I've been living more than writing these last couple of weeks so I've neglected the blog quite a bit. These last few weeks have been a good mix of work and fun. At work I had to work fast enough to make up for the three weeks I'm going to be missing and the rest of the days I felt the urge to enjoy the good Irish weather while it lasts.

In the same way that May was the wettest May in the last couple of years, this summer was the driest summer too, in fact farmers in the countryside were panicking that there wasn’t any rain. We're not talking months without rain here but a mere two weeks. The weather is too hot of a topic here, whether it's cold, rainy, cloudy, sunny or humid rest assured that someone is going to complain. I must say that I enjoyed the Irish sun without the thermometer hitting the 30 degree mark so it was all great. In fact thanks to the good weather I pumped up my fitness level cycling and jogging.

Work is all good, and the best indicator of this is the fact that I don't feel the need to touch anything related to computers after work. It means I'm having a healthy dose of technology during work hours which decreases my geekiness. I've realized that since I've come to Dublin my technology page has never been updated which probably suggests that I'm working at work.

The last weekends were purely social events. Three weeks ago I went to Donegal and met some very nice people at the hostel I was staying at. Two weeks ago I had a birthday party where I had the opportunity scavenge a partly nibbled appetizer table. And this weekend my old school friend from Birmingham came over for a visit. All good fun!

The rest of the story is all about New Zealand. At last the time has come to see this country. I've done lots of reading but little planning for the holiday so I basically know what I want to do but not how. This will be a new traveling experience particularly because I'm traveling alone for a longer period of time. In these last couple of weeks I've started to rethink my self perception of being a social scarecrow considering I've been mixing quite well with new company. Let’s see what will happen in Kiwiland.

I'm leaving for New Zealand next Friday so most probably this will be the last post for the next couple of weeks. This time I'm note going to promise to upload a full travelogue of the journey on the blog because I've never managed to do so till now. Although I can't deny that I'm secretly hoping that because I've not promised to do it, I will manage to write it all and upload it here.