Why I can't wait to own my own house reason #12:

So I don't have to listen to a strange girl's inane laughter through the ceiling of the apartment below us. Honestly, people, it's 1am on a Monday night. Get your marbles together and just go to bed, or at least leave the rest of us in some semblance of peace, for crying out loud.

Back from my (AMAZING) three week spring break around (northern) Africa and continental Europe. Funny thing: I like Dublin best when I'm NOT in Dublin. It makes it a lot easier to say nice things about the city/UCD/my experience when I'm not.....actually experiencing it. Oh, and my cough that I caught a week before spring break? STILL HERE. With a ( Read more... )

Old News:

Bend is officially the most expensive place to live in all of Oregon.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/09/statehousing/index_01.htm?chan=rss_topSlideShows_ssi_5

Surprise: Salem is the cheapest.

I AM TOO INCOMPETENT TO USE IRISH VENDING MACHINES ( Read more... )

only THE coolest dance video I've ever seen!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgsxO9REb5s

Weather Update in Dublin ( Read more... )

apathetic ( Read more... )

I miss SwissMiss. The things that are lacking in Ireland are just ridiculously random. Like peanut butter. If the can says, "American-style peanut butter", you know something's up. They don't sell frosting for cakes in the stores that I've seen. And no powdered sugar, so we can't even make it ourselves. And for hot chocolate, they only have real ( Read more... )

I know this is probably really harsh and unfair, but here's the difference between the teaching in Hong Kong and Dublin:

Hong Kong thoughts: wow, I'm actually learning things that I can imagine myself using later in life, once I've graduated and gotten a job

Dublin: This is the biggest load of BS I've ever heard.

Sad but true. *sigh*

新年快了﹗祝你身體建康﹐ 年年有余﹐ 千萬如意﹗

(Basically, Happy Chinese New Year's, everyone!!!)