Somewhere You Know

'Somewhere You Know' is the name of the new project that I've started developing as a writer.

'In Between' is the other project that I am working on, Andy Sophocleous is the writer, Leela Menon is the producer and Kathryn Burnett is the script consultant.

'In Between' is in a bit more of an advanced stage than 'Somewhere You Know' but needless to say there will be more updates about it in the future.

New beginnings, new stories.
Amit

Millionaire Mind Intensive

The trip to Sydney this time around was as eventful and busy as last time. The primary purpose for going this time around was to attend a workshop/seminar titled 'Millionaire Mind Intensive' and it was 3 very long days and I'd highly recommend the workshop to anyone wanting to change the financial situation they are in currently. It is worth every cent.

I caught up with Ana and Zak for dinner on 17th evening and we had an amazing dinner at My thai's restaurant. The food was amazing and the company as great as ever. The course itself was long but time surprisingly went by pretty quick. I stayed at a backpackers- which wasn't the best decision as it was noisy through the night and I never had more than 3 hours of un-interrupted sleep during that time.

A girl skyping with her sister at the backpackers

There were some amazing people at the seminar and the course attendance was close to 2500 people. The energy, especially on the 3rd day was absolutely amazing. I like Sydney - I think i'll start looking at opportunities there, especially since NZ economy is really crawling at this point.

I've signed up for another course happening in March but will reveal more about it in due time. Needless to say - I'd highly highly recommend 'MMI' - it could be the single most important financial decision you make in your life.

Waiting to catch the flight back to Auckland

Thats me for now,
Amit

Art in The Dark

There was this awesome festival called 'Art in The Dark' and it turned out to be an amazing experience. Here are some photos from one of the nights.

Definitely check it out next year if you get a chance.
Amit

Touch Rugby

Who knew that Touch Rugby was such a fast and intense game? A notice went out at work asking if anyone would like to play the game for TVNZ team for Corporate Games and since I hadn't tried the game before I put my hand up. Before long we had a team all formed up, ready to represent the company.

Kamo and Tem - volunteered to show me a couple of days before the event on how to play the game. A run around in Victoria Park with a crash course in Touch Rugby's intricacies was fantastic - unfortunately I managed to pull my right hamstring and was limping back to work soon after. The next couple of days was recovery and making sure that I gave the hammie as much time to heal as possible.

The big day turned out to be a great experience. Marama had picked up TVNZ gear for us - unfortunately she picked up only female T-shirts, so us guys had to put the scissors to the garment and chop off the sleeves. It was a ragged, pirate look but we didn't mind.

The game begins

It turned out to be a great day and I could run but had no power behind the legs as the hamstring was very sore. We had some awesome players in the team and we were rocking from the word go. It's hard to pinpoint individual contributions as everyone had such a big role to play in the team flowing like it did. One of the funny moments was Marama shouting 'Come on Touch Me' from the sidelines in support for the team {our team name was 'Jutch Me' which is translation for 'Touch Me' in one of the island language - can't remember which one.}. After shouting for a few minutes, Marama realized what she was shouting and went silent while giggling uncontrollably.

Tem subbing for Kamo  

Marama and Kurupae

Fraser running the ball

We managed to come second in our pool, beating Maori TV as well as Sky TV and since the organizers were short on time - they didn't have a proper semi-final and final play-offs, instead we end up playing the second placed team from the other pool in a 3rd/4th playoff. The team that came first in our pool kicked arse in 1st/2nd playoff and I reckon if they'd stuck to the proper play-offs our  team would've come second easily. Cutting a long story short, our team came 3rd - which was a great achievement for us having entered the competition for the first time.

Traveena, Marama, Ana and me at the awards ceremony

Me receiving the award after cracking a joke

Team 'Jutch Me' (Irene is squeezed in between Marama and Ana)

Not everyone stayed back for the awards ceremony and it was an awesome feeling receiving a medal for achieving something in ages.  It was an awesome day and above all we all shared some great laughs and company while enjoying our game time. What an awesome bunch of people!!! Go 'Team Jutch Me'.

Amit