General updating of stuff

I've been quite busy lately, which has been good. Working 40 hours a week (more than I had to at Sydney Water, no day off every fortnight either) and going out a fair bit too.

I went out on Wednesday night, was meeting a girl from Northern Island who's moved down to Dublin for work, was only going to go for a coffee but had a beer instead and then another and anther. Went to dinner and shared a bottle of wine and then went to 'The Woolshed' (which is the Australian pub in town). I introduced her to some Aussie beers...

My old favourite from home, Tooheys extra dry. The slightly more upmarket Coopers pale ale. And, of course, Fosters. Much to my disgust her favourite was Fosters. Also, becuase I have some time to kill I want to put a picture of Guiness up, here goes...

I'm not sure if I drank any of that on Wednesday but chances are... Anyway I had a crap nights sleep that night and then had to get up at early to go to work on Thursday. Struggled through work and then, for some unknown reason, went out for a couple of drinks after work. Managed to get to bed fairly early but got woken up by my flatmate shouting and banging on the door because he'd locked himself out.

Plans for this weekend: wanting to go to Malahide, which is a little north of Dublin, to check out the castle they have there. Probably going for a wee drink or two on Saturday with a Swedish bloke I met when I first came to Dublin in June who is living here now too.

Beer is expensive over here too. A pint costs somewhere between 4 & 5 euros (I can't get the euro sign to work on the keyboard) which is about $7 or 8 so quite pricey. For this reason I have decided to start a collection, very originally called (drum roll): pete's beer fund. Anyone wanting to make donations (fully tax deductible) may contact me for my bank account details.

I had a phone call from Benny this afternoon, he's just moved to Dubai for two or so months. It was good to hear a familiar voice chat to him and exchange stories.

That's all I've got for now, but I still have a little time so I'm going to put up a picture of hurling. This isn't the game I saw, I just found it on google.