To my dear folks, presenting my 1st meal that i'd prepared all by myself with no help!! I actualy did this last sat when i had stayed home the whole day so when i went to the kitchen wif my slightly rumbling stomach, ther was no one in the kitchen, suddenly felt the urge of tryin to whip up my own dinner with wat's remaining in the fridge. So, i had pork chop wif sausages and pasta wif beef, cabbage and potatoes. ;D i know it doesnt look appetizing from the pics but hey, it was not bad okie!! i asked one of the indians to try it and she said it was gd and she took a small plate of it. and Lyn and Jo-Anne tried it too in the middle of the night as i had left it on our table, they took it without knowing it was me who had cooked it, and asked me in the morning when we saw each other inthe kitchen. they both said it was not bad, and its good for my 1st try!! :D
HAHAHAHHAHH!!!

I've been here in Dublin, Ireland for a month without my realisation.. its not bcos i am having fun and enjoying myself over here.. its oso bcos i hav been busy adapting myself, gettin used to be here myself 'alone'.. n goin to work.. gettin to know the ward staffs, the routine.. but am gettin the hang of it.. never realised that i am actualy that pampered (in a way).. laundry, groceries shopping, thinking of what to buy in the supermarket, wat to prepare for meals.. actualy these are the only 2 things that i dun know to do.. .. but its enough that the kind phlippinos in the house to treat me like a little gal.. even the indians too..

I remembered the 1st time i was preparing to cook scrambler egg, the indians were standing bhind me, tryin to see, askin me wat im doin, luckily i stil know how to cook instant mee, eggs.. And when i tried to cook Rice, without the rice cooker, fyi there's no rice cooker in the kitchen.. i was washing the rice.. one of the indians, a senior one, asked me wat im trying to do.. so i told her abt it, bein my 1st time coking rice without the rice cooker, she eventualy helped me with it.. hahaha!! although it turned out to b a little wet, but stil it was my 1st time!! with the help of kind soul.. and my 1st time preparing pasta, i wanted to have carbonara pasta, so i was gettin the ingredients ready, and was abt to start, then one of the philipinos walked in and asked me wat im doin.. so after i told her, she helped me to prepare it..!! ;D i onli tried my hands in the kitchen after 2 wks i had been here, all these while, i was watching them cooking, and all of them knew tat i dun know how to cook, so that's y when i started to try cooking, they would come forward and asked me and helped me with it!! probably they are scared that i would accidentally burned the whole kitchen and house down!! ;D

Over here, its so different.. here, im being treated like a little gal, i am being looked after, actualy, it reali felt nice to be looked after in a way.. i remembered i told michael abt this.. ;D but of cos it does not always feel so good being treated like kid, cos i am not one.. esp when someone tries to act as if she knows everything and when wat i said is obviously right, she would stil insist on her way.. so no choice but to do it her way, and then when it cant work out, stil gotta do it my way.. ther're many times when i do feel frustrated with her, but stil i gotta keep my cool and tolerate her attitude, cos honestly it doesnt reali matter, and its not tat impt, juz do it her way n prove tat its wrong, then show her the right way, its tat simple. ;) but generally, she is stil a veri nice lady with strong character although a bit more self centered than i thought, but stil i believe there's always a reason and affinity that i got to know her when i reached dublin. ;p

now i know why varun called me kiddo.. sigh.. i wonder if that's a compliment or sarcasm.. of cos i often see things in a positive side.. ;p ther r times when i tink i do need someone to look after me.. ahahahaa!!

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one of the contestant in the singing competition for the Philippininos

Halloween night we went to a pub to support MILYN, who passed an audition for a singing competition. When i was in the pub, it reminded me when i was @ Indonesia for the mission relief trip, then, we went to one of the discos of a hotel on one of the nights, and it was full of Indonesia, and that night, i was in a Philippinos pub!! !! GOSH!! well, although Milyn didnt get throught to the finals, it was kinda unfair voting game, cos every cust who came, had a voting voucher to vote of their fav contestant, so obviously who had brought a lot of their friends, got into the finals. but of cos ther are few others who were realli good & i was truly impressed by their singing vocal. almost wanted to vote for one of the best singer, but bcos we were ther for milyn.. wel, needless to say, u know who i voted.. i told u that it was unfair voting contest... anyway, ther was an exotic dance opening as well.. but.. .. .. .. it was not any good from wat we have in spore, wat we had performed.. kekkekkekk.. surprisingly, the exotic dancers are not females, neither are they males... they're he-she... i tink i can open an exotic dance studio to teach them the proper exotic dance techniques..!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!




This is Valeria, Gloria's Gd fren.. my Philippine's mummy.. ;D she's the one who brought us around, tellin us wher to get cheap god stuffs, etc etc.. a reali veri nice lady, i like her a lot!!




A meat platter ordered as all of us didnt had dinner that night. a huge plate, but costing 25euro, which is S$50, actualy, irish food is reali not too bad, their chips (fries) are gd, even better than the ones we had in Mac in spore. i had vodka cranberry tat night, the way they served it is diff as well.. they bring u a glass of vodka and a bottle of cranberry, i gotta pour the cranberry into the glass of vodka myself.. ;)

this is St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, has a veri beautiful architecture design inside the building, juz like the takashimaya back in spore, things inside here are not cheap.. but wel, ther r a few exceptions tat Gloria n i both found a shop which sells gd n reasonable price for their jackets. needless to say, i bought one, and glo got 3. ;) i love the pic which has the art pieces on the wall, they had lots of art pieces on the wall, they r simply beautiful.

these were taken 1 day after my bday @ the Ranelagh Garden ,which is juz located beside the place wher im stayin rite now. ;) a big pond with ducks swimming in it.. the pink jacket was wat i bought for myself for my 1st oversea birthday present, i bought another one which is in green, ;) guess the price for each jacket... its onli 4euro! which is S$8. ;) things over here can b real expensive n of cos ther r cheap ones too, luckily got valerie who brought us ard n tell us wher to get cheap n gd stuffs, ;) Valerie is my roommate, gloria's veri close fren, who has been here for past 6mths.. ;) a super nice lady.

to my dear folks back in spore, this is the cabfare over here in Dublin.. i know its not gettin cheap in gettin a cab nowadays back home but see.. its not cheap here either.. ;<
Hope the weather & haze over in spore is getting better.. although ther's no haze over here, but the weather is gettin cold.. yesterday was raining the whole day!!!!!! now, its starting to rain on alternate days.. soon, it will start to rain everyday..!! (that's wat my colleagues said....)

My 1st week in the ward was not too bad, getting on well with the pple & the routine here.. oh, by the way, last night i have the 2 shocks of my life here in Dublin... u folks would never guess it..

1st shock - more pertaining to the work .. - its the nurses who have to clean the bed after every discharge of pt!! although we dun have to order stocks, supplies, serve meals, count equipments, charge pts, by the way, dressings over here is free.. and allevyn & mepore is almost used for every dressings

2nd shock - while i was waiting for the bus to go home near the hosp, within 30mins, there were 17 LIMOSINES coming out frm one of the lanes near to wher im waiting for the bus..!! and there were 4 different types of limo!! so after waited for @ least 40mins (Argh..!!) the bus number 18 finally came.. ;) @ least counting the limos did kept us entertained for that 40mins of waiting..!! ;D

It is goin to be a long weekend for me, as Mon is a Bank holiday = public holiday, we as the pre-registered nurses dun hav to work on bank holidays.. & the wkends.. so no work for me on sat, sun & mon!! will get ard the plces and take more pics!! ;)

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