OH MY GOD!IM BACK AGAIN!!

HEY GIRLSS!!!!!!!!!SALUTATIONS FROM EIRE!!!..so i moved into my apartment on the 5th..until then me n my parents explored the city, went on a tour..today, the 7th was the first official day of orientation for the medicine ppl..but first things first..my house..its quite nice, im sharing it with two other girls at the moment, there's supposed to be one more girl who hasnt moved in yet..one of my roomies is an indian girl from penang medical college n the other is scottish,doing law...both are first years and very sweet...unfortunately we also have another very unwelcome roommate,a little kitchen mouse i named dennis o' reilly(its the first irish-sounding name i could think of, incidentally the same as my tour guide when i went on a tour wiv my parents)..yea this really sucks cos we're all kinda scard to go into the kitchen/living room area cos of him..n yesterday my roommates found rat pee n shit in the kitchen which stank it up..so dennis is really not very cool..currently jim the maintenance guy put this little box-like trap to catch him..but laura(the scottish chick) reckons we ought to get the exterminators in(n i agree!)..moving on to today's orientation session, i went down to the first orientation meeting wiv magdalene(this girl i knew frm s'pore) where we were split into random groups of nine first yr med ppl with 3 orientation leaders hu are seniors,either two or three yrs above us..so basically we spent the time talkin n getting to noe each other n asking the seniors random questions abt our lessons,college life, yadayada..one of the girls in my group is this very cool irish girl called jenn who spent like abt a year in india doing volunteer work n learning yoga..she worked in tamil nadu, which is in the south, n nepal..n believe it or not, she actually knew some tamil..which totally blew my mind..very very impressive!!also in my group there were some mature students(23-ish) from canada who've done like some science-based degree there n came here to do medicine..n one of them was one of those ppl who's so gorgeous that looking at them was like looking at the sun..it was so hard to keep eye contact with him..haha...i find that the ppl in ucd are very good-looking in general..both the guys n girls..the standard of guys here is a bajillion times better than back home i think..so i feel damn unglam..ah well i suppose its the same in smu, yea?..after that there was an address by the president(like the dean) n some other bigshots n we were done for the day..there r a lotta ppl from malaysia here esp from penang medical college, which has its own student organisation..n the seniors from there r VERY helpful to the juniors..like the pick them up from the airport, bring them to the school, help them do all the admin stuff, take them to buy groceries, HELP THEM TO CARRY THE GROCERIES BACK TO SCHOOL, the list goes on..the president is this very friendly indian guy hu came into my house to drop off my roommate when i was there wiv my parents, n within seconds of meeting them was already on "uncle-aunty" terms wiv them..very funny..he also invited me to join the penang ppl to explore town n stuff on sunday..the weather in ireland is still pretty ok..i only need to wear my big blk jacket for now..tho i can feel it getting colder esp today..the ppl are in general very friendly n cheerful wiv good senses of humour(which is something i dig)..also incredibly helpful..like on the day i mov ed into my apartment there was somethig wrong wiv the lock on the apartment door, so my parents n i got locked in the aprtment n couldnt get out..so i tried to use my handphone wiv the new irish sim card to call the reception to send someone up to save us..but i accidentally called some guy's handphone..so obviously i apologised n hung up..then the next day he called me back to ask me if i managed to get the right number..i was like so surprised, i dunno if there are ne other countries where ppl give a shit abt complete strangers like they do here..yup i think thats all the intersting stuff i have to say for now..hopw i havent spoiled ur eyeballs or bored you stupid..love u all and next time u meet up give each other a hug frm me!!haha.. anu
P.S. RIP Steve Irwin..a man who grabbed life by the balls n one of the most memorable personalities on television..your tireless efforts to teach the world about grappling humungous maneating reptiles will forever be remebered n sorely missed.

Posted by qing at Friday, September 08, 2006