1st days at ireland

arrived here sunday 1030am ireland time (that's 630pm ph and sg time). my sister met me at the airport. however, it took me some time to get passed the immigration. there's just a long queue for non-eu peeps.

travel by bus from dublin to letterkenny took almost 4 hours. and the route is awesome. fields everywhere, parang north expressway hehe tipong postcard views.

arrived in letterkenny around 5pm. joan and joboy met us at the bus station and brought us to the b&b where i stayed for two nights and two days. we just put our things inside our room and then went to glendale (this is like a subdivision at the back of the office) to view one room.

actually, the entire house is for rent but the owner is sub letting the place by room. so, there are 3 rooms available: en suite, double and single. the en suite is like a master's bedroom in sg, it has a bathroom attached. however, the bathroom is smaller compared to the common bathroom where the tub is. well, the place seems nice and its like a 10-15 mins walk to the office.

we had dinner at a chinese restaurant (parang di ako sa country ng mga intsik galing hehe), pero ok lang. same wavelength ata at that time ang isip ni ate at ni joan. after dinner, we went to joan's house and had dessert while watching tfc and making chismis and just admiring the fireplace hehe syempre, na-mesmerized na naman ako.. first time eh :P

before i forgot, its cold at night... like shivering cold. but when we reached our room, thats another story. where the heater is on, and its a lot warmer.

the next day, we went to the mall and ate showed me some of the stores here. we went shopping and its a lot cheaper here compared to sg if its on sale. i was able to grab jeans at benetton for 10 euros, thats 20 something in sgd.. not bad, ayt?

and i have my shoe size here too.. so, shopping pa din hehe

after joan's office, she and hubby picked us up at the dunnes store (where muntik na kong bumili ng clogs for summer, excited eh?). we went to their friends' place where there's a vacant room. their place is a lot nicer than the one in glendale. the catch? it will probably take me 30 or more so minutes to walk to get to the office. norvs and lenny are kind enough to accommodate me though. they said that they can take turns giving me a lift. pero syempre, kakahiya naman yun na everyday na lang ako makisakay diba? so, i just decided na i'll just get the en suite for the mean time while im still carless (is there such a word?) but i think if i want to join norvs and lenny, i have to get a car and hopefully by that time, ok pa din sila makipag-share. i'll just cross my fingers.

on my 3rd day, ate has to go back to galway and work. and i have to checked out of the b&b and moved in with joan and joboy. they picked me at the b&b and adopted me from tuesday to sat or until i move in to my place. their house is homey and they left me there for an entire afternoon while they were at work. i just unpacked some things and clothes and then cooked my alfredo's pasta-- which tasted bad actually. im not familiar with the ingridients here, i bought the wrong all purpose cream :( well, i threw the sauce away. too bad. buti na lang, i cooked ginataang sitaw at kalabasa hehe

and it was still cold. brrr!