Irish Diaries, part 4: Searching for my Galway Girl
On the last weekend of February, falling on the sixtieth day of the leap year and the first day of spring, I decided to travel to Galway, one of Ireland's most popular tourist towns. Despite a storm warning, a complete lack of a plan and some unforeseen circumstances, the trip was atmospheric in its own way and was another unusual experience gained during my time in the land of the green clover.
Travel & quarantine during pandemic
Well, due to some circumstances, I decided to fly from Ireland to Hong Kong after all. Given that flying during a pandemic is quite an adventure, I decided to share my experience, as well as the details of my home quarantine in Hong Kong.
The post-Instagram era in Kazakhstan: How the popular social network shaped society, business, media and political life in the country.
Instagram has been around for about 10 years, but in the last few years it has become one of the most popular social networks in the world. Despite being only second most popular social network in Kazakhstan, Instagram is a versatile and quite important platform for most Kazakhstanis. In this post, I would like to look at how Instagram has influenced various aspects of life in Kazakhstan, namely social, business, media and political life.
5 perks available for students in Hong Kong
Universities via CSL is a Wi-Fi network run by CSL, one of Hong Kong's big cellular operators. The network is mainly available at MTR stations, but there are also phone boxes in the city that are also access points. To connect to the network, students log in via university email addresses. It might be worth mentioning that free public Wi-Fi networks are also available in metro stations and on some buses, but Universities via CSL is much faster and more convenient.
Irish Diaries, part 3: Trip to Cork
Throughout February a local bus operator was offering a €10 discount to students, and as a cheap student I couldn't pass up such an opportunity. I decided to go to Cork, Ireland's second largest city, with a population of over 210,000 people. The distance between Limerick and Cork is about 100 kilometres and it takes about two hours by bus.
Irish Diaries, part 2: That famous accent, pubs on campus and Kazakhs in Ireland
My third week in Ireland is just about to end, and in this post I decided to tell you a little about the Irish accent, the huge university campus and how I got to know the local Kazakhs.
So fresh: 15 Netflix Originals released this year
Netflix has been heavily investing in creating original content over the last few years, and in the first months of 2020, the platform has already seen a fair amount of new films and TV series that you might be interested in. In this post I've compiled 15 new releases, including the provocative Messiah, a documentary about Taylor Swift, a new Sci-Fi series and more.
Irish Diaries, Part 1: Green meadows, cool neighbors and The Ring of Kerry
Today is the 12th day since I've arrived to Ireland, and I finally decided to sit down and write a short post about my stay in the homeland of Oscar Wilde and Guinness beer. For those who don't know, I'm currently an exchange student at the "University of Limerick", which is in the suburbs of Limerick, a small town of about two hundred thousand people.