Sep
15
Well in 2 hours I will take the plane to go to Manchester. Everything ended very smoothly here. I swam for the last time in the big swimming pool and I had a lot of fun. I pushed myself as hard as I could and it was awesome. I went hiking last Saturday and the weather was exceptionally good: Flickr.
Now the stress of the airport check-in! I hope everything will fit and I do not have to throw away anything or pay extra for luggage excess. My room is waiting for me in Manchester as well. Maybe with a bit of luck the internet will be up and running for me! We shall see in few hours.
Sep
13
Smooth Transition!
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So I was able to get a room even though I will arrive early in Manchester which makes things easier here since I leave right in the middle of the month. We hav found a new french girl to take over my room here in Dublin and everyone is happy. DHL came right on time today to pick up my box to deliver it to my Hall next week for 44.5 Euros. I paid 70 Euros for 3 months mail forward at the Post Office. I do not trust my flatmates here when it comes to forward mail abroad. Also Claire is about to leave and Rallez is not keen on handling others mail. I could wait for ever… The new flatmate will move part of her stuffs on Sunday afternoon and she will move in on Monday after I leave.
I will also attend my last hike n Ireland tomorrow. Let’s keep fingers crossed for the sun! It is something so hard to have here in Dublin. Unless I have to I do not think I will ever come back in Dublin. The weather is just too bad! Manchester is probably about the same but I have something to do there. Combining the bad weather and the fact I was jobless with a depressed mood, I am lucky, I survived these 6 months!
HAHA! Things that do not kill you always make you stronger!
Sep
12
24 Weeks In Ireland!
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Time goes swiftly away. No regrets, not even one second of these 24 weeks here. I took time to think. I went somewhere and looked for something else, maybe I have found it, maybe not! The future will tell. None of the hard choices I have made in my life was made in a peaceful mind set.
Sep
12
In the Mall!
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Usually I discover good songs in the shopping center, Michael Buble has two songs that are wonderful to listen to when you go shopping.
Lost and Home from Michael Buble
Sep
11
Duplicates!
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Alright, this is the VERY LAST TIME, I will ever have to make like 4 copies of my pictures in my two laptops and my two Hard Drives. As soon as I am in Manchester, I will order an online storage web space and I will put my precious data on a server. This is too stressful to carry on. I cannot rely on physical devices to handle my data. At least on these servers, they have regular backups!
Today the new and expensive tool that is supposed to reveal the god particle is all over the news. All I was looking for is the number of asian/chinese workers among the team. I do not want to be mean but I do not trust chinese researchers/post docs anymore. I believe the work is mainly copy/paste if there are more of them. Surprisingly there aren’t many Asian researchers among them. Maybe hidden somewhere in the labs.
My box is wrapped and ready to be picked up: 16 kgs! It contains my skiing suits/glasses/gloves..etc and my old laptop. I cannot find the courage to throw away this old computer. It has been with me for more than 4 years now. It is so slow compared to the other one. I am getting too materialistic. I give feelings to non animated objects!
Sep
10
The burden of my life!
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Every time I am about to move to a new place comes this feeling of an ending: everything that precedes that final week, is considered as the “last” event that I will do. Today is my last crowded Tuesday in the pool. That was great! It is funny to think few years back. I would never expect myself to be traveling that much. Was I lucky? I do not know, there is a big burden in being homeless anywhere in the world but I cannot think of doing anything else or being different. Once you start getting used to my lifestyle, you just keep on traveling and searching for happiness in a different place every now and then.
I was invited to join the next hiking event on Saturday and I already agreed. It would be my last hike as well. I hope I will get some pretty pictures. Howth, the coastal city where we will go, is one of the nicest place here in Dublin. Maybe the sun will be out?
Sep
8
Rah Rah Rah!
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I wish time goes faster. I am so impatient to be in Manchester and start something new. That’s the first lesson from this “life change operation”, it takes time! There is nothing to do here but swimming and this continuous rain is really annoying! There is no more good and new movies to watch. I think I have seen all the good movies the last 5 years!
I am waiting for the Australian Superannuation check to come next week and I hope it will be here! I am moving three days earlier than expected just so that I only pay half of the rent here. Therefor I had to request three days early arrival to my hall and it has been accepted. It was cheap anyways, only 10 GBP per extra night. I am also looking for a part time job in Manchester.
Sep
7
Big Mouth!
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I am known as a “big mouth” person when it comes to social relationship. Today, when the owner of the apartment came to talk about the bond and the conditions of my departure, her husband, herself and one of my flatmate could “enjoy” my simplistic and direct way of speaking. The tone of the conversation became immediately colder after my very first sentence: “The room is overpriced and we could not find a suitable candidate to take it”. I hate to explain to stupid people the gap between their perception and the reality. Anyways, I let my flatmate do the politically correct talking. I doubt they like me even after the explanations but none of them could contradict me…same for my flatmate who had the pleasure of witnessing my “true” nature. I bet he did not expect me to be that direct. He had a handicap, he was not saying the whole truth whereas I was simply telling the facts!
All the same to me as long as I get my 250 Euros back :). I wonder why people lie all the time even when it’s not worth anything? It is like an exercise. The more they practice the better they are! Consequently, I am not very good at it since I rarely practice this “social” game!
Sep
6
It feels Good!
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To be able to shave normally again! Bye Bye Painful Blisters! Friday relaxing evening for me. The room is clean, the drawers are empty, the box is made, and finally the transition promises to be smooth. I also sent a SMS to the owner asking for my bond. This is always something tricky to recover…we shall see. I do not mind loosing 250 Euros but I think I can have 4 or 5 nice dinners in Manchester with that money if I ever manage to recover it.
I am also exhausted because of the intense swimming workout. I do swim 36 kms a week and if I am racing the team squad like I did last week, my arms an shoulders are completely dead by the end of the week. Luckily I do not swim on Saturday, too crowded!
I cannot wait to leave Ireland. I really really hope it will not rain that much in Manchester! I know that the UK is like Ireland concerning the weather. I will see it by myself in 10 days anyways. They do have a nice high tech swimming pool there too :). That was one reason why I chose Manchester!
Sep
5
So Much Trash!
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I cannot believe I could accumulate so much trash only in 5 months and half. Nothing dramatic and nothing I will regret later though. Looks like everything fits nicely in the luggage and one box to be sent by mail next week. Let’s hope the move will be smooth. It is not hard to fly back to Dublin from Manchester. What worries me is the check from my Australian Superannuation. It has been processed since I can no longer log into my account. Will it arrive before I leave…?
The current collocation has been quite smooth like my last one in Australia with Nils. Maybe things will be better at Manchester. I chose the luxury student apartment in the city center. It consists of 4 rooms with their own bathroom and a common kitchen/living room. Maybe I can find a part time job in Manchester to prepare the next move which will fatally happen at the end.
The first thing I did yesterday after registering for my IT account at Manchester was to activate my internet connection in my future room. The best transition would be me moving there and having internet access the SAME day! This time I will have a nice cold Heineken and a huge steak in a fancy restaurant as soon as I arrive. Since it will be 5 min walk from the city center, it should be feasible!
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