Showing posts with label Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bank. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 September 2016

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

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

DAY 12

Sept 13

1) Today was another one of those "normal days". Woke up early-since class starts at nine, had breakfast and attended the one hour lecture on biomedicine. At ten, we were introduced to our personal tutors. Mine is Dr. Natasha Rafter, a specialist in public health medicine. We had a small icebreaking session before she gave us a tour of her office at Beau Lane House.

2) After that, we were free for the rest of the day, or so we thought. Me and my friends went to enquire about our bank details at AIB Bank. Unfortunately, my ATM card wasn't ready yet so I will have to pay them a visit again later.

3) We discovered a Subway restaurant at Grafton Street which had an offer; a six-inch sub with drink, for only €4. I tried the tuna while my friends had the tika masala. I'm not sure if it was the cold weather, but it tasted really good! After that, it was back home to rest and have a quick study.

4) It turned out that we DID have an event in the evening- an English proficiency test from 5.30 to 7.00 pm! The first test we would have and it had nothing to do with medicine- great, I thought. Anyways, it was challenging but the pressure was on since we would be required to take additional lessons on English if we did not pass it.

5) Had dinner afterwards at The Noodle House. I ordered the 4-in-1 combo with chicken, beef and chips. It was okay, I guess. I might try something else next time. Finished up, went back to RCSI only to find out that the Life Raft Debate which I wanted to go to was already over. Oh well, there's always a next time. Walked all the way back home to type this out. My brain is fried after today's "exam". Need to recharge the batteries. Goodnight!


The €4 Subway deal



Dinner with friends here