Friday, November 23, 2007
hi guys!
as promised,an update!
its currently erm.920pm here in dublin,which means 521am back there in singapore.its 3degreesC here,just enough to make ur breath mist up infront of you.
starting from the flight here,it was a long 14hr flight from Singapore to manchester.as usual,SQ being SQ,service was great,stewardesses were great,food was GOOD.got to manchester at arnd 630am manchester time.my connecting flight to dublin via ryanair was at 1140.so i had a hell lot of a time.walked arnd the airport,receiving curious sometimes rude stares from the british(you must understand that in the wake of the terrorist blabla they're more wary towards Asians).It's an indescribable feeling,travelling alone,just having your thoughts to urself,thinking about stuffs.i sat at their viewing gallery for a solid 3 hours while waiting for my flight.their viewing gallery is NOTHING like ours.its like.so close to the planes la!and i was just looking at the sky,the planes,just thinking bout random stuffs.A lonely stranger in a foreign land.
Ryanair was a budget air.REALLY BUDGET.they were selling things from calendars to lottery tickets to other stuffs.hadta walk from the main terminal to the plane,nope,no aerobridges.their planes were.erm.like sbs bus,chewing gum and all.ahah.ppl inside the plane were like.talking louder than the noise level of that in a noisy sbs bus during peak hour.i mean it.the entire feeling it gave me was like.rush rush,on the plane,rushrush take off.rushrush land.the plane practically sped to the runway.i SWEAR.a short 40 min later,it landed.wah.the landing.DAMN ROUGH.like SLAM on the ground.then the plane still swerve left right left right while travelling at high speeds trying to slow down.scary i tell you.and it sped to the terminal once again.wah.its fast,yea.but if you want comfort,dont take ryan air.cheap,fast and good.thats all i can say.(what can u expect for 0.01 pounds one way eh)hah.
met up with mr tan at the airport aft customs,wah.finally a friendly face.hm.maybe not.HA.his college?damn nice.its HUGE.very hogwarts-sy.aha..then had a meal at the canteen,the (hogwarts dining hall) then went out exploring parts of the city.by 4pm here it was DARK already.as in.night time.ahah..continued walking,he took me to the park,their busiest street,blabla.this place is very nice.as in.it gives you a very.slack feeling.just walking down the street,in this kinda cold weather,i dont know.it gives me a very.chill out feeling.buildings dont cross 5 storeys.haha..of course,there are stores such as NIKE,ZARA,and yes,the famous econs a'level paper supermarket chain TESCO.haha..today is thursday,their "late night shopping" day.so shops close at 9pm,unlike the usual 6/7pm.hm.things are EXPENSIVE.a burger king meal at manchester can cost u 5.99 POUNDS.which is x3,18SGD lidat.here at dublin,x2,so its arnd 12SGD for a normal meal.ahah..a cup of coffee is 3 euros.6SGD.thats how ex it is.haha..hai.popped by the tourist office to plan our itinarary for the next few days.tmr we re headed to HOWTH for a picnic.an amazing place with great scenery,according to mr tan.
theres a mix of ppl from all arnd the world here at dublin.today ive seen hongkong-ers,arabs,sikhs,blacks,spainiards,italians,french,irish,english,chinese,american and it goes on.its a reall cool place and i like it a lot.beautiful i tell you.wait till u see those fields after fields of coloured crops and cows grazing on grass and cottages with duck ponds from the air.AMAZING.
instead of crows?there're different kinda cool birds here.most common,the seagull.cus dublin;s near the sea.then there're SWANS flying too.really.damn beautiful.and mandarin ducks?wah.prettypretty.cant imagine what the country side will be like tmr and day after.
okay.enough of talking.i love this place man.hope you guys were here with me.then i wldnt hafta try so hard to describe.its really.undescribable.u have to see it for urself.anyways.pictures!=)
