what to do after exams and before semester 2 begins

[Capt. Jean-Luc Picard]

anyone got any plans? i have 2 weeks and would like some ideas of what to do with them, apart from sleeping and prep reading for next semester

[Cain]

go to france.

it works for me

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[KateBush]

[s]Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wrote on 17:21, 17th Jan 2004:
anyone got any plans? i have 2 weeks and would like some ideas of what to do with them, apart from sleeping and prep reading for next semester


In my first year, I went on a really nice jaunt to the highlands with some mates and then to my pal Ali's. She stays just over the highland line and we were there for Burns night, it was really cool. In my second year I broke my elbow! In my third I went home for a week and this year I'm at home anyway because I had to take last semester out on medical grounds.

Have you been down the Fife coast atall?Crail and Anstruther are beautiful. This is a great time to go exploring Scotland --it's cold but should be nice and quiet if you want to go somewhere like Iona. I went there with friends after semester 2 exams in first year. Go travel! don't waste time sitting about in St andrews--get out and do stuff!

What ever you do, ENJOY!

[benedict]

travel the word
cure cancer
cure some meat (probably takes ages)
see The Cure (they're probably not touring but you could either find a vid of them - plenty of gooduns around - or just find them via stalkerage)
sleep
break a world record
score a record (on shellac)
break the record you've just scored (on shellac)
discover Shellac (the band fronted by the mighty Steve Albini)
make some shellac (out of beetles or whatever they use)
listen to the beatles
eat just crisps for 2 weeks
bathe in dripping in your y-fronts then jump out & run down Market St yelling Eureke-ka-ka-ka! in tourettes like fashion
or just kill yourself

[Pilmour Boy]

I'm off to Prague for a few days.

Until then, I'm drinking.

Or possibly going to Florence.

[Capt. Jean-Luc Picard]

i would love to travel but just cannot afford it. any ticket i find are always priced so high (500+), i wonder how other students can afford it. the money i get from my parents are there to pay the fixed dorm and fee costs, any remainder on food (

it sucks being poor.

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[rache1]

Um...try being poor and paying for all of Uni without help from parents. That sucks even more.

[benedict]

there are plenty of things to do here in St Andrew's. there must be a few places you haven't walked or been to. stay up late some nights. walk to the beaches & delve into the sea. have a competition with one of your mates & see who can go without sleep the longest. read up those preparation notes. do something you haven't done in a while 'cause you hadn't had the time.

one of those cases of looking at how how full rather than how empty the bowl is.

[Paranoid]

I'm just getting hammered! Probably go find a job back home to make up a little of my overdraft, and of course I got my job interview in London, and I havent been to London since I was 6, should be fun!

[Amanda]

find a cheap easyjet flight and then stay in a hostel. we went to prague and venice last year, are chilling out and going to ayrshire and possibly the isle of skye this year - there's a shedload of things you can do on a tiny budget.

[andrewdalgleish]

and if you're an old 4th year then you'll no doubt have work to do! i have a project to start!

[RichZ]

I might at some point be taking my computer into Venue 1 to play games on big screen, (as long as nothing is on), if a few people want to come too thats fine, bring a PS2, Xbox, PC whatever, and we'll have a gaming session. But I can't promise that it'll happen - only an idea at moment.

I'll post again after exams to tell you whats happening

[andrewdalgleish]

ooh, LAN gathering in the venue 1, with big screen demos!! that would be good. d'you think they'd let us?

[dan greenberg]

You couldn't find a ticket for less than 500 + ? I have a round trip ticket to Venice for 20 pounds via ryanair, and most of that is just taxes! Tickets themselves were 52 pence and one penny. I was shocked. Hell, food will cost more than my plane costs! I think Ryanair is still doing some deals now, though (slightly) more expensive. www.ryanair.co.uk

dan

[RichZ]

[s]andrewdalgleish wrote on 21:13, 17th Jan 2004:
ooh, LAN gathering in the venue 1, with big screen demos!! that would be good. d'you think they'd let us?


Yes I WOULD let us! Don't know if Ben would like it, but that doesn't matter, we can do it officially if he insists.

Im not sure how we'd connect to LAN if we did - I'll leave that to you comp sci students.

What would u like to play? Multiplayer on PS2/Xbox etc, or PC games, I was thinking I'd play Vice City, or Pod Racer (with lots of bass), or something...?

[KungFuPrincess]

[s]rache1 wrote on 18:44, 17th Jan 2004:
Um...try being poor and paying for all of Uni without help from parents. That sucks even more.



I know what you mean. My mum is paying for me but working her ass off doing it.

[KMart Cowgirl]

i'm going to NYC! YAY! anyway, i can't really afford it, but I found a chap flight a while back and i'm staying with relatives. I should be good fun!

[andrewdalgleish]

[s]RichZ wrote on 22:42, 17th Jan 2004:
[s]andrewdalgleish wrote on 21:13, 17th Jan 2004:[i]
ooh, LAN gathering in the venue 1, with big screen demos!! that would be good. d'you think they'd let us?


Yes I WOULD let us! Don't know if Ben would like it, but that doesn't matter, we can do it officially if he insists.

Im not sure how we'd connect to LAN if we did - I'll leave that to you comp sci students.

What would u like to play? Multiplayer on PS2/Xbox etc, or PC games, I was thinking I'd play Vice City, or Pod Racer (with lots of bass), or something...?
[/i]

i have an 8-port hub so we could have 8 pcs, i'm sure we could find a bigger one though.
i don't have any of the newer consoles

[Guided By Vices]

[s]KMart Cowgirl wrote on 00:14, 18th Jan 2004:
i'm going to NYC! YAY! anyway, i can't really afford it, but I found a chap flight a while back and i'm staying with relatives. I should be good fun!

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[Cain]

[s]Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wrote on 13:55, 7th Jan 2004:
present yourself as a sympathy case to them. its so easy...i am getting 500 a month because of it! :)


[s]Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wrote on 18:40, 17th Jan 2004:
i would love to travel but just cannot afford it. any ticket i find are always priced so high (500+), i wonder how other students can afford it. the money i get from my parents are there to pay the fixed dorm and fee costs, any remainder on food :o(

it sucks being poor.


ten days is a long time in St Andrews

on which subject, in ten days time i am easyjetting off to France to catch up with mates who have graduated/gone for a year abroad. :)

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