Monday, November 12
Saturday, November 10
Tuesday, November 6
Stuck
There is nothing for me to blog recently. My life is just so routine! Routine! & Routine! Don’t ask me how routine it is; eat, work and sleep basically.
Nonetheless, on my way back home today… I was taking the elevator back to my apartment as usual. Ding! The lift door slided open and I stepped into the lift. Pressing 2nd floor button where apartment is located, the door shut subsequently. Longing to rest at home soon however, the lift didn't seem to elevate. I pressed the lift button several times again to ensure it had got the signal to move up. It still didn't seem to response. I was starting to be nervous. Okay, fine! I tried to press the "door open" button thinking to scale the stair instead. It didn't response either. Heck, I'm stuck in the lift! I tried, and tried, and soon I'm convinced that I'm trapped and had no way out. Without thinking much, I pressed the emergency alert button, yearning frantically that a hero would come to my rescue.
It was so scary. I waited for about 25 minutes being imprisoned in the small lift! All of a sudden, the 25mins just seemed like years. Being alone, I have nothing to do in there. The air was getting thin and was even difficult to breathe at times. Furthermore, it was very warm too ironically since it's autumn now! I've never experienced such warmth since I came to Ireland. Worst of all, the nightmare was I wanna pee pee!
I was still waiting for my hero (the lift technician) to come. You know when you're alone being confined in a small space, you would start to imagine and visualise things that would not normally come across your mind-ghost & spirit!. Oh god, pictures like a pale-looking lady with long straight hair standing right beside you, and a pretty young lady looking straight to your eyes from the ceiling when you look up started to flash through my mind. It's like a reminiscence to the horror movie, The Eye. I hate my friend who told me the scenes of the movie. I didn't watch the movie, I never want to watch any ghost movie. Because I know that I would start to recall and replay the horror scenes in my mind for a long while. I was getting frustrated and really appalled. Horrified, I was staring front and back, left and right, up and down, checking that no "one" was looking at me. I was not trying looking for ghost ok! I was really petrified at that time.
I was trying to occupy my time. I tried to send a message to my hubby, even though I knew there is no network coverage in the lift… haha =D
After a long 25mins later, to my relief, I heard someone shouting, “Are you stuck in there?” across the door. Oh great, there he was, my hero finally arrived! When the lift door was slided open, there was an angel standing in front of you stretching wide open her helping hands to your rescue. Dream on! Unfortunately that's not the case. The hero whom I'd been waiting is an Irish old man, even slightly bold -_-"
Whilst helping me out, the Irish asked me, “Oh, are you ok? You are lucky! I’m just nearby the area.”
Me: -_-"
Excuse me??? Lucky??? Did I hear you right, Mr old man? You consider an incident of this lucky? I absolutely do not think so dude! If I’m lucky, I won’t be stuck in there, for a good 25mins!
Moving forward from there, now I’m pondering whether should I trust the elevator anymore and use it daily? Or should I painstakingly climb the stair to 2nd floor? ;p The elevator would be a white elephant if the residents at 2nd floor are not utilising it, because there is only ground floor, first floor and second floor is the highest. Hahaha!
Nonetheless, on my way back home today… I was taking the elevator back to my apartment as usual. Ding! The lift door slided open and I stepped into the lift. Pressing 2nd floor button where apartment is located, the door shut subsequently. Longing to rest at home soon however, the lift didn't seem to elevate. I pressed the lift button several times again to ensure it had got the signal to move up. It still didn't seem to response. I was starting to be nervous. Okay, fine! I tried to press the "door open" button thinking to scale the stair instead. It didn't response either. Heck, I'm stuck in the lift! I tried, and tried, and soon I'm convinced that I'm trapped and had no way out. Without thinking much, I pressed the emergency alert button, yearning frantically that a hero would come to my rescue.
It was so scary. I waited for about 25 minutes being imprisoned in the small lift! All of a sudden, the 25mins just seemed like years. Being alone, I have nothing to do in there. The air was getting thin and was even difficult to breathe at times. Furthermore, it was very warm too ironically since it's autumn now! I've never experienced such warmth since I came to Ireland. Worst of all, the nightmare was I wanna pee pee!
I was still waiting for my hero (the lift technician) to come. You know when you're alone being confined in a small space, you would start to imagine and visualise things that would not normally come across your mind-ghost & spirit!. Oh god, pictures like a pale-looking lady with long straight hair standing right beside you, and a pretty young lady looking straight to your eyes from the ceiling when you look up started to flash through my mind. It's like a reminiscence to the horror movie, The Eye. I hate my friend who told me the scenes of the movie. I didn't watch the movie, I never want to watch any ghost movie. Because I know that I would start to recall and replay the horror scenes in my mind for a long while. I was getting frustrated and really appalled. Horrified, I was staring front and back, left and right, up and down, checking that no "one" was looking at me. I was not trying looking for ghost ok! I was really petrified at that time.
I was trying to occupy my time. I tried to send a message to my hubby, even though I knew there is no network coverage in the lift… haha =D
After a long 25mins later, to my relief, I heard someone shouting, “Are you stuck in there?” across the door. Oh great, there he was, my hero finally arrived! When the lift door was slided open, there was an angel standing in front of you stretching wide open her helping hands to your rescue. Dream on! Unfortunately that's not the case. The hero whom I'd been waiting is an Irish old man, even slightly bold -_-"
Whilst helping me out, the Irish asked me, “Oh, are you ok? You are lucky! I’m just nearby the area.”
Me: -_-"
Excuse me??? Lucky??? Did I hear you right, Mr old man? You consider an incident of this lucky? I absolutely do not think so dude! If I’m lucky, I won’t be stuck in there, for a good 25mins!
Moving forward from there, now I’m pondering whether should I trust the elevator anymore and use it daily? Or should I painstakingly climb the stair to 2nd floor? ;p The elevator would be a white elephant if the residents at 2nd floor are not utilising it, because there is only ground floor, first floor and second floor is the highest. Hahaha!
Saturday, November 3
Deserts
We didn't do anything for Halloween. We do not want to do anything though =)
Fireworks view from my balcony
Fireworks view from my balcony
I bought some desserts back home after work - Lemon Custard Cream.
And guess what happened? My hubby came back as usual at 6.30pm. He bought me dessert too..haha!
Viennetta Ice Cream
What a coincidence!
Thursday, November 1
Wild Wicklow Tour
About one and a half months ago, Nelson and I went for a day tour somewhere near Dublin - Wild Wicklow Tour. I'm just too lazy to compile our itinerary and photos of the trip. Ok, here u go..but still, lazy to write..so just some caption on the photos lar..
The tour began with sightseeing around dublin city..and the tour guide narrated a brief history of Ireland in the first hour of the tour.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYBODY!
The tour began with sightseeing around dublin city..and the tour guide narrated a brief history of Ireland in the first hour of the tour.
Then, we arrived at a place calls - Dun Laoghaire, the harbour where Nelson always go for fishing.
It certainly is a nice seaside to hang around on sunny days. I've been there several times. Everytime when I was there, surely there'd be seals greeting us on our arrival. For once, I even managed to get a glimpse of a couple of dolphines cruising by the harbour, though they were quite far away.
Early in the morning, around 10.30am, I dont understand why is there an ang moh dressing scantily and sitting on the rock there? Not cold meh? 13 degrees ler? Gila!
Guinness Lake! An impressive lake at Wicklow mountain range in Ireland. According to the tour guide, the lake actually resembles a pint of Guinness and the water is brown in colour. Most of all, the lake is located at lands that belong to Guinness family. That's how the nickname derived. Its formal name is Lough Tay :)
Taking a break, the tour guide brought us a bottle of locally brewed Irish whisky, Jameson.
See. Whenever there is alcohol, my hubby would be very happy! Sooner, he gonna be promoted to be an alcoholic, cos the beers and alcohols here are relatively cheap. Nevertheless, his whereabouts and activities are fully under my observation. Fret not. Hehe...
Once a church at Glendaough, I guess about a millenium ago.
Glendalough historical site.
Upper Lake at Glendalough. Nothing much to me, it's just another scenic lake ;)
All right. That's all for my Wicklow tour. Hehe...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYBODY!
Monday, October 29
Time change
Weird thing happened today. Nelson and I went out at '1.30pm' today. 1.30pm! However, my mobile was showing 12.30pm. So I questioned Nelson whether is his time correct. He then checked his mobile and watch. Both were showing 1.30pm. So I presumed Nelson's time was correct and didn't bother to find out what's wrong with my time.
While we were shopping in the city, Nelson received a call from Alan.
Alan: "Hi. Where are you? What's the time now?"
Nelson: "I am in the city and it's 4.30pm now. Why?"
Alan: "4.30pm your head. Are you dreaming? It's only 3.30pm now la!"
Nelson was puzzled. So were I. And soon Alan reviewed that the time in Ireland has been adjusted an hour earlier today in view of the seasonal change.
I never knew time is adjusted in this part of the world for this reason.
Anyway, we had an 'extra' hour to shop! Hurray! hehe...
Now, I knew why my mobile's time contradicted with Nelson's, because my mobile has an automatic time update function, which I have activated.
While we were shopping in the city, Nelson received a call from Alan.
Alan: "Hi. Where are you? What's the time now?"
Nelson: "I am in the city and it's 4.30pm now. Why?"
Alan: "4.30pm your head. Are you dreaming? It's only 3.30pm now la!"
Nelson was puzzled. So were I. And soon Alan reviewed that the time in Ireland has been adjusted an hour earlier today in view of the seasonal change.
I never knew time is adjusted in this part of the world for this reason.
Anyway, we had an 'extra' hour to shop! Hurray! hehe...
Now, I knew why my mobile's time contradicted with Nelson's, because my mobile has an automatic time update function, which I have activated.
All kind of weird things happen when you are in the other part of the world.
I was having a lazy weekend, having nothing to do, and suddenly I feel like baking! So I did at around 8pm just now! Fresh from oven, Butter Cookies!
I'm going to have my cookies now. Tomorrow is a public holiday here. I still have one more day to spend. Bye!
Saturday, October 27
It's Saturday!
I woke up at 8am. You know, when you're waking early from Mon through Fri, your biological body alarm clock would automatically wakes you up at that time too.
I made breakfast. I have started having breakfast since I came to Dublin =)
I made this...erm..don't know what it's called. I saw it from this blog. The moment I saw it I knew I'd love this. Haha! Coincidentally, I saw nutella on sale - 2 for €3.50! Of course buy la =D
Went to the city after breakfast. We have to buy some household necessities for our new room as well as a rice cooker! Ya...Rice Cooker, can you believe it? All this while I cook rice without using rice cooker. Haha...
As usual, when we take our lunch outside, we would either dine at Mandarin House Restaurant or Harry Ramsden's for fish and chips. We love the fish and chips!
The skin is so crispy and the meat is so juicy. It comes at a very big portion for only €9.90. We always order one meal because I definitely cant finish it. I usually manage to swallow 1/3 of the portion. You don't believe it? I can tell you the fish itself weights 300g, as it is shown on the menu. That is a very big fish fillet and the chips...hell lots, ok!
After shopping, we went to Alan's place. He invited us to join them for dinner =D
The menu - Spicy Crabs, Curry Chicken and mixed vegetables.
I'm damn jeolous at Ke Xin because she has a "can cook" husband. Alan always prepares the dinner. Alright, my husband is not bad, he offers to cook as well. However, I'm even more frighten if he offers..because he will only cook Spaghetti Carbonara. Nothing else but Carbonara. Sigh.
We had a scrumptious dinner overall. Thanks to Alan. We chatted till late night, gossiped and bitched about our working lifestyle at M'sia. It's just too hard to save money, go for holidays or even to buy a house when you are one of the typical young middle-class working professionals. Basically, the rich would get richer, the poor would become poorer. The financial gap just keeps on increasing. Sad thing.
Alan and Lye, both of them generally dont like the sosio-politic scenes in M'sia. Well, what can we do? They don't plan to go back to M'sia in future. No doubt, lifestyle here is way better than M'sia's. Somehow, it is still too early for us to decide where to settle down. M'sia, a place where we are from, has got lots of memories for us. Most importantly, our parents are there! We miss them!