Birthday trip away - Pisa and Florence

19DEC08 - 21DEC08

Yaye - our most recent weekend away was to Pisa and Florence for my birthday. It was nice to get out of London for a weekend.

We flew to Pisa and saw the Leaning Tower - and that's about it in Pisa. So then caught a train for a night in Florence. Cool place, good shopping and great gelato and pasta! yummmm...

More pics here.

London gigs and shows

We've managed to get to a few shows and concerts in the last few months (while I haven't been blogging!), so thought I'd have a quick catch up.

Kanye West concert - pretty wicked concert but does not compare to his St James concert that we went to in Aucks a few years back. Still pretty cool vibe and everyone seemed to be enjoying it, just aside from those that weren't dancing around us!! :( boooo....

Avenue Q - one hillarious theatre with muppets as their main characters. Pretty random, R18, un-PC storyline and themes, we were in histerics for ages.

The Roots concert - again, pretty wicked concert at The Forum in Camden. Really cool to see a full live band. Great vibe and atmosphere.

Belfast - "Top of th' mornin to ya!"

24OCT08 - 26OCT08

A cold, rainy, windy, eye-opening experience and a fun weekend away! And you gotta love the Irish accents (when you can understand them!) :P



We had a couple of cars for our group of 8 and did a little road trip up North along the coastline. The next day we had a "black cab" tour and jumped in a couple of cabs for a tour of Belfast and it's history. Can't believe that there is still some tension. Most of it has blown over now, but there are still a few little signs of it.


To top it off for our last lunch - had to have a steak and guiness pie!! Soooo good!! :)

Yaye DT!

So the national Top Chip Shop in NZ goes to a takeaways in Lower Hutt - congratulations So Fine Food, but the regional winner that I'm interested in for Auckland goes to Diamond Takeaways!! :) Yaye. Oh so proud!

Check out the article - NZ Herald

New job - GE Money

Yes - I had to say a sad goodbye to the o so fun Jetix. The world of cartoons, mircosites and kids competitions. But also a "why hello there" to the "money"! ;P

I've been at GE Money for about a month now, pretty settled in and really enjoying the change in environment and management styles.
My title is an e-Servicing Marketing Executive and basically means I promote a service offered online. GE Money are providers of credit cards to the big high street stores in London, such as Debenhams, House of Fraser, Topshop, Topman, Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Burton and also Ryanair (to name a few). Once people have their card, they can manage this account online - so my aim is to push / encourage people to do this by ways of email campaigns and promotions etc. Quite different to what I did at TNZ or Jetix, but all new experiences are good I reckon. Some good clients to work with also.

Great location - right next to Covent Garden and the NZ shop - for yummy PIEDAY, FRIDAY! :P yumm.
Also a lovely, very early(!), 2 hour train ride to Leeds and back every month - hence the time I have to update my blog!!

Sorry for the silence...

I notice it has been about a month since I last blogged about something, I've been a little busy starting my new job and going to shows etc... so gonna bombard you with a few posts over the next week! :) So keep watching...

Marbella! - España

10OCT08-12OCT08

A fun weekend away with the girls! Agnes' hens party in Marbella was all about partying and recovering!! :P

Unfortunately we didn't really get out and see much of the city and what Marbella had to offer (during the day!), but we did have a very enjoyable relaxation day hanging out in the spa pool and getting massage treatments in our 5 star hotel - NH Alanda! When we did venture out, dopey us, it was afternoon siesta time so all the shops were shut.

During the evenings a nice dinner out, fun hens weekend festivities and hit the Marbella clubs on Friday & Saturday.

Sorry - no pics of the weekend will be posted :P ... hehe, oooh, except one of the lovely hotel room's bathroom - courtesy of the hotel website - it doesn't give too much away ... hehe



It was cool to meet / chill out with Ag's lovely girlfriends, and hangout / room share / gossip with the newly engaged MAR SEEEEEE!! :D love ya xx