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Category: Travels
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Belfast and Malin Head Itinerary (Nov 2022)
Belfast it is the capital of North Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. There are officially no checks in the boarder between Ireland and Northern Ireland because of the Good Friday agreement that ended the “Troubles”. We decided to drive up to Belfast, about 2 hours away (in comparison, that would be like driving from…
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Amsterdam Itinerary (Dec 2022)
Been in Ireland for a few months, we come to know that most people will travel during holidays. We are expecting that Christmas holidays will be very slow, I searched around and flights from Dublin to Amsterdam is going for €20 per person per trip, cheapest destination for the week after Christmas. This is our…
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Overnight Trip for the Ireland Bank Holiday
There was a bank holiday and we decided to take a longer trip to the west of the country. Every visitor to Ireland visits the Cliffs of Moher. I’ve heard that colleagues who visit the site in Ireland will surely visit Cliffs of Moher. Went to the Cliffs with the team when we came here…
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First trip out of Dublin: Drive to Kilkenny
Took the family out to Kilkenny for a weekend. It is a 2 hour drive away and the Ormonde Street Car Park provides a fixed daily rate of 5.50 Euro. I know this because I went there with colleagues back in 2019. We went to Kilkenny Castle, the main tourist attraction in Kilkenny. When we…
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The ONE Factor You Need To Keep A Strong Team
Celebrate Victory – A Lap Around Ireland As I was looking though Google Photos to embellish this site, I was taken on a sentimental trip on what happened in the past few years in my career. So taking a break from writing serious posts on my journey of leadership to look at the trip the…
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Kilkenny
This is a recap of the first day of power on, the cumulation of a year’s work and preparations that brings us to Ireland. The night before (a Friday), the international team involved in the power on decided that we would have a nice dinner before starting power on the next day. In our previous…
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Dublin, Ireland
Things have turned around lately. Early in the year, I was with the functional safety team getting the a product to comply with a product development lifecycle. This allows a product to be compliant to a safety standard for either automotive or industrial use. The software director (which was my previous boss before joining the…
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Out for 4 days – in high seas
Whenever I pass by the pier in Georgetown, I have always gawked in awe at the giant cruise ships that docks there during the day. This is especially true for the StarCruise ship which dwarfs all the ships in the pier and even some of the buildings in the vicinity. It always looks as if the…
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My Hong Kong Stereotype
I am in Hong Kong now for a week. I am here alone. I didn’t plan for this trip and it was a rather last minute arrangement. Othere than knowing that temple street is just across the corner and starbucks is around the other corner, I am confined to travelling between the hotel and conference…
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Lest We Forget
Not going to try and write a travel blog post for my trip to UK. I can name many people who has been there or are staying there. No point sharing the places I visit since UK is very popular and information can be obtained easily on the internet. What I am going to write…