Monday, August 10, 2009

Sruth Buan, O gluin go ghluin, snionn siad gan staonadh nuas..

Hello all! Yes, that's right, it's that zany, charming, Beautiful guy my 4 followers know and love. He's back, again. Did you enjoy Vergina's bloggings? I like that nickname, let's spread it on the internet! lolwhut.

So, as some of you may know, I was in Irish college. None of you know what that means, I'm sure, so I'll break it down for you.

This is a map of the gaeltacht regions in Ireland. A Gaeltacht is a specific area in Ireland in which people generally speak Irish as a first language.

As you may have guessed using those intellectual minds which I'm sure all my followers have, the red circle with arrows was the place I was staying.

There are different irish college companies, and, not to appear biased, the vast majority are terrible. I was with a company called Spleodar.

The general idea of most irish colleges is that you get sent down to a gaeltacht for 3 weeks, in which you cannot speak english. The severity of this rule differs, but with Spleodar a full sentence in english is enough to get you sent home, resulting in your parents having to drive 6 hours or so to pick you up, which means they're pretty pissed off at you by the time they get there.

Upon arriving there you are put into "houses", these are the houses of Irish speaking families who allow you to stay in the house and feed you and whatnot. There is between 7-15 people in a house, with a "cinnire" also. The cinnire is like the head of the house, he/she isn't a student, but more of a part of the spleodar staff.

The Timetable of a normal day is as follows:

8:30 -> Wake up
9:00 -> Breakfast
9:30 -> Leave for college
9:45 -> Beginning of first class
10:45 ->Beginning of 30 minute break
11:15 -> Beginning of third class
12:15 -> Lunch
1:00 -> Leaving Certificate class/Various activites
2:00 -> Beginning of Sports/Special groups
5:00 -> Walk home for dinner
7:15 -> Leave for college
7:30 -> Arrive at college
7:30-9:00 -> Ceili
9:30 -> Dinner
11:00 -> Bedtime

Rinse and Repeat.

Overall, my time in Litir Meallain recieves a 8. Although I did hate being without internet or phones.

Good to be back, stay sexy.

2 comments:

  1. forgot to mention your fucking off to donegal, get that post on sexuality out NOW i know it'll be rawrtastic, there better be links to photos ;;;;;;;D rawr.. oh, OH OH! uhrm, i like how you totally make irish college sound like a concentration camp...niiiiiceeeeee, spleodar is gonna sue your ass for libel =P

    peace out!

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  2. HAHA LOZER... teeheee, collegee, funn... not. haha, while you were THERE at not fun college I was at my cottage getting a tan. YES. so. mhm. That is all. '.' <(thats a bunny btw, very simple, bunny.)

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