Jeremy Jung

I came to work this morning at my usual early time. A contractor from Gen-i was in the building looking for a PC to use. Given the temporary status of our building there was not too many spare for this unannounced visitor.

When he motioned to to Jeremy's PC as being a potential spare I advised in casually that this was Jeremy's PC and that he must be running late this morning and to expect him in. Some hours passed and Jeremy still had not arrived at work.

My Manager Aaron Gissing is away on holiday in Fiji with one of the experienced Gen-i contractors Llyod left to hold the fort. He came around and asked everyone in client services to come to the board room. There he made the announcement that Jeremy had had a heart attack and had passed away.

Jeremy was only 24 and this had come as an awful shock. With both of us being new at the bank (at least new in Auckland for Jeremy) I had not got a chance to get to know him a great deal. Of the few lunches we had and conversations spoken, Jeremy was a lively character who was a great asset to the team. He was a bit of a joker but I loved his jokes.

Additional Information: Gen-i was formed four years ago when Telecom Advanced Solutions (TAS), Gen-i and Computerland joined forces under the Gen-i brand. Today, the company has 2,000 staff across 17 locations, revenues in excess of $1.6 billion and a client list that spans 3,300 public and private sector organisations on both sides of the Tasman. -gen-i.co.nz

Too much Chicken and not enough Rice

At work today, we had a morning tea in the morning (duh!), and a BBQ in the afternoon. We also closed the phone queues early today.

Earlier this week, Dolly at work kindly gave me a voucher for a meal discount at a restaurant. She had originally got a discount book from the ANZ when she got a loan. There is a selection of restaurants that the voucher is valid at, and I looked up the associated website for the listing. Tonight, we decided on the Catch Restaurant on Ronwood Drive in Manukau.

I booked the table for two at 7pm. Overall, neither Anisha nor I were impressed by dinner. My orange juice didn't taste like orange juice, and the bread with my chicken curry didn't taste very nice. Anisha voiced that she didn't like her meal either.

Two positive comments about the restaurant were that the staff were very efficient and polite, and our meal was delivered to our table very quickly after ordering it.

We decided not to have dessert there and went home.

Anisha and I went to Charlene and Nicks to give them some Xmas presents. Anisha is to fly to Wellington tomorrow.

After that, we went to Denny's for dessert. I had a banana split. Anisha didn't feel like dessert at this stage and had a lemonade. Later that night Anisha and I swapped Xmas presents. Anisha bought me Start Trek: The animated series.

Useless Information: The restaurant industry provides work for more than 9 percent of those employed in the United States.