Had lunch today with a friend at the Britomart.  There is a Subway lunch place so we ate there.  For the first time ever I ordered something from their famous 6grams of fat or less menu.  I had the chicken sub, with no dressing, it was hard ordering such a thing, but actually it tasted really good and pretty much the same as if I’d added dressing.

After work I went to the movies to see “Boy”.  An awesome New Zealand film.  Very Kiwi, set in the 80s in a very small rural town.  It even featured the Goodnight Kiwi on the telly, which brought back so many great memories.  It was really really funny but also very sad.  Could easily watch this movie again.  Oh and I got to enjoy the film in the comfort of the Gold Class lounge, for only $5.00 more than what it usually costs to go to a movie and sit in a normal chair.  Ahhhhhh, such luxury.

HDR is a special effect that is applied to photographs to intensify the colours.  I now have a new HDR application for my iPhone, so yesterday I walked down to the Viaduct to find something to photograph and try it out.  I like it.

When I was about 16 I belonged to an amateur drama group “New Independent Theatre” and the club rooms were in town, so after school I would catch the bus there twice a week.  On my way home from the club my bus would drive past this building (the one in the pic).  The lights would be on and it would be dark, so it looked very “international” and back then, early 80s it was probably one of the tallest buildings in New Zealand.  I wanted to work in there.  I didn’t really care what sort of job I did, so long as it was in a big tall building like that.

I guess that was one of the reasons I took the job at the ANZ bank, coz the interview was in their head office on Queen St and it was a big tall building.  Funny thing is… I didn’t end up working there, I got placed in a small branch on Customs St.

So in a way, now that I’m working on the 7th floor of a big tall building in the city, it’s like a dream come true…  It only took 28 years.

I was at the supermarket in Highbury last night and when I came out it was dark.  Strangely the whole of the main street is lit up like Christmas.  Surely they know Christmas is over, so why are all their Christmas decorations still up (and I thought I was bad with not getting my tree down till the end of January).

Not sure what happened here, but the salad I got given today at lunch time was HUGE. It was big enough to feed a family of five I’m sure!!!

Weigh in day and I didn’t have to pay a penalty after all.  I managed with lots of hard work to wear off the Easter weight.  Had a big lunch to celebrate and then a very quick walk to to make up for the big lunch.  Today I got as far as St Matthews before I had to get back.

Only two days till weigh in. Went for a walk to the Chancery at lunch time and then realized the time. Had to run back so I wouldn’t be late for my 1:00 appointment, so today’s walk was extra good for me.

I captured this video for the blog so you could hear the beautiful bird sounds, but I don’t think they’re loud enough for you to hear.

Now I realise this doesn’t look like anything to “Blog” about, however this was my lunch today and I made it myself.  Smoked chicken salad, I’ve never made a salad before to take to work for lunch, so I’m quite proud of this.  It was delicious too.