Been rushed off my feet since my last journal entree at with school work at Business College. And soon, at the beginning of December, I’ll be starting a 3 month internship at an Accounting firm, near where my parent live, as a trainee accountant, which means I'll be moving back home for the duration. And if I do well and learn quickly, I may even get a permanent job at the end of my internship!

So I hope I’m able to cope with all the demands of my new profession, as this would be my ideal work place coz its close enough to home the drive back and forth everyday and although it will be a part time job for most of the year but fulltime during the busier times. And even a part time job as a qualified accountant, I’ll be earning more than I do now at my present profession as a gardener full-time! Also this new job would be less stressful on my physique, than my present profession. And this last summer was the culmination of all my physical ailments!

Coz not only did I have my usual foot problem from walking several km’s a day in trainers/wellies but my knees started aching something terrible, from kneeling down umpteen times an hour, but despite this pain I kept going coz I needed the money for college, and medicated myself with painkillers. But when my back eventually went out, with just 5 days before I was to go back to college, I had to take sick leave for the remaining 3 days of work, coz my back was completely jammed up! My doctor prescribed some really strong painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication and I was still very stiff and in a lot of pain when I started college but after about a week on the medication, the pain started to ease off a little, so I could at least sit in class without too much discomfort. So if I ever needed proof, that it’s high time for me to change my profession for something less physically demanding, than this summer was confirmation of that fact!

The last couple of months of college I was busy with a project for my digital camera course where I had to come up with series of photos, taken by yours truly with my own digital camera, and make up a story line with a script and present it before the class and I came up with the idea of my cat Robbie on a hunting trip! I took loads of photos during October and November and ended up using about 23 of them for my PowerPoint presentation and here's a few of my favourites shots that I took:-

Robbie waking up



Sitting on the patio



By the stream looking for fish



Waiting to be let back inside with his sister Marigold



I'm also eagerly waiting for U2 new album! It looks as though we won't be getting the new album until February next year at the earliest. In the mean time apart from buying the re-mastered Joshua Tree album I bought also the re-mastered Boy album. I’m hoping someone will get me the re-mastered October and War albums for Christmas or least that I get enough Christmas money so I can afford to buy them when I go back to college at the beginning of March! Also been following Bono's movements around the globe. Here are some of the latest pics of Bono from the Womens Conference in LA last October:





Oh yeah, looking might dapper there Bono and I have to say the short hair is finally growing on me! Although I wouldn't mind if he let it grow out just a couple more inches more!!

Edit 30.11.2008

I've just uploaded Bono's speech at said Women's conference onto a new playlist on my YouTube channel which can be viewed either by following my YouTube link on this page, I've added the playlist to my YouTube profile, or click on the below link:-

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=268042F7BD6FD323

And here's a lovely couple of pics of my guys all together for the Music Industry Trusts' Awards 2008, at the Grosvenor House Hotel held on 3rd of November 2008 in London, England.





They're all looking very well and absolutely fabulous! And I can't wait to see them all in person again soon!! I only hope that this time round U2 will finally make it to Finland on their next tour, coz I have a feeling I either won't be able to afford or have the time to go abroad!!!