Brazilian style dinner

Brazilian dinner with the house mates Andy and Laura

First work night out

Bulimba Festival

Like any normal bunch of Irish people the festival quickly went from exploring the markets to hitting up the pub. 

caught Steph at the perfect moment for a pose

this is my biting a lemon face ^

been a long week of work this week. Just one more day until the pub.

but for now its time for this . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aatlliinymw

My local bus stop

Slightly more exotic than Dublin bus

Too hard a day at work for poor Orla

Kids, this is what alcohol abuse leads to. Take heed. 

Katherine Makes Friends With the Neighbors

24 Things To Do Before 30

So I found this video by accident but really liked it. Very realistic goals and challenges.

First here is the list, comment free

spontaneously cut off all your hair

take up some kind of spiritual practice

become friends with your parents again

say hi to a large tortoise

go hard for 24 hours straight in Vegas

go all in on a first date

catch a huge fish (so you can brag about it forever)

go on a long road trip with people you love

learn how to cook at least one fancy dish

find something you are really good at

move to a new city

pee in every ocean

give one great speech at a friends wedding

start a collection

light some fireworks in your hometown baseball (or in my case GAA) field

go sailing

make friends with people at the bar for one night

learn a foreign language

take a spontaneous trip

stop dressing like you're still in high school (secondary school to de-americanize this video)

Yell at a sports game

get a tattoo about something random

let go of your expectations

stop doing things for the pictures and start doing it for the memories

And here is it again with how I'm doing

spontaneously cut off all your hair - this one has been very recently discussed and may happen sooner than you'd think

take up some kind of spiritual practice - Will be traveling around a lot of south east Asia. sure to visit a few places which teach about this topic. 

become friends with your parents again - Never not been friends with my parents. DONE

say hi to a large tortoise - Just need to find a tortoise

go hard for 24 hours straight in Vegas - After this big trip I'll get saving

go all in on a first date - Most memorable and amazing first date ever back in April with Katherine.  DONE

catch a huge fish (so you can brag about it forever) - Have to learn to fish first

go on a long road trip with people you love - Road trip around Oz is soon. But hey Rinaldo if you read this we better still be doing route 66 some day

learn how to cook at least one fancy dish - Can cook a little. But want to learn more. Half done.

find something you are really good at - not bad at guitar. But it's nothing unique. I'll get back to you on this one. 

move to a new city - Hello Brisbane. DONE

pee in every ocean - Atlantic. DONE

Pacific. soon

Indian. with luck before I get home

Arctic. some day

Antarctic. some day also

give one great speech at a friends wedding - Someone go get married

start a collection - DVD's. LP's. Rocks from interesting or memorable places. DONE

light some fireworks in your hometown baseball (or in my case GAA) field - I'll wait until I get home.

go sailing - something else new to learn.

make friends with people at the bar for one night - I'm Irish. This happens 3 times a week. DONE

learn a foreign language - FINI

take a spontaneous trip - I'm sure this will happen in the next two years during my travels

stop dressing like you're still in high school (secondary school to de-americanize this video) - Starting to smarten up at times now. When appropriate of course.

Yell at a sports game - Not into sports. but for the sake of experience I will some day

get a tattoo about something random - hmmm must think about this one

let go of your expectations - I try not expect things and just wait and see what happens. Has worked out great so far. DONE

stop doing things for the pictures and start doing it for the memories - Why do you think I'm 10000km away from home DONE

Random photos from the Collection

Been very unproductive today so taking the time to upload a few more photos from the last 4 weeks

Hungover

Nothing else to report

Random day out

nice photo of Katherine on a swing Vs not so nice and slightly terrified looking me on a swing photo

Still not finished reading 'The Dice Man' tut tut tut

cool circle of palm trees in botanical gardens

How I know I'm far from home

I know I'm in some foreign land when this is my walk home along the river front

And my main mode of transport is boat

Healing nicely

Only I could get a serious injury without falling down or hitting off anything or any physical contact made on the middle of a beach. But at least it's getting better

Day 2 - guitar in the park

 Something with this many colours has to be unhealthy

$10 steak and chips again. . .happy Adam

followed by funky cupcakes

So I was told with a bit more beard growth and a new hair cut I can pull off the Ryan Gosling look. Honestly quite complimented. The resemblance is already almost there don't you think?

p.s. this isn't a pose with the hand its actually trying to hold back all my hair