Model Katy French is hospitalised

Yesterday morning I turned on the radio to hear that top Irish model Katy French had been rushed to Our Lady's Hospital in Navan after collapsing at a friends house party in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the radio she seems to have been quite bad and in intensive care. Katy only recently celebrated her 24th birthday with a big bash in Krystal nightclub in Dublin. Speculation has been mounting as to what has happened to the Irish model. Could it have been something to do with cocaine? As she has recently admitted to taking the drug when she was 19 years old.
This comes as a shock to everyone as Katy seemed to have been in good health recently when she took part in RTE reality show 'Celebrities Go Wild' which involved her taking part in difficult challenges such as bungee jumping.
This morning I heard that her condition worsened overnight and that her family are maintaining a vigil by her bedside. Friends from the modelling world and also 'Celebrities Go Wild' have expressed their shock at what has happened and have wished Katy a speedy recovery.

Sweet Sixteen!

A friend told me recently that one of the boys in our old school was having a massive sweet sixteenth birthday party in local nightclub Silence. For those of you who don't know what the fuss is about, it is the fact that it is being recorded by MTV. And for those of you who don't know what the programme is about, it is mainly about 16 year olds throwing strops at their party and receiving cars as birthday presents from their parents.
When I heard about this party I couldn't get over it as I hear it's costing more than €20,000! We, the Irish, seem to always want to outdo the Americans! I also hear that popstar Rihanna was supposed to play at it, although due to do her busy schedule she's unable to so Snow Patrol were roped in instead!
The birthday boy himself is due to wear a purple suit with his guests wearing white. The whole town seems to know bits and pieces of things that are going to happen at the party with my cousin telling me that the birthday boy himself is taking dance lessons so he can perform at the party! This sure seems to be one party that cannot be missed!!

Ceol agus Craic!!

Every year around the 7th December, in my old secondary school, we used to have a big Céili. An equal number of boys and girls tickets were distributed every year with some people left disappointed as the tickets were like gold! Unforunately, this year I won't be taking part as I have officially left the school! I would particularly like to go this year as it is the 30th Céili in the school. The Céili normally starts at 9pm and finishes at 12 midnight. With the live band playing 'The Walls of Limerick' and the like, and 3 hours non-stop dancing it sure does get you into shape for Christmas!
Although the Céili sounds old-fashioned, everyone in the school enjoys it immensely and looks forward to it every year. This event looks set to continue many years to come as long as Gerry and PJ (Irish teachers) are still in the school!!

Poor Heather Mill's leg falls off in 'Dancing with the Stars'

Poor Heather Mills! Can her life get any worse? Between her marriage split from Paul Mc Cartney and her leg falling off on live TV what more can go wrong?!

The best holiday I've ever had!

The best holiday i've ever had took place over 3 weeks. I clearly remember leaving my house at 3am on the 28th of June 2005 and made my way to Dublin airport for a flight to Los Angeles. This was my longest holiday and I sure was looking forward to it, apart from the bus journey, although I knew I would miss good old Dundalk!
The flight to Los Angeles was long-11 hours, but enjoyable. We flew with Virgin Airlines and were fed almost every 2 hours! And I must say the food was actually really nice. When we arrived in LAX airport I couldn't believe the heat, it nearly killed me! It seemed as glamorous as i thought it would be as limo's pulled up every few minutes at the airport. But as we made our journey through the city to get to were we were staying I nearly cried at the sight of some of the places as there were a lot of homeless on the streets. It sure was no Beverley Hills!
Finally we arrived at our hotel and who did I meet at breakfast the next morning only one of the boys in my class at school and about 20 other people from Dundalk!! I knew they were going as I heard the week before but it felt surreal as we were so far away from Dundalk!
While we were in LA, we saw Beverley Hills, went to Hollywood (where we saw Magic Johnson and rapper Omarion), Universal Studios (what a brilliant place!) and Disneyland. We also drove down Sunset Boulevard!
Our next stop was the Grand Canyon, which was the most spectacular view in the world. From there, we flew on a 20 seater plane over the canyon to Las Vegas. There's not much to do during the day as the heat is unbelievable but we did venture out to the pool a few times! Nightime is amazing though. We went to watch a show and saw the amazing hotels/casinos and also saw the dancing fountains.
Next we made our way to San Francisco. This was my least favourite place and it was quite cold so I had to buy a coat! There wasn't an awful lot to do apart from taking pictures of the Golden Gate bridge and a few museums.
Then we made our way back to LA passing through Malibu-it was amazing! We saw all the mansions and we were told to look out for Pamela Anderson running along the beach!!! In LA we said our goodbyes to all the Dundalk people who were heading home after their 2 weeks but we had decided to stay on for an extra week. From LAX, we flew to Seattle to see my Auntie,Uncle and Cousins. We stayed there for 3 days and saw all that had to be seen such as the Seattle Needle. After our short stay there, we flew from Seattle to New York. There we saw all the sights such as Ground Zero, the Empire State building,the Statue of Liberty and went for a spin on a speed boat! Unfortunately as it was so hot I didn't get to do much shopping. Maybe next time! After 3 weeks being away from home I sure was delighted to get back on that plane to Dublin!

X Factor

I don't know about you but I'm finding the X Factor dull this year. Maybe it's the contestants aren't as good as last year, maybe it's the new judge Danni Minogue or maybe it's the new host Dermot O' Leary. There's no one on the show near as good as previous winners Shayne Ward or Leona Lewis. Oh and what is up with Rhydian? Yes that's his name! I've always been a fan of the show but no one really stands out this year. Nikki, a mother of two and mentored by Louis Walsh, has quite a powerful voice but would she be able to cope with a hectic lifestyle and motherhood?

Poor Sharon has no acts left in the competition with the other judges having 2 acts each left. In my opinion Louis Walsh is nearly always right in what he says. He may always look and act like a fool but look at the successful acts he has managed: Westlife, Shayne Ward, G4, Girls Aloud and Boyzone. That sure is a lot of number 1's and cash in his back pocket!

Check out Rhydian in this video if you haven't seen him before! He's only 24 but looks much older. To me, he looks scary! And no that is not his normal hair colour!!

Croker here I come!!

When I heard earlier in the year that Westlife would be playing Croke Park in the Summer of 2008 I couldn't wait! Seeing as Croke Park can fill 80,000 people I wanted to have the best seat in the stadium so I kept checking ticketmaster to see if details were announced. Then, over three weeks ago the date was finally announced-June 1st 2008. Ever since, I've been checking ticketmaster for tickets for the hottest concert of 2008! On Wednesday morning, I got my hands on front row standing tickets for the golden circle right on front of the stage! I couldn't believe it! All I can say now is roll on the 1st of June!! I'm Already There!!



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