SUPER BORED!
no mood for exams lehhh hahaa
okok do a mini quiz
Have you ever
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights – ALMOST! hahaha
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa – been around it though
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower – one shooting star counts, right?
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland what? i live there! lol
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them.
66. Visited Japan
67. Bench pressed your own weight – almost almost…. until i quit the gym
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records (CDs)
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman – do pple still do that these days??
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
109. Performed on stage
110. Been to Las Vegas – one day i will!
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone SAF counts, right?
118. Buried one/both of your parents
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror Show
125. Read – and understood – your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. …more than once? – More than thrice?
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds not all at once, but after losing, gaining, and then losing again, it adds up
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray – at chomp chomp lor
145. Broken someone’s heart
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
157. Ridden a horse
158. Had surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach – how do u pet one?
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
183. …and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language – plenty of times in poly, only that it didnt work
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196. Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested
Hola Madrid!
Went to Madrid last weekend! Last leg of my traveling for this year (i think – HAHA). Overall, not a bad place, pretty metropolitan, nothing very touristy, but enjoyable nonetheless! Highlight of the trip has to be catching Spain vs Argentina live. Totally aweshome!
How come he becomes a top striker only in Spain har? In Atletico Madrid’s football store at its stadium
Callao y Bocadillo de Calamares (Beef Tripe & Calamari Sandwich) – both are Madrid dishes apparently… nothing to shout about honestly – just beef tripe & fried sotong on bread only…. Old Chang Kee also have….buy French loaf from Delifrance lor…
Now THIS is something to shout about! Chocolate con Churros – a Madrid dish as well… but oh man… heavenly. Erh, it tastes like yew char kway dipped in hot chocolate whose texture is somewhere between hot chocolate and chocolate fudge… yummy!
Take el Espanol yew char kway….
……break and dip it into a heavenly chocolate drink….
…..and proceed to put into mouth…..
Mission Accomplished!
What exactly is a fried chicken ball…?? It ain’t what i think it is…. right….?
Got this for takeaway before visiting Santiago Bernebeu… don’t let the picture fool you… one of the best chicken i have ever tasted…no kidding!
Touching the pitch that Kaka and co ply their trade on
…..in the Real Madrid press room….
“Coach…which club do you think is the best on the planet?”
“good question… in my opinion i have to say MANCHESTER UNITED…no arguments there”
lol….i’m amusing myself
heh =p
but seriously, i think the club must have a narcissism complex or something… everywhere you go in the stadium, you see one sign or a banner affirming their dominance as the no 1 club in the world, or best in this or best in that, won more trophies than any other club etc… i mean, ok lar… it’s good to feel good about yourself, but truth is they have been really rubbish for a few years already. Barcelona won the treble last year and their museum didn’t even mention it much! Real got bankrolled by the king for the best players, and their few trophies won haven’t exactly justified their cash outlay… still talk so much… seriously…they sound like some club who keep talking about their 18 championships even though dinosaurs were still roaming the earth when they won their last one.
Saw this on the way out in the metro station…. do you see what i see?
No? Look again….
lol
Saw some interesting prohibitive signs in the metro too…
No praising/affirming
No mambo
Highlight of the trip! Spain vs Argentina live! What a treat!
The Legendary Maradona – this one’s for you PJ!
=D
More pictures on flickr. Ciao!
…..I Actually Paid for this……
“The greater the individual’s propensity to trust, the greater the likelihood that the individual will trust others”
- notes flashed during my lecture
…..I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Irish Efficiency….
…… is a paradox. On fri, Ulric and I woke up bright and early to head to Garda (Irish immigration) to get our papers done up – we have until 28th to do it, and since there were no classes on Fri, we agreed to head downtown on Fri to do it.
We knew that we were in for a long wait, as advised by our immigration predecessors; so, to make sure we do not spend the whole day there, we arrived at Garda at 8:55am (it opens at 8:30am), and were prepared to wait for our turn at least till early noon. Everything should be smooth right?
WRONG.
The place was extremely crowded when we arrived (expected). So we queued. After 20 sec or so, a lady came out from the office, and made this statement:
“Sorry, you have to leave this place, we are out of tickets for today”
What in the KFC 2 piece chicken meal???
If it was a super duper long wait, i could understand; large and messy crowd, i could understand too; even if they tried to make things difficult for me at the counter, it will be tough to but i still would have been able to understand but
NO TICKETS??
wapiang, I’m in Ireland, not Indonesia you know? (this is with all due respect to my indo friends)
Actually, i wasn’t that annoyed; true i didn’t appreciate the fact that i had to wake up at 630am on a day i didn’t have lessons, but part of me was actually amused that something like this still happened in a developed nation.
Ulric, on the other hand, was majorly PISSED. Think he could have killed someone.
So, since 28th is the last day to do it, we’re resigned to skipping our Monday lectures. We are so going to take the first bus and camp outside at 730am. Not even queuing for Man Utd tickets ok =.=
Fortunately, the day didn’t go badly from that point on. We headed for brekkie at O’Briens, then i blew some serious money on retail therapy (trenchcoat, jeans, t shirt, scarf). How major? er… ask me personally. Lol.
While eating brekkie, i had a eureka moment:
GUINNESS STOREHOUSE VISIT!
Since we had nothing to do, and it was still really early, might as well right?
So off we went to visit the place where Guinness was born.
On the tram en route to the storehouse
Glimpse of the factory
HAHAHA
On the top of the storehouse, and the end of the tour (11EUR – about 23-24SGD), was the acclaimed Gravity Bar, where visitors could redeem their free pint of Guinness, and catch a breathtaking view of the entire Dublin City.
That’s how crowded it was
cheers!
On the way home, we stopped by for some groceries. Other than alcohol, i think fresh meat from the butcher has to be one of the only other things that are cheaper than SG. The meat is dirt cheap. Like seriously. Like 8 huge chicken legs (thighs + drumstick) for 5EUR – about 10-12SGD. Like, 600gm of ribeye steak for 3EUR. We bought 26EUR worth of meat – think it’s enough to last us for the next 3 weeks at least.
Today’s cheapo dinner (which will probably cost a bomb in SG, or restaurants):
Ribeye steak with potatoes and carrots and er, kailan (had to finish using it -yellowing), topped with creamy mushroom black pepper sauce – i’m really having a whale of a time honing my culinary skills! haha
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this is a little overdue, but thanks for all the birthday wishes guys! Muchly muchly appreciated. You know who you are. Love you people man! =)
Other than the Singaporeans back home, i didn’t expect much of a celebration right here, i mean, whoever knows me? But my housemates really surprised me. I was on MSN, and Ulric told me to go to the kitchen to grab dinner (was my German housemate’s turn to cook). I trotted off to the kitchen, and….
This bunch of people (with more in the background) broke into “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU~~ (x4)” I only got to know them for 3 weeks! Apparently, my german housemate cooked up a birthday dinner, and invited all our newly made European friends. Could feel the tears welling up. haha! but was extremely, extremely, touched.
The mastermind
Birthday gift from Sebastien (german housemate) and Ulric. Bottle of champagne which was promptly drunk up.
Till next time!
Reflections
It rains everyday in Dublin. Well, personally, I would prefer less rain so that I can go out more. Maybe I should just heck care and head out anyway lol. You can feel the weather getting colder by the day. For the first 2 days after arrival, I wore t-shirt and shorts to bed. These past couple of days I have been wearing a t-shirt, a thick hoodie, and track pants to sleep. Plus being buried under a 2-duvet thick blanket. I think I’m gonna die come winter.
Living in a faraway land alone, you grow up fast. Firstly, there’s no mum and dad to get you through something even if you do need them. I was just telling one of my army friends who remarked that I’m living “the life” here, that I reckon I have a more comfortable life back home. Over here, dinner doesn’t appear automatically on the table (I have been cooking everyday), toilet bowls do not get scrubbed automatically, clothes do not get washed, ironed and folded neatly into your cupboard by themselves; I even have to plan in advance what to eat for dinner so that preparations can be made, whereas in sg, where and what to have for dinner is a 5min decision in the evening. Not that I’m complaining, I’ve learnt all these and more before(the only good thing that army has taught), and my one month stints in Europe and Brisbane last year has put me in good stead for what’s ahead. Some good o’ Harry Potter magic will be very much welcomed though. Dinner-automaticus! Clothimus washimus!
Not that I’m complaining. I actually think that this period of time should toughen me up both mentally and spiritually. At home, I could care-less about dirty laundry and food and focus on the “important” things like my walk with God, ministry, career and studies. Over here, every one of the aforementioned is a priority. There would definitely be times where I wish that I was home, with all my friends and family and having an easier time but I really want to enjoy the journey, the process of molding. God isn’t done with me yet =)
One thing that I really love about the hostel is how quiet it gets at night. With the great weather (it gets cold but you’ll learn to appreciate it compared to the sg weather – right? ^^), it is a QT heaven. Listening to worship songs and praying is actually a new and wonderful experience. In exchange for the comforts of home, I think it is rather worth it! When I get married and move into a new place in future, I’ll be sure to set aside a “quiet room” (sound proof, carpeted, sofas, sound system etc) for these purposes.
I went running yesterday in a stanchart singlet and army shorts. BAD MOVE. Hahahha… the cold air that engulfed my body and went into my lungs almost killed me. Real smart move. Even the angmohs were in tracksuits. Someone mentioned that the Caucasians must have looked at me and thought to themselves “Crazy asian man“.
The admin staff in UCD have been very, very helpful. Ulric and I faced some problems with our registration as they didn’t have guidelines on what to do for transfer students (we are the first ones). Now things are being sorted out. Thank God for that.
Can’t wait for school to start next week! Will update more as soon as I take more pictures! For now… my room:
My super comfy bed:
What you see when you walk into my room (messy i know!)
My personal toilet
My wardrobe
The view from my room
My study desk (yes yes messy i know)
Ciao!
p.s HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROYSTON! have fun with the voucher =p
