Yip thats right, its been over a year since I wrote anything on this space! I can't believe how time got away on my when really I haven't been doing that much. So what HAVE I been doing in the past year??? Well still at the same job - a lab technician. Unfortunately the job I used to love is no longer and instead I'm pretty bored by it now as its no longer challenging. So am I going to change my job soon you may ask... well YES I AM! In fact in about 5 to 6 months I'm planning to head to Canada to be a ski bum and work at a ski field over there. Its always been something I've wanted to try so I thought I should do it before I got too old and decrepid and couldn't get into the country under a working holiday scheme anymore (gotta get there before my 31st birthday!). So I'm pretty much just biding my time job-wise until I head overseas. Hopefully after the ski season I'm thinking I might head down the west coast of the US and then go into Central then South America. I've been managing to travel around the South Island of New Zealand a fair amount while I've been working. It's always nice to get away even if its only for a couple of days to have a bit of a change of scenery. This last weekend I went over to the West Coast for an event they call the Wild Foods Festival. Its a day of crazy food and costumes and just sitting around and chilling really. Absolutely loved it! I tried huhu grubs (a kind of beetle larvae), snails (although I'd tried them before), crocodile - which tasted a lot like tough chicken meatand I tried some perogies from the Canadians that were there. There were other things there that I didn't try like sheeps testicles, bull penis sausage, possum pie and worm truffles! Maybe another year. Well I'm off to try and organise my life and get a new passport so i can apply for my Canadian Visa. So to all you Canadians out there I may be emailing you soon and saying 'remember me' and 'how comfy is your couch?'