Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
Every nation is exceptional and the best in some categories. Which is good. In times of capitalism when everybody has to earn the most and tell best jokes, each country want to be a leader in something. You can use this fact to explain your country’s disabilities. “Maybe our streets are not safe, but being […]
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It is hard to invent the Mars spaceship or create a good marketing plan for selling swimsuits in Saudi Arabia, after a party and on just two hours of sleep. On the other hand, many companies start the work day too early, at 8am or 9am, destroying their employees natural “body clocks”. Till Roenneberg, […]
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A famous definition of globalisation is ‘the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, idea’s and mutual sharing, and other aspects of culture’. This expansion of idea’s and culture knows no boundaries, and Hip-Hop music has certainly had its part to play. From its 1970’s roots in the U.S., Hip-Hop […]
by Brian Cunningham
Holidays. Sometimes you eat chocolate eggs, sometimes proclaim independence. In 1916 Great Britain was “the empire on which the sun never sets” and had one of the biggest territories in history*. Then Ireland started what India had ended. Not only the left-sided traffic should remind us about times when these countries did not exist. The […]
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The Irish artist, Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne), released his new song which will make a lot of noise in next few years. The same as two years ago when his “Take Me To Church” music video had been watched by hundreds of people and started the global discussion about homosexual discrimination. The new song is called […]
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It has to happen one day. The sun is only one of 500 billions stars in our galactic. And it’s likely to be more galactics than there has been Chinese people in the world since the first couple from their nationality. So that’s why I think that maybe not me, maybe not my son, but […]
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Ten facts about Ireland which will surprise you more than this title I It is very difficult to pour a perfect Guinness. A “perfect pour” should take 119.5 seconds at an angle of 45 degrees followed by a rest. After a pause, enough to make the Guinness a perfect black, the rest of the glass […]
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Total Irish employment rose by 44,100 last year, according to the Quarterly National Household Survey. This is a very good news for people in Ireland as well as for future migrants. More money will be spent on Guinness and umbrellas, then the employers will hire more. The economic circle will be in motion. This survey […]
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The Nazis and a dog have won the Oscar trophy. It was the first voting and the movies were still silent. For Rin Tin Tin, the 11-year-old German Shepherd rescued from ‘World War I’, these times were glorious, like the birth of the Great Britain queen. He had played in 27 films. Four of them […]
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