As a Dubliner ~Mid January~

10,Jan
I drunk five pints yesterday and I hanged over and took awalk around Dublin.It was so refreshing that my headache disappeared.
Today I did busking for the first time.
I played just 1hour and fortunately I got some tips...!

After that I went to university College Dublin (UCD)

This is the university I study...!
Sunset was beautiful.

There are even clubs and gyms at university!!

I returned to city center and did busking again .
I noticed that keeping Smiling made a lot of money.

I went to Leo burdock, a craze fish and chips shop, and ordered fish and chips but I mistakenly said "Yes" when shef asked "don't you need chips?"
Chips like a mountain ...
Japanese people usually have this mistake and I should be careful...(However, according to myAmerican friends, they use both for a responce)

I went to Cobblestone and today I took part in balaclava session, a slow session. There are many people, including begginers and held in the backfloor.
The session was leaded by Tom's daughter.She taught us some tunes and after that we enjoyed slow session. Some people were using notation and she also showed us abc notation .

Before I came there, I thought it is just the place for begginers to practice.
But it was my misunderstanding...!

In the session, I met an elderly man, called Path. He said he was 74 and started Irish music a few years ago. He played banjo but, frankly speaking, he was not a skilled player.
I made friend with hlm and chatted a lot.

During the session, suddenly cakes appeared and Happy birthday song was played and sung.
Yes, it was Path's 74th anniversary!!
Everyone was smiling and seemed like really into the session.

It is easy to say you should go the session lead by skilled player to be a good musician .
It is true that we can learn a lot of things from them.
However, I want to cherish and respect this mood more that music itself.

In the first place, I am just a begginer, too lol

I met Chris, who studies Japanese, in the front session.He suddenly said 日本語わかるよ！いま六時半！in Japanese.
He also weared weird shirt that was just written ねこ.

I returned to hostel and made buttered potato by chips I didn't eat for lunch.

11.Jan
I did busking and, surprisingly, I earned more than 13euro in an hour. It is also fantastic that pedestrian talked and praised me.

I went to Cobblestone but today I did not join the session.
The session was so beautiful that I didn't want to break the atmosphere.
This feeling is,I think, very important and I respected what I felt.
Thursday session at cobblestone tend to be beautiful and energetic.
It is interesting that ,in the session that I think I should not join, many uncommon tunes are tend to be played.

12. Jan

What I did in this few days was just busking, drinking, and Twitter...(I have earned money for the license.)

I went to dun laoghaire and bray.

Dun laoghaire is the old harbor and ships depart to holyhead, UK.
I went to the pub 'forty foot '
It was very affordable and could drink a pint less than 3 euro. It was refreshing that drinking Strong bow (berry taste was really something )seeing the Irish sea from the terrace.
The port was good but cold.

Bray is a kind of resort and many people come there in Summer.
But it was just freezing and windy in Winter.
I tried to climb to bray head, but went the wrong way and gave up...

I went to cobblestone again!
It means that I went every weekdays this week!
It was Friday and so was packed.
(I love Friday session. Everyone is kind.
But it is a little noisy on Fridays...!)

Today, I felt like I was accepted my playing by members. I cannot say why I thought so, but I felt so(misunderstanding ...?) .
Simon tells jokes and plays flute excellently.
Tich is fantastic and generous banjo player.
It was a good session.
Caroline remembered me and we talked about Japanese culture (They were surprised when I say we something bow to parents and friends. I explained it is useful to tell our politeness, apologies, appreciation, and respects without a word.)

I noticed that they play many slip jigs and songs .
I think they are not popular in Japan.
I don't think we should imitate everything in Ireland, but it is interesting and I love both of them.
I will bring them back to Japan.

13. Jan ~16.Jan

I went to Denmark and Sweden.
I will write about this trip in other article.

When I was back to dublin, it was snowing.

17. Jan

I went to dublin city councill because my license hadn't arrived yet.
The officer said they send it just today.

I went to university to make student card and student leap card.
If you use student leap card, and buy thirty days rambler, you can get on Dublin bus freely for 30days. In addition, thirty days mean actual thirty days. If you don't use bus for a week, it isn't counted!

I bought sandwich and after that I joined international students talk.
A lot of foods were prepared .
I shouldn't have eaten sandwich..
I tried to talk with them but they couldn't understand what I said in English.
It's weird. People in the cobblestone understood me. It seems I should be drunken when I talk in English.

I went to my new flat.
Fortunately, they were all kind.
When they knew I really love Guinness, they gave me Guinness. Heaven.

There are four brazilians and one venezuelan.
I decided to study portuguese.

My life has just begun!!
However, I would make a lot of troubles here...

18, Jan
I participated in Orientation. I could hear what they speak because of my two weeks staying in Ireland(but I didn't hear what teacher spoke at last and missed the guidance about immigration..)

Irish sky looks wide and high.
I think it's because there are many kinds of clouds.

I went to Japanese restaurant.
It played tunes of vocaloid and 福山雅治
It was glad that I could hear Japanese songs in Dublin eating Ramen.

I started my cooking life.
Now, I usually cook 肉じゃが、お好み焼き、curry, shepherd pie, and guinness stew.


But this was the first time to cook alone. My kind roommate told me how to cook. I didn't know even how to boil the rice...

19, Jan
When I was cooking in the morning, suddenly fire alert started ringing and bothered flatmates.
It ls weird.Although I used fan and had windows open...
When I got back home, flatmates made fun of me about that lol

I went to university to take the orientation of English class but it was English literature class.
After that, I tried to buy popcorn in vender machine but it was suddenly out of order and he drunk my 2 euro without giving me popcorn.
I call to the vending machine company and barely tell what happened with my awkward English.
Later, 2 euro was sent to my address. I did it!

I played on the Grafton street and suddenly one elderly woman talked to me.
"Is it reel? Can you play jigs and hornpipe ? "
She asked me to play "buttering ram" and "boys of bluehill". Both is common tune and so I played.
She praised me and asked me a lot of questions.
We talked about our favorite players and bands.
She gave me tips a lot and left.
Communication with people is one of the essential and fantastic parts in busking. I play for these events.

After my first busking in the night, I went to Cobblestone.
As I said before, Friday session is fantastic.
I met thomas and he was the Sammy's friend.
Sammy played as the session host at SENKAWA in Japan. He lived in Dublin and there are many his friends. The world is small.

My roommate gave me a pizza.
I decided to make dinner for them tomorrow .

20,Jan
I bought sweet potatos by mistake. I needed potato.... Irish sweet potatos resemble potatos.

I made 肉じゃが for my dearly flatmates.
Since I made too early, they didn't come for an hour and I thought they wouldn't come and fallen down.
The taste of 肉じゃが reminded me of my grandma and I got homesick...
However, they finally came and they really praised my dinner.

"Wow!! You're genius! Nick jaguar (mick?)is amazing! I wanna eat more!"

I really appropriated the coutry brazil and their parents for giving them birth.

I remember that , when I was in Japan, I was sometimes late for dinner and my grandmother looked a little sad. Now I've finally understood and I feel sorry for her. This is good experience for me to know her feeling.

21. Jan
I went to the pub close to my house. It took less than ten minutes from my flat.

Although it didn't have session, it had a gig.
I thought it was session and so I had a banjo.
Everyone said "Hey, you! Sing!sing!" I declined because it was the other's gig. However they keep calling me.
I gave up and went to the stage and sang famous irish pub songs.

Applauses!!

This was the first time to join the gig.
I got a lot of pints for free and went back to my home intoxicated.

There is my venezuelan roommate in the kitchen.
I talked with him and I bet it was hard time for him to talk with Japanese drunken boy. I tried to speak in Spanish but it must have been awful...
We talked about Venezuelan music(I was in venezuelan music society in Japan)
He said "you know venezuelan traditional music
Better than me.)

He also said my Spanish was good. I was so excited but now I think it was a kind of compliment.