Kerry dropped us to the airport at 5am. Met Phil Ed Ray Shell and Darryl there. Had a pint, got the flight, were in Brum for 7.30am.  They got a taxi to their hotel. Me and gez got the bus to our hostel. Hostel was a dump and couldnt check in til 2pm. We dropped our bags in and went for a walk. Looked at some sights then found a Wetherspoons that was open!Sat there and had pints, the rest came along eventually. Then Millman and Liam turned up. Had some more pints. Then went to another bar, more pints. Went home then for a nap and a sshower. Then got a tacxi to the pub where millmans 21st was on. Great night! Lots of fun!!

The next day we got up and met the lads in wetherspoons again. Then went to Broad St and found a pub showing the FA Cup final. Watched that and got hammered. Again me and gez went home for a shower and a nap. Then went out and met Tracys cousin and her mates. Went to a club called Snobs which was class. Went home at 3am as we were up for the plane at 6.

Got up the next day and threw our keys at the hostel. Got a taxi to the airport. Found out our flight was cancelled due to volcanic ash. Got a monorail and a taxi to the train station with a elderly couple and a chick from Clare. Got a rail and sail ticket and got the train to Crewe, then train to Holyhead then the slow boat home. had great fun all the way home. Phil was on fire all weekend!!

So still knackered from all that!

Liverpool this weekend….woooooooooooooo

I haven’t posted in 7 months….now thats laziness!!

So in short…

Got booted out of Oz, didnt pick up a ban which was great. Went to Bali with Aaron and Birchall. Twas 2 weeks of utter madness. Then flew home on my own which was probably the worst travelling experience I’ve had. At Bali airport for 3am, wasn’t allowed into the building til 5! Had to sit on a kerb. Then flew to KL, got there at 9am, flight to Abu Dhabi wasn’t til 9pm! It was the most bored I have ever been. Even went to the Petronas towers again but was too hot to walk around!! Arsed around anyway, flew to Abu Dhabi, 2 hours there, then got home at 8am Irish time. 38 hours altogether travelling…zzz.zzz snorefest.

I went on the dole then for 5 months! Had loads of fun on that. Applied for loads of jobs, did some interviews, went fishing, hillwalking, worked for my dad and got drunk! Eventually got a job in March with Xerox.

Since I’ve been back I’ve been to more places!

- Offaly for 2 nights fishing – didnt see much, it rained! No fish caught…

- Killarney for 3 nights for new years. Got hammered, saw some local pubs!

- Frankfurt for 3 nights – Saw loads of things, went ice skating, some cool clubs, stayed with Martina.

- Notthingham for 2 nights – went to Nottingham Forest match!

This weekend Im off to Birmingham for Millmans birthday with Gez and a few of the Tallaght lads.

Next weekend I’m in Liverpool for a lads weekend!

The idea now is that I update this whenever I go away coz it’ll probably be a lot with me working now and flights being so cheap!!

So this yoke wouldnt work in Bali so couldnt post.

Im sitting in Kuala Lumpur Airport Malaysia right now. I ve been up for 26 hours already and have a 17 hours flight ahead of me after I wait here for another 6 hours. I need a shower and to brush my teeth. So in no form to be writing.

But ill be home in 24 hours so I can do

- The end week in Sydney

- The 10 days of mentalness on jungle juice in Bali

- My nightmare journey home….

So ill do that during the week coz its  not as if I have a job!!

Later Ronan

Big bad news for y’all…ill get to it later.

10 days til Bali, woooooooooooo. Cant wait!! The weekend just gone went like this…

Friday – We sat in!! First time ever! We were budgeting our weekend for Bali! Went to bed rediculously early….

Saturday – All up at 7am. Went into the city with Birch and A-Bone, got a yummy breakfast. Got some flights booked, got some shipping information. Came back and went to the beach as it was a scorcher. 30 degrees it was! After that we went for a beer in the Beach Road Hotel then went to ours and got smashed up.  Half a keg of Heino and a bottle of Passion Pop…well on the way. We then went to some nightclub on oxford street then on to courthouse. Was a fun night!!

Sunday – Got to Coogee after some car trouble. It was 30 again. Roasting. Coogee was madness. People boozing everywhere. We sat on the grass beside the beach and had some beers. We then went to Maries house for the balcony party! Was a good laugh.

So…the news….got a phonecall from immigration yesterday saying they are refusing my visa on the grounds of no evidence for my specified farm work. It was a funny phone call of me trying to wing it. the dude knew what I was up to but obviously couldn’t say it! so basically I have 28 days to leave the country…booooooooo….screw you Australia…bit of a mare seeing its coming into summer. I’d love to stay for another summer!! But because Im going to bali I wont be able to get back into the country after so I have no choice but to go home! So from bali im flying to Kuala Lumpur and then to Abu Dhabi and then to Dublin!! I will be home on the 5th of October and then I’ll be bored….and then there will probably be no point in keeping up this blog until………I save up enough to feck off to South and Central America!! Anyone wanna come???

So this weekend is my last in Australia

So I’m having a Deportation Party!  A Hooley with Healy! Although technically Im not being deported,  I’ve been asked to leave which apparentely is a different thing. Because Im leaving on my own accord within the specified time they are giving me, Im not breaking any laws so wont pick up a ban from Australia.

If you ask me, I got a good innings. the last 5 months were pure luck. Ive seen a lot more of the world than most people and Ive seen more of Australia than most Australians!!! For my last blog posting in Australia next week Im gonna have all my stats for the entire trip! Its should be interesting.

But Im also delighted I can add a new country to the list at the bottom! Indonesia! and a new stamp in the passport!!!

I handed in my notice today. My boss was dead sound about it. he said there’ll always be a job here for me, if I got my Skilled Migrant Visa for example. He’s gonna give me a sweet reference and he’s gonna get in contact with a mate of his in Oracle Ireland to see if there’s anything going for me!! So im finishing up work on Friday. bye bye Oracle ANZ. I have next week off then to get everything organised like shipping stuff home like clothes and my guitar. I gotta organise my tax and super annuation back – KACHING. About 10k between them I reckon!! Loads of other things too!!

So the end is nigh…………party in Skerries when I get back!!

Til next week.

Ronan

random photo

yes we are naked and yes she did get naked

So pretty uninteresting week just went past. Nothing too fun or too exciting happened apart from…Me Birchall and Aaron have booked Bali. We are flying out on the 25th September for 9 nights. Back on the 4th October. There are some constraints to this trip which y’all needn’t worry yourselves with. All you need to know is its happening and its going to be AWESOME. Bali is in Indonesia, its an island. Has legendary surfing beach called Kuta beach. Has the biggest waterpark in Indonesia. Has some excellent scuba diving spots. And its dirt cheap and very warm!!!

The weekend was like this…

Friday – Just went out with Phil and the boys for Phils last night in Sydney. Got smashed, made a mistake, went to bed.

Saturday – Quite hungover, went surfing with Aaron all morning. Reaped the consequence of my mistake. Then we all went for a walk!? Then we dropped Phil to the airport, said our goodbyes and went home and started boozing. Just went out to Pj’s and got smashed. Didnt even go anywhere after. All I remember was me and Aaron up raving at 5am with out shades on??

Sunday – Woke up with Aaron with me in the bed and Faygo was back!! Went and booked Bali, had some lunch then hit the Beach Road Hotel with the lads and Dave Sheehy. Had a few nice scoops in the sunshine!! Then got a Crust pizza and watched a movie, was in bed for 8 I think!!

Michelle also came back with Faygo. She’s living with us now.

I have no other news…

See ya.

Ronan

random photo

I forgot to post last week. My bad.

So last weekend…

So…..news.

Faygo and James got home ok! All the boys were out together for the first time in a long time on Friday night. Obviously not all seeing Im here and Birchall is here and Weir is in NYC but the majority of them!

Eoin Hand is off to a beautiful hick town of Mudgee for 3 months on Sunday!

The Healy family got home on Monday at long last. Mam was exhausted. And when they got home my little bro Dara had the gaf in ruins for them! Lovely!!

The weekend in Cairns was good!!

Called over to Sineads on Thursday, had a few beers and went to bed early as we were up at 4.30 the next morning.

Friday – Got a taxi to the airport. Flew to Cairns, got there at 10am! Nice and warm. Went and checked in to hotel and went for a walk around the place. Had lunch and a few beers. Back to hotel and had a nap. That night we went out for dinner then hit Gilligans and the Woolshed! Great fun.

Saturday – Were up at 7am for the reef cruise. It was the exact same one I went on last time. It was cool. Good food, good crew, great weather! Came home, had a nap, then out for dinner. Went to PJ’s, watched the football then back to the woolshed again! Great night! Got smashed.

Sunday – Had to check out at 11. So went for a wee walk, got breakfast. Had a few lunch time pints then back to the airport. Bleedin knackered getting home!!

This week hasn’t been too busy. Not much going on. We were all set on going on a surf camp this weekend coming. I had 14 people ready to go and I rang all the camps but they all dont start back til September coz its “too cold” apparantely?? haha yeah right. So then I found a good tour to Port Stephens in which you can swim with sharks, go dolphin watching, sandboarding, 4WD sand dune tour, all accomodation and dinners for 289 dolla. People were interested at first but then started dropping like flies so now we’re not doing anything   well we’re meeting tonight and gonna figure out some thing fun to do on Saturday….

Here’s some photo’s from Cairns…my expensive waterproof camera finally pays off!!!

Here’s the hotel pool!

The lagoon in Cairns

Me in the pool

Me getting artistic

The Upolu Cay

Smoking area

Me on the Cay

Sinead and her life jacket ahahah!

Fat head

The conch, very poisonous

Shoal of Damsels

Fish?

Super Giant Clam

Moorish Idol

Nemo

Me!

Scuba Divers

I wanted that boat

Right well take it easy folks.

Ronan

Not much happening these days. Tis all quiet on the western front.

The weekend gone there was a good laugh.

Thursday – Went to Cargo Bar after work. There was an MTV party on for some new TV show. We got in VIP with Tino. It was fine, free booze, free food, mixing with the elite of society!! Didnt stay too late…

Friday – Had a few beers in the house after work then went to Tea Gardens and got smashed with the lads. It was fun!

Saturday – was a tad hungover all day. Went to Strike bowling with Sinead at 3 for Sonias birthday! Was doing jagerbombs by 5pm!!! IT was a lot of fun. Then we went to the Casino, didnt stay out late. In bed by 12!

Sunday – We were up early. City2Surf was on. Its a run from the city centre to Bondi Beach. We went down to bondi and had a look round – 80000 people in bondi is a bit mental!!! We were in the bungabar by 1pm. Had a lot there, then went to the CnB for food around 6. Was absolutely hammered and in bed by 10pm!!!

Yesterday was a disaster in work, I was dying!!!

Heading to cinema tonight.

Heading to Cairns on Friday – very excited!! Its 30 degrees up there at the mo, which is amazing. My parents are there at the moment and loving it!!

Pearl Jam tickets are on sale in one hour and 13 mins! I’ll be first in the queue!!

Not much else to report dudes.

Ronan

Good week it has been, well kind of. On the bad side, James and Faygo went off last night. Theyre spending a week in LA/San Diego/Frisco and then heading home. James is gone for good while Faygo is on a 3 week holiday… Faygo should be back!! So that leaves me and Birchall as the only Skerries boys left….booooo

On the good side – I got my tax back – sweet!!!

Weekend went like this.

Thursday – Got a random call from Birchall saying he was going for a pint after work. So I went into him and Eoin Hand and had a beer, follwed by a few more beers. Then Aaron and Fiona and Dave and Barry and the girls came out! Got smashed!! Didnt get home til all hours….

Friday – not a fun day, very tired!! Got home from work and everyone was boozing in my house. So we had a little party and hit the tea gardens – hard. Got smashed again!!

Saturday – was up early – tax back was in the account so went shopping all day. Bought loads of stuff. Went to Paddington with Sinead, bought some more stuff. Then Saturday night was James’ going away party. Went to the Bavarian Bier Gardens in the Rocks. Had the litre Steins! yummy! After we went to a club called never mind, bit of raving, then courthouse. Went home and fell asleep on the couch as someone wouldnt answer their phone. The guys came home and had afull blown rave in the sitting room with me on the couch! Never heard them!!

Sunday – was up early to go to the boat show in Darling harbour. It was cool!! Saw class boats, millions and millions of dollars worth. Then we went to the Chinese Gardens, then the Ferris Wheel. then we met the boys and went for pints in the sun in Darling Harbour. It was cool. James and Sinead ended up getting smashed. Us 3 went on the monorail after then headed to the Sheaf. Dave and Darcy came down and we stayed there til pretty late, was a good night!!

Tuesday night – went to the Eastern for steaks and beers which is kind of the custom now for people who are leaving. Selda, Kate and Carly came down too, we had a lot of fun!!

Tonight I am heading to Cargo bar, we got VIP tickets to an MTV party which Ruby Rose is DJing. She is a hot lesbian. My goal is to get a photo with her and/or convert her to being straight!! Free drinks and canopes!!!

Dont know whats happening this weekend yet – free for all as Phil is back!?

I booked the flights to Cairns, booked the 5 star hotel in Cairns and booked our reef trip. The weather there is about 29 degrees so it’ll be a great weekend!!!

I have photos from all the weekend there but I am flat out here in work so gotta get cracking….

Good luckskies…

Ronan

So the last week has been exhausting – its hard entertaining!!

Thursday – had a huge barbeque in the house. 7 different varietys of meat!! Got a good few people over for it. Tony shouted everything so it was all good! Had fun

Friday – Was up early to go to the Blue Mountains with my folks and bro’s. Stayed in a place called Katoomba. It was nice. The mountains are good to look at. Had a few beers during the day on my own! Went out for dinner that night, few more beers. Then I had my own hotel room so went back after and had a few by myself!! Is that sad?!

Saturday – Up early, saw more of the mountains then drove to the Jenolan Caves, they were really cool. Was back in Sydney for 6 then. Got changed and went and met Sinead Kim and Ash. We just went bowling and had a few drinks. Was home early enough.

Sunday – I was supposed to go to Palm Beach (Home & Away) with the folks but I got out of it. Christmas in July was on. Sineads sisters organised a huge dinner in Durty Nellys. We booked out the whole restaurant. Dinner was gorgeous! Met Claire whom I used live with, good to see her! We then got smashed. In bed by 8.30 smashed!! Work was not fun yesterday!!!

Monday – Groggy as fcuk going in. I stayed in Sineads so had to get a taxi home at 6 in the morning or something rediculous like that! After work I went to Chatswood, got herself and DB collected us. Went over to his house where the folks were staying. We went out for dinner in a chinese in Hunters Hill. It was YUM. Said my goodbyes and went home after. Tony gave us a few quid too! Happy days!!

So theyre off to Melbourne for a few days, then flying up to Brisbane and getting a camper van and driving to Cairns!! Then to Singapore and then home – some holiday!!

I got an email off my accountant yesterday – my tax return has been lodged. So hopefully this week there will be 6197 dollars lodged in my account!! HAHA!! Gonna go bananas. Here’s my list

1. The obvious – booze and clothes

2. Hiring an immigration lawyer for my skilled migrant visa

3. Going to Cairns on the 14th August with Sinead for a wee holiday

4. Might buy an iPhone

5. I’ll think of something else to do!!

Yeah we were gonna go to Ayers Rock as I havent been there yet but it was working out at 2 grand for a weekend – good luckskies said I. Sinead hasnt been to Cairns so we’ll head up there, works out at 500 bucks for the weekend or something. Gonna do the reef on the saturday and skydive on the sunday morning! Staying in gilligans – PARTAYYYYYYY. Should be fun!!

In other news, we may be coming upon a mass exodus of my friends going home – im not happy about it for a million reasons but cant do anything, im not going anywwhere but may need to downsize the mansion….

Here’s some photos of the past 2 weeks…

My family on the harbour bridge (it was sunny hence the squint)

Maybe my new tattoo….

The Limerick girls last night out – in the back – Birchall, Anne Marie, Me, Mirium and Dan, Marie and Carole in the front

Dave Clancy, Sinead and Me and Murphys going away…

Me and Murphy…our last photo together

Sinead winning the bowling…I wont the first one!

Helen and Jennie

One of the last photos of all the Skerries lads and the others. Dave has one of  just us Skerries lads but he hasnt put it up yet. Me, James, Birchall, Faygo, Dave Clancy, Andy Millman and Murphy.

Right well its my lunchtime so Im off for nom nom nom.

Talk soon

Roballs