Ireland - Day Three
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snoggedHere's the recap for the day!
1. We had some more lectures yesterday and the woman who came in to talk about the Counseling field in Ireland almost put me to sleep! Her voice was just so soothing. LOL. One of our fearless leaders presented to and he was much more animated even though it was a repeat of stuff that Dr. Okocha had taught me during my Social and Cultural Foundations class last summer.
2. I got to watch the film "Once" (which is set in Dublin and apparently one the Oscar for Best Song) and the music was gorgeous. The end wasn't quite what I had hoped for but it's possible that it was more realistic than the classic Hollywood ending. We also watched a short film about a boy from Japan who comes to Ireland. He taught himself Irish for six months but quickly found that wasn't the dominant language in Dublin. It was also a bit sad when he went to dinner and couldn't figure out how to use the knife and fork so he transformed them into slightly awkward metal chopsticks. He did find someone who spoke Irish though and headed off to Connemara where it's much more predominant.
3. I spent a few hours on a bridge outside Temple Bar last night, watching the water and the distorted lights and loving that more than any pint out there. Temple Bar district is damn cool though. I found a hippie shop! And got a clauddagh ring and almost bought myself some Nag Champa incense (my favorite!) but wasn't sure how well that would go through customs.
1. We had some more lectures yesterday and the woman who came in to talk about the Counseling field in Ireland almost put me to sleep! Her voice was just so soothing. LOL. One of our fearless leaders presented to and he was much more animated even though it was a repeat of stuff that Dr. Okocha had taught me during my Social and Cultural Foundations class last summer.
2. I got to watch the film "Once" (which is set in Dublin and apparently one the Oscar for Best Song) and the music was gorgeous. The end wasn't quite what I had hoped for but it's possible that it was more realistic than the classic Hollywood ending. We also watched a short film about a boy from Japan who comes to Ireland. He taught himself Irish for six months but quickly found that wasn't the dominant language in Dublin. It was also a bit sad when he went to dinner and couldn't figure out how to use the knife and fork so he transformed them into slightly awkward metal chopsticks. He did find someone who spoke Irish though and headed off to Connemara where it's much more predominant.
3. I spent a few hours on a bridge outside Temple Bar last night, watching the water and the distorted lights and loving that more than any pint out there. Temple Bar district is damn cool though. I found a hippie shop! And got a clauddagh ring and almost bought myself some Nag Champa incense (my favorite!) but wasn't sure how well that would go through customs.
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on 2009-08-13 06:43 am (UTC)Gabrielle
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on 2009-08-13 08:08 am (UTC)I spent a few hours on a bridge outside Temple Bar last night, watching the water and the distorted lights and loving that more than any pint out there.
So cool. :)
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on 2009-08-13 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-13 09:43 pm (UTC)I really liked Once. They made it for like $300,000. I got to see Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova live in concert a couple of years ago. It was fabu. :)
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on 2009-08-24 02:11 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-24 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-24 06:12 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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on 2009-08-24 06:13 pm (UTC)But I can ask for you if you want
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on 2009-08-25 03:36 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-25 05:20 pm (UTC)They make a fantastic pair :) I just wished they had gotten together at the end of the movie
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on 2009-08-25 05:20 pm (UTC)And I'm sure I'll have my picture post ready to go soon. I just have a lot to go through.