Spaghetti for Breakfast...

...and other weird / strange / different / unique things about New Zealand that I have come to discover:

1. Seriously, Spaghetti and Baked Beans are legitimate breakfast food here. They serve them on toast next to eggs. So strange...
   
2. They drive on the opposite side of the road. (yeah I know that's a lame one, but it counts)
3. HOWEVER, the traffic laws are crazy. For instance, when we are wanting to make a right turn back in the states, you all know how we have the right of way ahead of someone wanting to take a left turn into the same lane. In New Zealand, it's the opposite law. Someone wanting to make a RIGHT turn (remember that they drive on the opposite side of the road) has the right of way before those turning left.
4. "Fizzy Drink" is what you would call a soda or pop. You say pop and they'll wonder if something is wrong with you.
5. They call Skim Milk, "TRIM" Milk.
6. Ketchup doesn't exist... it's "Tomato Sauce". So careful when you are buying tomato sauce to make spaghetti (for breakfast...), it might not be what you think.
7. You have Rubbish Bins, not trash cans. *
8. likewise, Garbage and Trash = Rubbish *
9. "as" is added to the end of everything we would consider "cool".
   i.e. "Sweet as" "Fresh as" *
   i.i.e Fresh = Cool
10. "No Worries" is something they really do say all the time, that wasn't a Hollywood creation or anything. *
11. I know many of you wanted me to check to see if the water in the toilets spun the other way, but sorry to disappoint you when I tell you the water doesn't spin in these toilets. And they have too different flush buttons, half and whole. So, if you just did number one... you can flush half and not waste as much water :D.
12. Also, the place where you go to use such facilities is not called the Bathroom. That's where you go to take a bath. It's called the Toilets.
13. They make you pay for plastic bags in stores.
14. Flip flops or Thongs are really "Jandles" **
15. What we think of as Cookies are "Biscuits" over hear. There is no word for what we consider a Biscuit.
16. People don't wear shoes here, hardly ever. Going to lecture, going to the dining hall... bare feet.
17. Everything comes out here about 4 months late. Music, Movies, TV shows... books aren't as late, but still late.
18. Guys have mullets and wear short shorts. Not kidding. I would take a picture, but I think that would be rude.

*All things asterisked mean that I think they are awesome and plan to use them when I come back to the states.

** Double asterisked means that I most definitely will use them.

Oh strange New Zealand... this is just a little list that I've been wanting to make. If I've forgotten anything I'll add to it, same as when I come across something new. Similarly, if you know something or I've told you something that I didn't add here, comment to remind me. 

Mā te wā!