The World According to Shawn

Friday, July 20, 2007

My friend Josh visted me for 5 days last week, it was the first time that I have seen him since last summer when I was in Boston. Ireland was the first stop on his European tour, which will see him making stops in 7 more countries. During his time here he saw alot of the city and spent alot of time enjoying the Irish pub life. he flew out of Cork airport on Tuesday on his way to London, I wish that I was going on his trip with him. Some of the places he is going, have been on my list for a long time.

The weekend before Josh arrived I went to Killarney in the west of Ireland with a group of students from work. The students were from a school in France called Compagnon du Devoirs, it is located about 100 km from Paris. It was an interesting day, because my french is very minimum and their english was even worst if possible at all. I had to communicate alot based on facial expressions and body language which is something most Americans aren't familiar with, as we have a very verbal society. I had a great time with them, and as a result i think I made a few new friends even though we don't speak the same language. However I am working on changing that. I started french lessons a few weeks ago at the Alliance Francais, I'm not convinced it is the best action yet, I think what i will have to do is spend a significant amount of time in a french speaking country in order to become fluent.

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"...my french is very minimum and their english was even worst if possible at all." -Rashawn Haynes

French
English
minimal
worse

English major???

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Anonymous : 3:54 PM

Dick! did I spell that right? and I hope I used it in the right context. Math Major!

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Shawn : 8:41 AM