Final days before I travel

Electric Sheep · 17-05-2013 03:29PM

Burn your GAA jersey.

17-05-2013 03:53PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

aren't so settled and who want to live a little - Somehow I think it will be a better life.
:cool:

Nothing wrong with a certain level of settled. Getting a stable job, thinking about buying house etc is the thing I'm looking forward to, wont stop us going out on the beer every week though, moving to a new country is not the only way to live a little. Btw I'm just giving my opinion on things you are of course entitled to yours. I just think this moving far away is way over rated and people overlook all the great things about living in Ireland.

Jamsiek wrote: »

...except lots of family and friends are already there.
Lots of friendships to be made too and new experiences that will never be forgotten, priceless.
Better job opportunities, better money, better climate....

As I said each to their own but my family are all here, friends are all here working away and buying houses with no intention of leaving. Personally I've no desire to make friends in another far away country, Where I cant hop in the car and head home and see family when I want or go out with regularly with the friends I've known since I was a kid. Plenty of jobs here in my area of work too.

I lived away for a short while and it was depressing, the thought of ever having to life away again is horrible to me.

Jamsiek wrote: »

Of course it will be easier to find them, people who go there go for the lifestyle and new experiences. Everyone should try to see a bit of the world at least once if they can

I agree and I have already been to many countries on holidays, That's how I would like to see the world.

syklops · 17-05-2013 04:03PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Pretty sure majority of people immigrating to oz are in similar situation as I'd find it hard to believe that anyone would leave when they have a young family, mortgage, debts, etc.

You've clearly not been listening to Joe Duffy this week.

SunnyDub1 · 17-05-2013 04:24PM

Kyla Straight Art wrote: »

Nothing wrong with a certain level of settled. Getting a stable job, thinking about buying house etc is the thing I'm looking forward to, wont stop us going out on the beer every week though, moving to a new country is not the only way to live a little. Btw I'm just giving my opinion on things you are of course entitled to yours. I just think this moving far away is way over rated and people overlook all the great things about living in Ireland.

fair enough point, You are speaking from your opinion and experience and I'm speaking from my experience and opinion.

My experience is that is is extremely hard to get a job here these days, let alone a "stable" , and even if you are in a stable job it has become virtually impossible to buy a house as banks are not lending out money.

"Won't stop you from going out for a few beers every weekend" - have heard that before from Friends/family and what do you know they are sat in every weekend cause they can't afford a baby sitter or are have bills to pay, and are just about getting by due to the lack of jobs and money in this country.

It's not even about the going out for a few beers every weekend - that's not living a little.

Living a little IMO is going out an seeing different parts of the world, meeting new people, gaining new experiences and possibilities.

I'm 25. Plenty of years left to settle down, get a stable job to do the same sh*t day in day out in the miserable weather, worrying about bills etc. But sure eh my family will be close by and I can look forward to my few beers at weekend where everyone sits and moans about "how crap the weather is" "how there are no jobs" "how there is no money"

:cool:

Tiddlypeeps · 17-05-2013 04:35PM

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

An American wake? Slightly depressing that economic emigration is such a fundamental element of our history that we have traditions surrounding it.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/wake.html

That website burned my eyes :eek:

17-05-2013 04:56PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

I'm 25. Plenty of years left to settle down, get a stable job to do the same sh*t day in day out in the miserable weather, worrying about bills etc. But sure eh my family will be close by and I can look forward to my few beers at weekend where everyone sits and moans about "how crap the weather is" "how there are no jobs" "how there is no money"

:cool:

This is not something I have really experienced. My group of friends are all working away happily (some in very good jobs) or doing post-grad study, which I am myself. I'm 28 and have been in college since I was 18 bar one year and to be honest when I finish getting into a good job and finally starting to make some proper money, start considering buying a house etc are the things on my radar. Being close to family obviously is more important to some than others, but I would take family over weather any day and to be honest I would grow tired of constant hot weather.

Also when I say my friends are settled I mean none are looking to move anywhere, but we still have the craic as much as we did 10 years ago. Kids etc are not on any of their radars for a while yet. In short travelling (apart from holidays) is not something for me, even moving to a new place in Ireland I haven't lived before would be something I would like to avoid. Plenty of good nights out with friends, getting my own place while I'm still young and being as close as possible to family/my home place is my thing.

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 04:59PM

Kyla Straight Art wrote: »

As I said each to their own but my family are all here, friends are all here working away and buying houses with no intention of leaving. Personally I've no desire to make friends in another far away country, Where I cant hop in the car and head home and see family when I want or go out with regularly with the friends I've known since I was a kid. Plenty of jobs here in my area of work too.

That's good that all your friends are happy at home and working and that there are plenty of jobs in your area of work, but that doesn't seem to be the case for most people IMO.
Good to hear some good news in Ireland though.

17-05-2013 05:03PM

Jamsiek wrote: »

That's good that all your friends are happy at home and working and that there are plenty of jobs in your area of work, but that doesn't seem to be the case for most people IMO.
Good to hear some good news in Ireland though.

To be honest I'm just giving my opinion as there are so many people talking about moving away etc and who like to run down Ireland and say no one has a job and everyone is in debt and unhappy. I like to put it out there that its not like that for everyone and not everyone wants to leave and some are actually really enjoying life here.

I completely understand some do like to move away and do have a great time and I'm very happy for them.

Reindeer · 17-05-2013 05:10PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Soooo not to brag or anything but today is my last day in my dull boring job because in exactly 23 days I will be leaving to travel Asia and then onto Oz

See some of the world, then settle in Oz with the hope of finding a decent more satisfying Job and better life

Not use to having this much time off, So I thought I'd ask the people of AH what should I do with my my time off before I leave ?

Get ear plugs. That is a lot of flight time and there will be babies...

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 05:22PM

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

An American wake? Slightly depressing that economic emigration is such a fundamental element of our history that we have traditions surrounding it.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/wake.html

Yes it was something like that except it was a Canadian wake in my case.
It's depressing alright but I wanted to move anyway while I still could.
That's a good link, very true

lahalane · 17-05-2013 05:27PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Are you speaking from experience or are you just jealous ? :P

maybe I didn't look hard enough here but at least I'll be looking in nicer warmer weather :P

Pretty sure majority of people immigrating to oz are in similar situation as I'd find it hard to believe that anyone would leave when they have a young family, mortgage, debts, etc.

I went to Australia for 8 months. Found it pretty average. Much prefer Ireland. I appreciated the country a lot more when I came home. So I'm definitely not jealous. I think you're being very smug about something which could end up being a massive let down. With that attitude I'm not surprised you found it hard to make friends. Hopefully you enjoy it though.

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 05:29PM

Kyla Straight Art wrote: »

To be honest I'm just giving my opinion as there are so many people talking about moving away etc and who like to run down Ireland and say no one has a job and everyone is in debt and unhappy. I like to put it out there that its not like that for everyone and not everyone wants to leave and some are actually really enjoying life here.

I completely understand some do like to move away and do have a great time and I'm very happy for them.

I don't like to hear people running down Ireland either but I can understand their frustration with the way things are there.
Good to hear that things aren't all bad.

paulieeye · 17-05-2013 05:35PM

lahalane wrote: »

I went to Australia for 8 months. Found it pretty average. Much prefer Ireland. I appreciated the country a lot more when I came home. So I'm definitely not jealous. I think you're being very smug about something which could end up being a massive let down. With that attitude I'm not surprised you found it hard to make friends. Hopefully you enjoy it though.

I was in oz for 9 months and had much the same experience. In fairness I went over when I was 28. Most irish people in melbourne were 20ish, getting fcuked up puking everywhere, and not the type of people i would ever hang out with at home but was forced to over there. A good time was had but i'm not gonna stay away from my friends and family just for the weather (ask me again in the depths of winter here!). The culture is more or less the same as here with added racism and a lack of jambons and taco chips.

Everyone to their own but it was not for me. Way preferred the 6 months before that in S America tho...would go back there in a heartbeat!

Ishmael · 17-05-2013 05:42PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

Not use to having this much time off, So I thought I'd ask the people of AH what should I do with my my time off before I leave ?

Maybe go see some of Ireland before you leave. Take some pictures. Nice to have a few pics of home when abroad and you can always show them to people you meet as a topic of conversation.

Also make sure and visit as many people as you can before you leave. Always nice to have someone in Ireland to keep up to date with news etc.....

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 05:48PM

paulieeye wrote: »

I was in oz for 9 months and had much the same experience. In fairness I went over when I was 28. Most irish people in melbourne were 20ish, getting fcuked up puking everywhere, and not the type of people i would ever hang out with at home but was forced to over there. A good time was had but i'm not gonna stay away from my friends and family just for the weather (ask me again in the depths of winter here!). The culture is more or less the same as here with added racism and a lack of jambons and taco chips.

Everyone to their own but it was not for me. Way preferred the 6 months before that in S America tho...would go back there in a heartbeat!

I find it hard to imagine that you were forced to hang out with anyone. Lots of ways to make friends there now

joehig · 17-05-2013 05:48PM

Get the pod casts of liveline all this week and take the advice of the people who went abroad and ended up back in Ireland a couple of months later

Gummy Panda · 17-05-2013 05:53PM

Fall in love with a lad the week before you fly then worry on the plane did you make the right decision

Syllabus · 17-05-2013 05:53PM

Get a job

Gott · 17-05-2013 05:59PM

joehig wrote: »

Get the pod casts of liveline all this week and take the advice of the people who went abroad and ended up back in Ireland a couple of months later

Was this seriously on Liveline?

longhalloween · 17-05-2013 06:14PM

Eat as much tayto, bachelors beans and Brennan's batch loaf as you can.

You won't be seeing them for a while.

paulieeye · 17-05-2013 06:14PM

Jamsiek wrote: »

I find it hard to imagine that you were forced to hang out with anyone. Lots of ways to make friends there now

Yeah for the month we were staying in hostels so didnt have much of a choice who I hung out with. Good criac was had but went through all that myself 10 years ago.

Going out in st kilda you largely came across the same types of crowds. You're right tho, there is plenty of ways to make friends. So that would be my advice also, dont just expect to make friends in the local irish town, branch out in and meet those other poeple of the world. Not aussies tho, there all assholes

ToddyDoody · 17-05-2013 06:49PM

I'm told it a good idea to run the guts out of yourself before travelling.

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 06:58PM

paulieeye wrote: »

Yeah for the month we were staying in hostels so didnt have much of a choice who I hung out with. Good criac was had but went through all that myself 10 years ago.

Going out in st kilda you largely came across the same types of crowds. You're right tho, there is plenty of ways to make friends. So that would be my advice also, dont just expect to make friends in the local irish town, branch out in and meet those other poeple of the world. Not aussies tho, there all assholes

I can imagine it was harder to meet people 10 years ago alright. A lot more people emigrating now from Ireland and UK it seems.
A lot of what you said is still happening with Irish in GAA tops falling around outside Irish pubs. They're the ones to be avoided for sure.

NuckingFacker · 17-05-2013 07:03PM

Travvel as far as you like, the one thing you always bring with you is yourself and your ideas. If here is dull, there will be dull, generally. Everywhere is everywhere, at the end of the day.

Jamsiek · 17-05-2013 07:08PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Travvel as far as you like, the one thing you always bring with you is yourself and your ideas. If here is dull, there will be dull, generally. Everywhere is everywhere, at the end of the day.

...but your surroundings and the people you meet will also have an influence on you so everywhere is not the same

Remmy · 17-05-2013 07:18PM

If it was me I would go to all my favourite eateries atleast one more time before I go, spend some time with family, then go for a run on the beach and look wistfully out to the sea.

Latchy · 17-05-2013 07:32PM

syklops wrote: »

You've clearly not been listening to Joe Duffy this week.

I was listening in to that programme to and heard the man tells his story about why he had to come back to Ireland with his family .It seems the promise of a top job , salary and accommodation didn't materialize and he simply couldn't afford to live there any longer .

He also mentioned that he and his family were subjected to racism which may/may not have been the case and while you can sympathise with him ,you couldn't help but feel that maybe there was some other underlying factor as to why he returned ie, perhaps his qualifications weren't as high as required ,his expectation's were set to high , he didn't think it through properly enough ? .A sad experience for him but I'm sure it's been the opposite for many others .

MrPoker · 17-05-2013 08:03PM

Enjoy your travels OP.

I'm thinking of doing the same thing and packing in my job of 6 years and leaving to go traveling. I don't begrudge anybody who is traveling at the minute or who wants to travel as some people seem to do. Its a good thing to see other parts of the world and broaden your horizons. As much as I love Ireland 6 years of negativity everywhere is starting to drain me with no signs of improvement. However one thing for sure is I will be back here as I don't think there are many better places to live on the planet.

General General · 17-05-2013 08:03PM

Gott wrote: »

Was this seriously on Liveline?

Some UK TV show brings folks out on trial (basis, to see what it's like... not trial trial), a fair few come back & say no to longer term. Although that's the UK, I know.

Carson10 · 18-05-2013 12:25AM

people moving away now is just the new fashion, just like it was a few years ago to go to college in Dublin.

Alot of the Irish people going to 'OZ' are just doing it cos everyone else is. Anytime I hear some1 say there going to Thailand/Asia and then on to 'OZ' its the same as saying they are going to Galway and then on to Dublin.

Its a typical Irish thing.

Be different and move to France or somthing. at least its only 2 hours away.

Imagine getting off the plane in 'oz' and looking at all those roaster irish people in GAA Jeserys. Id actually be embarrassed to be Irish in 'OZ'.

Final days before I travel

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