This is written from my new bed............... xxxx

How NOT to live your life...

When going to view a property make sure you ask all the SENSIBLE questions.. like is there a washing machine.. be sure to even witness the fact that they have a toilet... maybe ask about the furniture in your actual bedroom.. 

I mean, just don't get blown away by a thing of beauty that answers the door and get swept away by his music choice and sports equipment...

Just saying. :)

(BUT, luckily.... I have a washing machine, furniture in my bedroom and there's a loo in the bathroom...)

HAHA.

Here's to a new beginning xxxxxxxx

CHANGE IS AS GOOD AS A HOLIDAY......... 

So,

 I claimed that by my 25th birthday I am going to have researched some options for my fast approaching future.... 

WELL DID SHE?

 well, that DIDN'T really happen so instead I thought I'd write a blog about how NOT to live your life.

jacketmoi.

rideyourbikekatie.

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
That's a fact, 
It's a thing we can't deny 
Like the fact that I will love you till I die. 

We are twelve billion light years from the edge, 
That's a guess, 
No-one can ever say it's true 
But I know that I will always be with you. 

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday 
So don't call me a liar, 
Just believe everything that I say 

There are six BILLION people in the world 
More or less 
and it makes me feel quite small 
But you're the one I love the most of all 


We're high on the wire 
With the world in our sight 
And I'll never tire, 
Of the love that you give me every night 

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
That's a Fact, 
it's a thing we can't deny 
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.
And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing 
And you know that I will love you till I die!

x....

a letter to my 21 year old self..

if I wrote a letter to my 21 year old self, I wouldn't warn myself of the empty calories in beer, hell no. 

I'd tell myself to listen to my mum, or that more or less your mother is kind of right. 

Well mine was. 

Get back to me when you learn that one. 

.......oh.

I'm telling you, 

I'm not giving in.

.....xxx

So the last time I published anything, the calender read September 23rd 2009. I figured after graduating nearly 4 years ago it's time to start using my brain again. 

Since graduating I moved back to Pembrokeshire to save to travel around Asia for 6 months. I ventured to Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Since enjoying the escape from Wales so much I returned back to Pembrokshire with a tan and an idea to travel to a country where I could work and thus stay longer, que Australia. 

I am actually still in Australia and have been here since November 2011. To say I am in love with this country is the worlds greatest understatement.  For anybody to call a place a home suggests it's where their heart is. Go figure. 

My year and a half in Australia has given me the opportunity to live life in a way I guess you could only relate to if you ask as many questions about yourself as I do about myself and life in general. I am a better person for every experience I have encountered and my fortune actually brings me to tears. I am one very happy girl and I am so thankful for my freedom. my lovely little simple life. 

BUT..

Unfortunately, my second year visa expires in November. This fact breaks my heart in a way I cannot explain. (Hi, I'm Australia's number one fan!) so I have set my self a goal of trying to figure out what I will do after before my 25th birthday which is on the 27th of May! 

At the moment I have 3 options:

1) a visa to enable me to stay in this country (student/sponsorship)

2 ) travel around south America/ending up in Brazil for the world cup and then flying back to the UK for the start of the academic year in September 2014. 

3) Move to another country in which I can work -  NZ/Canada. 

So before I turn 25, I am aiming to have explored all these avenues.

 I am not looking for a decision from myself but merely some research. 

it's good to dream.

But all self-searching hippie shit aside, it's Friday and I'm going to meet my best friend in the pub!

XXXX