Ireland – missed
The following is a list of the things that I miss when I am not living in Ireland Friends and Family – for sure this is the big miss. Having people to chat things through and people that know you for life. Roast dinners – Sunday roasts – homecooked. I suppose I should learn how to cook them myself! […]
Ireland – not missed
The following is a list of things that I dont like about Ireland The weather – and most importantly the unpredictability of the weather. Yesterday I was planning on going for a walk and got all dressed up to head out. Just when I got to the door it started to rain. Then I started to dress down and have a coffee and it stopped raining. It is annoying – you cant plan anything in advance. […]
Thailand – not miss
I will not miss the following: The smell – walking down the street you can just get hit by awful smells. The open sewers (klongs) are rancid. Driving on the wrong side – they wonder why there are so many road accidents in Thailand? I’ll tell you one major reason! People drive down the wrong side of the road. They are too lazy to go a little further and do a U-turn so instead they drive on the inside lane on the WRONG side. In the dark it is very difficult cause you just see a white light coming from where it shouldnt be coming from! […]
Settling back
I knew that it wouldn’t be easy to settle back into things here but i didnt think it would be this difficult! […]
Back in Ireland
I arrived back in Ireland late on Monday evening, 5th March 2007 […]
Learning the Thai Language
Thai is not an easy language to learn but it is definitely worth investing the time to learn some basics! During my time in Thailand I put a lot of effort into learning the Thai language. I am not fluent but I can hold a pretty decent conversation with people. In my first year the return on investment was immense. For each hour I was spending learning Thai I would get huge enjoyment from using what I learned in day to day life. However, the more I studied the more the enjoyment faded. […]
