Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
5. Xhosa Compared to most of the other languages on this list, Xhosa could almost be considered mainstream with nearly 8 million speakers. It’s one of the common languages spoken in South Africa, but it bases most of its sentence structure on tonal variations. A single word could have many multiple meanings depending on the […]
Don’t mind if you are sociable or shy, in a conversation group you can find all kind of people. That is the perfect way to meet new friends and to practice your English as well. The first thing that you need when you move in a foreign country is to meet people who don’t […]
I am just trying to do my job and fight here. I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote. I have become lost in the game of promotion and forgot about the art of fighting. There comes a time when you need to stop handing out flyers and get back to […]
Although it is quite controversial to judge and rank a country for its intelligence, humankind has always had a desire to compare and list even such abstract concepts as intelligence. Naturally, any research method you apply to analyze someone’s mental capacity will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows. The point being that no matter how […]
There is no more time! Dress up and go out, the show will start in a couple of hours! Don’t be lazy and spend your lunch time watching an incredible performance. Did you miss out the Beckett’s play? Was it too late to booked the tickets for the performance at The New Theatre? No […]
While excessive and binge drinking is best avoided, moderate drinking (1-2 units a day) can have some benefits for heart health. There’s long been discussion about the risks and rewards that drinking wine has on your health. So what’s true and what’s not? In reality ‘moderate’ drinking (one or two units a day) does seem to protect against […]
It was one of the most foolhardy flights in history, and only a stroke of luck at 37,000ft prevented them drifting up to their deaths at the edge of the atmosphere. The dead pigeons should have been James Glaisher’s warning. On 5 September 1862, the scientist was taking one of his first balloon flights […]
The Who singer says his band will play the Coachella-produced event in October. Last weekend, the organisers of the Coachella festival in California announced plans to put on a three-day mega-festival with just two acts per night: Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney on the first, the Rolling Stones and Neil Young on the second, […]
While about 650 trainees are due to enter the Garda College, Templemore this year, the Association of Garda Superintendents (AGSI) has said it was clear this was not enough. The association’s annual delegate conference in Naas, Co Kildare, also heard the Government needs to make additional funding available to allow for increased recruitment. The association […]
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