Yesterday the 50+ days of consecutive rain came to an end and we saw the sun for more than an hour. For the last two months the place felt more like December than the middle of summer. Even though I got soaked several time cycling home, I much rather have this rain and cool temperature than the heatwaves that are plaguing the rest of Europe. On Saturday I went to the Bud Light Comedy Festival and one of the comedians said "now we’re not only richer than the Brits they’ve also got more rain than Ireland”.

On the travel front I haven’t done any travel out of Ireland in July. I revisited some places in Dublin, went to Dun Laoghaire market, Bray’s costal walk, theatre to watch a musical and cinema. Pretty much wintery stuff I notice. At least my bank account breathed a sigh of relief. Next week it’s a bank holiday weekend so I’ll be going to visit the Giant’s Causeway in North Ireland, the following week off to Edinburgh then at the end of August back to the dot. I had to shelf my trip to Japan this year as I’ve decided to start something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. Read a Master’s degree.

I’ve been wanting to do some serious studying for quite some time now and at last I managed to find something I like and feel like doing. I’ve looked at a number of different course options in Dublin and finally decided to do a masters by research instead of a taught masters. This means that you’ve got a research project you work on your own instead of attending classes and sitting exams. I think this is more in line with what I want to do since it’s more hands on, and involves more research. After considering the available options in my fields of interest- Knowledge Management, Data Quality and Information Visualisation - I’ve decided to go for the Information Visualisation option. Currently I’m in the process of defining the research project I’ll be working on.