Rave rave rave

I think I want to be Adele's BGF. I'd totally go for pints and banter with her. Love love love her laugh.

It's a keeper.

Probably one of my favourite articles of the year.

Just. Hilarious.

Quote of the Day

"There's too much oestrogen. And baad oestrogen."

On another positive note, I've rejoined the gym and I is gonna be supa fit! Waha!

Pan's Labyrinth

A beautiful movie with an equally beautful soundtrack. Definitely worth the quiet evening in.

Non, je ne regrette rien

But perhaps I should have drawn the line when it came to my attempt to start a swing dancing phenomenon in the club last night.

G-g-guilty Pleasure

This is just plain awesome.

It is done.

My application has been submitted to the Australian council.

Now there are still a million things to do, jobs to look for, forms to be sent, visas to finish but I've started. And now I can't stop looking at a map of Australia wondering where I'll end up and I'm thinking of all the amazing things I'll be doing over the next year.

Officially very excited.

Listening to..

some Chinese pop, courtesy of my friend Sean who's living that side of the world at the moment. Bit addictive, no?

Take the time to appreciate the English rap verse at 2.33. I'm going to just assume that the Chinese as a whole don't have a clue what it actually means. So despite learning a few unfortunate English words (I had to google em on urbandictionary.com) this is going on repeat for the next few hours. Lyrics available here for those of you who want to sing along like me!

For me?!

the student attached to my team gave me a keyring from her home country (Malaysia) today for helping her out before the exams start next month. Little bit smitten.

And i didn't even have to use one of my trademark top ten Malaysian phrases.

33 hours in

And only 20 left. Nightmare shift from hell but I'm not dead.

Yet.

THEY WORKED!!

My baking frenzy this weekend was a success and I've quite smugly attached some photographic proof. WAHA!!

Not to forget of course..

My Weekend Challenge

Baking cupcakes.

I know. They're simple, anyone can make them but I've had some disasterous experiences in the past. The bf has a bake sale on Monday for the children of Calcutta so that's my motivation.

Don't fuck it up.

DANCE!

Unashamedly gay to the extreme but kinda fabulous.

You know you're out in the country..

..when the canteen doesn't have change for €10.

Quote of the day

'It's not a real parade unless it's got at least 3 tractors in it.'

So true.

Paddy's Day

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir!

Well I hope everyone is having a great Paddy's Day..whilst I'm stuck at work anyway. But I shouldn't really complain as it's not too busy as you can surmise by the fact that I can so freely blog from my phone. I actually have plans to get my prep work for Australia. Ok job number one, update cv. Enjoy the festivities folks!

Spring Awakening

"Sher look, Mary has the cow out in the field. You'd know spring was here."

Currently on a 2 month placement in a more, well rural setting. It's a nice place, where the women give me a peck on the cheek and tell me I'm a nice lad and the men discuss the price of cattle. I sagely nod and pretend I know what they're all on about. In comparison to my life in quaint old Cork, I'm quite the cosmopolitan out there really, which says a lot about Ireland. So essentially, I just work with people like Bridie (see clip below) all day long. Tis only great craic.

Made my day.

"LOVE HIM!!"

My amazo boss filling in my work assessment form.

And yes, there were two exclamation marks.

CHOON!

CHHO

FOCK YEAH.

In a last minute ditch for some excitement in my life I'm fleeing the country tomorrow. Very last minute plans as work people just couldn't tell me if I'd be able to get the time off. (A whole week! Woopah!!) And then I just spontaneously bought the flights last night. Online flight shopping is my Achilles' heel fo sho.

I also have another big ball with himself this evening. Oh we'll have a fine auld night. Good times to come! I can almost taste the tequila already.

Quote of the Day

My sister was coordinating a fundraiser last night. Some girls tried to get in at a reduced rate.

Drunk girls: Is the price negotiable?
Coolest sister ever: *genocidal stare* Is poverty negotiable?

Ka ching.

A Further Apology

Because I haven't really made enough of an effort since my last post. On a brighter note, people noticed so thanks for your comment Matt. :-)

So here's a quick update of the last few weeks.

1. Work is going great. I love my job and especially my team. Old people are just so cool. Never thought I'd refer to someone as a "young 93 year old" either but you live and learn.
2. My mother occasionally works with me. It's great in that she brings me snacks when I'm on call but now she's gone and made friends with my friends. Today one of them started giving out to me about not getting enough sleep at night. Not cool Mom. Not cool.
3. I went to Dublin to visit Turner for the weekend and ended up going whale watching by Dunleary beach. It was really quite beautiful. Then we went to see "Never let me go", which is a rather heartbreaking movie. Well worth a watch. Go see it.
4. It's Valentine's Day. I gave the bf my card and a small present yesterday. I think he appreciated what I wrote inside. Nothing says happy valentine's day like "So glad I mauled you that night."
5. I'm applying for a job in Melbourne this evening. Kinda awesome.

Think that's about it really. More updates to come. Promise!