good news. i’m back from my few days in wellington.
monday started with the car debacle and getting dressed unnecessarily in the dark (the dark bit was the unnecessary bit, not the getting dressed). I got in to town for 7.30am which was plenty early for my 8.30am meeting. unfortunately my colleague didn’t arrive until 8.40am so we were both late for our trip round a telephone exchange in downtown auckland.
then we drove to the airport and i was able to get both of us in to the airport lounge on my new gold airnz card. we feared a rough flight as the stewardess said she wasn’t going to serve hot drinks because of the bumpy weather.
one interesting moment was meeting the lady with the blond hair from the AirNZ safety video coming through security. i nearly didn’t recognise her with her clothes on. She’s the lady who says ‘Kia Ora’ at the beginning and does a funny head wobbly thing on ‘… take a second look’
in the end it was a very smooth flight and we arrived in wellington in time to join the rest of our team for celebratory drinks (our team has been shortlisted for some international lawyer’s awards).
the next day i went to a lecture by top international regulatory legal economist Greg Sidak
he was over to do some talks for us from the US of america
i took these photos for our company magazine
one of the things i like about visiting the rest of the team in wellington is that they often stop for morning tea. tuesday was no exception and we had this giant cake which was made by one of the interns who was worst at guessing the date, weight and name of one of my colleagues new baby.
today was more greg sidaking and then a good flight and drive back home. jane’s out choiring, and the girls are in bed.
in amongst the post was this brochure for the swallowfield show which brought back good memories. you should go if you live nearby. we don’t so won’t.