28 May, 2005

Time is slipping by very quickly at the moment. Being on practice at a school ends up being all about teaching and planning in an almost endless cycle. This was depressing for a while but is now, as I get to know the kids and school better, starting to be quite exciting.

The scooter is serving me well now that I have somewhere to park it at school and is proving surprisingly nippy around the streets. It is also perfect for irriating SUV drivers. Big enough that they can’t ignore it and just slow enough to hold them to the speed limit….and boy, do they get pissed. It’s excellent.

I was interviewed by Massey University this week as part of some government interest in ‘young’ entrepreneurs in New Zealand. I was just happy to be called ‘young’ but having someone ask me my opinion on NZ business was just too much….and yes, I did get manage to rag on the baby boomers as well. Bonus.

My first load of wash for distilling spirits is taking a while to ferment. I think it blew it’s load too quickly at the start due to a high temperature and then ran out of go. It is certainly slowing down so I am starting to prepare bottles and reading the instructions on using the distiller.