Apr
4
After one week in Ireland, I am pretty much settled. I have a nice apartment I share with two other professionals. I got back to my swimming routine, and, I also applied for a PPS number. Everything should be smooth from now on. I bought some food and other things for the bathroom. As soon as I have an bank account, which will happen sometimes next week. I will transfer my money from my French bank. I will leave my Australian dollars where they are. I do not need them for now and I will wait for the best time to convert them into Euros. In two months and half, I will be able to withdraw my superannuation funds if I want to since my contract in Australia will end as well as my visa. In fact, I will probably leave my “super” funds where they are. According to my plan, If I get a job within 6 months or a year, I really do not need them. As soon as all my banks are connected together, I will buy some new clothes since I threw away 90% of the ones I had in Australia.
It is very nice to join a fully furnished apartment like this one, Claire and Ralez, have pretty much everything I need. It is just little things that are not very costly but that would take me weeks to buy and bring home. Even if the shopping center is only 15 min away, carrying heavy stuffs home in an empty place would be painful. My room has everything and the bed is awesome! We also have fast internet and cable TV. I am the only one in the house watching TV. Claire prefers to watch TV shows on her laptop. Ralez has his own “special card” to watch special channels. In fact, we are equipped with the latest fancy technology and no one seems really interested in using them. I guess that is one nice side of professionals with money, they have everything but do not really use them. This place has 4 TVs and only 2 are being used! The cupboards in the kitchen are full and we have so many utensils. There is a nice washing machine and a dish washer with many programming options. There are tons of herbs and curry pastes to do some fancy cooking!