Ireland - Bright Colored Houses

If you don't take a time to really think about it, you probably just think "oh, what a nice color" when you look at the buildings in Ireland. Or you might not even bother noticing that these buildings are of different colors because you are dying to reach your target destination when you walk in the rain. Or when you're rushing to school. Why are the buildings colored brightly? It's because everything around those buildings are grey. I'm...

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Ireland - Baileys Chocolate Sticks

If you have some exposure to alcoholic drinks, you'd surely hear about Baileys. If not, Baileys is the mixture of Irish cream and whiskey. The first whiskey ever licensed was in Ireland, making Baileys a must-try thing when you're in Ireland. Of course, that is if you don't have any dietary or religious restrictions.  You can purchase a bottle of Baileys in many countries, and the taste will still be the same. For me, I think it's cool...

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Ireland - Cliffs of Moher

This post is long overdue. We went there the second weekend after we arrived in Ireland. Some of my friends went to the tourist center located close to where we are living (we are 5 minutes away from the city center!) and discovered a cheap tour package to the Cliffs of Moher with the Paddy Wagon.  Before we reached the Cliffs of Moher, we stopped at the Bunratty Castle to take some pictures, and also to switch bus. The castle was surprisingly...

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Ireland - Polish food

It's funny how I started eating Polish food when I'm in Ireland. Well, it just happened that there was a groceries shop exclusively selling Polish food. The only Polish food I know was pierogi (which my American friend used to correct me because I said it wrong; she said it should be "puh-ro-gi" but later on Google Translate I proved myself pronouncing it correctly back then). I looked around the shop and found so many things I don't recognize,...

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Ireland - 10 Surprising Things that I Noticed

I thought I would see continual grey sky during my stay in Ireland but for the past 2 weeks I have been enjoying the radiating light of the sun. Maybe I'm just lucky. Beautiful morning scene right in front of my current housing This is my first visit to Ireland, and none of my direct family member had been in Ireland before. Well, here are 10 things that I find surprising because of the expectations I held about Ireland before I came here: 1....

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Random - Chibi Maker

The reason why I keep being active on Facebook is not because I like stalking people, but because you never know what kind of information you can find on the newsfeed. Cute, dont' you think? Well, this doesn't really portray me except for my favorite red winter coat and my hairstyle, but you're always free to make up whatever character and style as you wish. Try the program here: http://gen8.deviantart.com/art/Chibi-Maker-1-1-346025144 You...

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Ireland - Titanic Tea

I will admit that for 23 years I did not bother knowing that the famous Titanic ship was built in Belfast, Ireland. All I ever remember from the movie was Jack, Rose, and the iceberg. I think that is rather understandable considering that I watched Titanic when I was in 3rd grade and the Internet was still a sci-fi concept that has yet to realize. Well, at least in Indonesia. Years have gone by and I did not have a sligth interest looking at the...

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Ireland - My new campus, UCC

Yes, this is my new campus for this period: University College Cork, Ireland. Hold on, this is a bar. Well, indeed, this is a bar. To be precise, it is a campus bar, and it is located on the second floor of the student service center. I don't have any classes held here (would be cool if there is some sort of beer appreciation class or something like that), but this is sort of my escape area on campus. They don't play loud music, the ambience...

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