Hello, it’s been a while hasn’t it. So I thought I’d post a quick update for my travel and STBB plans (or lack there of for the latter).
First off I’ve decided against moving my site to paid for hosting so I can switch to WordPress.org as to be frank, at the moment the benefits don’t actually outweigh the ball ache of doing it. I may revise my views in the future. I have added a couple of extra widgets though, one of which is the option to sign up to an email notification list for new blog posts.
I’m also in the process of uploading selected pictures from my four months on the road/rails in Europe to my Flickr profile. This will take me a while as I’m not signed up to the pro version and therefore only have the meagre bandwidth of 100MB per month. Take a butchers if you wish via the sidebar on the right.
With regards to actual travel plans, I’m no longer going to Wellington in New Zealand as I’m not sure how easy it would be to find decently paid work in my particular field (the hugely exciting one of Information Technology). I do hope to do a month or so of touring around NZ before I leave Australasia though, all just depending on how things go with work (and the money it provides). So I’m now going straight to Sydney (hands up how many of you thought that to be the capital of the non Fosters drinking, corky hat wearing, kangaroo shooting land down under) in very early March.
The reason for the delay is I hope very much to be at this. A dedicated fan or a foolish numpty, you decide. Either way Manchester City Football Club have never been to a proper final (or semi-final for that matter) in my 27 years on the planet, so if they end up being there in less than 2 months, so will I. In the mean time I’ll be doing my best to live frugally and not spend all my remaining funds on beer.
I know a few lads out in Sydney (one being Simon, my travel buddy for the Californian leg of the USA trip) so that should make my integration a bit easier.
As planned, I finally got a netbook (this one) which is making this whole blogging lark much easier. I also invested in a decent camera to improve the quality of my snaps. I opted for this bad boy, I just need to figure out how to use the bugger properly now.
The picture is the Facebook profile picture of an Australian chap I met in Hamburg. That’s him ‘controlling’ the one on the left. It makes me howl every time I see it.
So TTFN and I’ll hope you’ll join me when I venture into a whole new hemisphere. I may post an entry before then, I may not. Sign up to the email updates and you’ll know if I do.
