Well I had an early start to the weekend this friday, up at 4am to get Darrell and his friend Evan from the airport. It seems the Canadian invasion of NZ continues. After sorting them at there accommodation I arrived to work a quarter of an hour early so I decided to drive a little further down the road to the beach (about 3km from the office).It was an amazing morning, dead calm and not a cloud in the sky. Being from Calgary it feels very weird being minutes from the Ocean, maybe with luck global warming may help us with that ;).
It was also a bit of an exciting week at work. I had designed a Privacy Screen for an online banking system Modtec has designed for a bank here, and it had been fabricated and was ready to install. So on Thursday Peter and I headed to the branch and put it up. Luckily all went to plan and my design fit in place, and didn't look too bad. Don't worry, the children's safety was considered; the holes are too small for their fingers to get stuck.
Friday afternoon the Social Club at work arranged a Go-Kart race for the everyone. It was an awesome time, and a great place for me to get out my need for speed (Did I mention I had got a $170 ticket earlier in the month? Good thing the cop didn't notice my expired license!). I overtook my Boss in the race, which he wasn't to happy about, but luckily his team won in the end. After the race we headed back to the shop for Beers and BBQ. Not a bad way to start the weekend.
I got back on the Surfski Saturday, and went for a 2 hour paddle on some calm seas (finally). Just as we were coming in I practiced falling out and getting back into my boat on my own, to build up some confidence for if it every happens by accident in the future. The water has yet to warm up FYI. That afternoon I met up with Darrell to see a bit of the city and grab a few beers on the patio. Needless to say I am not homesick yet:)
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but you couldn't get past me....
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