DAY 38

Oct 9

1) Today was a BEAUTIFUL day! Excellent for outdoor sport, which is exactly what I did. Went to the tennis courts at Trinity College Dublin, where I had my first taste of tennis. Thankfully, everyone was eager to help me, especially the coach Christine. Turns out tennis is harder than it looks, because the ball is travelling slower than say, a shuttlecock, and the court is much larger. Really fun experience though, and I made many friends from various countries.

2) I felt lazy to cook again so I went to RCSI, thinking one of the cafeterias would be open. Unfortunately, neither AK. Henry's nor Coffee Doc were open, so I had no choice but to go home to cook. Rice as usual for lunch then.

3) During the afternoon, took a short nap, before waking up to study. I still cannot fathom why they have not uploaded the lecture slides for one of the modules, which will be presented tomorrow. That means I cannot study ahead of the lecture, which is really frustrating. Here's hoping they will soon.

4) My stomach rumbling was a sign that I had to cook dinner. Made some tagliatelle with mince meat and veggies, and had a praline for dessert. After a nice meal, went back up to my room to continue "studying" a.k.a. surfing the net and whiling my time away. Anyways, that's all that happened for me today, and I wish you all a very pleasant evening. Cheers!

Horse-drawn carriage,

a common sight here in Dublin

Meteor, my mobile service provider

Tennis buddies, L-R:

Me (MAS), Nirmal (CAN), Niall (IRL), Andrew (IRL)

The Tennis Club of RCSI

With the coach, Christine

Lunch as usual haha

A random "All things blue" pic haha

DAY 27

Sept 28

1) Today was a sunny day. Woke up early, to complete my pilgrimage to St. Stephen's Green for my morning jog. I finally managed to dip under an hour for eight large rounds at the park. Came back for some cereal, before starting my daily routine of playing catch up with my lecture notes.

2) Made lunch slightly earlier, since I was planning to use the lunch time afterward to seek assistance for my phone. Hurried to finish washing up, and got myself ready for the first lecture today. With the first lecture done, I went over to Meteor to ask why I couldn't use the mobile data despite topping up €10 just two days back. After much talking, we finally managed to sort it out, and now my mobile data is available again.

3) Then it was back to lectures, including our first healthcare symposia, where a patient would present their story and we would learn to take down notes. They spoke really quickly and with a strong accent, so that it was not easy to pick up what they had to say. Anyways, we still tried our best. It was certainly interesting though, to listen to them explaining about their problems (in this case, arthritis) and how they learned to cope with it.

4) Back home, I prepared dinner as usual. Finished the last of my minced meat, which is great, since the expiry date was yesterday... Anyway, I still have a frozen dinner which I can reheat for tomorrow, so I'm still covered. Took a quick nap, before waking up rejuvenated, and proceeded to type this out. That's all the time I have, and thank you for reading. Bye!

Spaghetti for lunch

My room, which I share with my roommate 

from Myanmar

Bon apetit!