The story

      The first question that comes into your mind in probably: what is Ando doing in Ireland?

      Well here's the story:
      At the end of October 2006 the diploma professor announced me of the existence of a scholarship for completing the bachelor paper in Ireland at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute belonging to the National University of Ireland in Galway.
       Doing my bachelor paper in another country, and getting payed for it had a nice ring to it so I forwarded my CV and intention letter to them. I started talking to them via email and send them additional documents as time progressed.
      At the beginning to January 2007 ,more precisely on the 10'th they announced me that in 2 days time I will have an telephonic interview via Skype with Tudor (he is also from Cluj and he graduated 3 years before me from UTCN) and with Siggi (actually Dr Siegfried Handschuh) the coordinator of the Nepomuk project in Galway.
      The interview went pretty smoothly and by the end of the day I was told that they expected me in Galway for 6 months from the beginning of March :)

      That about sums it up.
      The good part is that this is a great opportunity for me, from which I am sure to learn a lot about myself.
      The bad part is that all the plans I had for this year are no longer valid and I have no idea what I will do when I'll return in September.
      But one problem at a time, and I have enough worries right now regarding my trip and my first weeks in Ireland to be thinking of September.