It was a fairly poorly kept secret, but at long last the company I work for has a proper brand – 2degrees. We had been known as “NZ Communications” – a pretty bland name, that didn’t really mean anything. People asked me if NZ Comms was a PR firm or something. If we were, we couldn’t have been a very good one. But anyway, now maybe we will have a bit of an increased profile, even more so when we launch in August. But will I be happy to say I work for them then? Well obviously that depends a bit on how the launch goes, but I think we’ll be OK. If nothing else, we’ll bring down the cost of mobile telecommunications for New Zealanders. During an economic downturn may not be the ideal time to launch a business, but then again, there’s probably plenty of people out there looking to reduce their costs.
Sadly work is a decent chunk of my life at the moment. I’m still a little way off being able to just ride around on my bike, sleeping in ditches, eating anywhere and everywhere. For now, I need to put away a little cash, and plan the next trip. Fatten myself up a bit too – I’m nearly 10kg heavier than a year ago. Fear not gentle readers, for it is mainly muscle. I’ve been having some interesting times working out with a personal trainer, doing quite different exercises to traditional gym work. Working harder than I ever did when I worked out by myself.
Last workout ended with me sprawled out on the floor, in no particular hurry to get up. All good. Tomorrow will be more balance, co-ordination and control work. Before you think I’m taking the easy option, you should know I’ll probably be sweating more after that than a strength workout.
Still diving too, although the water’s cooling down. Last weekend was stormy, and I was hoping diving would be cancelled, so I could head up north to see Jackson, but Goat Island was miraculously sheltered, and so we had a long day out diving, with an Open Water course group. This meant that I ended up driving up to Goat Island, back to Auckland, then up north to Whangarei. Too much damn time in the car. I think I need to make up for it with some bike time this weekend – Woodhill should be looking good after all the rain.