Lonely days, Lonely nights….. when am I going to be in Thailand?!?!??!?!

JAYSUS! There has to be more to life than this crap.

Getting up in the morning, driving to work, pushing paper all day, driving home, watching TV and going to sleep. That seems to be about all I am doing lately and I am getting more and more frustrated by the whole thing.

Doom and gloom everywhere.

Something will have to drastically improve for me to stay in Ireland long-term. There is NOTHING that makes me want to stay.

But what are the alternatives? That is something that I have to address in the next few weeks. It is easy to criticise and complain and “far away hills are always greener” but at some stage you just have to accept your lot and get on with it. My problem is that I am in limbo now and I have not accepted that I will stay in Ireland. When I moved home I promised that I would give myself over 1 year to see how I would settle back into Ireland. I have only been home 6 months but I think it is fair to say that I have not settled at all.

My disillusionment may not just be down to Ireland. It could be something to do with a mid-life crisis! I am 36 years of age, I have 5 properties in 2 different countries, I am not married, I have no kids and I have moved house 8 times in 1 and half years. I have tried early retirement and got bored after a few months. I have lived abroad and got restless. I came home to Ireland and I’m bored…….. Am I hard to please or what?

Looking at things in the cold light of day I think I have to admit that I am not going to remain working for others for much longer. I think I will end up working for myself in some capacity but my income will not be very high. I think I can accept that on the basis that I am really enjoying my work and my life. It is more likely that I will set-up business on my own in Thailand rather than Ireland. Problem now is to identify the type of business I will set-up and then go for it completely.

Nang has completed her final exams after over 2 years study and hopefully she will get the result she deserves. She put in a huge effort and studied really hard so I hope she gets her reward for the effort. She is also starting her driving lessons this week so that she can drive when she is in Ireland.

Stock Market is still taking a pounding and I am seriously thinking of buying some financial stocks now. I’m just not sure how I will go about it. I dont want to pay a whole pile of fees to a stockbroker and would like to be able to buy and sell the shares myself online.

Bertie the Teflon Taoiseach is still getting away with all his dodgy financial dealings. It is quite scary that we have voted in this gangster 3 times already!! We deserve what we vote for! THe thing that annoys me most is that he has managed to get away with all this time by saying that he would explain everything at the tribunal. BUt he explained nothing. He is a liar and a gangster and if we are serious about our politics its about time that we ridded the country of people like him.

I am also disappointed that the Green Party have just folded so easily. This will hurt them in the long run.!

Ireland lost to France in the rugby and their performance was a little better but still not up to their potential. Eddie O’Sullivan is still coming up with excuses but I think all his moaning and complaining is just avoiding the fact that he didn’t get the team to perform. The IRFU should not have given him a 4 year contract before the World Cup. He should have been judged on his performances and then offered a new contract. As it stands now I think that he should be given the bullet but they probably wont do it now cause it would cost them too much.

I thought of a great banner for the match against Argentina. “Give Eddie the Rocket – there aint no finer whiner”.

United are still second in the league but were knocked out of the Carling Cup!

I have been working on my little web project recently but it is taking longer than I hoped or expected. I hope I can push it along faster and no doubt I will be doing some chasing of the developers when I am over in Thailand.

Very little developments on the techie front – I am getting out of the habit of surfing the net when I get home…..

Its all about the West Wing now – that’s the peak of my entertainment these days.

All the negative sentiment regarding the economy is starting to take hold. Shares are taking a battering. Property prices are going down. There is more and more talk about a recession. Voluntary redundancies are in the news – how long more before these are forced redundancies?

Now is the time to take stock of things and there will probably be some decent investment opportunities. To be honest, the dog in the street was getting involved in the property market and it was bound to take a hit. When taxi drivers start telling you about all their investment properties then its time to wake up.