Dublin Dual Denmark Meets UK

Both of the groups have just linked up at night.. After some mis communication which resulted in me being the only one who did not visit Guiness factory.. the 6 denmark people ksy, yh, abel, andru, grace n darren finally linked up with me huiting edel and fred. Bigger group more fun but less effective.. moving from place to place certainly takes up more time. tomorrow we will be going on a nature tour.. to where the irish beauty lies... we already covered the city centre..

I reached dublin on thursday 1700 hrs.. Julian picked me up, gave me a short tour of the needle(spire) and river liffy. then we took a bus 123 to his place and alighted. My impression of Dublin is that it is a lower grade version of london.. the streets are dirtier.. and in the more dodgy areas there are begger... even in the temple bar area there are beggers too.. but it is famous for its nightlife, we went to pubs at night the past 2 nights and it is totally crowded that we cant find a gd place...crowded palces are good breeding grounds for accidental touching as edel will testify to.. hence the first night, i went to meet the uk peeps and their 2 korean frens from nottingham uni.. we ate at this epicure where i ate my fish and chips for 7.80 euros and then we walked ard the Grafton street which is the orchard road of dublin but everything was closed already so we went back quite early..

Fri 21 Apr

Met the rest at 12 plus in trinity college which is one of 3 colleges built by Queen mary. the other 2 being oxford and cambridge.. we hung ard in the realli green nice courtyard.. just think o.c and people sitting ard during lecture breaks in the hot sun and eating their sandwiches... so cool.. i guess it is a european thing.. but the amazing thing was that this place was a tourist attraction too so it is common for students to be used to keep giving directions to people... some even appear in exam halls and ask.. Trinity college is divided into the scholars and the students.. apparently once u pass some exam u have some scholar status which gives u the liberty to walk on the lawn/ ie walk on the grass ... and play crotchet and also order a pint of beer during exams.. they are also given more rebates etc.. we went into the book of kells for free cos julian and nigel could bring us in, being students of trinity college and helping us save the 7 euro entrance.. these 2 housemates are realli funny.. an excerpt from one of their intellgent crap banter..

jules: u can take pics surreptitiously, gerald managed one yesterday when i brought him in..
nigel: oh surreptiously, word of the day eh jules?
jules: no dude, word of the day for u..

and some other one liners which are confirm higher level than me n pawz crap.. he and gerald were at it the previous night too discussing snails and putting salt on them to make them explode..

anyway, the book of kells is one amazing book, some latin manuscript of 800 AD gospel .. i oso not gian the details.. then also go see the long library.. as usual i sneaked a couple of fotos cos not allowed to take.. but upload later.. then we went for lunch in this little joint where i ate a sandwich or panini with nice soup for 5.95E, we went into dublin castle next for 3.50E, some historical house of the viceroy and how gunpowder blew up the castle moat and foundation.. it depicted ireland as the poorer sister of the great uk.. at night we went back play cards, had crepe dinner for 6 euro, and then tried to get free entry into this club M but we were not appropriately dressed so we went to oliver st gogarty pub but the crowd was old and in hordes.. we decided to wait til denmark pple come the nxt day.. and departed the place.

22 Apr(Sat)

I decided not to join the others cos i was meeting the denmark pple to pick them up.. so i spent a great afternoon wif julian and his med frens prakesh and kei.. harping on racist jokes and crappy innuendos, we had lunch in this middle grade chinese restaurant where i had a delicious meal indeed.. stewed beef, sweet and sour chicken, and tofu with seafood.. i so long nvr eat chinese food le so i ate the most out of them.. the meal cost 9.50 E each ..well worth it considering my craving.. i then shopped for their gal fren present and was brought along to wish her happy bday n present her flowers at this Butlers restaurant, famed to have the BEST hot chocolate in the world.. we even went to this high class store ala taka high class stores and they bought a tie and then a foto frame for their frens.. they left me to rush to that fren's bday party as iwaited in the rain for the others to arrive.. turns out they went to guiness first... damn idiot lor.. i call, sms but all uncontactable so i went to nearby pub to watch liverpool beat chelsea.. almost 2 hrs past the expected time of arrival... then they called.. make me worry for nothing.. in any case we made edel n gang wait longer as the danish checked into their dodgy hostel abrahams house.. then we all went to eat mac and walk ard temple bar area.. some went back slp, while i got 1115 curfew, then the others went to pub crawl a while...

so here i m to blog all alone in julian's house wif his gay housemate kiren in case i too lazy.. to see pics of norway.. heres a preview of william pro shots.. http://willysweden.blogspot.com/