I freaking hate tonsilitis. I always get it just before a big weekend of drinking or something im really looking forward to.

It usually rears its ugly head around my birthday but this year decided to wait until just before my 10 year high school reunion to taunt me!

So now I am again alcohol free for a while, till this is all said and gone. It sucks, it really does.

Work is good. Looking at a massive payout this month and possibly another HUGE one next month. I may just make #1 consultant this way!

Well, for a while there my site was offline. Well it seems that on the day of my birthday, my website registration expires, and I forgot… again! So i think this time my site was offline for like 2 weeks. hehe

But its back up and running and all is good! Bit of an update as to how my birthday went this year as people do know that in the past my birthdays have been really crap, with very bad luck. This year, pretty damn good. This year my birthday was on the Tuesday and spent the weekend before it down the coast. Spent the Sunday night at Burleigh (of which i havent actually touched up the photos yet, maybe today… maybe) just relaxing and chilling out on my own. On the monday morning i met up with Yena after she returned from Splendour in the Grass and we just chilled out for the day around the GC. That night after we checked into our Suite at the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove (yes i had a Suite and it was not any suite but the Manor Suite… their Top room!) we had Dinner at Versace thanks to my parents and a 2 for 1 offer for all Travel Industry staff 😀 Came back to work on tuesday to the team not making such a huge deal and it was a good day! The funniest thing though was when I got home i found out that my weird birthday cake request was fulfilled.

Before i had left on the Sunday i made a joke to dad telling him i wanted a Giant Vanilla Slice as a birthday cake with “Happy Birthday Mal” written on it. I didn’t think anywhere would actually do it… But they did! Photos in the links below!

Also during this gap had the last of Holidays for Sale w00t w00t! its finally over for this season so can take a break 😀 On more work topics, We won the Wholesaler Challenge again! This time I lead the team (got out of it last time) and we made our way to just scraping in for the win, it was REALLY close. So close I thought we had lost! But we won!! It was awesome 😀 I wish I had more photos at this stage but when i get the offical ones from them (when they bring me the trophy) ill throw a heap more online!

Did some plane spotting yesterday, really think i should get an airband scanner, almost missed out on a C17 coming in, thanks to Beau for keeping me informed as I was about to leave. I have been wondering what I should get for my birthday, all things points to yes on that level! On the plane spotting front it seems Amberley is having an airshow soon, that should be an awesome day! Can’t wait!

Anyway I am off to meet up with Jeremy and Yena for breakfast at Alibi room. I do believe Yena has challenged me to finish a truckers this time. I will eat it… I will!!!

Birthday Weekend

Wholesale Challenge 2008

Dear god its cold. I am sitting here at 9:30 at night almost shivering its so damn cold. Tonight as I sat on the station almost a frozen solid block I thought back to the last time it was this cold, and its been a while.

Last year it was not that cold, but I have a feeling this year will be. Its only early july and we still have that bitter cold of the Ekka to come. How damn cold every year the ekka is. You sit at night in the stands wanting to just die from the cold, hanging onto a warm coffee or guzzling down a dagwood dog to stay warm, but you dont care because thats how it should be.

Well at the moment, I want the ekka to be here cause it feels that cold at the moment. The westerlies were up tonight, and it was bitterly cold. It might have been mother nature telling me something. Me I thought it was karma for something. The one day i wear a long sleeve shirt, and think to myself, I wont need the big jacket today ill just wear the vest.

IDIOT!!!! It was so so cold. But i guess you have realised that since this whole post you have read has been one big whinge about the cold.

But HELLO CAIRNS! 25 degree warmth during the day. O I CANT WAIT!

i have been such a slacker again lately for not posting anything, but it has been a busy couple of weeks and my mind has been elsewhere. Confusion abounds inside my head and i need to make it stop 🙁 I really wish i could.

Some big things have happened lately. My two friends Brendan and Suzanne got Engaged (finally) and my other friends Blair and Nat got engaged as well (kinda saw this one coming to). To make things even better, Brendan asked me to be his best man and I was honoured to accept such a special duty. I also went to Armin Van buuren as per the below post, it was such a good night, I had so much fun and just relaxed into the music (no drugs involved thank you very much).

Just got back from my Victoria Famil as well with work, which although was short, was a fantastic time. So relaxed and chilled out that I ended up spending a little to much $$$ on some lovely fortified wine (Fergusons Shiraz Forte & De Bortoli Black Noble) plus this excellent hand made chess set from Poland. It looks so good and my project years ago of making a chess set kinda failed (not even sure what happened to that one).

In more good news, Miss Aimee the lovely lady from Adelaide ventures up here next weekend and I finally get to lay my eyes on her (hopefully! if she doesnt pike on me). I have just recently put a photo of her up on my desk at work and the rumours started instantly. Its funny screwing with peoples heads. Yena is worse for it, I have a framed photo of her on my desk (a joke from christmas) and pretty soon that photo may change to someone else. We shall see. Will be funny.

anyway i have to get ready for work, its photo day *sigh*, kill me now.

Well looks like I am sick again. Thank you michelle 😛 (thats my team leader at work). I am blaming her cause she is currently sick so thats good enough. Although I could blame a few others at work but not quite sure if they were actually sick, so can’t prove it.

With sickness comes me infront of the computer catching up on tv shows for hours and hours and in saying that I have finished off like the last half of the first season of Knight Rider (finally) and also watched again the first episode of the Knight Rider remake. Such an awesome show. I need to get more. The original Knight Rider was resplendant with bad acting and crappy plots but who cares! It has KITT.

Also I think I have my holiday problem solved. I will just go EVERYWHERE!! no seriously. Depending on how much time i can manage to get off. Current plan is one of the following:

A) Round the World trip – 2-3 Months – Start in Aus > Head West to europe > Time in London, Scotland, Eurostar to France, Stay at the Paris Hilton *chuckle*, Time in Normandy doing some tours with Battlebus (french tour company focusing on war tours), Train to Berlin, exploring Berlin focusing on the cold war stuff etc (berlin wall, check point charlie etc). Fly to states, Either DC or New York), Couple of days in New York, Grand Northern Tour with Contiki, New York to LA, Then North to Seattle to check out the Boeing facilities, then a Week with my old friend Warren in Alberta, Hawaii and then home.

B) Everything from New York onwards is the 2nd option pending time.

So yes those are my plans and hopefully it will go well. Just need to work out times and how much leave i can scrounge!

So lately i have been a little all over the place. my brain has been focusing on work and then while trying to arrange thing i have been so confused. i am at a place where i know where i want to be career wise, but my personal life and my desires are just confusing.

Love life aside cause i sure as hell don’t talk about that on here! but i can’t make up my mind on one big thing. Where the hell do I travel to? I love to travel? But i have no clue what to do. I am quite up in the air of where I wanna go. I can’t work out what I wanna do either. I want to travel to some places but then I can’t make up my mind when to go, or what really to do.

I really wish i could find some guidance on this. I just can’t make up my mind.

A few of the possibilities.

1. Europe – Hitting up London, Scotland, France, maybe Germany.
2. USA & Canada – need at least 6 weeks at minimum.
3. Perth & WA – Wanna see margaret River, Gibb River Road etc
4. NZ – North or South Island not sure.

Out of those I really don’t know. They all appeal and they all have their downsides. $$ is not an issue, just time and when and appeal.

So if anyone has an idea on how to help me…. let me know

i know i havent posted lately, I am alive, just about to head to the coast.

btw Uncle Chop Chop thinks you should HARDEN THE FUCK UP!