This is it! This is My last day in Cork!! I depart for Kuwait at 6.50am tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to the next stage of my overseas journey yet I am also sad to say good bye to Cork. Cork at first seems like any other town/city but once your amongst the people you start to see Cork as a truly unique place. Even other Irish people will agree that Corkairians are a breed of their own. For a Corkairian believes that with in the Island of Ireland there are 3 boarders. Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and then there is the Republic of Cork! Corkairians are very proud people and very patriotic, if you happen to say anything bad about Cork you will receive plenty of death stares and be prepared to drink alone. However if you do mention how wonderful Cork is, (especially if you mention how great it was that they won the all Ireland hurling final) then you will be greeted with open arms and many pints will be brought for you! Although be sure not to have too many pints as the Cork accent is hard enough to understand sober let alone after a lashing of drinks. Once you do crack the sing along tune of the Cork accent you soon realize that between every second word is a "like" for example;
Alison says: So what did you do on the weekend (another thing a Corkairian would say AT the weekend not ON the weekend)
Corkairian says: Yeah like we found the craic like at like the like you know that place on Patrick St, like the one like near where all those like langers hang out like.
I must say like that I have found my self like saying like a lot hahaha it just gets ya when you least expect it! Other well known words around Cork are of course Craic which basically can mean anything involving a good time. Also if you are acting like a bit of a fool you will be labeled an eeijit, or a langer which is probably worse than and eeijit. And then there is Boy, From Cork...boy! Cheers is also regularly used and must be said emphasizing the R it's more like Cheerrrs! Which I must say I have down pat, apparently I sound very Irish when I say Cheerrrs!
There are many different phrases and words that you will just have to come to Cork to hear but these are just some of the little things I will miss. Along with the 7 different types of potato dishes you can get at lunch time, the madness that is shopping at Penny's (its worse the boxing day sales!), the old man outside the Post Office yelling "Echo...Echo...Echo", regularly seeing farm tractors in the middle of the city and many more strange things that go on in Cork! What I will miss the most though are the wonderful people I have meet here. So now in my closing speech from my Cork adventure I would like to just quickly thank the following people;
Tim Ammo I owe you so much, it was your recommendation to come to Cork and if it wasn't for you I would never have meet the fab people I have meet here. You have introduced me to friends that will be friends for life. Thanks dude! If you ever need friends in Kuwait I will be happy to introduce you! hmmm that is if I make any friends on my own with out your help! haha
Meabh "I am up to fecking 90!" Cullinane; thanks thanks thanks! I have been so lucky to make such a wonderful friend, I couldn't have lived in Ireland with out you. I really hope you love Melbourne and I hope people are as nice to you as you have been to me. I will really miss our coffee dates and the bitch sessions about men hehehe who will solves the worlds problems now? Thanks for everything ya Langer!
Michelle, Sake, Liz, Pamela and Elaine; You guys rock, well except for the Meatloaf concert you do! Thanks guys for being such wonderful friends and for all the good times, the wine the dancing and all the silliness we got up to! I hope we can all meet up again soon, Hawaii or Mexico I don't mind and your all welcome to come to Kuwait, as I know you really want to haha!
Conor "monkey boy" Dwyer even though you were in Dublin you were still a great mate by keeping me company at the most boringest of times. Thanks!
Conor aka ROC I promised to include you in my next post so here you are! Thanks for saving me when I was drinking on my own! Make sure you get your ass to OZ ASAP!!
Well Ladies and Gents it is now time for me to walk back out into the rain and find a place for my last pint in Cork and maybe take in the last bit of culture (since cork is the capital of culture and all) Be good and I will talk to you all next from Kuwait!!!
Cheerrrrs!
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