SCREW YOU Valentines Day. Screw you for making me feel that it's not OKAY to be single. Screw you for dragging up memories of past arguments and heart breaks, of money splashing and silly mistakes. Screw you, my profession, for creating a purely commercialised monolith, benefiting from relationship tensions and far fetched ideas. I ask you this, how many relationships have you broken rather than mended? How many lonely hearts have you made even lonelier? Well you know what, SCREW YOU Valentine's Day and singling everybody out. I LOVE EVERYBODY. Happy every day xx

"What did you want to be when you were younger?"

I wanted to be many things. I spent most of my childhood dreaming I was a power ranger, but I couldn't write that in my class book so I just lied and said 'nurse' because my Mum was one. 

When I reached double figures I wanted to be a vet, because I loved animal hospital (Rolf harris not so much) but then when I  watched vets in practice, I found out just how many years that  would take, so I decided against that. 


During the  years after, I went from graphic designer, to interior designer, to law, to engineer, to product designer, to architect, back to engineer, and then finally decided on a role in business. 


(If I'm honest I'd still love to be that White Power Ranger though.. ) 

A few edited snaps from my trip to cambodia

Location:Cambodia

We've the whole world at our feet. It's up to us how we walk there.

Library. Where I spend most of my days at the mo.

The epitome of relaxation.

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

I just had to upload this. I'm not a fan of aquariums but this video is memorizing. Give it some time to upload before you play, otherwise it won't be smooth. Make sure you full screen it, and if you can, put it on a large screen! I wish I could have this on loop and on my wall.

Also, I recommend the wallpaper:  bit.ly/​19rTC5

day two - a photo of yourself a year ago.

Perhaps not a year ago to the day, but this was me just over a year ago, a few days before new year whilst I was back home and out in Belfast with a few guys from school. Not sure if I've changed much from here looks-wise. My hair's a bit shorter I guess. But not much else!

Day one of photo doofer

day one - your facebook profile photo.

A picture of me and my older Sister. We were so close growing up and after a few years of drifting apart slightly, we've made huge steps to being closer, especially over the christmas holidays. This was the day after boxing day, WKD was on offer, hence me drinking that and not my regular cider. (promise!)

Woops..

 First of all, I have to say a huge sorry for fading majorly in my quest for a photo a day ! I got ill over christmas and newyear and subsequently forgot to take photos... and then kind of gave up. I have a few more to share mind you but will have to remember to upload them! So.. I'll probably just carry on the numbers as if nothing changed.

Anyhoo, new game for now! 

day one - your facebook profile photo.
day two - a photo of yourself a year ago.
day three - a photo of you.
day four - a photo of the last place you went on holiday.
day six - a photo that makes you laugh.
day seven - a photo of someone you love.
day eight - a photo of your best friends.
day nine - a photo of your family.
day ten - a photo of you as a baby.
day eleven - a drunk photo of you.
day twelve - a photo that makes you happy.
day thirteen - a photo of you standing up.
day fourteen - a photo of you at the last party you went to.
day fifteen - a photo of you and someone you love.

Reflection

For me, 2010 was a strange year. I had no really major events (apart from stepping foot on US soil for the first time) but with regards to character building it was huge! My new years resolution last year was to become more assertive, start looking out for me, stop feeling bad for saying 'no' to people. And while it took me many months to make progress I think I’ve finally gotten somewhere. I finally came to the realisation that I constantly make the mistake for falling for guys I shouldn't, who make me feel like crap, and that’s a key reason for me feeling down about myself. But I finally know now who my friends are and that’s huge for me.

2011 will be a big year no matter what. Three 21st birthdays in the family and a 50th. My sister’s wedding, my graduation and finding my first real job. I can’t wait to graduate.

New Years resolution? ORGANISE MYSELF. STOP PROCRASTINATING. KNUCKLE DOWN AND FINISH WELL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

NI Water Make A Boob.

During the lead up to the Christmas Period, Northern Ireland experienced some of the coldest conditions on record, with temperatures plummeting to -18 degrees in Castlederg and the worst snow fall for 25 years. Christmas morning for me was a chilly -16 degrees. Fast forward 24 hours and Boxing day was a positively tropical 6 degrees. However, as the temperatures rose, burst pipes from the freeze began to drain reservoirs of their stores, commencing the nightmare for NI Water.

Tonight, Peter Robinson condemned NI's response to the fiasco, labelling it as "shambolic" and "ineffective". More than 6,000 homes tonight remain without running water and NI water is having to rotate its supply to some 60,000 customers. This for NI Water (NIW) is a PR disaster. What could they have done differently? Two words:

SOCIAL MEDIA

As far as I can tell, NIW is yet to take advantage of Social Media channels. What adds further insult to this fact is some clever cookie has jumped the gun and started a pseudonym on Twitter unofficially as NI Water. Under the name of 'Not Really NI Water', the do-gooder is not only helpfully tweeting updates from NI Water themselves but highlighting the fact that NIW are nowhere to be seen.

 All NIW engineers carry mobile phones. All engineers therefore have the ability to send a simple update via sms, detailing progress made or update those areas with or without water in real time, turning this experience into something slightly less sour. Instead, some have been without water for 12days with no idea of when it will be restored. Others have had intervals between water supplies, resulting in timid use of taps for fear of causing an airlock in the system. Burst pipes were inevitable, we all knew this. However by keeping the public in the dark NIW has somewhat signed their own fate.

The damage has been done in this case and it looks like the only way out of the fiasco is to embark on a complete overhaul on how NIW is funded and operated. This is a prime example of how simple it could have been to keep the public on-side. The money required to change NIW's reputation back round in comparison to the pennies required to update a twitter account is, well, sad to say the least.

Day Twelve... Christmas Day.

Day Eleven... Christmas Eve Stayed indoors...

Day Ten... I braved it, and it was Beautiful.

Day Nine... It's Too Cold to Venture Outside. Window View will do.

Day Eight... Home, and can Finally Enjoy the snow.

Day Seven... Happiness is...

Day Six