NQ takes NZ

So I'm back in LA, but that's not important right now. What matters is that I haven't fulfilled my storytelling duties. Sprang Brake In the New Zealand university system, your spring break is two weeks long and is sandwiched between two six-week periods of earnest learning. I didn't even realize spring break was approaching, probably because hello it was August, but suddenly all...

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I thought working on a farm would be the perfect way to finish up my time in New Zealand (before my parents arrived for our holiday extravaganza, of course). I mentioned this to the infamous Xiao and he was skeptical. "What do you think working on a farm is like?" he asked. "I don't know, getting up early and doing hard labour?" I...

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So I've left Farm Road for good. I've binned all my schoolwork. And I've left people that I will never see again. Sounds sad but just keepin it real. I'm still in New Zealand, but moving out of Lincoln was the symbolic end to a very interesting trip. Painful The last few weeks at Lincoln were quintessentially Lincoln. And by that I mean...

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