I finally landed in Singapore on the 1st of June after a 12 hours trip and more than 11,000 km further. I will be doing my internship here, in an American chemical company. I will talk about this huge company in another article. First, I would like to introduce you to the Republic of Singapore. I will start by saying that Singapore is situated at t

On the 11th of March 2011, a devastating tsunami hit the Japanese coast. It is the consequence of a terrible earthquake of 8.9 magnitudes, a record since Japan started keeping the magnitudes of the earthquakes 140 years ago. The epicentre was localised 400 km northeast of Tokyo but more than 40 aftershocks could be detected with some of them up to

Here is a quite different article. I will try to present to you some of the famous landmarks in Dublin. I will start with the Spire of Dublin. It is one of the newest monuments of the capital city. It is a 120-metre high colonical spire made of stainless steel. It replaces Nelson's Pillar built during the colonial time by the British. The second la

In October, we (meaning all the second year students who were going to Dundalk during the second semester) meet the third year students to discuss about their experience. They would also be able to give us advices. One of them was to get there by car. At first, we were all delighted by the idea of entering Ireland by car. Some of us even thought ab

Saint Patrick's day is a national holiday in Ireland and is known worldwide. It is celebrated on March 17 in Dublin and extends over five days of festivities. All shops are closed in Ireland and especially in Dublin, with the exception of pubs, restaurants and churches as it is, originally, a religious celebration. To come back a little on the hist

W.R. Grace & Co. is a supplier of catalysts and other products mainly for petroleum refiners. However, over the time, it has extended its activity to catalysts for the manufacture of plastics, silica-based engineered and other specialty materials for various industrial applications, sealants and coatings for food and beverage packaging, specialty c

On Saturday 12th of February, we visited many northern ireland landmarks. After leaving The Rope Bridge , the bus drove us to THE spot in northern ireland: Giant's Causeway. In fact, it is located in County Antrim, along the northern coast of Ireland. The area has the particularity of countaining around 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns resulting fro

Dundalk is situated really close to the Northern Ireland boarder and at equi-distance from Dublin and Belfast. Moreover, the bus network is very developed and easily covers the whole island. Indeed, it is really easy to get to the two capital cities. On Saturday 12th of February, we (5 ERASMUS students and I) decided to take a bus to Belfast. We vi

This semester, I have been studying in Dundalk Institute of Technology, in a 90 acre campus situated at 15 minutes by walking from my accomodation. It welcomes each year more than 5,000 students in many different domains. Irish learners come here to study Business (like I did), Computing, Multimedia, Applied Sciences, Vet Nursing, Early Childhood S