SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
5 pm - late: Welcome Entertainment in the Student Union
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Starting at 1:00 pm Welcome from International Office, Overview of Orientation Week, Practical Information (registration, immigration, work entitlements, banking), Student Support & Development, and Sports & Activities for Students
8:00 pm - late: Entertainment at a bar downtown
only the Irish would have going to a bar included as part of orientation... how awesome is that!!
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Welcome Breakfast, Meetings with Exchange Coordinators, Module Registration, Entertainment: Hypnotherapist in the Venue and BAR NIGHT AGAIN :)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
DCU Opening Address & Welcome, Module Registration Lab, and Entertainment that evening TBA
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24
English & Irish Studies Courses, "What is this country I have landed in...", Dublin City Tour by bus, and ending with a Comedy Night in the Venue
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25
No schedule, besides entertainment at a bar that evening. I love Ireland already!
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - on our own, exploring Dublin!!!!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
MY APARTMENT
In September I will be living in the Hampstead Apartments on campus.
Hampstead Apartments contain sixty-one comfortable apartments, each with five ensuite bedrooms, and a shared living/kitchen/dining area. Each apartment comprises four single ensuite rooms and one superior ensuite room.
Each bedroom has a study area and internet access * . A telephone (incoming calls only) and cable connection are provided in the living area of each apartment
I will be living with four other international students, which will be an amazing experience in itself. How many people can actually say they did something like that?
I also received a lot of new information from DCU today. Apparently if we arrive any earlier than September 20th (which I am arriving the 19th - 9:15 am) we are on our own. I will have to find my own means of transportation (taxi seems safer than bus for my arrival) and book a hostel to stay at. The intimidation factor has finally set in. Omg I'm going to be in another country all by myself and have no clue what I am doing! As scary as this is, I'm also looking forward to it. I'm going to have a whole day in Dublin to myself. To explore, get lost, and just hang out. Hopefully I don't get lost for days on end!! Luckily I hear the Irish are very helpful people, we will see! :)
AND SUDDENLY I FEEL LIKE I AM LEAVING TOO SOON AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE! I have all these little things I need to do, but knowing I'm going to be in another country for an entire day with NO ONE makes me think I have a lot of knowledge to gain!
Hampstead Apartments contain sixty-one comfortable apartments, each with five ensuite bedrooms, and a shared living/kitchen/dining area. Each apartment comprises four single ensuite rooms and one superior ensuite room.
Each bedroom has a study area and internet access * . A telephone (incoming calls only) and cable connection are provided in the living area of each apartment
I will be living with four other international students, which will be an amazing experience in itself. How many people can actually say they did something like that?
I also received a lot of new information from DCU today. Apparently if we arrive any earlier than September 20th (which I am arriving the 19th - 9:15 am) we are on our own. I will have to find my own means of transportation (taxi seems safer than bus for my arrival) and book a hostel to stay at. The intimidation factor has finally set in. Omg I'm going to be in another country all by myself and have no clue what I am doing! As scary as this is, I'm also looking forward to it. I'm going to have a whole day in Dublin to myself. To explore, get lost, and just hang out. Hopefully I don't get lost for days on end!! Luckily I hear the Irish are very helpful people, we will see! :)
AND SUDDENLY I FEEL LIKE I AM LEAVING TOO SOON AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE! I have all these little things I need to do, but knowing I'm going to be in another country for an entire day with NO ONE makes me think I have a lot of knowledge to gain!
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