1. Issue 12, November 2012. Copyright: Skills & Enterprise Development Academy
DUBLIN MARATHON
SEDA stu-
dent Rubens
Moreira ran
the Dublin
marathon
and was im-
pressed by
the support
of Dublin
people.
Page 2
SEDA NEWS IS ONE!
SEDA News
celebrates
one year in
print by go-
ing online.
This edition
is the twelfth
issue of the
newspaper. Page 3
WORK EXPERIENCE
Students and teachers enjoy the SEDA Halloween party last month - for more pictures see pages 10 & 11.
Students from 34 countries Get work
experience
are in SEDA this year
in Ireland
with the
new SEDA
intern-
ship pro-
SEDA has students from 34 countries – from South Korea to South America and from Malawi in gramme.
Africa to Croatia in Europe. Page 4
Students from 34 different na- est group of students came from the total), 92 French students (6%) richer. Diversity in the classroom
tions enrolled to study in SEDA
this year. The college now has a
the Spanish speaking world –
countries like Spain, Venezuela
and 78 learners from Malawi (5%),
a country known as “the warm
also helps the students to learn
English because they are in a situa- YOUR STORY
truly multicultural student body and Mexico together accounted heart of Africa”. You can see the tion where they have no choice but
and has proved popular with peo- for nearly 50% of all students en- statistics in full on the new SEDA to speak the language with their Italian stu-
ple from all over the world – from rolled in SEDA so far this year. An- News website www.news.sedacol- classmates”. dents Gabri-
South Korea to South America and other large group of students came lege.com. SEDA continues to attract ele and Sal-
from Malawi in Africa to Croatia from Brazil, which was the largest “It’s brilliant that our students students from new countries. Re- vatore find
in Europe. Last month the school’s “sending country” this year, with come from so many different cently the school’s first learners Dublin a bit
management compiled student 529 Brazilian students enrolled for countries,” said SEDA’s director of from Finland and Greece enrolled cold, but fall
statistics to see how many people courses in 2012 (34% of the total studies Carol Cregg. “One of the for English language courses. And in love with
enrolled for courses since January number). However, Spain lost out greatest things about going abroad this month SEDA’s marketing team the city’s
to end of October this year and only slightly, with 525 Spanish stu- to study is that you meet people will attend student fairs in South warm peo-
where they were coming from. dents enrolled. SEDA also had 214 from other cultures – it makes America, including Panama and ple
The figures show that the larg- students from Venezuela (14% of the exchange experience so much Costa Rica. Page 6

2. 2 NEWS
A word from “Dublin people gave
the editor
me the strength to
finish my first
Welcome to the November issue
of SEDA News!
This edition is special because it
marks the newspaper’s first year in
marathon,” says
print. To celebrate we’ve collected
all the front pages from the past 12
months – see if you can find yourself
or your friends in them!
Last month SEDA celebrated
Halloween and we have all the most
exciting photos from the college par-
ty (including a balloon fight between
SEDA’s own Rubens
teachers Emma and Rosa!) for you SEDA student Rubens Moreira ran the Dublin Marathon last month
on pages 10 and 11.
– his first ever marathon race. Rubens was very impressed by the
This month a number of students
also sent us their stories for SEDA
friendliness of Dublin people and, he says, it was their support and
News scary story competition. The constant cheering that made him finish the 42.2 kilometre distance.
best stories are published on page 7.
Well done to the winners – Denise
Agarioyada and Roseni Mariano! “Go SEDA! Come on SEDA!” a marathon before coming to Dub- made big cheering signs to sup- said he would be happy to run to-
these kinds of shouts accompa- lin in August this year. “It was very port the runners. “I’ve never seen gether with other SEDA students.
If you want to win cool prizes nied Rubens Moreira for most of difficult and after the race I was this kind of support anywhere,” Get in touch on: news@seda.ie
too then I suggest you take part in the 42.2 kilometres that he ran sore for days,” Rubens told SEDA he said. “The people
this month’s competitions. We have
along the streets of Dublin on News. “The last 12 kilometres was were shouting like it
two of them: the quiz (you can now
cut it out and give it to your teacher
October 29. The Brazilian stu- the hardest part. I was only able was the final game of
instead of sending all the answers by dent was wearing a T-Shirt with a to finish the marathon because of the World Cup! It was
e-mail) and a contest for two tickets SEDA logo and many supporters the people of Dublin who cheered beautiful, just beauti-
to the Cliffs of Moher. mistakenly assumed that Seda was me on and kept me going. When ful”.
his own name. “I love SEDA, but a I crossed the finish line I felt so
All you have to do to win the lot of times I really wanted to tell emotional. I wanted to thank all Next year Rubens
tickets is send us a photo of your- people to stop calling me SEDA the Dublin people who gave me has set himself another
self hanging around one of Ireland’s and call me by my real name,” said the strength to finish my first mar- challenge – to run the
tourist attractions. The best photo
Rubens. “Next time I will make athon”. New York marathon
wins the tickets (but the tickets will
only be given out if enough peo-
sure to have my name printed on and improve his fin-
ple sign up for the tour and it goes the shirt”. Rubens says people offered him ishing time of 4 hours
ahead). All the photos you send us sweets and water along the course, and 8 minutes. The
will appear in SEDA News. Rubens, who works for a mul- while many children reached out SEDA student is also
tinational company in Brazil, says with their hands to give him a planning to run a half-
Nothing much seems to be hap- he came to Ireland to “learn Eng- “high five”. The Brazilian student marathon in Paris and,
pening this month in Ireland as the lish and run”. He runs a lot in his was also impressed by people who possibly, a few more
country is catching its breath after home country, but had never done dressed up in fancy costumes and races in Dublin. He
Halloween and preparing for the
Christmas season, but, as always,
we’ve got reviews of nice pubs and
restaurants for you to visit and we’ve
Find out about
also compiled a list of Dublin pubs
where you can play pool – a great
way to spend the cold November
volunteering in
evenings!
In this issue we’ve also got a
Ireland!
If you ever wondered charity and many others!) and
story about SEDA student Rubens
about volunteering in Ireland how to apply for these projects.
who ran 42.2 kilometres during the
you can find out everything You will be able to sign up to
Dublin City marathon last month
there is to know right here in volunteer right after Caroline’s
(naturally he was wearing a SEDA T-
SEDA! Caroline McClure, a presentation. Volunteering is a
Shirt!), teacher Emma, who has the
placement officer with Volun- good way to make friends, find
sexiest accent in the school, students
teer Ireland – Ireland’s nation- out more about life in Ireland
from Italy and Brazil and the usual
al volunteering network – will and, of course, improve your
low down on what’s going in SEDA
come to SEDA on Thursday, English, so don’t miss this op-
and Dublin. Have a pleasant read!
December 6, to do a talk portunity!
As always, send us your photos,
about volunteering.
stories and ideas on news@seda.ie
Caroline will explain how The talk on volunteering
volunteering in Ireland works, with Volunteer Ireland place-
talk about current volunteer- ment officer Caroline McClure
ing opportunities (such as will take place in SEDA on
SEDA News editor carol singing in Grafton street, Thursday, December 7 at 2
Viktor Posudnevsky selling Christmas trees for pm.
SEDA News, copyright: Skills & Enterprise Development Academy (SEDA). EDITOR AND LAYOUT: Viktor Posudnevsky.
FINAL REVIEW: Carol Cregg. CIRCULATION: 1000 copies. ADVERTISING & EDITORIAL: news@seda.ie

3. NEWS 3
SEDA News celebrates 1 year in print!
SEDA’s monthly newspaper SEDA its present editor and designer Viktor
News has completed its first year in Posudnevsky. Since the very first issue
print – this month’s edition is the SEDA News covered Irish events that
twelfth issue of the newspaper. The are of interest to international stu-
publication is actually older than a dents, published stories about foreign
year as the first issue came out in Au- students and their Irish teachers and
gust 2011 and on some months the did its best to keep the reader in the
paper did not come out. The news- loop about all the interesting things
paper was started by SEDA students going on in Dublin. We will keep do-
Rodrigo Luiz Vianna and Andre Mar- ing that for the foreseeable future!
tins Ressel and is now continued by Thank you for reading SEDA News!
SEDA takes over YouTube
A new video series about SEDA own a successful film production com-
staff and students is taking YouTube pany in Brazil called Red Line Filmes.
by storm! Well, it’s not exactly up with The pair are also making their mark on
Gangnam Style yet, but anyone who is Irish cinema – they are busy shooting
curious to find out more about SEDA’s several independent films in Dublin.
SEDA News goes online
teachers can watch interviews with The SEDA YouTube channel also hosts
them on the school’s YouTube channel: a new series of videos by Guilherme
SEDA Academy. Nassim. Guilherme interviews SEDA
students about their experiences in
from this month
The interviews have been recorded Ireland and the results go online –
and edited by SEDA students Hum- check it out!
berto Rosa and Thairon Mendes who
SEDA Map is launched To celebrate SEDA News’ first an-
niversary the college newspaper has
gone online. From this month all the
A map of Dublin de- articles from SEDA News as well as
signed specifically for SEDA more stories and information that
students was launched this didn’t get into the paper is available
month. The map will be avail- on http://news.sedacollege.ie The new
able free of charge in SEDA’s website has sections on events in Dub-
reception and in the school’s lin and a Going out page with infor-
student accommodation. mation about pubs, restaurants, tour-
It shows Dublin city centre ist attractions and other interesting
with all the main landmarks places to visit in Dublin and around
and tourist attractions and the country. The website will be up-
also gives students handy tel- dated with new material weekly, some
ephone numbers and tips to of which will also be printed in the
improve their English. newspaper. So if you want to be always pening in SEDA and in Dublin, read check mySEDA Facebook page too)!
up to date on everything that is hap- SEDA News online (and don’t forget to

4. 4 NEWS
White Christ-
mas is “likely”
Get work experience with
this year SEDA internship programme
SEDA is organizing a free intern- offer! The programme is also a chance ternoons) or during holidays.
ship programme which will allow stu- for students to get well-paying jobs in Full time internships are only
dents to learn English and gain work Ireland as internships sometimes lead available during holidays.
experience in an Irish company at the to full-time employment.
Weather forecasters say that same time. The work placements will If you would like to take
white Christmas in Ireland is “more be unpaid and it is planned that they In order to take part in SEDA in- part in the programme send
likely than usual”, Irish media report. will last for up to 4 weeks. The students ternship programme you need to be your CV and a cover letter in-
According to one service, there is a will be able to choose the company over 18 years of age and your course in dicating the professional area
20% chance of snow falling on De- where they want to work from a list SEDA has to be for at least 6 months. where you would like to work
cember 25, with northern counties of Irish businesses. SEDA is currently Only students with intermediate or to internship@seda.ie. SEDA’s
having a 30% chance. First snow was setting up internship opportunities in higher level of English will be ac- Internship programme coor-
seen last month in the mountains IT, pharmaceutics, engineering, busi- cepted. Students will also need private dinator will then get in touch
of Donegal and Sligo as well as in ness administration, digital market- medical insurance (at least for the du- with you and inform you about
county Limerick. Snow is unusual ing, accounting, media, customer ser- ration of the internship). the positions that are currently
for Dublin, but sometimes it does fall vice, law and other areas. on offer. After you choose the
in December and January. The year The work placements are either roles that interest you SEDA
2010 saw a particularly harsh winter The key benefit of the programme part-time or full-time. Part-time in- will arrange interviews with the re- To apply for the programme
as most of Ireland was covered with for students is the opportunity to im- ternships can be done in the student’s spective companies. If the interview just send your CV to:
snow for several weeks and the tem- prove their English in a real work envi- free time (for example, if you study in is successful then you can start your internship@seda.ie!
ronment – something that no class can the morning you can work in the af- internship.
Gardai try out
peratures dropped below freezing.
Congratulations to our Segways
Last year there was only very little
snow which melted quickly and there
was no snow at all at Christmas.
Ireland signs
education prize winners! Gardai
will soon be
patrolling the
agreement Well done to everyone who took part
in SEDA News’ competitions last
month and throughout this past year!
right in last month’s quiz, while
ROSE SAMPAIO became the over-
all winner of SEDA News’ writing
streets of Dub-
lin on electric
with Brazil
Segways – the
SANDRA PETRY got all the answers competition about the students’ first two-wheeled
impressions of Dublin. self-balanc-
Ireland’s Minister for Trade and ing vehicles
Development Joe Costello signed an They both got some nice that run on
education and research agreement prizes – an Irish-themed recharge-
with Brazil that will see 4,000 under- monopoly game and a picnic able batteries.
graduate Brazilian students study in bag. Congratulations! Two Segways
Ireland over the next four years. The equipped with luminous Garda brand-
agreement was secured during Enter- This month the competitions ing and blue lights were donated to
prise Ireland’s trade mission to Brazil continue – you can test your Ireland’s police force by the Dublin
last month led by Mr Costello. The knowledge of European cities City Business Association (DCBA) last
agreement is part of Brazil’s Science in our Europe travel quiz and month. The vehicles will be used to pa-
Without Borders programme – a Bra- you can also win two tickets trol pedestrian areas of Dublin, such as
zilian Government scholarship pro- for a trip to the Cliffs of Mo- Grafton Street. According to DCBA,
gramme which aims to send 100,000 her if you send us a photo of Segways are already used for policing
Brazilian students on undergraduate yourself beside some Irish in over 300 cities worldwide and will
courses and PhDs courses in science, tourist attraction. Check out boost the visibility of gardai in Dublin.
technology, engineering, mathematics pages 9 and 12 for more in- If the pilot project is successful then
and creative industries at top universi- formation! Segways could be rolled out to other
ties around the world. Sandra Pentry and SEDA’s cities in Ireland.
Rose Sampaio getting her prize deirector of studies Carol Cregg

5. SEDA STAFF 5
Emma has the sexiest
accent in SEDA
Every month SEDA News interviews a teacher so you could get to know them better. This month we
got hold of EMMA BRENNAN who has been recently promoted to course co-ordinator. Emma is also
the only staff member who is from county Donegal in the North West of Ireland. Donegal people are
known for their hospitality, warmth and... accent, which has been voted the sexiest accent in Ireland.
Tell me a little bit about yourself. be driving soon, but at the moment I
get home by bus. Yes, there are plenty of them. So
I am from Donegal town. I did a many that I wouldn’t be able to name
degree in law and taxation in Leterk- Is it difficult for students to under- them all! There’s even a whole diction-
enny IT and then I went travelling stand your Donegal accent? ary of “Donegal English”. I’ll e-mail it
with a friend of mine. We taught Eng- to you if you want.
lish in Thailand for nearly two years. I Yes, it can be a hard for them to get
taught English to small children in two it sometimes. But do you know that, Please do! And do you teach these
private schools there. We travelled all statistically, Donegal accent is the sexi- Donegal expressions to your stu-
over Thailand and also went to Cam- est accent in Ireland? You can google dents?
bodia, Laos and Vietnam. On our holi- it if you don’t believe me! There was a
days we went to the South of Thailand survey and most people said that Don- I do sometimes, but not too much.
where all the islands are. I even got to egal accent is the sexiest accent in Ire- I want them to speak proper English,
see the place where the film The Beach land. I don’t want to brag about it, but not Donegal English!
was made. I can’t argue with statistics!
I didn’t really celebrate, but I went Emma: sexy and she knows it!
This year Donegal won the All
Later I went back to Ireland and Speaking about classes, no student out for a few drinks with some Don-
Ireland Gaelic football champion- egal people after the game. my favourite. I like to make my
got a job in Dublin. I’ve been teach- has ever said to me: I don’t understand
ing English to adults ever since. So I’ve ship. How did you celebrate? own pizza as well, that’s my speciality
you. After a couple of weeks they get
been teaching for the last four years used to it. Different accents are good to Did you watch the game in Croke in cooking. My recipe would be: puff
now. I haven’t used my law and taxa- The celebrations in Donegal were pastry, tomato puree on top, pieces
listen to because Ireland is not just one
huge! In our town you can only fit
Park?
tion degree, at least not yet! accent, it’s 32 different accents. Even in of chicken, peppers, onions, mozza-
about 2000 people on the Main Street, rella and a little bit of cheddar cheese
Dublin there are different accents! I watched the final from my house
but there were about 30 000 people – voila!
You recently got a new role in in Dublin. It was very difficult to get
that night! Daniel O’Donnell, a famous
SEDA as a course co-ordinator Are there any special words or singer from Donegal, was singing. But
tickets to Croke Park, they were like
and director’s assistant. What do gold dust. What places would you recom-
expressions in Donegal which are unfortunately I didn’t go home be-
you do exactly? mend students to see in Donegal?
not used in other parts of Ireland? cause I was working on the Monday.
What do you like to do when
you’re not teaching? In my town there’s a castle which
It’s basically helping students. I
is interesting. You also have the Slieve
help to put students in classes and on
I like playing tennis. There is a League – it’s the third highest cliff in
Fridays I give induction days. That
tennis court near where I live in Ring- Europe! It’s breathtaking especially
involves getting students to know all
send. I also like going to the cinema, on a nice day. You just have to be very
there is to know about the school and
pubs, socializing, reading, going for careful because you can go off the edge
about Dublin. I also help coordinate
walks. I also go to the gym three times of the cliff... There are loads of other
exams and give activities to students.
a week. Once you do all that there’s no places to see in Donegal: you can go
There’s something different every Fri-
time for anything else! walking on the beach, horse riding,
day – conversation class, games class
surfing in a town called Bundoran.
and so on. I also teach English, but
What sort of music are you into? There are also golf courses if you like
only in the afternoons.
I like all kinds of music except for playing golf. Donegal is a huge place
Westlife! My favourite band would be with loads of things to explore! But
Do you miss your family in Don- summer is the best time to visit. In
egal and do you go home often? Snow Patrol. I never miss their gigs,
I think I went to see them four times winter it’s too windy and cold.
I try to go once a month because this year!
my family miss me a lot. But my home
town is four hours away from Dublin What kind of food do you like? You can learn some “Donegal
so it can be very tiring. Hopefully I will English” in our Craic-tionary on
Breathtaking: Slieve League cliffs in Donegal I like Italian food, pizza would be page 12.

6. 6 YOUR STORY
Italian students find Dublin a bit cold,
but fall in love with the
city’s warm people
Italian friends Salvatore Abbate and Gabriele Palma fell in love
with Ireland during their one-month stay in SEDA and want to go back
here some day.
Italian friends Salvatore Abbate added. “Everyone is happy to help I now wear only a T-shirt when I
and Gabriele Palma came to Dub- in the street. They are really warm go out!”
lin from Naples last month to learn hearted and kind. Irish people say The pair found the time to
English in SEDA. They both say what they have on their mind – visit Ireland’s tourist attractions,
they liked the country and Gabri- same as the people of Naples!” including the Cliffs of Moher and
ele now wishes to go back here one The Italians made many the Giant’s Causeway and they say
day in order to do an internship in friends during their short stay – they really enjoyed their time here.
economics or business – his area both among Irish people and for- “The moment was right for us to
of studies at university. “I think eigners. They also picked up a bit go to Ireland,” said Gabriele Palma.
Ireland is a much better place to of Spanish and Portuguese as they “We had just finished the univer-
learn English than Britain,” the met many Spanish and Brazilian sity and English is very important
Italian student told SEDA News. students in the hostel where they to get a job in Italy now. I think
“The people here don’t speak so were staying. it’s much better to learn English
fast and the accent is more under- Probably the most difficult in and English-speaking country
standable”. thing to get used to in Ireland was because here we don’t have anyone
The friends were also im- the weather. “When we stepped to speak Italian with. In SEDA our
pressed by what they call the “gen- off the plane we felt very cold, it English improved a lot. We really
uine warmth” of the Irish people: was like Christmas in Italy,” said like the teachers and the style of
“Irish people are also friendlier Gabriele. “But after a few days we teaching, it was really fun!”
than English,” Salvatore Abbate got used to it and, as you can see, Salvatore and Gabriele got used to the Dublin weather!
Marcelo leaves SEDA to see the birth of
his son, but hopes to be back soon Popular student Marcelo Adriano had to interrupt his course in SEDA because of some great news: he is going to be a
father! The Brazilian student has flown home to see the birth of his first son.
31-year-old Marcelo Adriano news: his ex-girlfriend was preg- and Edinburgh. And he travelled met a few ex-SEDA students there
hails from Campinas in the state nant with his son! Marcelo had to all over Ireland: Wicklow, Belfast, whom I know from Dublin. I have
of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He says when cut his course short and he flew Cork, Galway and many other a friend in Nice and he wants to
growing up he was always a big back home in the end of October places. The student made plenty come and visit me in Brazil. I also
fan of heavy metal music and all to be there when his first child is of European friends in Ireland and have friends in Murcia, Spain and
his favourite bands sang in Eng- born. he enjoys keeping in touch with next year they will visit me in my
lish. “I grew up listening to these After the birth of his son Mar- them. “I met most of my European house. It’s a cultural exchange and
songs and I’ve always wanted to celo hopes to come back to Dublin friends in SEDA. It’s really good to it’s good!”
understand them,” he told SEDA and continue his studies in SEDA. keep in contact with them. For ex-
News. “My favourite band is Blind “I need English for my job,” he ex- ample, when I travelled to Paris I
Guardian, but I also like Hallow- plains. “In Brazil if you speak Eng-
een, Stratovarius, Iron Maiden, lish now you have a lot of oppor-
Hammerfall, Led Zeppelin, Deep tunities. There’s the World Cup in
Purple, Whitesnake and many 2014 and the Summer Olympics in
others. I always wanted to under- 2016. If you speak English you can
stand the lyrics, but when I was find a job fast”. He says he worked
growing up there was no internet in Oi, a telecoms company, for 3
and so I had to translate the songs years, but left the job to come to
with a dictionary”. Dublin.
Coming to Ireland was Mar- “I’m very happy that I made
celo’s first trip to Europe. He origi- the decision to come to Ireland
nally wanted to study English in instead of the USA,” the Brazilian
the US, but decided to come to Ire- student told SEDA News. “Ireland
land instead after meeting SEDA is a great place to learn English and
marketing team at a student fair you can easily travel all around Eu-
in Belo Horizonte. He booked a rope from here. And it’s cheap too
one-year course in SEDA, but just – thank you Ryanair!”
two days before he was due to fly Marcelo has already been to
Marcelo after a trip to Scotland to Ireland he got some unexpected London, Cardiff, Liverpool, Paris Marcelo Adriano in Paris with friends he made in SEDA

7. SEDA NEWS WRITING COMPETITION 7
Horror stories by SEDA students
Last month a number of SEDA News readers sent us their scary stories for a writing competition. The three best entries are pub-
lished below. Congratulations to Denise Agarioyada (author of Dead) and Roseni Mariano who won the prizes – two tickets to
Gravediggers Bus Tour – Dublin’s scariest bus ride!
The haunted house
Everybody always said that
the house was cursed by demons
and damned souls. But the young
Dead
I was at his funeral. I touched
man didn’t know about that. He
believed that it was just a desolate his pale and cold face while I was
house with a peculiar atmosphere. pretending to cry. And as his best
It was a bad way to finish an af- friend, I helped to close his coffin
ternoon. The young man had just and to carry it. I watched when to the graveyard, willing to finish
10 km left to go to his mother’s they put earth above his coffin. those mad dreams. It was mid-
house, but he had to stop: the rain Yes, definitely, he is dead. He must night when I started digging up
was almost becoming a storm and be. his grave. It was not hard work
there was a shelter just 100 metres But in my dreams, so real as the earth was soft because it
ahead. dreams, he is alive. And I have had been raining all day. I spent
As soon as he entered the had the same dream day after day less than two hours digging until
house a strong wind swept past since his death. He looks at me I could see the whole coffin. It was
the man and slammed the door with his yellow putrid eyes, points pouring and the clouds covered
behind him. Instantly he felt the his fleshless finger at me and ac- the moonlight, so I only had my
so much anger and revulsion that approaching him. The man was cuses me of killing him. And from lantern for light.
temperature drop, but he blamed it could frighten even the worst of prepared to feel the claws stab at
the storm for that. his fetid body I can smell death. It was only when I finished my
demons. his heart and slowly rip his chest And when I wake up, sweating work that I realized what I had
As the man walked through the Through the window he could until he lost consciousness. But he
reception room, the house seemed and shouting, my bedroom has done. I was inside the hole, stand-
see the weather, it was worse than was wrong. The creatures couldn’t the same smell: death. As if he ing on the coffin, and I couldn’t
to be getting a life of its own, and he thought, but at least it wasn’t touch him, in some way he was
truly it was. The wind was moving was there, watching me sleep and get out from there because the
raining anymore, just the wind protected, but not for long. Slowly appreciating my desperate misery. earth was too wet. And my plan
the curtains, the stairs were grit- was too strong. Maybe he could go he felt his legs again, and as soon
ting, the walls were moaning, the Today it was one month of to burn the coffin was postponed.
out and reach his mother’s house as he recovered himself he started nightmares. I can’t stand it any- In the silence of the graveyard
shadows were walking around like before the heavy rain started again. to run, as fast as he could. In the
they wanted to welcome the new- more, I need to do something. I broken by the rain I could hear
Yes, he made up his mind, it was middle of the way he stumbled and know, maybe that is my punish- moaning, and I recognized the
comer. If the young man had no- time to get away from that place. fell. Without noticing it, when he
ticed those changes he would have ment for killing him and making voice from my dreams. Imme-
As he turned around towards stood up from the floor, he broke him suffer. But apart from that, I diately and desperately I tried to
ran away from that place. But, in the main door, he saw three terri- his crucifix. That was his downfall:
some way he was indifferent. He don’t regret anything: he deserved climb the mud, in vain. And at the
fying creatures staring at him. He he was condemned. it and I did the right thing. God same time I could smell the death,
couldn’t even see the terrible crea- couldn’t move, he was petrified,
ture hidden in the shadows just knows my reasons, and the Devil I could feel the coffin starting to
even when the monsters started By Daisy Agarioyada knows what I need to do to be at move under my feet. Slowly, slow-
beside him, staring at him with
peace again. ly, slowly…
The drunk tourist
If he is already dead, I need
to kill him one more time. Burn By Denise Naomi Agari-
his coffin and be sure he won’t oyada, level: Upper-Inter-
come back to accuse me again.
With Devil as my witness, I went
mediate
Once upon a time, a deep win- drunk tourist appeared in front of
ter and a deep darkness. I could the castle at the main door. At that hand was bleeding too. The man noticed that his situ-
just see the full moon in the sky moment it started raining heavy, As the man liked drinking too ation wasn’t good and it was time
and the clouds which sometimes so the man decided to knock on much, he didn’t mind what he had to stop drinking because he had
covered it. There was an old castle the door to ask for help. When he seen and he sat down in an empty drunk 18 pints! When he was pre-
in the middle of a graveyard which approached the door, it opened chair next to the door. He starred paring to go out it the bell rang as
nobody had visited for many years. by itself. As he was a brave guy drinking too. There was a deep si- it was already midnight, and then
There were bad stories about that he walked forward and called for lence, and it was only interrupted the vampire asked: “You like drink-
castle and people used to speak somebody but there was no an- when the witch decided to ask a ing alcohol, don’t you? And do you
of strange things that happened swer. Then he kept walking around question: “Who are you?” The man know what kind of drink I like to
there. and calling for someone to come. answered: “I am, I am, and what drink?” the man looked straight at
On that night an extraordi- Suddenly he saw a huge door in about you, who are you?” his face and answered: “I know, but
nary thing happened. A lost and front of him and he heard a loud Everybody looked at each oth- I am not available now”.
noise and laughs er and kept starring at him. The si- When he finished answering
coming from behind drinking. One of them was a witch. lence was interrupted again when the question, the vampire stood up
the door. He didn’t She had a big nose, some warts on the werewolf asked: “What are you and the man ran away as fast as he
think and walked to- her face and yellow teeth. Another doing here?” could. He got away from the castle,
ward the door. When creature was a werewolf, and there “The same as you, drinking,” – but every time he told this story
he entered the next was a big cross in the middle of his the man answered. nobody believed him, because
room, he saw an ex- chest. The next one was a mummy, The man had already drunk everybody knows that he is always
traordinary scene. it had a nosebleed all the time. The six pints when the mummy asked: drunk.
There was a huge last one was a vampire. He was sit- “Where did you come from?”
table and there were ting in the centre of the table and “I came from the grave, don’t
four strange peo- he had his left leg cut and his right you see my dirty clothes?” the man
ple sitting at it and leg just showed one bone. His left By Roseni Mariano
replied.

8. 8 GOING OUT
SHOWS & GIGS
2MANYDJS Pubs where you can play
pool/snooker
Dublin, Olympia Theatre
November 16
The legendary live show re-
turns to Dublin for one night
only. Tickets €29.90. Winter is coming and the nights are getting darker and longer. The
KEANE
pub is a great place to warm up and spend the long evenings, but
Dublin, Olympia Theatre what can you do in a pub? Apart from drink most places only offer
November 21 sports on TV and music. But there are some pubs in Dublin where
Following the release of their you can also play pool and darts while having a pint. Where to find
fourth studio album Strange-
land Keane are playing a gig in
them? SEDA News brings you a selection of some of the best Dublin
Dublin. pubs with pool tables.
The Palace drinks. Easily the best place in Dublin bands and drink promotions (3 euro roulette and, according to its Facebook
STEVE VAI 84/87 Lower Camden Street, if you want to play a game of pool with a pint). Both places also have pool ta- page, is open until 4 am every night of
Vicar Street, Dublin 8 Dublin 2 your mates! bles. the week.
December 4
Virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai will The Lower Deck Sports Bar The Living Room
play Dublin with special guest Fibber Magees and Fibbers Rock Bar 1 Portobello Harbour, Portobello, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1
Beverly McClellan. Tickets: 80-81 Parnell Street & Dublin 8 Located just off O’Connell Street this
27 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 This pub is located just in front of pub is famous for having the largest 3D
€41.00.
the little plaza in Portobello, beside TV screen in Ireland (and possibly Eu-
the Grand Canal. It has pool tables rope!) which shows live sports events.
downstairs as well as a variety of other The pub is quite big, has an interesting
THIN LIZZY games such as poker, darts, blackjack, aquarium and a really nice heated beer
Dublin, Olympia Theatre roulette and so on. The pub also has garden. It also has two pool tables so
December 13 The Palace is a big pub and nightclub sports on big screens and live music at there is always something to do – defi-
After a very successful 2 year located on the busy Camden Street. weekends. nitely recommended!
run with the current line up The entrance is hard to miss because
Thin Lizzy return to Dublin. it looks like the entrance of a theatre
(the pub was a theatre before). The The Hideout 8 Ball Pool
Palace is also famous for the fact that South William Street, Dublin 2
HORSLIPS rehearsal scenes from The Commit- If you like rock music and heavy metal Not the poshest place in Dublin, but
Dublin, Olympia Theatre ments were filmed there. Now the pub this is the place to be! Hard rock is the has pool tables downstairs and the
December 14 & 15 is full of pool tables and has a big bar only kind of music you will hear in prices are very reasonable. The pub
Legendary Irish band will play with a nice selection of beers and other Fibbers. Every weekend there are live also has other games like poker and
Are you good at beer pong?
two dates in Dublin this De-
cember. Tickets: €33.50.
GLEN HANSARD
Vicar Street Venue, Thomas Peadar Kearney’s pub in Dame Street, Dublin 2 is a traditional Irish pub where
Street, Dublin 8
December 17 & 18
you can listen to live music and play a drinking game called beer pong.
Irish musician and star of the You can’t miss Peadar Kearney’s (Irish for Peter) Kearney, who was beer pong is very popu-
movie Once will play an in- – it’s right in the middle of Dame an Irish republican and composed lar. Sometimes there is a
timate gig in Dublin’s Vicar Street and on most nights the numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he queue to play, but waiting
Street. Tickets from €30. sound of live music can be heard wrote the lyrics to “The Soldier’s for your turn is never bor-
coming out of its green doorway. Song” (“Amhrán na bhFiann”), ing.
ASLAN The pub is called after Peadar now the Irish national anthem.
Vicar Street (Dublin 8) You can listen to live music
December 27th The pub has an authentic Irish (and dance if you feel like
The Irish band Aslan are cel- feel and a pleasant, relaxed at- it!), watch American foot-
ebrating 30 years together this mosphere. The ground floor is ball on the TV screens or
year and they will play mate- quite small, but it has a dance- just enjoy a conversation
rial from their new album as floor and a mini-stage where over a pint.
How to play beer pong?
well as old hits such as Crazy live musicians perform on
World. Tickets from 25 euro. most nights.
Beer pong does not have any offi- beer contained in the cup and put the
There is a bit more space on the cial rules, but typically it is played cup away. The first side to “eliminate”
GARY BARLOW basement level where you will by two teams (normally two players all of the opponent’s cups is the win-
find a bar, several TV screens per team). The players stand oppo- ner. So the team that loses actually
Dublin, Olympia Theatre
site each other across the beer pong drinks more beer than the team that
January 7, 2013 showing mostly American
table. Each team places plastic cups wins, which is some consolation for
The British star singer will per- sports and two tables for beer with some beer in them on their side the loss!
form in Dublin this coming pong – a drinking game. of the table. Normally 6
January with special guests. to 10 cups are used and
Tickets from €49.65. Most customers in Peadar they are arranged in a
Kearney’s are tourists and triangular formation –
like cue balls before a
The Good game of pool. The play-
Tickets to all these shows are avail- ers take turns to throw
Authentic Irish feel, live music on most nights, mini-dancefloor, beer
able from Ticketmaster outlets. a ping pong ball at the
pong tables downstairs, pitchers of beer cups. If the ball lands in
To book by phone call: 0818 719 300
Online booking: the opposite team’s cup,
The Bad then members of that
www.ticketmaster.ie
Full of tourists. A pint costs €5.40 at the weekend. team have to drink the

9. GOING OUT 9
Honest to Goodness: SHOWS & GIGS
DROPKICK MURPHYS
A tasty and healthy option at Vicar Street, Dublin 8
January 12, 2013
American band famous for
the heart of George Street their song “Shipping up to
Boston” is coming to Dublin’s
Vicar Street in January. Tickets:
Recently I had the opportu- of roast vegetables and Cheddar €26.90.
nity to visit a restaurant that will served with a delicious salad and
be hard to forget. A friend of mine much more delicious bread toast-
told me about this place before so ed with some sort of onion sauce. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
when I had some free time I de- For drink I had natural juice made lous and fresh. I also noted that the
The O2, Dublin
cided to check it out. The place is with fresh fruit. You could see that place was full, and the staff had to
January 19, 2013
in the middle of George Street Ar- all the products used were fresh turn plenty of people away because
Popular Northern Irish band
cade market, which is right in the and everything was made by order. there were no free tables. I would
Two Door Cinema Club are
middle of George Street. It’s called strongly recommend Honest to
coming to the O2 next year to
Honest to Goodness. less than 7 staff members working My friends got the Omelette Goodness to all SEDA News read-
present their new record Bea-
and everyone was very organised. too and a beautiful salad as a main ers. I must also warn them that
con. Tickets from €28.00.
From the outside the restau- I couldn’t believe that such a small course. The food tasted marvel- they would have to wait a bit to get
rant looked small, like a little cafe. place had so many staff. a table. But trust me, it’s worth it!
We went inside and were greeted
by very friendly staff. I counted not We ordered a table for three P.S: I forgot to mention the
JIMMY CARR
and had to wait 4-5 minutes to get price, which was the second best
Dublin, Olympia Theatre
it, but the waiter got our order be- part. The main course and the juice
February 8 & 9, 2013
fore we took our seats so when we cost less than €10 – marvellous!
Popular British comedian Jim-
got a table we had our food straight my Carr is coming to Dublin’s
away, which was brilliant. The restaurant’s website is:
Olympia Theatre. Tickets from
www.honesttogoodness.ie
€33.
Following my friend’s recom-
mendation I went for the Omelette By Tiago Mascarenhas
Other Events BLOC PARTY
Dublin, Olympia Theatre
Ireland vs Argentina February 12, 2013
Novermber 24 British indie rock outfit Bloc
Party will play songs from
@ the Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Ireland’s rugby team will their new album FOUR. Tickets
play against Argentina on from €33.50.
November 24th. Tickets for
the game are priced from €10
to €55 and can be booked on EXAMPLE
irishrugby.ie and ticketmas- The O2, Dublin
ter.ie. You can also get tickets February 21, 2013
in Ticketmaster outlets all British rapper Example and
around Dublin.
special guest Benga will per-
form in Dublin’s O2 next year.
Ireland vs Greece Tickets €35.00.
Wednesday, November 14, kickoff:
7.45 pm STEVE AOKI
At the Aviva Stadium, Dublin Dublin, Olympia Theatre
Republic of Ireland nation- February 22, 2013
al team will face former Euro- USA DJ some of whose fa-
pean champions Greece in an mous tracks include “No beef”
international friendly match and “Turbulence” is coming
in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. to Dublin next year. Tickets:
Tickets for the game are priced €33.50.
from 20 euro and are on sale in
Ticketmaster outlets and on
THE SCRIPT
www.ticketmaster.ie
The O2, Dublin
February 28, 2013
Galway Christmas Market Due to popular demand The
23 November – 22 December Script have added a third
At Eyre Square, Galway City date in Dublin. The two other
Traditional Christmas market will be in Gal- concerts are sold out. Tickets:
way from November 23. Traders from all over Ire- €39.05.
land and Europe will transform Eyre Square into a
Winter Wonderland. There will be wooden chalets,
Santa’s Grotto, the German Bier Keller and plenty of
entertainment for all ages. The Galway Continental
Tickets to all these shows are avail-
Christmas Market will be open from 12pm – 8pm
able from Ticketmaster outlets.
from Monday to Wednesday and from 10am – To book by phone call: 0818 719 300
10pm Thursday – Sunday. For more informa- Online booking: www.ticketmaster.
tion,: www.GalwayChristmasMarket.ie ie

10. 10 PHOTO ALBUM
SEDA teachers in fancy dress

11. PHOTO ALBUM 11
Cool
Leprechaun
Albany Quiroga as Samara from The Ring
Darth Vader and his “storm troopers”
at SEDA’s Halloween party
A scene from The Sixth Sense
Mariana Rodrigues is celebrating Halloween
Joao Paulo Martins in Ice Bar in Budapest
Teacher Emma vs Teacher Rosa - no holds Luciano Salkw and Raphael Vassão
barred!
Rose Sampaio and friends enjoying salsa in Dublin Albany Quiroga and Patricia Herize Graziele Aparecida is having a great time!

12. 12 IRELAND & THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
The SEDA European Travels quiz
Our next quiz is about European 5. This Euro-
cities which you can travel to from pean city was once di-
Dublin – see if you can find the right vided in two by a wall,
answers! As ever, send in your answers but is now united.
a. Stockholm
to news@seda.ie, or just cut the quiz
b. Belfast
out and give it to your teacher, and you c. Berlin
could win a prize! d. Warsaw
1. Which European city has canals 6. Which is offi-
instead of streets? cially the biggest city
a. Oslo in Europe?
Here are the answers to last month’s
b. Barcelona a. Moscow
quiz:
c. Venice b. London
d. Florence c. Paris
d. Rome
2. Which European city is famous
1. Bram Stoker was born in Marino c. The Louvre
for the statue of a peeing boy? 7. Christopher Columbus, the man
Crescent, Clontarf. d. The French Museum
a. Krakow who discovered America, was born in
2. An Irish mythic creature that wails
b. Dublin which European city?
outside a house if someone is about to die 10. Which London landmark gives
c. Brussels a. Cadiz
there is called a banshee. the best view over the British capital?
d. Antwerp b. Rome
3. The old mysterious building in a. Big Ben
Dublin mountains is called the Hellfire c. Lisbon b. The London Eye
3. Where is the original Heineken d. Genoa
Club. c. St Paul’s Cathedral
brewery located?
4. St Michan’s church in Dublin 7 has d. Houses of Westminster
a. Amsterdam 8. Which of these European cities is
a crypt where you can see mummies.
b. Dublin known as the Eternal city?
5. Colcannon is traditional Irish food
c. Rotterdam a. Dublin
for Halloween.
d. Paris
6. It is traditional to put a ring, a piece b. Vienna Send your answers to
of cloth and a coin (but not a nail) inside a c. Rome
barmbrack.
4. Which city was named the most d. Paris news@seda.ie, or cut the quiz
expensive European city this year?
7. Gravedigger’s pub is located close
a. London
out and give it to your teach-
to Glasnevin cemetery. 9. What is the name of the Paris mu-
b. Geneva seum where you can see the Mona Lisa?
er. If you get the answers right
8. Leap Castle in county Offaly is of-
ten called the most haunted building in Ire-
c. Copenhagen a. Musee d’Orsay you can win a prize!
d. Dublin b. L’Hermitage
land.
The Craic-tionary
SEDA News guide to Irish slang words and expressions
In this section we will attempt to make your life in Ireland easier by explaining some of the most common Irish slang words and expressions.
Donegal English
Aul Boy – father Mind – to remember Tight – cruel
Geesa – give me a
Aul Doll – mother Mon – come on Wan – one or 1
Gissa – girl
Aye – yes Naw – no Wee – small
Gon – please
Canny – cannot Nuance – unusual Weins – babies or children
Hi – means nothing, used at the start
Dinny – don’t and end of every phrase or sentence Pure – very Well – hello
Doll – girl or woman Juck – boy or man Purdies – potatoes Yes – hello
Fray – from Ker – car Rare – strange or unusual Yes Sir – hello
Gan – going Lock – small amount of something Thon – that Yes Horse – hello to someone you like