For the Love of Ireland!!!

Hey people.. there is this really beautiful blog I just came across on the web.. if anyone of you truly love Ireland and miss being with her.. this is an awesome treat... :D

http://irelandgo.blogspot.com/

This Moment... That Year...

It's been 2 years now but I still cant get over Dublin... the beautiful city that stole my heart away. Yeah its actually literally like that. So now as the day arrives this year I cant help myself but cherish those moments I had then.

I was supposed to fly on the 28th April 2008 (Saturday) by the 2.50am flight but I received my VISA only on 27th April at 7.30pm. And I am still at work. I was still wondering how do I come home, pack up my bags and leave in 2 hours... when my boss got it postponed to 30th April 2008 (Monday) for 2.50am. So I could attend church that sunday and by evening I had all my friends come to meet me. It was an awesome feeling.

Though I was flying outside the country for the first time, I wasn't really excited about the flight. Cos I was too busy preparing for my days there. My mind was all pre-occupied with everything I had to do when I land in Dublin. So the initial 2 hours of my journey was the most lousiest. Cos I wasnt really thinking about Dublin but just about my work. So then I reached the airport by 11pm and was listening to my cd player until 1.30am. I boarded the plane by 2.30am. And exactly at 2.50am the plane moved away from the gate and took off. Just then it sank in me that I was moving away from my country... I was flying to Dublin...

At 3.15am I had my meals, which I don't remember but it was cool. At 3.30am they put on a sad Salman Khan starer Bollywood movie. I believe I was the only in the flight who was watching the movie. I woke up at 8am to be welcomed by fresh warm breakfast and followed by another movie. I landed at Frankfurt airport by 7.50am. I walked around aimlessly around this massive airport for an hour killing my 2 hour stop-over time there. As I was window shopping I came across a Tommy Hilfiger Showroom. I bought myself a jacket for Euro 153.

By 10.15am I took my flight to Dublin. I arrived in Dublin airport at 11.30am. I got my immigration checks done by 12pm and I got my cab and got to my office in Dun Laoghaire. My Project Manager Sandra drove me home in her car and I was home by 1pm. Well there's so many things to write about but I don't want any of my friends/visitors to fall off to sleep reading them...

Still Missing Dublin

I was missing Ireland a lot today.. so i thought about doing this video... as a tribute to this magical land and my beautiful friends I made there...

Please note that this is a low res file, hence the jitters in some parts of the vid. Please let me know if you need the High Res file. :)

Missing Ireland...

Today I am working, not really a great thing on a saturday afternoon to crib about but cant help it. I have to work on this project and have to complete it before evening. Anyway, I was just listening to this beautiful song 'Yahweh' by the Irish band U2 and I so began to miss Dublin... Besides U2 are from Dublin too. Bono the vocalist of U2 lives in Killiney, just 5mins away from where I lived during my stay there. But I was a jerk I really never tried to visit his lane, I could have at least grabbed an sight of his home there... Guess that's why my Irish friends gifted me a U2 'Greatest Hits' CD, so I could always remember these moments I had here. OH My God... I so wanna go back... Anyways you guys check out this song, it's one of the most beautiful song by the band.

Rendezvous with Jesse Alex... ;)

So people... there was nothing for me to do today... I thought let me find who I am...

So this is what I found trying to discover myself... ;)

• Name: Jesse Jacob Alex
• DOB: March 1st 1984 at 00.30 hours... just missed celebrating my birthday once every 4 years by 30mins... ;)
• How Tall: 5'8" tall
• Skin Color: Whitish
• Born and brought: Mumbai
• Is right handed
• Got glasses... and its short sighted.
• Was the most thinnest in the classroom in 1st Grade
• Put on weight after the 4th Grade
• Weighed 93 Kgs at the age of 15
• Unusual Traits:
• Left arm is shorter than the Right
• Stammers when excited or nervous
• Never stammers while singing
  
  
• Started playing guitar at the age of 7
• Started playing bass guitar at the age of 14
• Started writing songs at the age of 18
• Can't live without Music & Computers (with internet connection)
• Dreams & Ambitions: To be the greatest Rock Star...
• Is very Impulsive
• Is very sensitive
• Weird???? Animation movies bring tears in my eyes... The emotions are more real in the Animated Character than real movies...
• Loves every movie by Pixar Animation Studios.
• Is very emotional
• Is very romantic
• Never been kissed by a girl
• Best Friend: Alex Mathew (miss u dude)
• First Crush: Merlyn when I was 8
• Last Crush: my friend Sandra
• First Girlfriend: Anisha
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• Last Girlfriend: Anisha
• Happiest Moments:
• Playing at the Rock Show for ‘Connect 2007’ (Lionbridge Annual Fest)
• Candle Light dinner with my Ex girlfriend, Anisha at Silver Coin on Oct 4^th 2005
• When my friend Sandra told me that she would love to marry and have kids with me
• And many others I don't remember at all.... :P
  
  
• Dreams Big
• My Life is a miracle
• Cheated death twice
• Won a star award while working in Lionbridge Technologies for best performance. Increased the monthly profit of the projects from US$200 a month to US$45,000 in 6 months.
• Wished had a sister
• First Movie to watch in a Cinema Hall - Titanic
• Last Movie - Rock On!!
• 
• Loves Punk Rock
• Loves Chicken Cesar Salad
• Misses Dublin very much (still)
• Can make friends very easily
• Can talk to anyone (in spite of the stammering)
• Music cools off my temper instantly
• Feels the world is a better place when listening to music
• Can talk a lot
• Loves the Most: Not really sure if I love anyone.
• Hates the Most: No one is so bad that I hate them
• Family? No Complains about it… But I am not sure if I really love them either.
• If had a Billion Dollars: Would buy a house in Ireland and get away from everyone I know
• If had one wish to be granted: Wish to be relocated to Ireland and start afresh my life
• Role Model: None… Jesus would be the perfect answer but too difficult to look up to
• What do you hate? I hate bad breath, body odor but above all liars, backstabbers, and hypocrites.
• What do you love to do? To listen to music and day dream
• Ideal Match: Mrs. Alex ;) (Laughs like crazy)
• Personal Quote: Every difficult problem has an easy to understand wrong solution.
• Something you would like to say to your fans: There are some people who take a moment to know you, some who take some more and still some who never do…
  Just don’t get disappointed, Life still rocks… Live it… :)

I Still Miss Dublin :'(

Pic: Mark Radford

Design: Jesse Alex

Yes... Dublin the magical city!!! I spent 2 months in this beautiful city and its almost over a year now and I cant get her off my mind... I never expected my trip to be so amazing and wonderful. The Irish people were so warm and treated me like a King all thru my stay there. It was a wonderful experience.

There are some things that I miss a lot about Dublin:

1. Dublin City Centre


















2. Dun Laoghaire East & West Pier

3. Dublin Bus & Train


















4. Dun Laoghaire Evangelical Church





















5. Guinness ( Though I don't booze)


















And a lot of my friends, the night life and a lot other visuals I can't put up on my blog as of now...
Hopefully I would do them some day soon... :)