This is why today was the "Eye in the Storm".
Yesterday, I became really quick friends with my roommates and, fortunately, I requested for one of them to help wake me up by 8:30 am because I had a meeting with my professor at 9:30 am and I wanted to eat breakfast as well as not be late.
On the dot, he woke me up at 8:30 and he told me it was the third time that he woke me up but I guess the third time's the charm.
After that, we all got ready and went down to breakfast and met a couple more people from Italy and Australia.
Being in the hostel has been an unbelievable experience and I have had a joy so far. The most difficult part has been the language barrier at times. I understood it a little bit when speaking with Spanish people in Florida but seeing this can't really be expressed in words.
Instead of getting frustrated with them, I try to applaud them with the simplest of words and, when I respond, I try to use my hands to express the action that I'm trying to say. For example, I would tell someone fluent in English that I went around Dublin to talk with my professor, eat, and hang out at a local museum. In a mixed cultural group like this, I speak broken English and find myself saying 'I walked around *simultaneously show running motion with hands* Dublin today and went to natural history museum *point to it on the visitor map*'
It's been really sweet because, although I aspire to be an engineer, I have also had a love to teach others, which is why I was a math tutor at Purdue for the past three years. The three characteristics that I developed and applied were: patience, creativity, and dedication.
As for today, I made it to my meeting with my professor on-time and found out that he hadn't started his previous meeting yet but I was more than welcome to sit in on the meeting. To sum it up, I am very grateful to have had that opportunity. There were a few interesting twists in the discussion such as him using an example of Usain Bolt focused in the 100 meters to the scope of a project. Also, I imagined when he discussed about a 3D model that resembled knowledge, competence, and skill and how, in comparison, those three will be higher or lower based on the project that you are trying to attempt. However, recognize your limitations and strengths and adapt to it.
Afterwards, he had his discussion with me and my wonderful adventures around Dublin thus far. Also, we discussed about what was coming up in the next couple of weeks, what classes that I planned on taking, and different things to start taking care of before school begins.
After the meeting, I hung out with a fellow Irish friend in the program and he showed me around Dublin (and some shortcuts to get around). Also, we ate at an Irish fast food restaurant called Super Mac (not a McDonald's restaurant haha). Per suggestion, I ordered the loaded fries with mayonnaise and another sauce and it was delicious and filling.
It's been really sweet because, although I aspire to be an engineer, I have also had a love to teach others, which is why I was a math tutor at Purdue for the past three years. The three characteristics that I developed and applied were: patience, creativity, and dedication.
As for today, I made it to my meeting with my professor on-time and found out that he hadn't started his previous meeting yet but I was more than welcome to sit in on the meeting. To sum it up, I am very grateful to have had that opportunity. There were a few interesting twists in the discussion such as him using an example of Usain Bolt focused in the 100 meters to the scope of a project. Also, I imagined when he discussed about a 3D model that resembled knowledge, competence, and skill and how, in comparison, those three will be higher or lower based on the project that you are trying to attempt. However, recognize your limitations and strengths and adapt to it.
Afterwards, he had his discussion with me and my wonderful adventures around Dublin thus far. Also, we discussed about what was coming up in the next couple of weeks, what classes that I planned on taking, and different things to start taking care of before school begins.
After the meeting, I hung out with a fellow Irish friend in the program and he showed me around Dublin (and some shortcuts to get around). Also, we ate at an Irish fast food restaurant called Super Mac (not a McDonald's restaurant haha). Per suggestion, I ordered the loaded fries with mayonnaise and another sauce and it was delicious and filling.
Then, he helped me finally get a phone at a decent price and pay rate so that I can finally communicate to others around Ireland. Yay!!
Also, we went to the Natural History Museum and it was a gorgeous sight. The first room consisted of so much jewelry from as early as 750 B.C. From then on, the different rooms continued to be remarkable.
There was a row boat that looked like a tree trunk and was MASSIVE. I really wish that I could take photographs but it was not allowed in the museum. Considering that it was free, I guess I didn't have much room to complain haha. Furthermore, we saw a man that was died in a bog hundreds of years ago that still had his hair preserved and his facial features too.
It was a little creepy but I started to imagine a horror flick based on the details depicted on how he was killed. Apparently, he was killed by an axe in some way and his remains were left in the bog. In case you do not know what a bog is, a possible similarity could be the Florida Everglades. Apparently, it is an area where precipitation is very high and evaporation is very low.
Also, we went to the Natural History Museum and it was a gorgeous sight. The first room consisted of so much jewelry from as early as 750 B.C. From then on, the different rooms continued to be remarkable.
There was a row boat that looked like a tree trunk and was MASSIVE. I really wish that I could take photographs but it was not allowed in the museum. Considering that it was free, I guess I didn't have much room to complain haha. Furthermore, we saw a man that was died in a bog hundreds of years ago that still had his hair preserved and his facial features too.
It was a little creepy but I started to imagine a horror flick based on the details depicted on how he was killed. Apparently, he was killed by an axe in some way and his remains were left in the bog. In case you do not know what a bog is, a possible similarity could be the Florida Everglades. Apparently, it is an area where precipitation is very high and evaporation is very low.
All in all, I had a blast and, for the rest of the day, I have just been relaxing in the hostel and enjoying not being lost all around the town.
Next up is to hang out with other people tonight and start searching for an apartment tomorrow.
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