers returning to their home towns found that jobs there had been filled by foreign workers, sparking resentment, Kinnaird said. 'You could say in those last few months that madness has reigned,' he told the Brisbane Times newspaper. The ruling Labor Party, with its roots in the workers' movement, should have acted sooner to cut migration as economic conditions cooled to lance any voter backlash and ease tensions in critical country voting areas, he said. But the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the government needed to be wary of tinkering with immigration, as many skilled employment areas still faced a worker shortage and lack of workers could crimp an economic recovery. 'We would have preferred a status quo position,' chamber Chief Executive Peter Anderson said. Australia is a nation of immigrants. The country has been enjoying a boom in new arrivals for the past decade to help meet labour shortages as a China-fuelled mining boom drove unemployment rates to 30-year lows. But those days are over now. Six of Australia's major trading partners are now in recession and economic growth has stalled. The country moved a step closer to recession this month with the first contraction in eight years and the economy shrinking by 0.5 per cent. Australia's jobless rate spiked to 5.2 per cent from 4.8 per cent last month with the biggest impact felt by full-time workers. Some economists fear unemployment levels could go as high as 10 per cent. A government minister said today the immigration intake next year would be cut to 115,000, from 133,500 in 2008-09. The government hopes its recently announced A$42 billion (£27.5 billion) stimulus package, including cash handouts and infrastructure spending, will help the economy through the downturn. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162407/British-nurse-told-English-test-work-Australia.html

exactly :D

maybe a new peition is in order :lol: Dear Chris, Please never do anything so silly ever, ever, again. Obviously, we are concerned for your safety but selfishly we also want you in one piece for Wembley in September! Love from all at Coldplaying

I know! when you see vids like that one you really think what might have happened

I would guess Rick was meaning this search http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/search.php other than manually searching yourself

i was having a post work nap

in theory, yes :) they have a habit of doing that. i watch with satisfaction as certain threads drop down the board, then they'll suddenly be resurrected from page 10 :dozey: :lol:

I remember when it was 180 days to go til my wedding. I went to sleep one night and suddenly we were in double figures :stunned: