A Bit Of The Oirish

Since last I blogged, let’s see what happened...

Friday night I went out with some new people. Some foreign teachers from other schools and some British and Irish exchange students, who are doing their year abroad in Dalian University of Technology. A good bunch of folks. Went for some din-dins and then back to that Nepalese bar, which I rather like. We all had a good chat and a laugh, which I like. They were all down-to-earth people, which I also like! Can’t stand people whose heads are so far up their own arses and won’t bother being friendly.

Guitar came out again and a few sons were sung! I was in the throws of Dirty Old Town when a guy picked up a piano accordion that was in the corner (this boozer has musical instruments lying all over the place) and came and joined in. Turns out this guy was from New York with Irish blood from a few generations back. Then he took up the guitar and sang “Báidín Fheilimí” in Irish! Impressive. I can’t sing any songs in Irish except the national anthem! The guy had actually learned a bit of Irish and could say a few things. Very impressive!

Since the winter here is getting colder with temps from -5 to -8, I had to go and get me a pair of long Johns and some warm boots! People wear 3 layers of trousers in Dalian for some reason. I go around most of the day with 1 layer. I think a lot of Northern Chinese, once they feel the weather changing dive straight for the long-johns! I think you would need them in the evening but not so much during the day!