the 3rd last wk in ireland

the weekend was great! we were fed til we were like super bloated. and i had to take indigestion pills (po chi yi) but it didn't really work.. haha. we had egg, toast and tea for breakfast.

after that, we took a train to Tullamore (another town) to visit both our supervisors (they're a couple, isn't it handy? hee.) micheal, my supervisor, house was big! the garden was big too! it was a beautiful house. he has a dog, Jack, of 4 yrs old too! boy, is he hyper!! we had tea when we reached, a piece of hazelnut cake (all the way from France) and a cup of tea/coffee. we went out to a sculpture park and Jack just ran and ran and went into the icy cold river just to get himself wet and looked after celine's (liz supervisor) adorable sons, Matthias

(6 yrs old) and Nathaniel (4 yrs old). Nathaniel's a very talkative boy who is in awe of the phone camera that i had. and just kept snapping pictures away! for lunch we went to Tullamore Dew Whiskey Museum. i had panini sandwich, salad and fries (they are lovely!). oh oh. we had a few sips of cider, guiness and a shot of whiskey. (i had my "fainting" episode of sort again. :/ but it passed very quickly. :) ) hahaha. liz was dizzy for quite awhile.

after that we went to window shop at some stores. didn't buy anything though. hee. we went home to have dinner. we had spaghetti. boy were we filled to our brim!!

the next morning, we had full irish breakfast. fried sausages, fried potato-mixed-with-flour, tomato, pancake, fried egg, toast, bacons and some mushrooms. it was delicious!! but damn sinful, what with the oiiiiil. eeeeekssss. hahaha. and for dinner..... we had laksa!! it's from prima taste. it tastes more of the heh bee hiam than the katong laksa. but it wasn't half bad. and for dessert, we had warm rhubarb (a very common fruit in ireland. it's very tart and bitter without any sugar in it.) with custard cream. it was yummmy... hahaha.

guess what. we had an irish night out. not drinking, mind u. but watching an irish concert consisting of dancing (riverdance kinda dancing) and singing and instrumental playing. the kids who had only 2 months of practice together was very good! all of them played with great enthusiasm and they all have great memory. think some of them are only 5 yrs old at the least. there were other groups of players too. they are all very good too. really enjoyed the night. a great experience too!