INTRODUCE YOURSELF 2014/15 first years

Hotfail.com wrote: »

To add to the above post.. There's an absolutely unreal Mexican place near Paul Street, go there! :pac:

And Cork is great, that's about all ye outsiders need to know.

Café Mexicana?

magicianz wrote: »

Yeah, you will hear about how great Cork is. It's a well known fact in Ireland that Cork is fantastic, Corkonians are a great bunch of lads and we're always up for a bitta banter. The rest of the country/world hate us for accepting the fact we are a naturally fantastic bunch of fellas.

The real capital and all that :P

Dude, you guys are GREAT! Thanks so much for all the recommendations! I'll be sure to check out the Cork City forum too. (Also-- went to Cafe Mexicana this evening, the food's amazing and the staff were so friendly!) And I'm glad your day of work wasn't too hefty lol

One more thing though:

the Hi-B is for people with a deathwish

Now you got me curious... I reaaaallly wanna know what this means!

Hotfail.com wrote: »

The Hi-B is short for the Hi-Burger (I presume?) which is an absolutely terrible fast food restaurant in Merchants Quay shopping centre.

THEY CHARGE YOU FOR KETCHUP.

I can confirm that Hi-B is not the Hi-Burger! :P Hi-B is a bar near the GPO, upstairs. One of the owners was a older man who, if he didn't like anything about you, would throw you out. No phones allowed in the pub. No loud, shouting. Old proper pub. Respect and respect. I'm sure someone else can explain the Hi-B phenomenon better than me!

Hotfail.com wrote: »

THEY CHARGE YOU FOR KETCHUP.

Places that charge you for condiments are truly hell on earth. Thanks for the heads up!

@magicianz THAT... sounds like an experience! You ever been in there? Also, GPO is the post office, right? :^)

For food also try get your hands on 2 for 1 keycards that will be around campus the first few weeks. They'll get you 2 for 1 main meals for Captain Americas and Wagamamas. I love Wagamamas, gone off Captains lately (service can be awful) but the keycard means a main meal for about 6 euro. Popular with students for obvious reasons

Also O'Conaills for hot chocolate is a must!! They're on French Church St and sometimes they set up a stall on campus.

kaiju wrote: »

Name: Robin
Age: 18
Course: Arts
From: Belgium
Interests: drawing, swimming, tv, lazing around, all the good stuff
Clubs and societies you would like to join: proooobably hot beverages society and sci-fi, but we'll see?
location: student village

doing arts as well

and yes, pretty much every where offers free glasses of water. if your looking for tea. a restaurant called the streat provide tea and free refills.

welcome to cork

kaiju wrote: »

Thank gooood, I know where to get my tea fix from now! Thanks a lot!

Just out of curiosity, what are you studying in first year? : O

oh and i forgot to mention, show them your student card, student discount & they have no problem giving boiled water with the tea. gotta stretch that tea out some what as a student, that includes the food as well. also if your ever feeling peckish, go into the mardyke arena coffee and nosh give a student discount. there are a couple other places as well i'm gonna have to find out where exactly. i had this figured out two years ago, but last year i barely had time to eat i had so much assignments to get done, so i'm a little rusty, but i promise i will be on the look out for the more student friendly places.

now i'm studying psychology, sociology, philosophy and geography

i have to say psychology, sociology and philosophy are very popular, nearly every one i talked to are doing these 3 subjects. found no one though who's doing geography

just saw your edit, thank the lord, some one who's doing geography!!!!!! my name is jennifer, i have dark short hair, don't be afraid to come up to me on the first day i will not bite

as you can tell i'm excited!!

EoghanIRL wrote: »

So what are the best student card discounts? I will be chancing my luck everywhere :P

depending what your looking for. food? clothes?

kaiju wrote: »

Don't know why geography doesn't seem to be as popular as some of the other Arts modules, it sounds so so interesting!! And I'll be sure to seek you out-- if you see the tiniest person in the world approach you, that's probably me. (I'm 5 ft/152 cm tall...)

Thank you so much for all the tips on discounts and stuff btw! Also heard you can get discounts in clothing shops just by showing your student ID; do you know anything about that? :^)

i've looked at the three modules we will be doing, while a little scary, they look interesting i always get this anxiety moment at the start of the year where i go wtf am i doing, to be honest last year felt like that and i still go through. so i'm probably panicking over nothing as per usual. also reminding myself i loved geography when i did it for my leaving cert and got a decent grade even though i was sick and unable to finish the exam

well generally i go up to the counter and ask do they do discounts, it's either a yes or a no. golden discs in patrick street (which is a music store that sells albums and dvds) do discounts, heathons (which is a clothes shop) do discounts, best sports gear and incredibly cheap. lifestyle sports in patrick's street as well (another clothes shop) i'm pretty sure there's a subway (food place) in town some where that does student discounts. i will find it again. oh and the cinemas do student discounts, personally can't go wrong with mahon point, ok it's a trek from the student village but a number 8 bus into grand parade & get on another bus on the grand parade on the opposite side of the street to get the number 15, great rocking chairs and plenty of room to stretch. and it's only 6 euro something for students.

yeah i pretty much know my way around this town for students, having studied for the last 4 years between complimentary health studies and social studies, i will be able to help you out to find the best place for student prices

and the wilton bar and i think there's a pizza place as well

A bit late but hey, better late than never

Name: Zayn Foster
Age: 19
Course: Networks and Web Design (St Johns)
From: Cork
Interests: anime, hiking, cycling, creative writing, religion (Islam), Zelda, astronomy
Clubs and societies you would like to join: anime
location: Abbeyville

FlashRenegade wrote: »

A bit late but hey, better late than never

Name: Zayn Foster
Age: 19
Course: Networks and Web Design (St Johns)
From: Cork
Interests: anime, hiking, cycling, creative writing, religion (Islam), Zelda, astronomy
Clubs and societies you would like to join: anime
location: Abbeyville

I'm in abbeyville too!!