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8 April, 2008

Blog / Blogging

Filed under: General — Ro @ 09:50

I still have plans to bring new life into this blog. Don’t hold your breath, but some day soon, I’ll just start catching up on the last year. I’ve just set up a Flickr Account.

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11 December, 2007

While I still have plans to bring this blog back to life… this post is more an experiment than anything else. I rank 9th for Free Travel Content on Google, and I want to see what this link will do to that serp.

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15 May, 2007

What a Decade

Filed under: General — Ro @ 07:57

Last day of my 20s today. More posts on the topic coming soon…

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5 April, 2007

Playing Football… Again

Filed under: General — Ro @ 19:33

After 12 or 13 years, I’ve put back on my football socks and my shin pads. It is really strange, and I am a bit anxious about how my body will deal with a 5 a side match that is taking place in 59 mins from now.

Thrifty FC are playing in Division 6 of the Astro Leagues, having been promoted from Division 7 last month. The standard wil be ok I imagine… and I’m sure I’ll catch up and get used to it all very quickly, but this is a pretty big step into the unknown. Squash and even the few jogs I do will be nothing compared to this…

AFTERWARDS

I made it through playing over an hour of competitive football. The standard is actually very good, and while I’m off the pace, and will be for a while, I’m happy enough. I had a few good passes, and a few good saves (rotating goalie), and while I did drift out of the game for a while, I’m happy enough.

The first match is on next Tuesday. I’m going to be well down the pecking order, but I’m sure I’ll get a run out if not in this game, soon enough. I’m really surprised how the body took the physical activities, and it was my concentration and the fact I’m rusty with a ball at my feet were my problems.

I know people reading this may / will be thinking, what is he on about. This is only a kick around on a small pitch. I can see their point, but for me this was a big step . It’s like a squash, I’m ranked near the bottom in my club, very near, but I don’t care because I love it, and because I’m just happy to be able to do it and just push myself.

THE NEXT DAY

I woke up at about 3am with awful pain in my wrist. With the help of some pain killers I was able to get some sleep. At lunch time the next day Ais made me go to casualty to get it looked at. As it turns out I have a suspected broken sceptoid. I won’t know more till next Saturday because this bone is very difficult to diagnose, but right now I’m in a half cast. The first competitive game of the season is on tonight, but I won’t be able to play.

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4 April, 2007

Update

Filed under: General — Ro @ 11:26

I have kinda being letting the blog sit there for the moment. It isn’t that I have nothing to put up on it, I have tons of stuff, its just that I haven’t gotten around to putting it up yet….

I will tho… soon.

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8 February, 2007

Its Been a While

Filed under: General — Ro @ 23:29

Its been a while since I’ve updated the blog, not because I don’t have much to put it, but because I haven’t really made the time to sit down and write. I’m back from Malaysia now a few weeks, and it is time to get back blogging.

Since I’ve landed in Dublin on 22 Jan, I’ve been keeping pretty busy. Work has been going well and I really feel like I am getting on top of it at last. The goals that have been set are withing my reach, and I’m looking forward to the days going by so I can reach these goals. I’ve pretty much committed myself to Thrifty for six months, but right now that is working well. What I’ll do in six months has yet to be decided, but the long term goal is to go to college in September 08.

Marco picked me up from the airport, and we wen for a few pints. It was great to actually chill out with Marco again. That is the one thing that I miss more than anything else when I’m in Malaysia. The next day I called into Thrifty to let them know I was back in the country and would be returning to work. Everything seemed ok, in so far as that they still had space to put me somewhere.

During the first weekend back I went to Stephen and Irene’s engagement party. It was a good night and I enjoyed it, although near the end I was really fighting the jet lag. I actually slept in the taxi back to Mark and Julie’s. I spent most of the night chatting with Anita, and it was great to be back among close friends.

Last weekend I went to a poker classic with BJ, Shane and Damo. BJ’s company had sponsored a table, and nobody was using the tickets, so he kindly invited me along. I really enjoyed the night an was happy with my playing performance. While I had the opportunities, I made money, and eventually got knocked out because of a couple of amateur errors… as in never bank on two pairs in a high stakes game.

On Tuesday I met up with Chris, and we went to the Ivy House to have a couple of pints and catch up. I hadn’t seen Chris since he left Malaysia, and we had a bit to talk about. We ended up playing backgammon and I really enjoyed the evening.

Today Dad got home from Malaysia for 2 days, so we went to dinner in the Independent Pizza Co. in Drumcondra with Mary, and then back to the apartment to meet Malachy. I finally got a chance to use Mark and Julie’s fantastic whiskey glasses with a nice drop of Glenfiddich.

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21 January, 2007

Hightlights of 2006

Filed under: General — Ro @ 01:48

In chronological Order

1 - New York for Stephen and Elke’s wedding

- A fantastic week in the US with Mark topped off by seeing one of my best mates get married

2 - Spending some time with Niamh

- Niamh move back to Europe after finishing school. I hadn’t seen her much in the last couple of years so it was good to spend some time hanging out

3 - Mark’s Stag

- A great weekend in Galway topped off by getting shot to bits by paintballs

4 - Mark & Julie’s Wedding

- Everything from the week before the wedding till I went back to work was fantastic and I couldn’t of enjoyed it more

5 - Ailbhe’s 21st

- A fantastic weekend in Oxford with all of the Europan based members of the Menton family

6 - Holiday in Malaysia with the guys

- Despite the rocky start with Qatar Airways, we made it to KL on schedule… and had a great 3 weeks.

7 - Seeing My Perant’s New House in KL

- When I last saw it, it was a building site. Now I don’t know how to describe it.

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15 January, 2007

Still in KL

Filed under: General — Ro @ 08:22

Ok, so I still haven’t gotten around to putting anything up on my blog covering the last month or so, but I will. Right now I’m having trouble getting motivated… a week of doing absolutely nothing will do that to you.

Right now I’m still in KL, and I’ll land back in Dublin on the 22nd and be in work ont he 23rd. That is the plan, but then again I am flying with Qatar Airways and therefore I don’t really know what will happen or where I’ll end up, and when I get there will my luggage be there? Or will I actually end up flying with a differant carrier altogether? Who knows…

I might try and get some work done today, and when I land back in Ireland, catch up with the blog. I look forward to catching up with everybody…. Ronan

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23 December, 2006

Update

Filed under: General — Ro @ 15:21

I haven’t had a chance to post on the blog for a while. I am writing a diary of the holiday which I will upload as soon as I have a chance. Rest assured myself, Damo and Chris are having a great time, and have gotten over the setback of missing our flights and not having any luggage until yesterday. {long story}

I hope everybody has a great Christmas and I will talk to you all in the new year.

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22 November, 2006

Blogging

Filed under: General — Ro @ 09:21

This month has been a strange one. After Mark and Julie’s wedding and the rest time I needed to recover from it, and everything else, I haven’t been blogging much over the last while. Think it was just the month that was in it…

I’ll be back blogging regularly from now on…

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