Random Networking Like a Boss

Yeah so I was waiting on this table the other day and after talking to them for a bit I noticed that they just might have an Australian accent, so I slyly asked where they were from, already knowing where from. They stated that they were from Australia! I acted surprised and proceeded to inform them on how my room mate and I were planning on either moving out there or New Zealand. This gave them a kick.

They asked me a few questions on what my plan was when we got out there. I told them how we just wanted to get some easy jobs and have fun. They told me that if I wanted the true Australian experience that I should try and steer clear of resorts and things of that nature.

With New Zealand being so close, they get to visit it quite frequently. They said from their perspective, we should highly consider. Apparently it is simply beautiful there and the market is doing well. I also have a friend from Denmark who spent three months traveling around Australia and New Zealand saying the same thing. At this point I don't really care, I just want to do it. This is something to look back at and say: "Yeah I did that, what of it?"

My family owns two Australian Cattle dogs which are half dingo and half Collie
Here's a picture of what they look like:

StumbleUpon something

So I was on StumbleUpon the other day, just wasting time. Saw some funny stuff, saw some cool stuff, saw some weird stuff, the usual. But I happened to find this website that stated how I could live in Australia and New Zealand for free!

So i had to take a look. It stated something along the lines of "hey come do charity work for us and we will not only pay for room and board but we'll pay for your plane ticket too!" Boom, I found gold. This is just what we were looking for. I mean we would still have to find other jobs that actually pay so we can make some coin but this could drastically lower our costs. Throughout the week Brad and I plan on looking through various charity work and see which could prove to be most beneficial to our plan.

This trip is actually starting to become real so we really need to not only prepare ourselves but also our parents. Once Brad and I graduated high school we both left our parents with an empty house, Brad being the younger of two children and I being an only child. It is going to be interesting to see what their reactions are going to be like once we tell them that we are going to be moving to the other side of the globe.

Meeting Brad's parents a total of only two times I can still envision how it is going to break down. His mother will list off a plethora of items and tasks he needs to do before he can go on this venture like, snake bike resistant socks and Australian-sun repellent while his father will tell him he needs to do an excessive amount of chores around the house before he leaves.
While knowing my parents my whole life, I see it going a little something like this. My mother will break down crying, while my father will state how he was waiting for this day to come. Then a few hours of this they will both try and convince me that I'll never make it over there, in hopes that I will stay home.
In all It's going to be a very interesting experience for the both of us.

Here's a picture of a Koala:

Pull a Nike and Just Do It

My roommate and I are not leaders when it comes to actually doing something. So trying to pull off something like moving to Australia is huge. So hopefully when we put the two of us together we make a somewhat capable person.

Brad decided to live in Plymouth over the summer and even though he had to pull out of the decision I still ended up living up here with some other people. That's my reasoning over the likeliness of doing the actual move.

This is a baby kangaroo: