So before I start this entry, I should explain that Kiwis have a common expression; "[INSERT ADJECTIVE HERE] as". I guess it's just quicker (and easier) than using the full analogy. The most common seems to be "sweet as" when something is really awesome, but you can say anything really "early as", "delicious as", "full as", or "cool as".
During the last week of school before the summer holidays, I went to one of my schools to help run a Big Day Out road safety expo. It was a bit crazy as we had to cycle through about 15 groups of 50 kids each for only 15 minutes at a time! For our Travelwise station we decided to split the groups in two and I took half to do a scavenger hunt type activity while my coworker took the other half to do a relay. In both groups we wanted to convey the message of crossing at the 'zebra' crossing and walking to school. I split my half into groups of 2-5 kids and gave them a clue similar to the one above. They had to walk and find the picture that corresponds to the clue and come back and tell me the letter on that picture. I wrote the letter on their sheet and gave them a new clue. Once they had all five letters, they had to crack the code (it spelled 'zebra'). At the end, we discussed why I chose that word and what things you need to look out for when walking.
As one group was walking away, I overheard one of the students (about 5th grade) talking to his friend about my station; "that was cool as" he said. About MY station, that I had planned for this very day. It made me smile to think that I'm still considered cool and that my work might actually sink in and be appreciated by some. It doesn't happen every day, but I'd say today was a great day at work. In fact, I was so excited I think I've already told this story at least 4 or 5 times!
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