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International Karaoke Night
This is my Italian roommate (Fede). She was the first one to do karaoke...she did Bon Jovi, "Living on a Prayer"
(you'd like her Sheryl) :)
Meet my friends!
Hey guys!
Sorry it's been a little while since my last post, but needless to say I've been super busy and having LOTS of fun! This post will have some pictures of my new friends and my most recent new experiment...cooking! After lots of phone calls to my mom I finally figured out how to make a pretty good stir fry (I didn't know how to cook the chicken) AND I put together some homemade tacos for my roommates. Believe it or not everything actually turned out great (just ask Fede, she liked it!).
Well, I feel MUCH better now...I know Mea was a little worried!
The student health center gave me some free antibiotics, eye drops, and ear drops. Isn't social health care wonderful? Also, I don't know if you guys have heard anything about the primary elections or not (sarcasm), but I just voted the other day here in Galway! The American Embassy rolled into town from Dublin and over 800 Americans showed up to vote. This is the first time EVER that the American Embassy has actually traveled around Ireland to give Americans the opportunity to vote for the primaries. Apparently, they normally hold primary elections only in Dublin, but this year the primaries are so huge that they traveled to all major Irish cities. The Irish are very interested in this years primary electrions also, and the general consensus is Barack Obama for US President (apparently Barack has some Irish ancestors). It's too bad we can't allow the Irish to have votes in the US general elections...they don't seem to even know that there are any Republican candidates! Side note: check out this blog on Barack's Irish heritage....it's kind of interesting AND there's a cute "O'bama" pin! Irish Obama 
That's all for now guys, hope to get some comments from ya soon. Cheers!
Stir fry!
Notice my cell phone near the wok...I had to call my Mom and ask her how to cook the chicken... :)
The haircut
Ok, I cut off all my hair! Here's the new look...not my favorite, but it's a lot easier to fit under a hood when it's raining!
Dancing at Cuba
From left to right: Lisette (from Holland), Fede (from Milan, Italy), and Tommaso (also from Milan)
Me and the Belgian
This is Tomas (pronounced Toma) and he is the only Belgian student in Galway. He's a good time and likes all the same music as me!
Tommaso is actually the shortest one, but the Dutch girls (both 6'3") are lifting him up ;)
Left to right: Tomas (from Belgium), Lisette (from Holland), Tommaso (from Milan, Italy), and Maud pronounced Ma-ood; also from Holland)
The United Nations?
Left to right: America (me), Belgium (Tomas), Holland (Lisette), Italy (Tommaso), and....Holland (Maud) again!
Roisin Dubh
This is a picture from the Roisin Dubh (pronounced Roshin Dove) and it's a famous pub in Galway. (Green Day played here!) The reason Daniela (from Rome) is covering her and Tomas' eyes is that she ju... [more]
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February 12th 2008 - Daddy:
Wow, Bon Jovi karaoke. Glad you're getting a good feeling for authentic Irish culture. along thos elines we are so going to Roisin Dubh, right? Don't wanna be an American Idiot.
Interesting to read about your cooking exploits. I'm very impressed. I'll send you the recipe for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so you can razzle and dazzle the roomies with that one next.
Be well.
The Irish love Bon Jovi! Irish culture is a lot like American....just a lot louder and more drunk ;)
I already made pbjs....the Italians weren't very impressed by that one!
February 12th 2008 - Mea: trip
Can I lookk forward to you, Joe, Your Dad & Mom all doing karoake?I hope your friends are around when we are there. How long is your spring break?K
February 13th 2008 - Mom:
I looks like you are having a lot of fun (too much fun??) I am glad you are feeling better and I really like your new hair! To answer Mea's email, no, Joe and Brian will not sing, but I will :) especially once we are on solid ground and out of the sky.
I am very impressed with your new interest in cooking. Just let me know if you would like some of our favorite recipes. How about some good american casseroles like tator tot hot dish or goulash?
Take care.
Love,
Mom
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