No not now. I actually went to see them, and thought I was actually prob. going to get it, but I was "number 2" apparently. agh well. got another on the go ATM.
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:22:45 +1200 Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] IT in NZ > I think there might be one going at commtest ?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of vss > Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 11:48 a.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] IT in NZ > > Well I have been in CHCH most of my life, lived overseas and in other > cities, but CHCH is def. the place to be. 1hr to the hills and a bit > more > for skiing etc, lots to do, and yeah....the traffic is WAY better than > Dauckland. > My wife is from auckland, and she would be back now if she had her way, > but I dont want to deal with the traffic and cost of living in > auckland, > and I think she is getting the message now...after 9 years..hehehe. > My only gripe about CHCH is not so many Delphi jobs (I am looking for a > new one at the moment), and training. We wanted to do some .NET > training. > Need to get a min. of 4 people before the training people would > consider > coming down ! we are thinking of just paying the xtra $$ for 3 of us to > do it. > > Jeremy > > -----Original Message----- > From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:20:07 +1200 > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] IT in NZ > > > Interesting. Also you forgot to add the lack of "orstrayan's" which > > must be > > a bonus ;-) > > > > I used to live in Central ChCh and am an avid Cyclist too. Training > was > > always akin to Russian Roulette most of the time. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 10:44 a.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] IT in NZ > > > > I worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Johannesburg for Borland in 98 & 99, > > and > > enjoyed the year I spent there, but once I'd done all the things you > > can > > do within the big Aussie cities, I found it really frustrating to > find > > it so difficult to drive out of town for the weekend. > > > > I'm a really outdoorsy person (spent all of my twenties away most > > weekends while in the UK mountaineering and tramping), so when I came > > over here for a 3 month break from Oz, I loved it. > > > > Ended up meeting my now wife (who's from Scotland, I'm from Northern > > Ireland) in Te Anau, went back to Scotland for 2.5 years, then we got > > married, and said lets go back to NZ, so here I am. > > > > Didn't want to live in Awkland 'cos of the same sprawling problem, > and > > found this job in Chch, a place which to me seems a reasonable > > compromise in terms of being able to easily get to a wide variety of > > places in the South Island. > > > > Yeah, cost of travel outside NZ is an issue, going back to the UK in > > July is costing me $6000 for the 2 of us, although what makes me > really > > grumpy is having to pay $300 for the privilege of having my 10 month > > old > > daughter spend a 24 hour flight sitting on my knee and she doesn't > even > > get a baggage allowance. Grrrrr, don't get me started on that > issue... > > ;-) > > > > So to summarise, NZ's got fewer people, more variety of landscape in > a > > smaller space, climate in Chch is way better than the UK, but not too > > hot, the mountains are bigger, and it seems like a nice place to > bring > > up kids. Work to live, not live to work, so I enjoy the more relaxed > > pace of life and less traffic, although roads can still be dangerous > > here (drunken hit and run bastard killed a fellow cyclist down here > in > > Chch 5 mins from work here yesterday). > > > > I vaguely miss central heating, double glazing and proper brick > houses. > > > > Having said all that, a good thing about the IT industry is the > > relative > > ease of finding jobs around the world, so if we decide we're not > having > > fun anymore, we can go and find somewhere else. > > > > Apologies for extended waffling... > > > > Cheers, > > > > C. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Sugrue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > How do you find the pace of life and living standards here? > > > > I would think there are great advantages in living here, but > > disadvantages too, such as cost of travel etc. > > > > Do you mind if I ask why you chose NZ rather than Oz? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
