DAY 45

Oct 16

1) Today was a meaningful day. Woke up and completed the whole rigmarole of breakfast, study, and surfing the net, before deciding to join the archery tryouts for the upcoming sports day in UCD (next Friday). Went there before 11 a.m., only to find out there was futsal session at the multipurpose hall.

2) Decided to play the piano at the lounge for a while, before heading over to Boojum again (yes, I guess I'm addicted haha) for an early lunch. Today I tried the tacos and they even came with different choice of filling! Returned to my apartment, and the moment I check my messages, a friend had sent me a Whatsapp message telling me that the archery team were waiting for me. Ohhh noo...

3) Came all the way back, and luckily I still made it for archery tryouts. They only needed six participants for the team, so I became the reserve. I don't mind, since I am not very good at it anyway. But it still feels great to be a part of a team representing my university haha. Returned home for the second time, and started studying for my mid-term quiz tomorrow.

4) Was feeling hungry (I blame the cold weather haha) so went down to dig up some cookies to eat. Then came back up for another session of study. Covered a couple more lectures, and it was soon time for dinner. Tonight, I prepared something different, rice with chicken patties, stir fried veggies and consomme soup. Suffice to say, it was very filling. Returned to my room, where I'll be spending the night alternating between revising and just aimlessly browsing the net haha. That's all for tonight, and thank you for reading. Cheers!

 Three large tacos at Boojum today

 I just can't get past how beautiful the autumn leaves look!

 Tarring the road

 Choccy biccy for tea, anyone? XD

Something different for dinner tonight

(Tasted awesome by the way)

DAY 22

Sept 23

1) Today has been a quiet day. Woke up early because me and my friends would finally be able to set up our bank transactions, including my standing orders. Met up at 10.00 a.m. and walked to the bank together. What rotten luck! After filling in ALL my particulars, the machine at the kiosk decided to go out of order. I had to wait again at the next kiosk to redo it all over again. Luckily, only one person was there so I didn't have to wait too long. With all the transactions done, there is only one last thing to do: get my GNIB Card, which is like a study permit card.

2) Next up, I had to buy my 10kg sack of rice. Went to Asia Market to purchase the basmati option for €16.50. Last item to purchase was my vegetable source. Lugged the heavy sack to Dunnes (since I had to pass by anyway) and bought freshly prepared mixed vegetables. Finally, I carried everything home, in preparation for lunch. This afternoon, I cooked rice, steamed my vegetables, fried some mince meat before adding the last of my carbonara sauce into it; and voila! Lunch is served :D

3) I spent the better part of the afternoon going through lecture notes, trying to make head or tail of what I was reading. Next week onwards would be brutal; no more free Thursdays and Fridays, plus the introduction of the Clinical Practice module. Just trying to stay abreast with the lecturer isn't easy. There's just too much to study. So I gave up after a while and listened to songs and had my forty winks. Woke up and felt hungry, so went downstairs to prepare dinner.

4) For dinner, I had a frozen meal (the second of my two frozen dinners that went *SPLAT*). It tasted really good AND was easy to clean: two descriptions to make any college student's day. After that, went to RCSI for archery session. It was my first time, yet I managed to hit the inner circle, thrice! But the recoil took its toll on my left arm, as you can see from the pics below. No pain no gain I guess. There was free pizza after the session, and I duly regained the calories I had just shed. What a perfect way to end the day! As usual, walked back home to type this out. Thanks for reading as always, and goodnight!

Mixed vegetables with minced meat carbonara

What's left of my frying pan :{

Archery session in progress

Trying to act like a pro, although I'm obviously not haha

Those are all mineeeeee :D

Chicken ham dinner, bought at Dunnes for €3.25

Free Pizza!

Everything comes at a price... recoil from the bow haha