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Two computer scientists and a philosopher , they play a wide variety of jazz , try to practise every week , think they are getting much better , but still have regrettably few gigs , maybe one a month or so - - some for meals but none for money . It 's a social instrument ; you must hold up your bit when playing with others . Another is that she will be able to join a proper French class . Apart from weddings in Christchurch , Ian found himself performing at places ranging from a rather dingy jazz club in Hamilton with his trio , through the University Club , to the Waikato Sympathy Orchestra . Before leaving Brian , Rosaleen and Michael 's visit , we must put on record an image of the five of us standing on the sandy bottom of a neck-high natural hot pool , in a shady glade surrounded by exotic native vegetation , tree-ferns and the like , cool glasses of chardonnay raised high to keep out of the water and another bottle at the ready - - in pelting ( but warm ) rain with an umbrella over our heads to avoid diluting the wine . Household guests get naming rights , and as Gene Golovchinsky from California was visiting us at the time they are called Jean and Gene . We dodged the Staten Island ferry ( not as easy as it sounds , they go so fast , relentless and merciless ) and sailed out to the Statue of Liberty , then watched the sun setting behind the World Trade Center on the way back . We were duly amazed by the Phantom of the Opera , and afterwards we were blown away by martinis in the Redwood Room of the Clift Hotel - - which , following a tip-off by an ex-Californian with whom Ian played jazz in Hamilton , is now a must on every visit to San Francisco . As well as French she will be taking English , Biology , Maths with Statistics , and - - as a new subject - - Classics . We lifted two so that they could catch up ; Gladys accelerated and left them behind again . He was able to play in all the Waikato Sympathy Orchestra ( must stop calling it that ; they do n't like it ! We will always remember Peter for his affable , easy-going nature and quiet , reassuring , companionship . Pipped at the post ; c'est la vie . ) We will see . Next year we will tell you of our exploits and how we left Anna there to fend for herself ( very successfully , by all accounts ) while we returned to New Zealand .