Saturday, 10 March 2007
@ 12.20 am
M/M/1
Another couple of weeks have slid past, a blur of lectures and readings and alcoholic evenings. Still haven't quite got the MBA pegged as to levels of work (or, more appropriately, thought) that I need to put in, but currently all day pretty much everyday seems to be the go. Regardless, the weeks are beginning to get into a groove and it's a good feeling to finally be finding my feet this year, and with the departure of Andrew Kell to parts northward, perhaps the drinking will be somewhat more muted in the future. Perhaps. I'm not counting on it though, as I can't really blame Andrew for the majority of the recent evenings out.
Having recently discovered TED (I know Tim, I do inhabit a different internet to you - one in which everything happens months after it happens in yours :), I've begun to watch the TED Talks that they put online each week, and I can safely say that these are quite possibly "The Best Thing In The World By Far" (tm). In fact, they're so good I've restricted myself to one inspirational speech a morning with breakfast, so as to draw them out and try to stop myself sitting down and watching every single frickin' one end on end. Mmm, inspirational muesli.
It also means I actually stop and have breakfast, which is a good thing.
Hamish was in town last week. Really. We saw him. In fact, Dave has a more complete post regarding the whole experience, suffice to say, beer was drunk and Wendy, Hamish's fiancé, was introduced. She seems very cool, although Hamish wasn't so impressed with the first Czech word she came up with to teach us. It Was good to see him, and a shame he has already headed back to Europe. Although, on that note, Pete has returned and Christchurch is more cynical and regularly abused because of it. Excellent.
