lettermacaward

Thats the name of my placement for outside Dublin. Its located northwest to dublin or west to Belfast. It took me 4 hours by bus to Donegal town and then another hour by car from the town to reach this place. so in total it takes 5 hours of travelling. it is a really far and remote place.... but i like it.

the first thing that i like is that it is so remote that at night you can see all the stars in the sky since there's no light pollution here. the only light source you can get are from the stars, moon, and light from the houses around this area which are not many and far apart from each other. there isnt lamp post along the road at all. so yeah its a great place for me to stargaze and watch all the constellation ^^. heck i even started to look at the sky even in the car.

then this area is close to the sea which im expecting to get fresh fish and at cheap price. and yeah i can enjoy the wind, listening to the waves and watch seagull flying around. not to mention feeling the salty air that I havent feel for a very long time.

and here in countryside, there wont be noises during the night. no drunk people shouting, no noise from the dump truck early in the morning. its absolutely quite. and since there isnt any light pollution i can sleep in total darkness. thats what i call quality sleep.

oh btw heres a few pic that i took.

dusk on the way to donegal

a town that i pass by right before i reach donegal.
cant take anymore pictures after that because it gets too dark

living room in my apartmentthe bed is actually a sofa that can be turned into a bed.
i have 2 tv systems. one for irish and 1 for germany (landlord are germany couple)

toilet looks neat 

I evewn have a mini kitchen here. yeay all the facilities are provided. i can cook ^^

if you see the stairs in the living room picture, it leads to the attic which is the real bedroom
there's a window to look at the sky 

i didnt take any picture of the place as all i can see are darkness. even the sea just looks like and area of pitch black . ill wait for tomorrow. im already starting to like this place the moment i reach here. gonna try to cycle around when i have free time. oh and i bring my bike all the way from dublin hehehe it will come in handy.

medball

I attended medball yesterday. it was my first time and probably gonna be my last one too for I dont think I will be attending it again during my final year. I had few problems like getting suits and shoes since I completely forgot that I had thrown away my leather shoes before. well, I manage to get those by luck in the end though.

the med ball itself is nothing more than drowning yourself in alcohol and become ecstasy the event is just full with alcohol from the very beginning to the end until the after party.being one of the few people that remain sober all the time does makes you out of place (well its actually more because of socially stunted me). the first part is just drinking session and then come the appetizers, main course and dessert. at this stage I only Liked the dessert part because it was good. the rest are just~ meh... okay. then come the dj and a band singing for us while the people dance on the floor including me. the ballroom turned into a disco and that was the best part in medball. so we danced for like 4 hours till 2 in the morning.^^ putting these asides, I like to watch people getting drunk and how they completely change into completely different person. and yeah watching the people dancing..... it was kind of funny to see them. I myself probably looked like an idiot wriggling around hahaa

selfie on the way to the ball

with the only girl wearing hijab in the ball

with malaysian mates

singaporean mate

one of my best partners throughout med school

selfie on the dance floor

I dont care.. I love it

ballroom becoming club

I like to move it move it 

so we put our hands up like the ceiling cant hold us

4th year lads. 

calling it a day. everyone exhausted and getting wasted

by the way, i totally wasted my whole Sunday because i was too tired 

popcorn

popcorn, another food that i like because it is tasty. bak kata orang asyik/ghalik nak makan. doesnt matter if its sweet or salted i like both. so i made my own honey popcorn yesterday to be eaten while watching movie with my housemate. i put sugar, butter, honey, and little bit of mapple syrup. well, things didnt go out well.... i mean things went horribly wrong after that. I was watching videos on youtube and forgot about my popcorn on the stove. guess what? everything's burnt. EVERYTHING!!! there should be half pot of golden whitish fluffy looking popcorn but instead of that, there was a half pot of charcoal like substances with foul smell and oh god how am i disappointed. I was so down that funny video didnt seem funny anymore and ice cream tasted bitter. uh what a let down. 

anyway, i still tried to eat those carcinogenic popcorn(if they can still be called popcorn) and it just added to my depression. uh down gile. anyway, gonna try to make another batch tonight and im not gonna let it burn again.

Popcorn rain!!!

weekend jalan-jalan

yesterday was a great day. Went to Blackrock market with some of my friends. It's a market that sells antique stuffs not veges and groceries. the market itself is not that big but it is an interesting place to go and have a look at these antiquities. all the pictures are from my friends' because I was too lazy to take pictures.

arriving at the blackrock market

with my colleague in the middle of the market

checking out old 'piring'  

jewelries and button badge

Look at my horse, my horse is amazing

getting face paint for free

old pictures in Ireland

old movies shop. lots of movies and dvds 

playing with antique items.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson

a 2nd hand novel that i bought for only 3eu from the market

rainbow after drizzle 

we also went to the blackrock centre for further window shopping. my friend bought a board game named Articulate but I didnt get to join them when they play it later in the evening 

year of horse

Happy chinese new year. may the year of horse neeeeeiigghhhh

and here's a video song for horse year

that moment

that moment when you have no one to talk to. close friends? no, i dont think i can say i have a really good friend that i can fully trust. after lots of betrayal and being stabbed from behind, sorry i just cant.

kitchen fun time

had a long inactivity because i was on a holiday. I spent the whole winter holiday traveling which is why i dont post anything for a month. I'm supposed to post pictures of my travel but i am too lazy to go through the pictures and hence the delay. ill post it up one day.

Anyway, since holiday is over that means my kitchen start to become lively again. lots of chopping, frying, stirring, etc etc. lately i realized i tend to use fruits in every cooking. mostly apple though but im thinking of trying to use new kind of fruit in the future. honey dew probably? pineapple definitely.... wonder what should i try to use in cooking? for condiments im trying to use mustard to give different taste though i never feel spiciness in mustard.

anyway, i finally bought a mixer thanks to ammar and this will really help me in baking. i would never buy it on my own though. too much excuse not to buy it though i want it. haha

Trinity college bell tower. such a fine day