my eyes are bleary.
i've been going to bed for the
past two nights thinking and thinking.
i've learnt more about codes, anagrams,
palindromes, math symbols, and rules of mahjong
in the last 2 days than ever.
i've never felt so stupid in my life.

Tim Tang, you're killing me!

anyway, i havent written something about
the little cultural differences in a bit,
so here's a few weird things about the Irish.

1. They've never eaten Oreos.
i was eating one the other day and
when i offered it to them they went
'oh, i've never ever had one of those before..'
and i just went WHAAAAAAT?!!!

but... it's Oreos!
seriously.

2. urine is eu-rhine, poor is per, diet is ded.
i had the hardest time trying
to figure out what my group members
were discussing in tutorials >.<

3. when they say they have food at some event,
they actually mean they have sweets/chocs,
not FOOD food.
and sweets mandatory at ANY
gathering of people at all times.
so weird right, NO one back home will serve
ONLY sweets when they have people over!
or mean sweets when they say food.
we expect a catered meal with the works (:

4. everytime you have a 5 minute break,
everyone rushes out to buy chocolate.
and even in library everytime you turn
there's SURE to be someone munching
on a chocolate bar (:

chocolate is the staple food here.

5. if they're too bored, they walk out of class.
seriously, people just get up and leave
in the middle of class sometimes!
and if it's a 2 hour lecture,
half the class packs up their bags and
just walks off during the break.

and if you ask why they didn't come to
a particular class/lecture one day,
90% you will hear 'oh, i couldn't be bothered'.

yeah, they're med students (:

6. every town has its own accent,
even though they're 10 minutes apart.
and when you talk, people know IMMEDIATELY
where you're from and they always seem to
know someone from somewhere, so the bulk
of the conversation ends up a discussion
about the various people they know.
(and then i stand there and look interested)

and they can tell if you're Catholic/Protestant
by the way you speak as well, so that's why
the kids get bullied a lot if they're from
the opposite religion 'cause of The Troubles.

and also, if you go to a dodgy place at night,
or a place known as a 'catholic/protestant' place,
they'll ask you to recite the alphabet
to determine your religion before they whack you up.
so funny.

'HANDS UP! Recite the alphabet!'

7. tea is tea, yet tea is dinner.

8. no one drives an automatic car.
they think manuals are so much easier.

your head la >.<
and there are NO big cars at all!
all the cars are the size of a Myvi.
i have no idea how they transport big families!

9. they are MAD for british soaps like
hollyoaks/eastenders/emmerville and
somehow neighbours as well.
and right, the quality of the show is horrendous!
i dont know la, the shooting and everything
compared to american tv shows....
it's so bad, it's like watching reality tv,
you know how the quality is different?
like everyone has oily faces.

10. everytime they end a text
they MUST end with multiple x's.
like 'hahaha xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
urgh so ugly!

(x stands for hugs/kisses?)

okay my head is going to explode
from all the thinking ):
80 more levels to go!!