I miss Mexican food already

So I've been down here a week or so, and life is pretty good. The sun is shining, women are scantily clad, birds are chirping and School's about to start. Oh how that last part would make me shudder in my youth, but I'm looking forward to it. I've got a couple of weeks to explore before it starts though. Auckland is a vibrant, fun town. The main artery of downtown is Queens Street, and it is packed with shops, cafes and a million other places to explore. I realize my inexperience with big cities is showing through here, but it is fun to be surrounded by 1000's of other people looking for a good time (and I don't mean it that way you pervs, or should I say, wankers). One thing though, are all big cities this dirty? From the looks of things, sidewalks here are constructed of cigarette butts and gum, and there are plenty of rats with feathers flying about, i.e. pidgeons. Oh, and I've come to the conclusion that maniac drivers exist everywhere. They also have kids here with car speakers that sound like, in Dave Barry's words, nuclear detonations going off in rythm. Hmmm, New Zealand is not so different in some ways, but let me list a few things I noticed that are:

1. Bacon is Ham, they just call it bacon. I'm a fairly healthy eater, but dammit, Ham is not bacon.
2. Bowling in New Zealand consists of old farts rolling around wood balls on astroturf.
3. y'know how people drive on the left side of the road here? Well it translates to walking as well. I never realized it, but when you are on a collision course with another pedestrian in New Zealand, their first instinct is to merge left, the same as we americans merge right. I've nearly ran straight into a number of folks. Sidewalk chicken requires much more evasive action here. Good thing I've got spin moves.
4. The sports section in the newspaper consists of rugby, cricket and horse racing. No big suprise there, but they also love Sailing in Auckland. It's a BIG deal, something I have never experienced.
5. Speaking of Newspapers, their newspapers here are not standard size, they are huge. This makes them difficult to read.

Anyway, I gotta go, but there'll be more. Thanks guys!