http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience Thoughts and memories of living abroad and improving myself while at it Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:07:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You Are 72% Open Minded You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded.Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints.But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line.You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/03/05/survival-toolkit-of-an-expat/ February was a busy month for me, and I must admit I kind of neglected my blog a bit. However, I could not miss the opportunity to write a post on 29th of February - my next chance at that would be 4 years away! And what's even better, I even ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/02/29/be-better-february-in-a-few-words/ You might have heard of the Irish weather. The Irish themselves are complaining about it a lot. Which is funny enough, given that if they're born here, they had a lifetime to get used to it... :) Anyway, getting back to the point, I thought I should preserve something for posterity ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/01/31/dublin-weather/ Dublin is a very cosmopolite city. You don't have to take my word for it. Just ride the 46A bus into town on a Saturday morning... Choose the middle back seat on the lower floor of the double decker, sit back and listen. Chances are that a scenario very similar to the ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/01/26/babel-on-the-dublin-bus/ This week the IFI Cinema in Dublin is showing "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", a Cannes acclaimed film by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu. I saw the film myself, and while I liked it a lot, I can definitely say it is not for the faint hearted. Not sure as ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/01/11/4months-3weeks-2days-at-the-ifi/ I wanted to write something about Cyprus for a while now. Actually, when I started this blog I thought it would be a collection of both my memories of life as an expat over there, as well as my new life in Ireland. Turned out it's not that simple. If ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/01/06/my-cyprus-experience/ On this day, Bulgaria and Romania were officially joininig the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish became official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages. I was celebrating New Year in Vienna, going up the Kahlenberg, taking the attached photo, and one day later experiencing my first ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2008/01/01/one-year-ago/ Unlike many expats who get so homesick during Christmas period that they fly home to mammy, we decided to spend this Christmas in Ireland, and fully immerse in the Irish ways during both Christmas day and St. Stephen's day (25th and 26th of December). And thus it came to pass that ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2007/12/26/irish-tradition-stephens-day-horseraces/ On Christmas day, my girlfriend and I went to Dun Laoghaire, to witness what is apparently a very popular Irish tradition (perhaps a Dubliner's tradition is more accurate). It was a gorgeous sunny day, around 6 degrees Celsius - which for Ireland its almost as cold as it gets! ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2007/12/25/irish-traditions-the-40-foot/ This is me! Well... my Simpsons version anyway. Fun stuff to try: 1. go to http://simpsonizeme.com/ 2. upload a mugshot of yours (or a friend's) 3. get Simpsonized! Being a great fan of Simpsons myself, I could not resist the temptation. Had a few good laughs as well :) The image analysis they do is pretty ... http://tudorborlea.com/myexpatexperience/2007/12/21/simpsonized/