Birthday Party Adventures

Shortly after returning from Christchurch Rooney and i shared milestones in our lives. His 30th birthday and my 25th. Since they are only 2 days apart we decided to combine forces (and powers) and throw a big, bad joint birthday.


We rent out a nearby bar, Brooklyn and we got heaps of platters and food. Overall we had close to thirty or so people attend our gathering which went on in to the night. It all worked out really well as because Rooney and i worked together we shared a lot of the same friends.

The sign outside the private lounge in the bar


Me and Kylie


Matt (x2) and Me and Vix


The Birthday people! Do we look any older?


The next day with some serious force i managed to make it out of the house and Matt and Megan and i went to see Arj Barker perform as a part of the Auckland Comedy festival. Arj Barker is Dave from "Flight of the Conchords" and freaking hilarious.

Things were kind of quiet after that. Sadly Rooney left to move back to Ireland in the middle of May. It crossed my mind some time ago that with all foreign friends here i was in for some sadness when they left and Rooney leaving has been quite a bummer.

I also started a course for work. I decided awhile ago that i should start doing my papers for the NZX, in case i ever decide that being an Investment adviser is the path for me. So i started my first course in May - 405N The New Zealand Stockmarket. While i'm learning heaps i'm finding i'm struggling with distance learning. We're given the text book, assigned one assignment and then have an exam at the end and that's that. You have to pass both the exam and the test to pass the course. So some of my freetime is no longer free and is now spent in the books.

Next, our trip to the Coromandel and the long weekend!