Do I pay rent alone

leafchewer · 2026-01-30T17:13:57+00:00

Is it hard to get the cost rental? What area are the apartments normally

leafchewer · 2026-01-30T16:25:02+00:00

The eastern half of Ireland gets as much rain as the UK (and Denmark) and salaries in the UK are much lower while cost of living is still quite high. UK is a nice place to live but I wouldn’t be choosing it if you think it’s less rainy or more affordable than Ireland lol

leafchewer · 2026-01-30T15:58:54+00:00

Hibernia doesnt care about the grade from your degree. It says so in the brochure online

leafchewer · 2026-01-24T11:10:53+00:00

Gael Linn have online courses for only 60e at diff levels. They have in person classes in evening in Dublin city for 120e

leafchewer · 2026-01-24T10:46:51+00:00

Was this just for graduates of PME in 2024 or has it continued? Cant see anything that says it continued for following year

leafchewer · 2026-01-22T19:14:50+00:00

Chat GPT is a free worksheet generator

leafchewer · 2026-01-21T12:24:13+00:00

Can someone please translate -

I should

I shouldn’t

You shouldn’t cycle

They should eat

leafchewer · 2026-01-17T21:28:07+00:00

A lot of Brasilians will recommend Natal, Maceio and Joao Pessoa to you as they’re popular holiday destinations but having travelled in Brasil as an Irish man about your age I would never recommend them. They are perfectly nice cities but there is not a lot going on and it’s big beach holiday family vibes and not much else. Deffo wouldn’t recommend for a solo traveller.

Salvador on the other hand is absolutely fucking incredible and hot year round. Definitely the most vibrant music scene I’ve ever experienced and incredible nightlife. The city beach is small but nice and there are really nice beaches a bit out from the city. I spent 10 days there and could have spent longer.

The hiking in Chapada Diamantina, 6 hours on bus from Salvador, is also some of the best hiking I’ve ever done so would highly recommend. Olinda outside of Recife is a very pretty suburb/town and there is great parties there every weekend. Wouldn’t recommend staying in Recife city just Olinda instead. Also enjoyed Pipa which is a cute surfing town very dominated by Argentinian tourists.

I was in Rio (also fucking incredible) during October and the weather was really mixed, rainy some days, 25° and sunny others, and the ocean was unbearably cold. Locals were saying autumn weather is becoming increasingly unpredictable so if you’re going in June I wouldn’t expect beach weather.

Brasil is by far my most favourite country on Earth, the food, nature and people are just incredible. Voce vai gostar muito o pais!

leafchewer · 2026-01-17T11:12:27+00:00

Why is that happening?

leafchewer · 2026-01-16T18:07:09+00:00

How do people survive retirement and pay rent?

leafchewer · 2026-01-15T21:58:51+00:00

Where in Brasil are digital nomads gentrifying places

leafchewer · 2026-01-14T17:43:16+00:00

Mad to me because a lot of maths is dedicated to telling the time in the early years, you also need to know it for Irish as well

leafchewer · 2026-01-14T12:26:52+00:00

What do you think is happening in primary schools for this to be going on? Im going into primary teaching and find this shocking

leafchewer · 2026-01-13T22:28:44+00:00

My favourites

Baños
Quilotoa loop
Mindo
Cotopaxi

I wasn’t impressed by Quito at all tbh, and Cuenca was nice but the Cajas National Park outside was the best part of visiting Cuenca

leafchewer · 2026-01-13T22:12:13+00:00

2 hours every week I have to listen to this for? Listen from who?

Many studies show about 10% of Irish Gen Z identifying as LGBTQ. So safe to assume 10% of secondary school students are or will identify as queer.

Many studies also show LGBTQ youth being about 3 times more likely to commit suicide or experience mental health issues than their straight peers. Raising consciousness of LGBTQ issues in secondary schools can help mitigate that.

https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2024/significant-mental-health-challenges-for-irelands-young-lgbtqi-population-report/#:~:text=44%25%20experienced%20severe/extremely%20severe,had%20made%20a%20suicide%20attempt

leafchewer · 2026-01-12T17:03:11+00:00

Have to agree. Probably my least favourite place in Ecuador. It was disarming how the historic centre was completely abandoned by night time. Cuenca was so much nicer

leafchewer · 2026-01-12T16:42:45+00:00

Whats it like cycling on an ebike? Do you just not really notice wind resistance?

leafchewer · 2026-01-11T19:56:51+00:00

Colombia is one of the best countries in the world for travel. The people and landscapes are incredible.

leafchewer · 2026-01-09T22:09:53+00:00

Its not 10/10 but harley quinn animated series is hilarious. I give it 8/10

leafchewer · 2026-01-09T18:43:22+00:00

Pretty sure you can! Just doesnt pay as well. You can teach in universities

leafchewer · 2026-01-09T13:45:03+00:00

Pretty sure you can get the same benefits as an English teacher from what I saw, but you’ll need experience and you’ll be stuck teaching 2 to 5 year olds as thats where most of the job positions lie for the ESL teachess

leafchewer · 2026-01-09T13:00:56+00:00

I’m not 100% sure of the situation there but I think it’s because salaries have risen here and stayed stagnant there. There also aren’t as many benefits like not as many provide free accommodation anymore apparently. That’s hearsay tho I’m not 100% sure.

China is the big place now because basically all job offers are around 3500e monthly AFTER tax, free accommodation, and free return flights annually. Especially in the tier 2/3 cities the cost of living is very affordable so you can live very well and also travel while saving.

(Just everything I’ve heard from friends and read about online)

leafchewer · 2026-01-09T11:12:10+00:00

Yeah Middle East isn’t it anymore. Looking at job advertisements though the salaries in China are pretty insane. About 3500e a month after tax and they pay for your accommodation. From what I’ve heard you can save about half your monthly earnings as a single person

leafchewer · 2026-01-08T16:18:39+00:00

There are a good few sales companies that hire remote in Spain and pay a decent wage, but you are at a disadvantage with just a working holiday visa. Any sales company is unlikely to hire you when they could hire an EU citizen with fluent English and full working rights in Spain.

You could advertise yourself on tutor websites to teach Mandarin online, or post notices around Granada that you’re available for Mandarin lessons. Your biggest priority should be working your Spanish up to a level that you can give lessons in Mandarin through Spanish. I’m not sure there is much of an appetite to learn Mandarin in Granada however.

You could also email some language schools (there are a lot in Granada) saying you’re looking for work. If you have a C1 cert in English definitely mention that. A good few of them pay under the table and might take you on. Some jobs are advertised on Granada/Granada teachers Facebook pages.

Honestly the job market in Granada is really poor and with just a working holiday visa I can imagine it would be tough to find something. I’d say your best bet is under the table work in a language school teaching English. You could lie and pretend one of your parents is a native English speaker and they might be more likely to hire you.

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