A few new pictures from Wellington

Here is a short collections of new Wellington pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lysunkin/AFewPicturesFromWelly#

Some shortcuts for a better life in NZ

Someone (one of my friends maybe) told me that prices in NZ is much higher then for example in the USA.

Possibly that my friend did not know about possible shortcuts ("pricecuts") :)

So, I was walking down the streets of Wellington and found very interesting market on Willis/Vivian crossing. Such prices just amazed me: some goods (oranges, other fruits and vegetables) were 3 times cheaper then in supermarkets. For instance: a kilo of oranges had a price of $0.99 (it is about 57 American cents or 16 Russian rubles).

Later on Vivian street I saw "Dick Smith Electronics" where I found very attractive prices on electronic gadgets (for example: $99 for a Logitec cordless mouse + 2.1 speakers - such things have the same price in the USA and 2 times more expensive in Russia).

I think the cost if living is not high here, I'm sure, definitely.

P.S. Also it's usual to have lunch by $10 or even less (10 bucks will be a reasonable price for something for lunch in "Great India" or "JJ Murphy's"). So it's cheaper then if I take the same amount of food in Moscow or even in smaller Russian cities (like Saratov).

First look at New Zealand

I've put my photos from the "first look" on Wellington, New Zealand (I took a walk thought Wellington and made a few photos)

http://picasaweb.google.com/lysunkin/FirstLookAtWellingtonNewZealand#

I'm in New Zealand (my dream came true)

Hooray!

This Monday I came to New Zealand: Auckland first and Wellington then.
That was a long trip from Moscow (thru Tokyo) - I was more then 20 hours in flight (about 10 hours for a trip from Moscow to Tokyo, more then 10 hours for a trip from Tokyo to Auckland, and about 1 hour for a flight from Auckland to Wellington).

And finally: I'm here! I cannot express all my feelings: almost is fresh and bright here.
I did not expect that the air of New Zealand is so intoxicating for me (in a good meaning of this word :) ). I've seen a lot of pictures of NZ and thought that all these photos were transformed in Photoshop like application to look more attractive. All these pictures were very close to original. It's a so clear, bright land.

I'll make a few my own photos and then put them here (or put a few links to my photos).

Cheers!

Most influencing books

Here is a list of books which are influenced me a lot:

1. "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey.
   
2. "How to get control of your time and your life" by Alan Lakein
   
3. "Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy
   
4. "Getting Things Done" by David Allen
   
5. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (sure, I know that this is a fiction novel, but I like it anyway)
   

I'm going to enumerate and shortly describe the list of books which I've read during this year

I'm going to enumerate and shortly describe the list of books which I've read during this year.
I'll do this ASAP (possibly even today).

I spent the whole year in improvement activity and optimization of my way of living and functioning - I even completely changed some of my habbits. All this happened bacause of books I've read.

As Russian writer Maxim Gorky said: "I am obliged to books for all the good in me" :)
So am I...

Changed my Blog appearance

I've decided to change my blog appearance (color scheme, etc.) because not everything in my life so gloomy (previous schema was in dark colors).
Everything is great and positive!

Cheers!