Back in singapore
Posted by James
Hey everyone! I am back safely at home in Singapore.
I don't really have jet lag but because of the amount of work piling up, I just can't put my mind to rest, so I still haven't really gotten any proper sleep.
I miss the weather in Ireland and the people there but yet again, I feel happy seeing my family and friends again.
Today was the first day of TPCG and everything went well, thankfully.
I will update again when I have more time. 
Last day – Sadness
Posted by James
In a hour time, I am leaving the house to head over to the airport and flying to Amsterdam before going back to Singapore.
It is a mixed feeling of happiness and sorrow. Happy that I can see my friends and all. Sad that I haven't even explored much of Ireland.
But... I guess all good thing must come to an end. I will miss all the people who took care of us here. Especially my Irish Mum
Till I reach Singapore to update pictures and stuff. Tata!
Day 20 – The last week
Posted by James
This week would be the last week of me being in Ireland. Time really fled by when I am here.
We would be travelling to kikenny with Dave, our in charge at the institue of technology. Just for the day, to sight see tomorrow. We are now on the way back to Carlow from Galway, the train ride back to there is 4 hours.
It's 5pm now and the sky is dark like 7pm in Singapore. Looking out the carriage window sets me thinking, have I bought enough present? have I enjoyed myself? was it really worth paying about 3k coming here? lots of question asking myself while looking out the window. Most of the question are quite simple and to be frank, this once in a lifetime experience is worth every cent I've spent here.
I still miss home and friends though. The weather here is totally different from Singapore humid weather, that's definately one of the things I would miss greatly beside the people and culture here.
Day 17 + 18 + 19
Posted by James
So, some of you should had already known that my Paris trip was cancelled because of cost and time constraint. Major 
but we decided to travel within Ireland and go some sightseeing.
Caroline and many other recommended Galway or cork but Galway was a better choice, so the night before, Galway trip booking and checking!
Now I am in a pub called monroes in Galway. Just had a heninken and is now chit chatting and socializing with the others.
The trip here to Galway is quite fruitful I must say. Not much shopping because things are expensive everywhere in Europe! The pub here is delightful though. Great atmosphere with very friendly people and nice music here and there, totally different from those uncle pub in Singapore where they would have stupid karaoke or those high end pub which is serving overly priced alcohol. Here is just a plain o pub with lots of noise and lots of people, everyone is enjoying themselves and having a drink in their hand.
Food here is also great because Galway is just beside the ocean. Tonight we had fish and chips! Traditional fish and chips with salt and vinegar. Totally different from all the crap which Singapore have to offer.
We went to a tour which goes around Galway and it's region. Very educational and interesting! The whole trip was about 8 hours? We left from our hostel at 9.40am, returned back at 5.30pm. Totally worth the 20€ we paid.
I know I haven't been uploading photo and stuff because I wasn't really in the mood to. Have to resize and draft out the post while I don't really have much time because of school, kinda puts me off.
So I will try my best to upload and update those picture which are long overdue! or so I say :p
Day 16 : Horse riding
Posted by James
Today was quite a normal day, went to school, did my work but at the end of the day, I went for horse riding! 
It was quite an experience I must say. It wasn't those kind where they will pull the horse and you would just sit on the horse but they will teach you how to steer, how to stop and how to ride the horse, by yourself. It was a VERY VERY nice experience. Its indoor btw but it kinda stink though.
Altogether there are about 3 - 4 trainer and they are all quite fierce. I mean, they give very confident and strong command on what you should do, what you need to do and what you should obey. Very strong woman I must say. Oh ya, thinking back now, its all female trainer... Hmm.. Wow...
The trip to the stable house was about 20 minute and it cost 10euro because it was part of school activity. I wish we could go next week as well but from what we know, it is school break for them? So there might not be any school activity.
One more week and we will be back. Just to update you folks, we are not heading to paris anymore... Yes, sad to say because of time and cost, we cancelled our trip and is heading for galway instead this weekend. Hopefully it would be worth the trip!
Day 15 : Bday
Posted by James
Yup, it's my birthday. Happy birthday to myself. Nothing really exciting today, Home -> School -> Home -> Sleep.
So, for the day, I don't really have much to update about.
Day 14 : Apple sucky day
Posted by James
Today was quite okay. Having some blues, nothing much happened. Was staring into the screen and suddenly I remembered that my iPhone was kinda buggy because sometime it won't read the sims card and require me to restart the phone.
So I thought, why not I see if apple have any warranty servicing store around and yes, they do. It's a retail store called 3G and yay, I was happy. Headed down after school and freaking bloody hell, when we entered the store, straight away I knew something was wrong. This is how the conversation went,
Me : " Hi, I checked online at the apple website and they listed you as one of the official service store, can you help me check my iPhone and see if my warranty allows an exchange? "
Sales person : " Oh, we no longer do apple, maybe after christmas but not now. So you might have to call apple about this. "
Me : " Erm... What you mean no longer do apple? (WTF EXPRESSION) "
Sales person : " Well, we just no longer do apple. "
Me : " Ermmm... Okay? (Walks off pissed) "
So, moral of the story. Never believe website information and double check before heading down to stores.
After this little side story, Shavonne wanted macdonald fries. We actually thought about eating mac, can you believe it? All their fries here (excluding macdonald) are very thick and fat, so shavonne missed those slim fries. After looking at the menu, we just stood there and looked at shavonne buy the fries. Why? 7.55EURO for a chicken macnugget meal. Would u have eaten? Definitely not us.
So we went to a pizza place nearby, took away pizza and bought drinks, headed back home. Another thing to note, we drink a lot here. We basically have to buy drinks every day! Mind you, the drinks here are big. 2 Litre - 3 Litre per bottle, not your standard 1.5 litre in singapore. We buy 2 bottle almost everyday!
So ya, that ended our day and the thought of us being here 2 weeks already set in really fast. It's kinda giving me the bluez because I would be going home soon and I definitely would miss this place.