Saturday, 17 March 2007
Thursday, 15 March 2007
Sixty six bits of fish and chips
I was speaking on the phone to someone today and he said after a bit of conversation, are you an Aussie? I said no, and then thought about it and said well, I did just move back from Melbourne where I was living for a year and a half, but .. I should hope that I don't sound like one of them. He said well, it's the way you say 'six', you sound like an Australian when you say it. I laughed and said oh, yeah, I know why. It's because when I was over there I was so conscious of saying it (especially when our codes to customers had so many sixes in them) that each time I said it I had to try and hide the real accent.
It's funny, I remember when I came back to Auckland for a visit during Mother's Day and I was noticing the heavy New Zealand accent on TV, especially the music channels. Even people like Bernice Mene, who is on the Centrum ad, her accent is typical of a New Zealander. I remmeber when I went back to Melbourne and even though I had just been back in Auckland for two days, I started with the accent again and customers were saying, you're a Kiwi aren't you. I had to say yeah, I just got back from Auckland and I think I picked it up again.
Highlights of the week. Well, today we had afternoon tea catered for us which was very nice. The weather here has just been shocking - I've made good use out of my umbrella. It is a bit of a shock to come from Melbourne where it had been so warm to Auckland where it is just so cold. The rain here has been heavy and winds are gusty. It was like the Friday before Christmas last year when I went to the laundromat and got soaked.
Monday I was given my contract at work to sign, I have seven days to return it, I'll probably sign it over the weekend. I should really get my lawyer to look over it. But that's more money to spend isn't it. Other than that, that's pretty much been my week.
Tonight will be the first night that I've gotten to bed before 9.15pm in a long time....
It's funny, I remember when I came back to Auckland for a visit during Mother's Day and I was noticing the heavy New Zealand accent on TV, especially the music channels. Even people like Bernice Mene, who is on the Centrum ad, her accent is typical of a New Zealander. I remmeber when I went back to Melbourne and even though I had just been back in Auckland for two days, I started with the accent again and customers were saying, you're a Kiwi aren't you. I had to say yeah, I just got back from Auckland and I think I picked it up again.
Highlights of the week. Well, today we had afternoon tea catered for us which was very nice. The weather here has just been shocking - I've made good use out of my umbrella. It is a bit of a shock to come from Melbourne where it had been so warm to Auckland where it is just so cold. The rain here has been heavy and winds are gusty. It was like the Friday before Christmas last year when I went to the laundromat and got soaked.
Monday I was given my contract at work to sign, I have seven days to return it, I'll probably sign it over the weekend. I should really get my lawyer to look over it. But that's more money to spend isn't it. Other than that, that's pretty much been my week.
Tonight will be the first night that I've gotten to bed before 9.15pm in a long time....
Saturday, 10 March 2007
Day out
This morning I was at work by 8.15am. We were about a week behind on Monday with our work and we finally cut that back to about a day and a half by yesterday. I decided that I would work today it's extra money, plus I don't want to have to do it during the week on top of the new work.
The joys of having a macro. I sped through about a days worth of processing in four hours. I suppose I could have gone the long way because then I would have been paid for a days work. But I suppose if I had been using the macro during the week, we wouldn't have been behind so then I wouldn't need to be working. I guess that means ... macros make doing work faster, doing work fast means less overtime, less overtime means less money, therefore don't use macros. It helped today though because the last thing I wanted to do on my Saturday was work.
I met my brother for lunch and we went to Skycity. Then we went to Louis Vuitton and had a look around. I was going through a catalogue and saw something that I really want. They don't have any in New Zealand at the moment, there will be a display model coming soon though. I want it but I don't think I'll ever buy it because it's expensive for what it is, and for how often I'd use it. I might settle for the tie perhaps. Even the shirt though in the same Hibiscus print is really pretty.
We went browsing all of the boutiques - Gucci, Prada, Burberry, Hermes, Dior. He ended up getting some bubble tea and we sat at the train station deciding where to go next. I wanted some jewellery so off we went. We ended up back at Louis Vuitton and tried on a bracelet - very nice, perfect fit. It's on. It's the new "I want". Maybe next week.
Off we went to look for some more jewellery. We ended up at Fabric on High Street and when we walked in, I immediately saw the Dior Homme stand of jewellery. The had the bracelets that I was looking for all over Melbourne and found that you could only get them from Assin. So, we decided to get them. We got one each, I got the 'YOU' and my brother got the 'ME' bracelet. So it was a good day.
The joys of having a macro. I sped through about a days worth of processing in four hours. I suppose I could have gone the long way because then I would have been paid for a days work. But I suppose if I had been using the macro during the week, we wouldn't have been behind so then I wouldn't need to be working. I guess that means ... macros make doing work faster, doing work fast means less overtime, less overtime means less money, therefore don't use macros. It helped today though because the last thing I wanted to do on my Saturday was work.
I met my brother for lunch and we went to Skycity. Then we went to Louis Vuitton and had a look around. I was going through a catalogue and saw something that I really want. They don't have any in New Zealand at the moment, there will be a display model coming soon though. I want it but I don't think I'll ever buy it because it's expensive for what it is, and for how often I'd use it. I might settle for the tie perhaps. Even the shirt though in the same Hibiscus print is really pretty.
We went browsing all of the boutiques - Gucci, Prada, Burberry, Hermes, Dior. He ended up getting some bubble tea and we sat at the train station deciding where to go next. I wanted some jewellery so off we went. We ended up back at Louis Vuitton and tried on a bracelet - very nice, perfect fit. It's on. It's the new "I want". Maybe next week.
Off we went to look for some more jewellery. We ended up at Fabric on High Street and when we walked in, I immediately saw the Dior Homme stand of jewellery. The had the bracelets that I was looking for all over Melbourne and found that you could only get them from Assin. So, we decided to get them. We got one each, I got the 'YOU' and my brother got the 'ME' bracelet. So it was a good day.
Friday, 9 March 2007
Playhouse
This evening after work, a group of us went down to The Playhouse for drinks. Emma used to work at Telecom before heading back to Ireland around the same time I left for Melbourne. She came back to Auckland for a wedding of one of our workmates and is leaving tomorrow, so we all decided to catch up.
It was a sense of deja vu in that we were having drinks celebrating her going away just as we did 18 months ago. The same people were there, no one more, no one less. We ate the same food, we talked about the same things. It was so strange. It was weird because it felt like I had never even left and that we had been sitting there talking for the last 18 months of my life. Crazy.
I didn't have my camera on me at the time but I thought, seeing as though the same people were there and we sat at the same table, why not just put up pictures from when we did it last time? So I have.
I got my usual vodka and lemonade. The guy who made it for me first did it just how I like it - in a tall glass, one shot with a wedge of lemon. When I went back for another one, this girl made it for me. You could tell she was new, she was English and probably didn't know what the hell she was doing. Anyway, she put the one shot in a small tumbler with lemon, basically because the glass was so small and it was basically equal parts of vodka and lemon, the drink itself tasted like shit, and she charged me the same as well. But oh well, it definitely kicked in.
It was a sense of deja vu in that we were having drinks celebrating her going away just as we did 18 months ago. The same people were there, no one more, no one less. We ate the same food, we talked about the same things. It was so strange. It was weird because it felt like I had never even left and that we had been sitting there talking for the last 18 months of my life. Crazy.
I didn't have my camera on me at the time but I thought, seeing as though the same people were there and we sat at the same table, why not just put up pictures from when we did it last time? So I have.
I got my usual vodka and lemonade. The guy who made it for me first did it just how I like it - in a tall glass, one shot with a wedge of lemon. When I went back for another one, this girl made it for me. You could tell she was new, she was English and probably didn't know what the hell she was doing. Anyway, she put the one shot in a small tumbler with lemon, basically because the glass was so small and it was basically equal parts of vodka and lemon, the drink itself tasted like shit, and she charged me the same as well. But oh well, it definitely kicked in.
Thursday, 8 March 2007
I'm sweet
Now playing: High - Lighthouse Family
Today is Karen's birthday. I sent her an email wishing her a Happy Birthday and wished her a good time with her brother, who she had told me while I was living there, that he was flying over from New Zealand to spend her birthday with her. She emailed me back and had this to say.
From: Karen Kennedy
Sent: Thu 8/03/2007 1:54 PM
To: Anthony King
Subject: RE: Happy Birthday
Anthony,
Thank you so much for the good wishes thats really nice of you to remember, I have to say we miss you and the world would be a much nice place if there were more anthonys in it.
again thanks
Karen
I thought that was really nice and it made me smile for the whole day. Ilijana told me that Karen was telling everyone that I had emailed her and Tina said that Karen was rapt to hear from me and she had a tear in her eye. Emma said that apparently "I'm sweet". I can't help it. It's just me!
From: Karen Kennedy
Sent: Thu 8/03/2007 1:54 PM
To: Anthony King
Subject: RE: Happy Birthday
Anthony,
Thank you so much for the good wishes thats really nice of you to remember, I have to say we miss you and the world would be a much nice place if there were more anthonys in it.
again thanks
Karen
I thought that was really nice and it made me smile for the whole day. Ilijana told me that Karen was telling everyone that I had emailed her and Tina said that Karen was rapt to hear from me and she had a tear in her eye. Emma said that apparently "I'm sweet". I can't help it. It's just me!
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
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