Busy bee

Well I still don't have a fulltime job but I have been working like a crazy lady as have been doing heaps of babysitting, Helping Sean in Melbourne with surveys, working at my sisters gallery (of which the picture of the spunky girl in front of art is Chanty my little sis)and doing some freelance design for M&C saatchi and Rotary so maybe this is a good sign that something will happen soon.

Saw a great movie called other peoples lives about postwar east germany so something not as talked about as the war itself and as such more interesting for me especially as it happened in my lifetime. Then saw an average blockbuster in Fantastic 4 silver surfer Jessica looked too much like barbie and the whole story was a bit predictable.

Also I am very lucky as I am getting to stay in a very flash apartment in shed 23 in the Viaduct harbour for a week as it is owned by my sisters wonderful boss Jenny. So its been a bit of luxury waking up with the most amazing views and the buzz of the city on my doorstep.

Thanks Chanty and Jenny. xx

North Shore City in Blackout

Well I was studiously trying to rejig my CV for a management angle when low and behold the power went out. Luckily geek that I am I had a torch ready in both my rooms for just such occurances and helped mum and dad to get the candles and radio going.

Also got some neat shot of the city lights without those from the shore.

NEW ZEALAND HERALD
Tens of thousands of homes were plunged into darkness last night after an explosion at a substation caused a power cut that crippled Auckland's North Shore.

Lights on the Northern Motorway and harbour bridge were cut, as was power to homes and shops in many suburbs, including parts of Greenhithe and Albany.

Cameras monitoring the motorways and traffic lights were also affected, as were North Shore businesses, including cinemas, which lost power halfway through screenings.

Engineers were last night still investigating what caused the Wairau Rd substation blast, which happened at 7.43pm.

Power to about 30,000 homes was mostly restored by 8.20pm.

Bookclub

I am happy to say I have joined a bookclub through my friend Leanne and its great fun lots of girls get together and discuss the mammoth amount of books they have read from the communal collection. I normally read a book or two max per month but these ladies seem to get through up tp 12 - yeaks will have to pick up my pace.

Also they had a theme of something sweet so there was loads of yummy food to eat. I made stained glass cookies and if I do say so myself they were scrummy.

Creative Suite 3

Well can I just say wow wow wow. The updated tools that Adobe have come up with basically make the sky the limit and will once learned to memory make the time it takes to create amazing artwork miniscual. Oh if only I had a spare NZ$4,000 for a computer update and another spare NZ$2,000 for the programs. I take donations :)

Ambulances, Burgers and Shrek

Well I have had a busy wee weekend since I last blogged as Saturday I caught up with Grant - Kevs best friend and my old flatmate which was great to share the experiences of coming back to NZ after such a long break.

Then we had high dramas at night as mum was struck down with crazy pain so we popped her in an ambulance and sent her to A&E to be looked at - luckily after some awful pains it turned out to be a kidney stone and the horror had passed by 6am Sunday.

Then I went out to Burgerfuel for lunch the most amazing burger joint and had one called a bastard (1/3 lb ground beef, melted cheddar, beetroot, mango, avocado, bacon, salad, relish, aioli.) - barely fitted in my mouth and had crazy things in it.

Then it was off to see Shrek the third which had me rolling in my seat with laughter - I absolutely love Puss in Boots he is such a riot.

Oh and for all the you tube fans out there have a look at Battle at Kruger (A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park while on safari) its the most incredible example of the survival in the wild I have ever seen.

Anyway tonight is my sisters-boyfriend Murray's 35th Birthday so must go help celebrate - Happy Birthday Murray

NZSO

So I still don't have a job but am getting loads of interviews so thats a good start. I have also managed to pick up a little work from my sister at the gallery and that with the babysitting and some potential work through Sean in Melbourne means I can afford to go out atleast once a week.

So this weeks treat was to go and see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra last night. It was a really good performance with 3 pieces (DVORÁK Cello Concerto, NIELSEN Helios Overture , NIELSEN Symphony No 4 The Inextinguishable) and a feature of cello with touring artist GAUTIER CAPUÇON from France. He was just what you would expect from a classical muso long hair that he would maniacally flick with the powerful parts of the music and legs that would rock and tap. The conductor also seemed to be performing more of a modern dance than actually keeping time he was quite funny.

Whats been happening?

Well not much except lots of job searching - on the upside though I have been having alot of interviews and have even made it to round two with one company so keep your fingers crossed that this id the week of action. I am even turning into a bit of a networker and going to events to meet and greet very unlike me but the next one will be good as get to hear about the new creative suite program about to be launched.

I have also been doing lots of fun babysitiing with Mia and she is just starting to formulate words like hello, eye, nose, mouth so very very cute.

As for my cooking made my first ever stew last night and if I do say so myself was very nice and just right for a cold wet night.

What else? well I have been to see the movie history boys which was a bit of a laugh and full of lovely poetic phrases. Speaking of poetry mum is trying to suck me into the world of crosswords but I am afriad all they do is show me how much I don't know. my favourite question this week was what is the name for a whale with a massive horn on its nose? how on earth would I know that?

Anyway here are some pics of the amazing view from my parents house.