Trad. Society Competition

     Monday evening Aurelie, Abby C., Elise, Maeve, Nicol, Clemence, Pettepe and I ate at Ming Garden to celebrate Valentine’s Day together. With low expectations, picturing an average restaurant, walking into a fancy dining room came as quite the surprise. The elegant atmosphere wasn’t the only surprise, prices were shockingly painful as well. Quickly searching for the cheapest and most familiar dish, I came up with Chicken Fried Rice. Boy they weren’t kidding, that’s exactly what I received. A pile of rice with peas and pieces of chicken, no other vegetables, there wasn’t even soy sauce on the table. Thankfully it tasted good, but certainly wasn’t very impressive.  I hope to never pay $20 for another Chinese meal like that again. However, none of it mattered because the customers next to us made up for any kind of short fall the evening would bring.

Ming Garden Dinner

      Although harsh, there are no other words to describe them more accurately: Giant oompa loompas. Yes that is correct, as in oompa loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As we finished our meal three couples walked in looking like nothing I’ve ever seen before. The first lady wore low rise jeans paired with a short white vest leaving lots of “muffin top” to spill out. Dressed in all white only emphasized the extent to which she had been fake tanning. There wasn’t a bronze tint, but rather an orange glow, hence her oompa loompa title. The next had large jewelry, an incredible amount of makeup, ornage glow,  and a three inch poof in her hair. I must not forget her blouse was horrendously low cut, so much so that she dropped food down it, as it acted like a nice little boat catching all of it.  As she picked and pulled getting last crumbs out I could hardly contain myself. Saving the best for last was Ms. Pro wrestler fashionista gone terribly wrong. Also dressed in white head-to-toe this lady had hair that you could have gotten lost in. It was curled, pinned, twisted and sprayed so large I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Just like the other two her makeup was caked on an inch thick as well. However the combination of her hair, makeup, fake tan and outfit just pushed me over the edge. Making a cattail line her eyeliner, it nearly met up with her hair line. In addition she also wore a bedazzled headband, but instead of on her head it was positioned across her hair line creating a jazzed up wrestler appearence. Everyone in the group ate as if they were at feeding trough, not to mention answering their ringing cell phones every 5 minutes. Thankful I wasn’t on a romantic date being distracted by these obnoxious customers it made the evening quite comical. Had it not been rude I so badly wanted to take a picture for you. Words just don’t do it justice, it was certainly a memorable Valentine’s Day.

            Returning from Ming Garden the three of us decided we couldn’t go to bed on Valentine’s Day without having any chocolate. Warm Nutella brownies and the World Champion Skiing competition made our evening complete! All in all I enjoyed my Valentine’s Day.

Nutella Brownies!

            Tuesday evenings The Crane Pub features trad music performed by students. However, it was a special night because the Traditional Irish Music Society was holding a competition. Making sure to arrive early I secured a seat for Abby C. and spent the next 5 hours listening to wonderful music. The night became quite long, but it was certainly worth it. In the states the competition would have been finished in 2 hours. After every 2-3 acts they would take a break for the audience and musics to get another round of pints, as if everyone wasn’t ordering them all throughout the night anyway. Oh well, atleast the Irish are consistent. Inefficient and slow even in everyday life as well as their music competitions.

 I took a few videos during the music competition. Realizing I was to the side of the stage I know the videos aren't all that exciting. However, I wanted you to be able to experience the wonderful music. Seeing as though I've never worked with iMovie and class begins in 10 minutes I threw these few clips together. Sorry they are a bit rough, I will work on editing later.

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With Love from Galway