ABOUT ME:

    Edward Law is currently working for a well respected New Zealand Government connected organisation, working as a Business Support Administrator.

    He has created this simple "About Me" page on Blogger so that anyone who visits or links to it from his CV or LinkedIn for example can find out more about him than is covered by the CV and covering letter.

    Edward is both experienced in travel and tourism and in administration, having completed the National Certificate in Tourism and Travel (Core Skills), Level 3; The National Certificate in Travel, Level 3; and the National Certificate in Travel, Level 4 while a student at The Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) in Petone, New Zealand in 2005.

    Furthermore, he has continued his studies and professional development by obtaining the National Certificate in Business Administration and Computing at Level 2; the National Certificate in Computing at Level 2 and is currently studying with the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) via distance learning; The New Zealand Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety Management (Level 6).

    As you can see, Edward considers himself a 'forever student' as the only way you will grow yourself as a person and in your career is to keep learning and developing.  Therefore he will continue to grow and develop in any roles he holds and in his own time as required to be the best he can be.  He also believes this sets a great example for his family and colleagues.

In his career to date, Edward has worked as a:

• Checkout Operator
• Checkout Supervisor
• Lotto operator
• Junior Leisure Travel Consultant
• Corporate Business Travel Consultant
• Customer Service Experience Consultant
• Administration Officer to a Reserve Force Infantry Battalion
• Customer Service Agent for a Shared Services Delivery Group
• SAP User Support Specialist
• And currently as a Business Support Administrator

    As can be seen, these roles are all very hands on and dealing with people face to face, via the telephone, email or other methods.  Edward loves this type of interaction and loves to build rapport with people in and out of the workplace.

    As mentioned above, he is currently studying Health and Safety Management as a new challenge with a hope that he can grow and develop in this field or use the skills and knowledge gained for further study or to advance his career in other ways.

    Edward has learned from his years in the workplace that it is best to always treat people the way they should be expected to be treated and will actively call out any inappropriate behaviour as well as report and act upon any workplace bullying or safety issues noted in the workplace.  He also believes strongly that mindfulness in the workplace is key to success - a tenet he lives out through his interests in meditation, gardening and spending quality time with his wife, children, family and friends out of working hours.

Edward has many interests and hobbies but in the interests of keeping this brief, a few are:

• Photography
• Reading
• Current Affairs and News

    Edward is always interested in a challenge, so feel free to reach out to him or if you have come to this page from his CV or LinkedIn, I hope this has given you a bit more information about Edward.

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Who doesn't love small fluffy and friendly dogs?

Who doesn't love Pugs?

Matangi's finally begin running

The first Matangi to enter service FP4103 & FT4103 prepare to run the 0905 Tranz Metro service to Upper Hutt on 25 March 2011

A four car Matangi unit followed shortly behind the scheduled service unit to test the multiple operation of the units. It was not in service and these two won't be in service for a wee while longer. How long I do not know

The 0905 service to Upper Hutt departs Wellington and enters the history books (the run before Christmas last year does not count as the unit was tested carrying passengers and only made one return run that day)

Heading out into the Wellington rail yards and the Hutt Valley...

Yesterday, History was recorded by myself at Wellington Railway Station as the first Matangi was accepted into service and began operations for Tranz Metro Wellington by running the 0905 service to Upper Hutt and return. I understand it made at least one more run to Upper Hutt after that and then a return run to Melling before being put away for the weekend in Wellington rail yards.

It is for the next week to be found on the 0905 service to Upper Hutt and return if you like me are still to partake in a ride.

A good friend of mine has so enjoyed these four photos I have posted that he has passed them onto the editor of a magazine devoted to urban transport for submission on my behalf. I do hope they get published, as I would get a free copy of this magazine as payment, which would be really awesome as I've never had a photo of mine published anywhere before.

Manx Cats - The best cat breed in the world

Seeing as I haven't posted anything new lately, I thought I would write about my cat.
Well not really about him, but about the breed of cat that he is. Actually it's a bit about both him and his breed!`

He's a Manx Cat. But not a purebred one thankfully. I'm not a fan of those pure breed cats really, I'm a cat person, but I like cats for their companionship and personally feel that having a pedigree cat is a bit like owning a Ferrari and just reeks of being snobbish!

He's just a normal cat with his tabby markings. But one of his parents (I think his mother), was a proper Manx cat and that is how he and his siblings all turned out as tailless cross breeds that just make perfect pets.

He's seriously my best friend at home if not out of home too (sorry everyone else who is my friend, but he does depend on me more than I think you all do!). I've heard of Manx being referred to as the "Dog-Cat" and I totally agree with this statement.

He follows me around the house like a little dog and while dogs can bark and wag their tails to communicate, he seems to be able to use his eyes and his big 'voice' (his meow) to tell me what he wants. And I do get it right about 75% of the time with what he wants/needs/is demanding I do for him.

There have been many times where he has followed me or another member of my family down the street and either lost me/them when he became distracted by something else he found along the way and then later made his way home again, or has seen him patiently waiting for our return at the point where he lost us along the way.

Sometimes this has however meant we have to go looking for him several hours later and then carry him home as he's been waiting for so long that when we find him he's too tired to want to trott home beside us and demands to be carried in our arms!

He's also the perfect lap warmer and just about every night he will hop on my lap and sit there happily for several hours, whether I like it or not! In fact as I write this, he's on my lap purring away.

I got him at aged 7 months in January 2000, so he's been with me for 10 and a half years now and sadly he's getting old, though at the moment you wouldn't know it as he's still very much active, but I do wish he could live a longer life as I would love him to be around for the rest of my natural life instead of leaving me one day like he sadly will through death.

I have never had to train him, which is most likely a good thing as I wouldn't know where to start, so him being toilet trained when I got him was a great start in our friendship as he prefers to go outside when he needs to. Other than that he's fully house trained and there is nowhere in the house that isn't off limits to him. He decided right from the beginning of our friendship that he was the big boss and that I was just his slave to look after his well being. It's an arrangement that I must say works well and I wouldn't change it!

I will however always view the Manx breed of cat as the best breed of all cats and thanks to my best friend here, I've decided that I will always have a cat in my life and I've vowed it will always be a Manx cat :)

So to Mr. Cat, I want you to know how much you mean to me as my friend and pet and I hope I can have many more years of fun and companionship together before we must finally and sadly part ways.

40 years of achievement, a kind of tribute to Apollo 11 and 13

Well today I write this on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the US Apollo 11 Moon landing and I'm actually pretty excited about it.

Despite what other people think about it, I think we did land on the moon and I hope the plans to one day return there, even though all the reading I have done about it this weekend points to it sounding more sci-fi than the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

That movie in reality has shown that some of it's ideas have come to be true though so I shouldn't rubbish the stuff I've seen and read just because to me they seem far fetched. Though the only one thing I can think of off the top of my head from the movie that has come to actually exist is the video phone Dr. Floyd uses to call his daughter when he is at the space port awaiting his "Pam Am Spaceway's" flight to the moon. And that's because I use Skype and make video calls over it!

Though with all the stuff that all the various forms of media will be shoving in our faces tomorrow, I wonder if anyone will ask former US Astronaut Jim Lovell what he thinks about the 40th anniversary of the moon landing? I ask this because Jim Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, the only planned manned mission to the moon that never landed due to an accident that could have potentially killed the crew, but thankfully returned the crew to earth safely instead.

I watched Apollo 13 again on Saturday night and I have it on DVD as well as own the novel and I must say that before the lunar landing, he sounds like Lovell was quite possibly the most famous American Astronaut with NASA (read his Wikipedia article I have attached below). Though sadly history has had him lose that crown to Neill Armstrong. But I don't think that's a bad thing necessarily seeing as Jim Lovell doesn't seem to mind not being the one in that spotlight that Neill Armstrong is in in the world of celebrities (yes I actually consider these pioneers of space celebrities as they actually have done something compared to movie stars and singers who just sing and act).

Though talk about luck with Apollo 13! I'm glad though that they got back to Earth OK in the end, but I do feel for Lovell for not ever getting a chance to be one of the few men who have been on the lunar surface. That figure would have been two more astronauts higher had the misfortunes that befall Apollo 13 not happened.

It also makes me wonder if there would have been more lunar missions had the US TV networks bothered to keep the public interested by showing the astronauts 'home videos' on TV over there. But I think the fact that Apollo 13 had issues along with the networks not being interested except when the accident befall the mission caused the Apollo lunar missions to come to an end.

Instead of writing more, I suggest you read for yourself and make your own mind up on this topic. This is just my rant here seeing as I can write what I feel like in my own blog and people can choose to read it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lovell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_%28film%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_%28TV_miniseries%29

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Apollo_13/