DAY 131

Jan 10

1) Today has been a really trying day for me. I woke up late as usual (becoming a bad habit now you see XD), had my breakfast before hopping over to the library. Surfed the net as usual, and in the afternoon I had pizza for lunch.

2) Took a short nap afterwards, then woke up and finished yet another animated film from Studio Ghibli, the classic "Tonari no Totoro". I've but one more movie to finish, and that would be Night on the Galactic Railroad. During the evening, I had my reheated "oyakodon" for dinner, before doing some reading on anatomy of the lower limbs.

3) It was around this time that disaster struck. I accidentally splashed some water on my laptop! I couldn't believe it. It wasn't even the usual water, but rather condensed water on the lid of the container which I microwaved! And after that, my laptop keys were completely haywire, spewing out symbols and signs when I typed with them. I won't lie, I panicked quite a bit since my laptop was an integral part of my work and all my files and documents were in there.

4) I quickly called my friend Zi Yan over, and he advised me to shut it down immediately, and leave it open overnight to dry. I left it in his possession for the night, and went home without it. Back at home, I cooked five pasta meals to last me the whole week. Keeping my fingers crossed that my laptop will survive... Anyways, that's my blog update and I hope you enjoyed it. Have a great day, cheers!

Toast for my breakfast ^^

Pizza for lunch

My home cooked "oyakodon" XD

Batch cooking pasta :)

DAY 128

Jan 7

1) Today was another routine day for me. I went to the library immediately after breakfast, and stayed there until late at night. Most of the time I was surfing the Internet looking for things that piqued my interest.

2) For lunch, I reheated my Dunnes pizza (it's an unbelievable deal, 3 pepperoni pizzas for only €2.89!) It tasted awesome in my opinion. Anyway, I had a short nap in the afternoon, and I also looked up some anatomy later in the evening.

3) At around 8.00pm, me and my friends went to Esther's apartment, where we had another very impromptu potluck dinner. Khee Heng had his cottage pie, Jason brought his packet of beef, and Esther had her special ABC soup. I felt really bad because I didn't bring anything (except my stomach XD), but I didn't know about this earlier.

4) We had a whale of a time eating, and watching the animated film "Brave" on Khee Heng's laptop. By the time we finished, it was fast approaching midnight, so I hurriedly packed my stuff and came home. I didn't have time to type this update out, so I figured I'd do it the next day. But I guess I was even more preoccupied then... Anyway, thanks for reading as usual, and have a nice day. Cheers!

Bran flakes for breakfast (for a change XD)

Pizza for lunch

Potluck with friends, at Esther's apartment

Our delicious dinner

DAY 23

Sept 24

1) Today was a rainy day. Woke up to have some peanut cookies for breakfast, before trying to cover some of next week's lecture notes. Had an early lunch because there was badminton later in the afternoon. For lunch, I opened up the tin of tomato paste, so I could create spaghetti with minced meat bolognese. Worked pretty well I reckon, and only my opinion counts for this haha.

2) After lunch, waited for a while before suiting up for badminton, at Archbishop Byrne Hall. Turns out it is so much closer from my residence to the venue than from RCSI. It was raining a bit when I left, but thankfully nothing heavy; just a light drizzle. Badminton session commenced from 1-4 p.m. I partnered a friend, Andrew, a local here. We had a ball of a time, chatting in between matches as we let the others play as well.

3) Came back, got myself cleaned up, and prepared dinner. Tonight I would be having rice, with minced meat and mixed vegetables in a tomato sauce. Now you, the reader, know to what length I go to cut costs haha. Anyway, the food tasted delicious, so I won't complain. Ate an orange afterward because, digestion. Continued studying and covering lectures, until 9 plus.

4) Walked down to Mercer's to meet up with friends. We were going to watch a movie, called Tangled. I'm sure most of you reading this will have seen it, but I have not. It was not too bad, although if I'm honest, I prefer hand drawn animations better. But to each their own, I guess. So after that, returned home to my trusty laptop. Tomorrow promises to be a breath of fresh air, and I for one can't wait for it! Thank you for reading and have yourself a pleasant evening!

Spaghetti bolognese a la Kevin XD

Free banana after badminton session

Dinner - unusually filling and wholesome!