That’s what he (Ed) said! And yes, I am so lazy that I copy/paste!

“I’m sorry to tell everyone that was looking forward to seeing ‘Cinema Paradiso’ tonight, but we were not able to get a copy of it for this week. We still hope to show this film later this semester, we will try to get a copy of it soon.

Instead, we will show the recent Woody Allen film ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’, starring Scarlett Johannsen, Javier Bardem, Penolope Cruz, and Rebecca Hall. Here is a link describing the plot of the film:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicky_Cristina_Barcelona

The film will begin tonight at 7:30 pm in the Arts Block! And remember, sign-ups for the day-trip to Kilkenny will be going on before the film, we will be there from 7:00! See you all there!”

Hello, hello,

This week’s film is Cinema Paradiso, an Italian classic.

As usual, Sunday at 7 pm in Arts Block Lecture Theatre 1. See you there!

Our Film – with a capital F! – this week will be the pitch-black humored “Thank You For Smoking” with Aaron Eckhardt as a deeply immoral, word-spinning, and amazingly funny spokesman for the cigarette lobby – as we all know, “There is no conclusive evidence to support the theory that lung cancer is somehow related to cigarettes”, RIGHT? Enjoy! Sunday, Oct 25, 7.30 pm, Arts Block Lecture Theatre 1.

Links: 1, 2, 3

Your Chris

Glendalough & Galway Trips

The International Society, one of NUIM’s largest socs, is the place for NUIM students from all over the world to meet, explore Ireland and generally have fun – lots of fun! It’s famous for its Sunday night films in the arts block, its monthly day and weekend trips across Ireland, and of course the “communicative” international parties at the weekend. We kicked off the year with 99 people going on our Glendalough day trip to discover mythical Ireland, followed by our first three-day trip to Galway. 90 students explored the rough landscapes of the West in the sunshine and the famous night life of Galway after dark. Put this way: The first night out cancelled the second one.

We still have two more day trips and one weekend trip before Christmas, so if you haven’t signed up yet its not too late! International as well as Irish students are all welcome!

www.maynoothinternationals.com

First Weekend Trip: Galway, 16-18 October.

Our first Weekend Trip of the semester will be to amazing City of Galway on the West Coast of Ireland. Galway is one of the most beautiful and friendly cities in Ireland, and there are plenty of things to see and do while you’re there! There hostel we will stay at offers the three most popular Day-Trips, which are to The Cliffs on Moher/Burren Tour, the Connemara Day Tour, and The Aran Islands Day Tour. You can sign-up for these great day-trips right at the reception desk of our hostel!

The cost of the trip is 70 Euro. This includes the cost of the bus to Galway and back, and 2 nights in the best hostel in Ireland! The hostel has breakfast included in the price! This breaks down to 10 Euro for the bus each way (10+10=20), and 25 Euro per-night in the hostel (25X2=50). We will leave for Galway from in front of the Student’s Union on Friday, October 16, sometime in the afternoon, between 3:00 & 4:00 pm. I will announce the definate departure time closer to the trip. It will take approximately 3 hours to travel to Galway. We will then leave Galway at approximately 6:30 pm, and arrive back to Maynooth around 9:00-9:30 pm on Sunday evening, October 18.

Sign-ups for the trip to Galway will also begin this Sunday evening at 7PM in Theatre 1 in the Arts Block. Please bring the money to pay for the trip with you when you sign-up!

Here are some links that will tell you sbout what there is to see and do in Galway City and on the Day Tours:

Galway City:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway

http://www.photos4webs.com/showallimages2.php?ID=Galway&ID2=Galway&ID3=0&ID4=36

Cliffs of Moher/The Burren:

http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Cliffs+of+Moher&um=1&ie=UTF-

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=The+Burren&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=hizGSv6qOZe5jAe966lF&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5

http://www.burrenpage.com/

Connemara:

http://www.connemara.ie/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connemara

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Connemara&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=9SzGSvOoGNmgjAfpxNBD&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=15

The Aran Islands:

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENIE335&q=Aran+Islands&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=bS3GSpW4NszajQeO-LVO&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_Islands

Well, I hope that this will tell you all the information you want to know about the upcoming trips, and I hope to see you all at the sign-ups and film this Sunday! That’s how we do it in the International Society– we do the work, you have the fun! All the arrangements are made for you– all you have to do is sign-up and get on the bus when we go! I’m looking forward to a great year with you all! I’m sure it’ll be a great one! If you ever have any questions or problems, please feel free to ask me! I’m usually around and available! You can e-mail me at this address, send me an SMS on my mobile, 087 6761959, or contact me on Facebook! Thank you all to those who signed-up with us on Clubs & Socs Day! And be sure to tell your friends about us! If you know someone interested in joining us that didn’t get to on Clubs & Socs Day, have them contact us or come along to one of our meetings, and we can put them on our mailing list!