6 months to kill - suggestions?

irishpacker

Evenin' all!


What would you do if you had 6 months free with a guaranteed good job waiting at the end of the period???


Right, I'll be finished college at the start of June (ahh! Real world!!!) and I have a career-wise job 99% confirmed to start in January of 2010... So basically I have 6 full months from mid June till mid December to go and travel/work/have a mad adventure! And I'm just interested in hearing your ideas if you were in my situation???



Things to bear in mind:
- Been lucky enough to have done the US and Canada in my youth, so not interested.

- Not interested in a J1 visa/Aussie visa booze cruise/crappy job type holiday.

- I want to do something mad and aventurous! While bearing in mind that I don't really have a lot of money to start off with so I'll probably have to work for a bit... but sure I'd like to do that in another country anyway!


Right, fire away with your suggestions!!!

AlmightyCushion

Phew.

*wibes brow*

I thought you were going on a killing spree and were looking for suggestions for some victims.

*walks off and crumples up list*

Actually you could do that.

Doctor DooM

Moving as nothing to do with being up late or anything spooky.


Enjoy!

artanevilla

Catch all 150 pokemon.

MizzLolly

You could grow two thirds of a baby!

Fizman

irishpacker wrote: »

- I want to do something mad and aventurous!

1. Run around the streets screaming "Ah haha hahaha, I have a career job starting in 2010 and I have 6 months of worry-free bliss to burn before I get there".

2. For the entire 6 months, wear a placard saying "I LOVE FF".

3. Combine suggestion 1 with suggestion 2.


THAT would be mad and adventurous!

Pen1987

Spend it realising that that 1% figure is highly likely to grow in the next six months. In fact it probably multiplied in the last 6 hours after Cowen's little chat.

irishpacker

I think I'm in the wrong forum!

mp3guy

Dole agus d'ól

CDfm

Lie about college and get a McDonalds job.

Biggins

I must be tired and stupid - I honestly thought I was reading for a sec' you had 6 Moths to kill!!!
I was like "What the heck???"

Yep, I'm losing it!

anonymous_joe

Learn self-defence through street dancing.

Biggins

Seek out "The Island" - go ask Leo!

minidazzler

So Brian Cowen is on your list of people to Kill right?

And Mary Harney you could have fun killing that whale!!!

CDfm

buy an anorak and get a monthly unlimited bus ticket for dublin bus taking all the buses on the roots -until you comple all the stops.

MIN2511

1. Go to Africa
2. Go travelling in Europe
3. Play poker
4. Watch Porn
5. Travel around Ireland: go to all the counties! Spending your dole money

KIVES

Man, the way things are going at this moment in time - I wouldn't puzzle yourself too much over how best to fill your time...You say you've got the guarantee of a job next January- I know I'd start by grinning inanely and come Halloween I'd reassess my 'options'...to grin even more inanely or just tone it down a level - perhaps a long knowing snigger in the run up to Christmas - the world really is your oyster man...

CDfm

forget about personal hygene until you start you new job

jimmycrackcorm

I would start with killing small stuff like ants and work your way up to killing elephants and whales. 6 months should give you enough practice.

MrMiyagi

Hello,

You could buy a one month interrail pass to travel around Western Europe. Stay in cheap hostels while locking your valuables in safety lockers at train stations.

For the second month do Eastern Europe but dont buy an interrail pass for Eastern Europe as the rail fares are dirt cheap.

Then you could consider Thailand where you could live on 200 a month. Do a tefl if you want to work there.

I think it takes 6 months after leaving college to get the dole but you can get if you lie about that. But the welfare crowd are checking everything now.

Good luck

CreepingDeath

irishpacker wrote: »

What would you do if you had 6 months free with a guaranteed good job waiting at the end of the period???

Ah the naivity... thinking a job offer was guaranteed in times like this.

Overheal

Why not go explore mainland europe? Or you could do some charity work in Africa.

CreepingDeath

Invent something and then go on "Dragons Den".

kowloon

Get your postcount to ub3r133t levels. Or not.

Overheal

kowloon wrote: »

Get your postcount to ub3r133t levels. Or not.

.....done. Now what?

kowloon

Overheal wrote: »

.....done. Now what?

Contemplate the meaning of enlightenment as you ascend to a higher level of conciousness and become a being composed entirely of interwebs.

Sam Vimes

invent the toaster. No one's invented that yet have they?

Agent Smith

Overheal wrote: »

.....done. Now what?

Seppuku yourself

Adam

Agent Smith wrote: »

Seppuku yourself

harsh...but fair.

eagle eye

In this order.

1. Do a bunjy jump
2. Do a parachute jump.
3. Sky dive

and when you think you have scared the bejaysus out of yourself with them, try whitewater rafting.

Enjoy and I hope you come back alive.

here.from.day.1

Hibernate?

mukki

just get a job for the 6 months. ya bum



even if you only get €300 a week you could easliy save over 5 grand if your living at home.

Wossack

bounce a ball as many times as you can in 1 month, then try and beat that score over the following months

CDfm

become a birdwatcher and start a blog

neacy69

CDfm wrote: »

become a birdwatcher and start a blog

or Become a Burdwatcher and start a horn.....

eddhorse

After all these absurd answers...

Its obviously going to be a mad adventure relating to travelling !.
You will need money first , so job is needed !
After that I would recommend china which is cheap.
I had a blast there last year.
I would also recommend thailand which is cheap.

Hard to be adventurous without money !

CDfm

Pen1987 wrote: »

Spend it realising that that 1% figure is highly likely to grow in the next six months. In fact it probably multiplied in the last 6 hours after Cowen's little chat.

Didnt think of that. So much optimism for a guaranteed job- when all are worried about loosing theirs's.

Slidey

eagle eye wrote: »

In this order.

1. Do a bunjy jump
2. Do a parachute jump.
3. Sky dive

and when you think you have scared the bejaysus out of yourself with them, try whitewater rafting.

Enjoy and I hope you come back alive.

All done...

Sky dive/parachute jump.. They really not one and the same?

Thats 2 days covered... only another 178 to work out

ScumLord

Visit the largest and smallest populated places in every country of the EU.

S.I.R

whore yourself out...

change your middle name to Roxanne :rolleyes:

Caoimhín

OP, how about doing some charity work. Maybe you could sign up to travel abroad for six months or a year to teach English in a developing country?

DonkeyStyle \o/

Go to Azeroth for a few months, it's great, they've got horse riding, archery, arts and crafts... and you'll get to meet lots of interesting people.

Sea Sharp

Invest in narcotics.

dunnomede?

Become diagnosed with a terminal disease thus negating any reason to plan six months or even six weeks ahead?

try and stay awake for 1 minute longer each and every day. by the end of six months, you'll need 3 hours less sleep than you do now. going out midweek will be a walk in the park.

ThunderCat

Take up Golf. Ireland has some of the best golf courses in the world. Thats what id be doing. We also have the best drink in the world - Guinness - so id also be slaughtering pints of that between rounds too.

Alternatively you could take up internet poker. Play on the free sites for 6 months and then when you finally have money from your job to play games for cash, you will be a complete shark and will be cleaning up so much so that you'll have a 2nd income. That recession beating advice if ever i heard it.

javaboy

ThunderCat wrote: »

Alternatively you could take up internet poker. Play on the free sites for 6 months and then when you finally have money from your job to play games for cash, you will be a complete shark and will be cleaning up so much so that you'll have a 2nd income. That recession beating advice if ever i heard it.

The only thing virtual money poker is good for is learning the rules. You can't learn to play until there's real money involved.

ah no, everyone cares about play money.. like i wouldn't go all in if i didn't at least have a high card 9.

ronnie3585

Breed Pandas.

Everyone loves Pandas.

Nappy

Go immediatly.....

Reganio 2

irishpacker wrote: »

- I want to do something mad and aventurous!

Drive a Dublin Bus in Tallaght