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The inscription reads:
"F*** you & I hate you...
...for consciously acting in ways that will make me miss you so damn much"

Let me know how you turn out :)

Annie
xxx

On why Trainees are Bad-ass

Your laundry is dirty
You're down on the money
Calling home is 4 pound and 50 p
Badass drunk at Botanic
Yet sober by the morning
Hell, you must be an IAESTE trainee

Do you stock up on pasta?
Like our Doby Wolfgang
Or maybe a six pack when friskey
A big fan of TESCO?
A lover of toasties?
Like Megan? i.e full of whiskey?

You couldn't be safer
When out with Big Mike
He'll beat up who ever gets loose
But some are too tired
Poor Jeff is too sleepy
The same goes for G 0, the Moose

We're missing you Garrett
We're missing you Georges
You know how I hate these goodbyes
And now adieu Kjetil
So long fair Elise
Come to Malta, where the weather is nice!

If you're single and looking
Or you're engaged and cheating
And you're loving someone you'll eventually leave
Well its harder for the ones
On a 10 week abstinence
They're badass too, you'd better believe

But you've made it to uni
You've made it to Belfast
Is this why you were paying attention in class?
You've travelled, you've partied
And called crazy for leaving
Northern Ireland trainees are feckin' badass

I have to sing/perform something for next Thursday night so I did a little research and this is what I've come up with so far:

316 sq km (twice the size of Washington DC)
BUT...
Population:  396,851 making it the 7th most densely populated country in the world and the 3rd in Europe- that's after Macau, Monaco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Gibralter and the Vatican City!

Population below poverty line:  NA%
BUT...
Debt - external:  $130 million (1997)

As you move towards the West, Malta actually gets higher and higher, but don't get too far, because you've gotten to the sea again - on top of a cliff to be exact!
Highest point: 253m (cliff at ta dmejrek near dingli)

Snails are considered a delicacy - I wouldn't reccommend it though, they taste like snot! Or what I'd think snot tastes like anyway hehe

In other news, youth must take several decisions - you've either got a go mobile or a Vodafone phone, your finances are dealt with at the Bank of Valletta or HSBC and you're politically red or blue. Personally I'm blue, have a Voda SIM and bank with both because of the freebies!

92% of the countries vote during the general elections... the 83% turnout during the MEP elections was actually a BAD YEAR!

Finally, a little about youths and their religion:
98% Catholic
77.1% attend Mass at least once a week
94.6% intend to contract some form of marriage, and 90% said that they wish to marry in Church although the majority of respondents (71%) see nothing wrong with premarital sexual intercourse
This is nevertheless a low rate for Europe and may explain why...
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.1% (2001 est.)

Belfast is beautiful because you can't not be affected by it. I walk through Donegall Pass every morning - veritably led by fearsome murals to my beloved Cromac quay. Skeletons, Dead Unknown Soldiers and William of Orange all peek out from the side streets in slient rage.

Who is she? How dare she?

"No... I DONT walk through Donegall pass! Come this way... its a longer - but its a safer way!" says Aze from work. Our Malaysian IT guy has been beaten up 6 times during his time in the city... once by 20 men throwing bottles in the Botanic gardens.

"Why?! That's DONEGALL PASS!"

"Ulster Division", Donegall Pass

If you were wondering about the death threat mentioned about a week ago, I witnessed a guy crying, his face full of fresh blood in front of City Hall and 2pm, being told that

"If you don't get me that 75 quid tomorrow you're A DEAD MAN!"

"Nice shouting <name>"

At 2pm! Noone stopped.... did noone care? I found myself doing exactly the same - kept my head low, acted as if I hadn't heard a thing.

Of course we were 1 m apart and I was guilty of both offences .

"Ulster Crucifixion" by Ken Howard - Ulster Museum