Friday, 20 February 2015

A three-quarters full glass

It is now almost a month since I moved from Christchurch to Wellington and so it is a good time to reflect on the move.

Is the glass is half empty?
  1. Wellington tap water is heavily chlorinated;
  2. no Christchurch School of Music;
  3. I'm no entophobe, but the insects here are bigger and more intrusive;
  4. the local Super XV team is the Hurricanes not the Crusaders;
  5. just as I leave Christchurch for Wellington the former gets a cricket ground better than the Basin Reserve. 
Or is it half full?
  1. tuis in the back garden;
  2. forest walks in the city;
  3. lots of school options with no school uniform;
  4. in contrast to Christchurch, downtown doesn't look like there was a major earthquake in the past 12 months
  5. my employer not only provides rubbish bins in offices, but allows the cleaning staff to empty them! 
These are not equally weighted: On balance, it has been a good move.