Talk About Crap Hitting the Fan….
….. i accidentally sent a long confidential sms meant for my mentor and buddy only, to someone who’s neither of them.
SELF OWNAGE x374938298472761962319087412043
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nfwoenfwoifnweioneg
Knowledge Management & Innovation
International Business
HRM Techniques
Asian Business
International Financial Management
Globalisation
YATAAAA!!!
…..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!
Long long month(s)…..
To do from now till July:
- settle my NS deferment (i hope it goes thru… if it fails, ICT can be added to this list) (Chris! You guys have it good over there man. I signed a contract to slave for my government 2-3 wks per yr for the next 10 yrs)
- adults camp
- camp brothers’ night meetup
- settle some school admin thingy
- assignments (3 essays: 5000 words, 1200 words, 3500 words)
- exams!
- promised catch-ups with a few pple
- IPPT training (again, non-sg brothers have it good)
….and the list goes on….. and the list goes on…. (to the tune of “the gift goes on”)
LC 0_o
was away at Kuching last week, attending a conference. First night was spent with the youth at a cheaper hostel before heading to the hotel for the conference proper.
The following morning, while waiting for the rest of the brothers downstairs, i begun to read the bible while the waiting area filled up. Incidentally, it was the Northeast people who came down first (i was from Northeast eons ago). Being deeply engrossed in reading, my head was pointing downwards. This sister, walked towards where i was sitting, stood in front of me and innocently queried:
“IS THIS GIDEON?”
A part of me wanted to unleash limit break on her.
p.s (just kiddin Gideon!)
Picture this….
….being in a state of indignation during a paper, because the invigilator announces at 4:30pm that you only have half an hr left to finish your paper, and you’ve only started on your final 33 1/3 marks question 15 mins before. You ask in a louder-than-normal + extremely confident tone of voice,”Isn’t the exam until 6pm?” bearing in mind that the classroom is deathly silent for obvious reasons, to which your exam-mates reply, simply with a blank stare and a continuation to their writing.
You take a minute, and start to put the pieces together: your other papers have been from 7-10pm. So if your paper started at 2pm, it makes perfect sense for it to end by 5pm.
Face to palm, tail between legs moment. It’s just like testing your new John Mayer-esque falsetto voice in the bathroom while pooping, thinking your whole family has gone out, not realising that your sis is still in the next door, praying fervently.
I hope the blush doesn’t betray the look of nonchalance i had to portray to save whatever is left of my male pride.
p.s i hope my doctor handwriting for the last question is legible enough.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
The Good:
a heavy workout session + 4km on the treadmill on Tuesday.
The Bad:
immediately wiping that out with a dinner of mushroom pasta with cream sauce + 2 slices of pizza + 2 small portions of Aglio Olio + cheese platter + grilled vegetables (oily like no tomorrow!) + 2 glasses of riesling lychee wine.
The Ugly:
wiping out in advance my next 2 workouts by having a claypot of greasy, spicy ayam buah keluak for dinner + post dinner cheesecake @ TCC today.
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there is no hope for me.
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The Workout Paradox
Wednesday….
“I need to go to the gym”
“it’s a good day for a workout”
“i should work on my xxxx muscles today”
…… and found myself meeting Ray for a fish head steamboat dinner……..
……. and Mcdonalds for supper.
Thursday:
“i really should get that workout today”
“think i will hit the gym before cg”
“yeah, great day for working out!”
……. and ended up at goodwood park. darn durian puffs.
there is no hope for me.
did i mention that today looks like a good day for a gym session?
