I recently went on a week long holiday to Queensland. It was delightful.

On looking through my photos, I noticed a few things that were consistent throughout.

1. Natalie was in a number of the photos. However, it seems that I prefer  photos of myself.

2. I am almost always trying to make myself look hideous. (This may be because I am ashamed of the way I look and therefore ‘cover’ it up with a joke – not the case)

3. My hair always looks like I have just gotten up. (These first two photos were taken in an Indian restaurant opposite the Q1 Building [look it up] after 7:00pm)

4. I always have food nearby.

I should remind you that Natalie is vegetarian

This thing is huge! It also looks like there's a poorly placed person in the background. This photo was taken at 'Tropical Fruit World'.

I didn't really want this one up but it shows how I eat whole melons at once!

5. I took way too many photos of the lizards that are everywhere up there.

Just as a side note:

Natalie and I noticed this sign at Currumbin (or Crumbed-bum as we affectionately call it) Wildlife sanctuary. We thought it was a little strange that they were trying to promote the well-being of animals with this small child holding it thinking “I wish it was dead so I wouldn’t have to hold it’s icky body.”

I don't think this photo will help

The latest car video blog

I have no idea how this works…

I saw this in Target a couple of days ago.

So sad.

I wonder if little girls think that Jesus has come again in the form of Zac Efron.

On the shelf next to it was a Hannah Montana one…

It’s month old news, but still very interesting… to me.

The Dubai World Map Project has been cancelled! Or as the Sheikh states; ‘put on hold’.

This multi-billion dollar project was set to transform Dubai’s coast and create a paradise fit for kings (and the extremely wealthy).
This, however has become at the very least a shipping hazard; a sand and water wasteland. The only island with any infrastructure is the Sheikh’s.

The one island that actually has infrastructure; the Sheikh's.

It was planned that the rich would buy an island out of the 300 that were to make up a map of the world.
Ships brought sand and boulders to build this monumental structure only to have it sit and rot. A breakwater was built to protect the lagoons, that are now disjointed desolate sand clumps.

Dubai construction company, Nakheel claims that it has completed 95% of the project. The island appear to be still on the market, after it was announced just yesterday that only four remain. The sale of the islands are by invitation only!

For instance, the island of Ireland was bought by 3 Irish businessmen who planned to transform their island into rolling hills with traditional island pubs. This has yet to go ahead, and it has been reported that one of those businessmen has since committed suicide.

Is this the end for Dubai’s building boom? Projects such as the half-mile high tower, announced only last year, have been canceled.
The cityscape expo, held annually, is downplaying much of Dubai’s proposed infrastructure.

According to the ‘San Fransisco Chronicle’; “no-one in Dubai is announcing to be number 1 anymore. There’s a sense that Dubai sees that they need to tone it down.”

Many of the projects were built on borrowed money or from the projected profits of the sale of oil.

Dubai property prices have plummeted 50% over the past year after it fell victim to the credit crunch. Nakheel has had to sack hundreds of its workers, downscale it’s existing projects and cancel many in planning.

Just look at the amount of reclaimed land

It will be very interesting to see just what exactly happens to Dubai over the coming years.

Will Dubailand go ahead? A theme park bigger than all the Disneyland and DisneyWorld parks put together. To be built on an area of 278km square or 3 billion square foot. It’s is proposed to include a space museum containing space shuttles and rockets and a prehistoric park using the best technology known to take you back to the time of the dinosaurs. It has so far collected $6 billion of investments and is expected to cost a total of $20 billion. It is to be built in four stages with extensions from there. It will be quite amazing.

You can see in the background a replica of Hong Kong, London, Taiwan and Shanghai.

Will the Universe go ahead? (Unlikely) This project, similar to The World, was to be made of sand islands off Dubai’s waterfront in the layout of the solar system; with planets, the sun and the moon. (Nakheel is said to head up this project, so will see what happens there)

I just got home from the supermarket and had an interesting experience I thought was quite entertaining. 

I’m cheap. I’m a uni student; I can’t afford the best. So I bought myself a  packaged garlic bread marked down to $1.20. 

When I got to the checkout I noticed that it was opened and mentioned it to the checkout person. She then proceeded to put her grubby little hand inside the opening and touch the bread. She then stated: “It’s still cold. Do you still want it?” 

I wanted to say: “who cares if it’s cold. You touched it, why would I want it!? That’s disgusting!”

But I really did want it, cause I’m cheap. So I thought it through in my mind and came to the conclusion that the oven would cook off the majority of a checkout person’s germs and I’d be fine to eat it. 

I’m yet to eat the contaminated food and will report on whether it causes me any devastation. 

End.

5 years ago I took revenge on my brother for never changing the toilet rolls.