The World According to Shawn
Monday, October 24, 2011
My birthday was last Wednesday, can't believe I am already 28 years old. I remember when 21 seemed really far away, back in the days when I couldn't legally go out to bars and clubs yet in America. It was a quiet birthday, I received two birthday cards in the mail, one from my mother and one from Lucas, then I also got two really cool ones from my housemates here in Ireland. Since it was a Wednesday night we waited until Saturday to go out. It was such a good night, as is typical here in Ireland went out with just one friend and came home having made 3 or 4 new ones.
One thing that is quite surprising to me is just how International Dublin really is. I was walking through Trinity College the other day on my way to Grafton Street and I swear in that 10 minute walk I heard at least 4 different languages being spoken. I guess I never noticed it before, cause until now I didn't spend so much time in the city centre either.
In other news Antoine is coming to visit from Korea on Friday. We have lots of stuff planned for when he arrives which may include trips to Cork, Belfast, Galway, and London in the next 2 weeks so stay tuned...
Monday, October 17, 2011
I'm writing this post from Dublin, Ireland. I've been back in Ireland for a little over 2 weeks now, and it feels really good to be back. I've had more rain in 2 weeks than I think I saw in 3 years living in California.
Dublin is quite different from Cork where I was living before, it doesn't even feel like the same country sometimes. In Cork just about everything was in walking distance, but up here this is a proper city and things are miles apart from one another. Yesterday Daragh and I took a trip to Howth and from the summit in Howth you really get a good perspective of the entire city and how massive it really is. The picture above is one that I took when we were standing on the summit looking down at a lighthouse.
I have been quite consumed with finding a job in the last 2 weeks, I kind of hit the ground running when I arrived. I will try to post more regularly in the future however as writing is still the best therapy for all my symptoms.
