I ticked the wrong box

…about half of my clothes (all donated to a charity to raise funds for breast cancer research), and a whole stack of paper from my employer, health insurance, life insurance, banks etc…

I feel much lighter because of it. The relative bareness of my wardrobe is freaking me out a bit.

I’m probably going to try to sell my coffee table, my bookshelf, and my large couch (2.5m long, 4 seater) this week. I have to think about the couch actually. I don’t know if I want to get rid of it or not. I really like it, but I’m not going to have a need for it for a while. I might see if someone I know and trust wants it for a bit. It’s a very nice couch.

See more progress on: get rid of unnecessary possessions

…with Vodafone Group Services, as part of Global IT in Newbury, England. I’m starting on the 15th May. Quite quick really. I think I’m going to be doing telecommunications system design for 18+ countries or something. It’s a pretty big deal for me actually. I’m very pleased.

Should be out of Auckland sometime early May, and in the UK around the 10th of May I think. Haven’t got flights yet. That’s all part of the organisation around the transfer that I haven’t got done yet – I’m waiting for Group to get the written confirmation of my acceptance and then the transfer company apparently contact me.

Woohoo!

See more progress on: get a job in europe

They were AMAZING. I was completely astounded by the show. Amina were fantastic too. I was completely blown away by the whole experience. Next place I plan on seeing them in Iceland.

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All done! Took way longer than I expected. I got my photos at Photo Warehouse, and then went up to the AA here on Albert St. Then I waited for about 20 minutes in the “Licensing” queue, only to discover to get an internationl drivers permit I go to the information counter.

But, it’s all done now. I don’t need it for the UK, but any other european country I drive in will want me to have it – it’s more of a just-in-case type item.

See more progress on: get an international driver’s license

It only costs me $20, and a passport sized photo. All the information that a New Zealander needs is available at the AA. However, I will make one complaint – the AA charge you $20 to go in and process it manually in store, $30 if you post it in (cause of course its more expensive for them to open an envelope rather than have the entire infrastructure of a building for me to wait in), and $40 to handle an online application, where I do all the work (scanning drivers license, and photos), and they just print the stuff out – they receive the data on a file server, and don’t even need to open an envelope.

Way to embrace the digital age, slackers. That sort of stuff just makes me angry.

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…on the weekend. Quite a good one I think (good price point)

So, at the moment all my media is being transferred over to it, then I’m reformatting my 200Gb HD into HSFS, and moving the DVDs that I have back over to it. Then I’ll have a dedicated music server on my NAS, and my movie drive as a portable disk.

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…in anticipation of an imminent move overseas. I’m such a geek – I made a gantt chart of everything that I need to sort through, and have given myself activities for every night this week. Which reminds me, I better get off my computer and start sorting through my clothes – that’s the activity for tonight – I must be ruthless.

I want to move 13,000 miles away with only 2 suitcases, and perhaps a carry on bag, laptop bag and a suit bag (or 2) as well.

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…my tickets. All set for 17th April in Auckland. How exciting!

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I saw this – I don’t remember if I added it, or if Jenna added it. Anyway, this was one of the most beautiful movies I’ve seen. Absolutely stunning. Visual masterpiece – my eyes were hardly worthy. The soundtrack is perfect as well.

It appears that it was pretty windy in China 2000 years ago – their hair is always blowing around whilst they are fighting

I thought the story was actually a bit weak, and in some places I found it a bit difficult to follow. The concept for the story was OK I guess, but the execution was a little poor IMHO. However, the stunning camera and scene work more than made up for it.

Based on the visuals and soundtrack alone I recommend it.

See more progress on: watch all the movies on Jennas list

by Steven D. Levitt

Interesting book. I was quite impressed with the way that the authors managed to present economic concepts with examples and language that are very laymen friendly. I was also impressed with the analysis that Steven Levitt had performed into reasons for dropping crime – I generally like stories of people busting conventional theories, and finding new ways to explain things. Anyway – good book. I recommend it.