Planning things to do

Everything has been a bit crazy in the last couple of weeks, so my blogs have had to take a back seat unfortunately : (   However, I have not forgotten about either of them.


Have booked my learn to Henna Tattoo session with a friend (which won't be for a few months) and have found out someone I know investigates sites that have had ghostly goings on.  I have told him about my project and he has said he is willing for myself and a friend to go along to one in June : )  How exciting!!! I still haven't started the Mandarin, but have some spare hours Tuesday, so I will be looking at that and my Web Design Course then. 


Other possible things I may be signing up for could include: Roller Skiing, a basic single lesson learning how to fly a plane, a helicopter ride, a hat making course.  There are so many exciting things out there and sites like Groupon make it a lot more reasonable in price to do : )


I am also going to be using e-how too (a free site where professionals teach you how to do all sorts of things).  I had a brief go at learning to do an Irish Dancing reel, so I might try and learn some more.  I once cut a friend's hair (she knows who she is, lol) using the original site Expert Village to give me a step by step guide - if I can cut someones hair using the site, anything is possible.


I have told some more friends about my ideas and I might land up getting a load of people involved in trying new things - this could be the exciting project I have been looking for. 


Also if I didn't tell you before, my new background is images of creativce things I've done or been involved in previously.  I have also just changed my title to Firsts Before Thirty, as it is more fitting to this 6 month project.


Until the next instalment...

1. Learning Mandarin (or attempting)

Firstly, like in my other blog, apologise for lack of writing.  Computer sick, so no writing for me : (


I have just paid and signed into my 12 month course of Mandarin.  I decided to go for this language as I used to study Italian, French and Latin and wanted to try something different.  I have also always wanted to go to China, so I also thought this might be useful for some future trip.


I won't start learning it tonight as it's late and I'm tired, but paying for it and signing in is definitely the first step : )  I have also paid for a 12 month Web Development course, a 2hr course in Henna Tattooing and I am already thinking of other things to do (possibly Rollerskiing : p).  It's so exciting and I can't wait to start trying new things : )


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Yonks after writing this post, I have finally started Mandarin.  So far I have done a few sessions and I am really enjoying it. My biggest problem with my course is my computer does not like the bit where the course needs to access the microphone, so I am unable to do any speaking tests yet, which is quite annoying.  However, I have started completed some of the games for the first section and I am doing well : )

The inspiration...

For anyone that has been reading my Route to Thirty blog, this is kind of a side blog to that even though it could be read completely separately.  Due to being thirty at the end of this year, I have been re-accessing my lifestyle and things I do.

The idea of this blog is to find new skills (if you hadn't guessed from the title, lol).  The reason:  I was working on Lord of the Dance recently and saw one of the Wardrobe women learning to Irish dance when she wasn't working.  It looked like so much fun and reminded me of all the hobbies and interests I have slowly given up (many down to Theatre, as the unsocial hours and long days make it hard to do anything, let alone see friends and family). The other thing that triggered it was my friend @CaraNeedsHelp said she had read my blog and liked it, but asked if I was going to set myself any aims.  Thinking about her comment and me watching the Irish dancing the other day made me think, why don't I try and find some new skills.

I have previously done lots of random things including: Air Guitaring to compete to be a finalist for Ireland; cut my friends hair using an online guide; completed Go Ape (even though I am not very good at heights) and used to do Ju-Jitsu.  I have no idea how this blog is going to turn out, but I am willing to try and find new skills to try, to push my boundaries and maybe even something interesting to add to my CV (also if Karl Pilkington can do new things, so can I!).  At the moment, this blog will run up to my thirtieth birthday too, but we will see how it goes.  

And so it begins...