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If you want to come to work, study, travel in Ireland

2008-06-17T11:58:48Z

Oh thank you Vicky I wish I had read this thread earlier!

FireFox 3 party at Cineworld (Thursday, June 19th, 2008)

2008-06-15T16:09:56Z

I'll be there and it's free. People who are interested in going will need to register first at: http://mozillaparty.com/en-US/events/view/106

"bah-see zhan"

2008-06-13T14:22:02Z

Wow, this is so heart-warming to me yet sad. It really inspires us, how Chinese families try to get a chance for a better life. No one wants to leave their home, unless there is no choice.

Going to a place, so different, so difficult and so foreign. The struggle, the strength needed to find what they seek, no matter how humble their dream!

We still hear how people arrive in many places, from the most unimagiable of circumstances, smuggling boats, inhumane conditions, inhumane journeys be land or sea. Rockets are flying into space, but things on Earth hasn't changed a bit in many aspects.

But the strength to find what we want, isn't that what brought us all here? Our family, we may have almost been born in the Caribbean. Imagine that? A far away land from humble Island, but then, Ireland is a far far away land from Hong Kong?

Harmony and Peace friends

Some WoW fun

2008-06-11T02:32:43Z

This vid from the Onion is good.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/warcraft_sequel_lets_gamers_play

(Yes, I still play it but not right now! Even my cous has surpassed me, I'm in the middle of projects so WoW... I'll be back, ok... mainly cos Blizz still charges me!)

"bah-see zhan"

2008-06-09T09:11:47Z

Link:
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/nyregion/thecity/08chin.html[/url]

There's a new article in the New York Times which focuses on the chinese-run interstate bus service running out of New York's Chinatown and the community based industry surrounding it.

The piece is quite long (runs to 5 pages) but well worth a read. In many ways, the article celebrates the entrepreneurship & hard-working sprit of chinese immigrants, availing of the few opportunities open to them in a poverty stricken area of Chinatown. However, it also describes the uglier side of things... many of the newer immigrants are stuck in poverty traps, while fellow chinese can be ruthless and even violent in their pursuit of wealth.

I found one particular passage quite moving, it describes the living conditions for a bus ticket seller and her family but ends with a decorative saying which i believe, poigantly sums up the belief which drives many immigrant families to work hard and prosper.

Her family’s bedroom is dominated by a bunk bed that her husband built from scraps of wood. She and her husband share the bottom bunk; their daughter, 21, sleeps on top. Because there are no closets, the space beneath the bottom bunk is packed tight with bunches of clothes, and bulky plastic shopping bags hang from nails on the wall.

In the kitchen, a tight passageway with grease-spattered walls, a gold-and-red paper decoration bears the saying, “A good family brings in money.”

Regards,
H

Watch TVB News online

2008-06-08T13:04:38Z

hmmm now that I think about it... The Chinese news has become a daily staple/routine for me. I only ever watch Irish news when I flick onto it sometimes.

Watch TVB News online

2008-06-08T07:41:59Z

Only found out about it today by accident: http://news.tvb.com/

Handy for those that don't have Chinese Channel. A bit slow though!

China Earthquake Appeal

2008-05-28T16:17:22Z

I send my money straight to my mother inlaw in China so it would get their faster. China recently had alot of bad press recently which could explain Irish lack of intrest, but I did also hear Ireland donated 1 million. :

Firefox 3 Download Day Guiness World record attempt

2008-05-28T16:11:42Z

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy.

China Earthquake Appeal

2008-05-24T10:21:22Z

I'm sure your thoughts while you are helping other people in Stillorgan counts. You have kindly donated to red cross as well, more than some folks who just shrug their shoulders.