Yes it's December in Australia.......

Christmas Day: Can you believe the buses run EXTRA services on Christmas Day here!

Its was a very Irish affair, it was pissing rain all day! That was the beach striked off the list, we went to Laura and Jens for a Christmas roast, I was sceptical at first considering a vegetarian was cooking us Christmas Dinner, but the end result was A1, not to forget Tinas galiant effort for desert which included Apple Crumble and Banoffi Pie, the feedback on both was positive from all parties!

To summarise the day: Rain, Plenty of Food / Drink /Craic !

I'm engaged!

Tina's Birthday today so we had a bit of a party in her job and I didn't want to drink too much considering my plans for the evening! We went to Kingsleys on King Street, which is a beautiful steak restaurant near the harbour. My plan was to pop the question at the big Christmas tree at Martin Place on the way home to the appartment, my plans were nearly foiled twice, when Tina wanted to get a Taxi home but I managed to convince her the Tree was worth seeing :) ,which she agreed with when she saw it.

Second flaw in my plan was when I first got down on my knee and pretended to tie my shoe laces Tina done her usual wander off, so I had to pretend re-tie them again, at that point I put the ring in her hand and asked her the question 'Will you Marry me?'

She said 'Yes' by the way, completely unaware to what I had planned, Success!

Back to the appartment for a bottle of Moet I had her convinced I'd got it for New Years!

That concludes the summary of My Life sentence :D haha

Here's some pictures of the ring (no hand shots yet as we need to have it slightly resized):

The Road to Sydney!

Well, Its Tuesday evening Irish time and I'm about to embarke on a 23hour flight to Sydney (Taxed €10 for the privelege, Thank you Mr Lenihan!). I'd only one stop enroute so far so I was blessed in a sense. The Flight itself wasn't too bad (Kudos to Ethihad), I could have done with a bit more leg room but overall can't complain.

The Flight had plenty of entertainment and I watched a couple of films on the way: Slumdog Millionare, Bottleshock, Frequency, Australia (Fell asleep!).

The food wasn't bad either! Seat beside me was free for the first half of the flight and I got chatting to a guy from Melbourne.

The Flight wasn't too bad but very long!