Life in the bus lane

My intending to blog more does not really seem to be working so well.. Am pretty busy between work, going to the gym, going out and life generally that time is flying. Is less than 7 weeks till holiday, now have the USA sorted with flights, hotels and a tour option to go down to Mexico.

Wellington is treating me well and on a nice day it is fucking gorgeous to look down over the harbour from my whare :) Work is great and meeting lots of people, even a potential or two along the way!

I originally was thinking that I might post more political stuff on this blog, but not sure I want to rant just yet.

Hope every(any)one is well :)

Live from the Capital!

What a couple of weeks!

Have been in Wellington now for just under a month and am pretty much set, just need the SKY to be hooked up for tele watching and to grab my car from Auckland in a couple of weeks but otherwise, I'm here!

Works been good, am loving being back in underwriting and have a really good team that I work with. Have even been doing longer than required hours if hitting the gym and filling my days.

More importantly I have myself a 2 bedroom place in Crofton Downs which I am loving. It's just me here, a change from the last living situation but given how picky I can be, it's probably for the best. Glad I ended up in a 2 bedroom too, I own a lot more stuff than I realised! It's a 10 min walk to the train, 8 min to town and then another 10 to work, all in all about the same length as in Auckland. Feels so civilised being on the train to work in the morning, like in a real city, even if the trains on my line are nearly 60 years old!

The only downside about Wellington is that it is fucking cold, but I guess all one has to do is wrap up warm and make sure the heater is always going! It'll be great in summer when it is warm but not humid. Alas the cold has been a bit of a shock to the system and I've caught a little bit of a bug that is going around, but managing to fight it off ok..

That's it for now, will get some pix up in time...

Ka kite

Interrupted Transmission

Have moved to the capital, but as I'm not yet of a fixed abode, have not had a chance to start posting properly. Work is very busy, so much to learn, am enjoying it though. Looking at flats this weekend and hoping to sign a lease next week :)

I'm leaving, on a jet plane...

So the big news from this part of the world is that I am packing my things and leaving town! Have accepted a new Wellington based role within IAG, as Personal Lines Underwriter, which I am very excited about. Will be good to get back into underwriting, though I will miss what I am doing as I have really come to like it, a case of Plan A and Plan B both being acceptable.

I start in Wellington on June 11 and all going well will be moving into my new place the following week. Moving itself does not really excite me and leaving Fleetwood kinda sucks, as J and I have a really good flat, but this opportunity was too good to pass up.

A Motivating Time

The weekend before last I went to two sessions of a really good motivational seminar. Had been put onto it through Revive a semi-vegan restaurant in town that specialises in healthy and yummy food. Normally it costs $249 to attend but due to sponsorship from Sanitarium Health Foods, this year it free, so on the Friday evening off I trotted. Had done a bit of reading about this All Power Seminar on the web as you do and was a little suspicious due to it being 'bible-based,' after all me and religion do not go together, however I was pleasantly surprised..

Leo Schreven, the speaker was great, really funny and talked a million miles an hour, but not too fast you couldn't understand him. Had a lot of funny anecdotes and made a lot of sense. The 'bible-based' nature of the seminar was in the proverbs that were selected for use as they related to the material being presented. I can deal with someone quoting a book. Though he believes in 'God' Leo was not pushing a religion, somewhat suspicious of organised faith and mindful of a diverse audience.

All in all it was a great couple of days and I got a lot out of it, especially in the finance session where he referenced a lot of the books that I had been reading as having sound advice. Especially liked the bit where he showed the math on if you want to win the lotto in NZ, don't buy a ticket each week at $13 a go, invest it and let compound interest make you a millionaire over time..

The investment seminar last Monday again backed up stuff that I am trying to follow and have been reading, so that was good to have similar messages come from different sources.

My next post will contain the source of my excitement and euphoria for the last few days...

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Now playing: Faithless - Mass Destruction

A Quick Update

Things are trucking along nicely with me atm. My weight is the lowest it has been in over 6 months and continuing to fall :) I'm super stoked about this and it is really motivating to keep going with it. Have the 3rd Run Auckland this week, so going to aim for 1h 10m which I think is achievable given my training.

Went to a really good motivational seminar over the weekend and off to an investment one tonight, so will post about them at some point this week...