anyway i felt that the journey was very long and undeniably tiring. didn't realize that galway is practically that far from dublin-about 3 and a half hour! and of course the movements of the bus itself made my stomach feel uneasy and i ended up having nausea- in a bus! but after all, i was grateful that eventually we managed to get there(dublin) at around 6pm with the help of a few Trinity College students which were on the same bus with us and helped the bus driver to drive to UCD.
as i entered the so called hall, the first person who i met and talked to was my ex-irp group leader, Asraf who came all the way from Cork. but didn't talk that much to him coz Kak Aida n pinah were waiting for me to have our meal..i guess we're all starving! again as i got into the 'inside' hall where the function(minister's speech) will take place, i once again met a person who i've never seen for abt 3yrs, rashida, who used to be the top student in SESTER. she's currently studying in UCD itself. and at last we went to get our food which was served buffet style where there's a few ppl putting all the foods on our plate(even for the kuih raya). then as i sat at the table and starting to break my hunger, i noticed that the meal was incomplete- i got no chicken or beef or any kind of meat! actually it happened to Kak Aida n pinah as well, since we're already late by that time. so i just ate the rice with wutever i was given with at that time..by the bye while i was eating i also noticed Thani, my 'charming'(that's what his RCSI interviewer called him) ex-classmate walking far in front of me. i let him know my presence by waving my hand at him..we later took some pictures together with pinah after all of us have eaten.
actually there's a good friend of mine whom i was waiting for and also intended to meet during the trip.it was shakirah. she came to the hall quite late(she's from her senior's house) and by the time she was abt to arrive, she sent me this text which sounded just like: " i'm coming nearer to u" which broke me into laughter.. such a funny and some sort of 'creepy' sentence wasn't it? huhu.. finally later on we managed to meet each other, it was like a 'jejak kasih' between us, well the last time we met was the time i sent her off to ireland, it's been quite awhile.
after that, we the M04C's altogether took some pictures without the other 2 of our ex-classmates who are currently also studying in ireland i.e Tom Fatimah(Queen's Univ. Belfast)-she got a stomachache if i'm not mistaken, and also Muhaimin(RCSI) which i wasn't sure of his absence. it was really exciting to get with my old friends, particularly my classmates =)
later on i went to shakirah's apartment, well i escaped myself from attending the minister's speech..sorry Tok Pa (Minister of Higher Education who came all the way to ireland)..huhu..and i just returned to the hall abt after the speech was done, i mean just to go back home. but frankly spending my time with shakirah reminds me of our friendship or perhaps hardship(lots of work to do!) in KMB. to think again, it's too unbelievable knowing that where we are now, but i thank Allah for choosing me to receive such a precious gift from Him, alhamdulillah.
then it comes the time for us to leave. thank you shakirah for all the foods and the great hospitality (she gave me kinder bueno anyway!), ukhwah fillah abadan abadaa =)... InsyaAllah if everything's doing fine, i'll visit dublin again next time. to be honest i'm not really that satisfied with dublin, i mean we reached there when the sun has already sets and we got no time to do some window shopping and stuff..huhu.. we're home at 3am..i was shaking and trembling in the coldness of the night (perhaps morning). we had an anatomy spot test on the afternoon, and my life goes on and on...~