Farmed!

Yay! A farm trip, the journey lasted 1.5-2 hrs. Pretty long. Took the N3 and the M50, northbound. We passed Navan, and Kells, and the farm is just beyond Kells in County Meath. 68km as the crow flies.

Departure =)

Sam and I.

Sam and Alwyn.

Toll charges!!! Buses: €3.10!!!

Toll

An old bridge on the way to Navan.

Arrival =)

The farm's name.

Walking in.

Making Irish soda bread. My partner Chris from Austria.

Kneading with a spoon. Too sticky to do it with hands, haha.

The unbaked bread.

About to bake =) We had it for lunch.

Trying to ride the pig.

Catch (or caught) the rooster. Not easy!

Baaaaaaaaaaa

Mooooo

Sheep running across the plains.

Nettles!!!

More cows.

3 very enthusiastic people.

The truck which we rode.

=)

A very good sheep dog.

The bread for lunch.

A fireplace =) Smokey..cough cough..

In the truck. Sitting on hay.

Arrr.... shutter speed not fast enough.

A man made mound.

Tom, digging for turf (peat used for fuel) in a bog. Almost like Malaysia's peat. Also, deep in the peat, it's as cold as a fridge. Last time, they actually stored butter in the bog.

Catching turf.

Tom showing some lichen =)

Neigh

Whistling

The little tune that you hear on my webpage was played by me with my lovely Feadóg =) Grade me on effort, not skill! Hehe.

Bowl!

Strike! Spare! Chicken egg!!!

We had a blast last night at Stillorgan's Leisureplex while bowling =) There were pros and newbies among us, and my scores happen to fall in the noob category! HAHAHAHA... I looked to the lane beside me and there were numerous strikes and spares..argh! Here are some pics from the game ^_^

Some of us..

Some more of us =)

After knocking down 9 pins.

The first fan I've seen since arriving here!!! w00t!!

Feadóg, The Original Tin Whistle

My first tin whistle!! €5.95 for an amazing instrument is really an excellent deal. Now trying to get used to the octave climb by overblowing and also trying the ornaments. A little challenging but satisfying. Bodhran, ukulele, fiddle... here I come!! Ok, hopefully in 5 years when I have enough money hehe =)

No TV? Dun scared!

So, listen to the radio


Thank goodness for internet radio. We actually have to pay for a TV license to legally watch TV, never mind buying a TV. What do I listen to? Country and bluegrass!! Cheers to the South!


This evening, the International Students Reception at O'Reilly's hall.

Malaysians and Singaporeans!! Muhibah!

Argh.

Sigh... just 2 weeks after I arrived, some virus or bacteria decided to migrate to my GI tract and crap around in there. Food poisoning!! After throwing up once, I feel a lot better. Now, I'm enjoying some congee. Haha, it IS yummy =) I know I'm supposed to refrain from having solids but bei tahan liao. Spot the chicken.

Earlsfort Terrace

Will be abandoned come January 2007.

Entrance to Earlsfort.

A hallway in Earlsfort.

Another view of the hallway.

A view of the back portion of the grounds.

Another perspective.

On the way to the anatomy building, the one ahead.

The anatomy building. Doing dissections here =)

To the dissection room!

Surprise! at 0000hrs!

Happy Birthday, Elaine!

Elaine gesturing.

More of us.

Somemore =)

and more =)

A classic look for a moment immortalised.

Cornerstone!!!

Cornerstone Church!

At the back.

Set up.

Matt the man =)

Congregation.

Worship!

More
and more =)

More =) In Stephen's Green

Statue

What plant is this?

A beautiful fountain.

The lake from the bridge.

Another statue.

More =)

The Spire in O'Connell's Street.

Click to see the big picture. In the middle of St. Stephen's Green.
No time to stitch properly hehehehe..

The Spire from ground level (second half of it).

O'Connell's Street

Penny's Clothes Store. Relatively cheap, actually the only place we can afford.

More Pics =)

My Room =)

The view from my room.

The Lake in UCD

Merville House 4, mine!

Part of the rombongan which took KLM.