NIGEL MULITALO
4 November 99
Talofa everyone,
Well here it goes.
1985 - Went to MAGS (Mt Albert Grammer School) then moved to Wellington after the first term attended Wellington College, didn't do much school work spent more out of class than in it & more time in the pubs.
1986 - Moved back to Auckland took up an apprentice with Telecom (NZ Post Office back then), met my wife (Tania) in Feb & got her pregnant the following month. Working in an office didn't appeal much so decided to sign up with the army to be a full time soldier, did my basic training Oct - Dec, decided against full time as the thought of dragging the family around the country didn't appeal. So stayed in the Army as an SAS (Saturday & Sunday) soldier. December my son (Tremaine Carson) was born.
1987-89 Stayed with Telecom finished my apprentice & NZCE. Went back home in 89 for the first time since leaving school for Konrads wedding & had an awesome time.
1990 : Still with Telecom, still pretending to be a soldier & got married.
1991: Bought my first real estate property
1992: Bought my second property & our daughter (Rasela Sachiko) arrived as well.
1993: Moved into the IT dept as an application support analyst
1994: Went back home with the family to visit. Met up with everyone that was still there & Konrad & Cecilia since the wedding.
1995: Bought another property still with telecom etc
1996: Had enough with the corporate life, resigned from Telecom, resigned from the army, sold 2 of my properties, bought a business in the automotive industry & worked for myself.
1997: Still doing my own thing awesome
learning experience you quickly learn things like the difference
between tax evasion & avasion??? (I think this is right)
& how words can have a major impact on your profits, not to
mention the headaches that go along with it ie. IRD. (thank god
for accountants). So on top of christmas card list is my
accountant & lawyer.
Spent time scuba diving around the pacific as the skiing
season was shit.
1998: Got offered a job back with Telecom, so put a manager in the business & here I am.
1999: Sold the business end financial
March'99, telecom IT dept sold to EDS. Now I am working for EDS
got a promotion as a Business Analyst for them. My contract to
join Douggie at camel land fell through (different company than
Doug) due to political reasons so I am still in KIWI land until
the new year. What does the new millennium bring, well I am going
into business with a property developer (providing everything
stacks up) & if everything goes well, we will be starting up
our development of approx 15-25 houses north of Auckland next
year.
I might still look for contract overseas for a couple of years,
then start up my own property business after that.
Long term Goals is to retire at a reasonable young age, be
financially independent which will allow us to do what we (Tania
& I ) want when we want & to catch up on some travelling
that we missed out on.
Looking back I don't think I would change
anything as every year has bought its own challenges to overcome,
satisfactions & successes. Awesome to catch up with everyone
& to hear that everyone is doing & keeping well.
Thanks Jebs.
Question for everyone:
How does everyone feel about a reunion back home possibly 2004 or
sooner?
Keep in touch all,
Fa
Nigel Mulitalo
PS. Now that you are awake again does anyone no Ualesi's where
abouts?? Awesome Westside photo