2nd Day in Dublin

Yesterday felt like 2 weeks before it ended (Kinda like Robert Langdon in the Da Vinci Code! 24 hours took me 2 weeks to finish)! Today, however, felt like 3 days. Much better, huh?

Anyway, for today, we spent the morning going around collecting freebies for first years. Here's a pic of the stuff I got.

You see that pack of tiny red packet above the poster's thumb? It's a pack of condoms. What the...!? They expecting us freshies to be banging girls already!?










Lots of coupons and snacks too

I've already opened a bank account in AIB, but it takes several days to be activated. Why can't it be fast like in Malaysia where we get the account the moment we register!?

Then we went to the IT Centre for a course on "how to use the IT services in UCD". It was lengthy and I did not catch everything. But nothing that can't be learned at the last minute.

Then, we went to the Student Services Centre (not sure if it's called that) to make our Student Travel Card which makes every transport service cheaper. 41% off for certain train services! That was fast, and thanks to the bank goodies this year, we get the card at 3 euros, whereas the seniors had to pay 15.

We were supposed to do our blood test (mandatory) today, but due to overcrowding, we were rescheduled to do it tomorrow. So we went back to the bank where they gave out free hotdogs for lunch. I should've taken more...

Picnic below a tree with Valerie, Xin Yi and Han Beng (photographer)












In the afternoon, we set out for town. It cost 1.80 euros for one trip to the City Centre. Kinda pricy, IMO. With or without conversion.

We went to get our phone numbers. We had problems choosing in a hurry, so we picked Meteor since it has the cheapest rates as our temporary network. Me and 3 others will be discussing what we will choose as our permanent network providers soon. There're still O2, Vodafone and the very neglected Three.

The prepaid system here is different and a little complicating somewhat. First you have to buy the credit from their branches, then you have to fill in a form either in their branches or online to GET the credit. At least, that's how it is for Meteor. I hope the other networks are different. but I'll probably get postpaid once we decide on a network.

After that, it was Argos and Tesco (Round 2). Got more stuff today. I shared with a friend to buy plates, bowls and cutlery. I didn't need the mugs, but since the offers were 4 sets of 4 items, I got them anyway. At Tesco, I bought some stuff I needed for tonight's cooking (just additional dishes for instant noodles) and a saucepan. I will have to get a wok before I can start cooking real dishes. Tomorrow or the day after perhaps.

And I cooked for the first time here. Instant noodles with carrots and egg. Not much, but at least I still cooked.

Anyway, goodnite.