Juggling act continues

26 October 2011

The juggling of two projects continues as we head to the end of the year. The work for the BDO team under Robert Skeffington marches on and I am making contributions as best as i can, helping the team.

The other project for Online has taken an interesting turn where i have been challenged to come up with a new solution (the previous solution wasn't acceptable to the CEO) to solve the problem without throwing any more money at it. I have thought of a few ways and will be interesting to work that through.

I am also going on leave at the end of November so i am looking forward to having that time off.

The rugby world cup just finished here in NZ and we are the proud champions. I was fortunate to share this tournament with my dad and we ended up going to all the All Black games, then watched them beat the Argentinians in the Quarter finals, the Aussies in the Semi and then the French in the final.
An amazing opportunity to be a part of history!!

Well done All Blacks!! So proud!

Its the final countdown...

8 October 2010

One week to go.
Time is fast approaching as I get ready to leave NZ Magazines for my new destination.

We had lunch today with the transition project team as a way to say thank you for everyone who had put in a lot of work (some even working right through the weekend) to make this transition as smooth as possible. It was a great opportunity for everyone to sit around some yummy Thai food (Thanks Sam and Sarah!) and not talk about work or the challenges with the project.

Andrew at lunch asked me a question; What would I miss most about NZ Magazines? This is actually a very tough question and as I pondered over the answer, I realise that its impossible to put down the one thing that I would miss most about this place. This experience has been amazing to say the least; challenging, rewarding and a big learning opportunity.

Time to start looking for accommodation. Sydney gets the usual bad rep for being expensive but Brisbane is at par, if not worse!