Matisyahu's Blog

Thank goodness that day is over – having to deal with a customer who blames us for their screw up and yes I understand a person can be frustrated but when you’re a fully grown adult you should be able to first take responsibility for your screw up and secondly to control the ‘big feelings’ that you’re having in regards to what took place. After dealing with that particular individual I needed to go for a walk to work that stress out of my system so I went for a nice long walk which took me past the foreshore where I enjoyed some nice sea breeze not to mention that tonight wasn’t frigidly cold so the experience was a lot more enjoyable than in the past. While I was on my walk I dropped in to the petrol station to pick up a drink and a light nibble on my way home – had a bit of a craving for something sweet.

Funny enough, on my way home I noticed that a lot of road work being done, the bike path being built along the train track is being built through to Melling which will link up with the new Melling interchange. Personally they need to go all the way and address the intersection where the Kennedy Good Bridge is along with the Silverstream turn off so then it is possible to have the Hutt Highway to be completely free of lights from Wellington all the way to Masterton. While I’m dreaming, how about a tunnel for vehicles and trains out to Wainuiomata (it was talked about decades ago) along with connecting up the Melling line to the Hutt Valley line at Manor Park (maybe even double track it) so that there can be an express bypass from Masterton straight into Wellington or move freight service to that line resulting in the freeing up capacity on the Hutt Valley line for more frequent service. While I’m dreaming, maybe upgrade to 25KV overhead wires then eventually electrify the whole rail network…I guess one can always dream.