The New Kid Again

micromegas

Hey, all.

As some of you proably know, I'm going to be studying at DCU during the second semester. I'm from the US.

My departure date is at the end of the month so I'm making lists of things I should remember to bring, and I need some help.

What sort of things would you suggest a foriegner who will be staying in Dublin for 5 months bring with him? I have been to Dublin once before, though my stay was short.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give.

Amz

A raincoat.

Rhyme

A large amount of vests...

rugbug86

a voltage adapter

Suaimhneach

A map, just of the town centre.

dublinbus.ie, print out time tables. 13, 13a, 11, and 19a all go to DCU from Dublin City Centre, leaving from O Connell street.

Money, its expensive here.

An open mind.

And more money

OFDM

rugbug86 wrote:

a voltage adapter

Good point, voltage here is 220V not the 110V/120V like in the U.S.

micromegas

Jesjes wrote:

A map, just of the town centre.

dublinbus.ie, print out time tables. 13, 13a, 11, and 19a all go to DCU from Dublin City Centre, leaving from O Connell street.

Money, its expensive here.

An open mind.

And more money

Thank you very much for the bus info!

And yes, I am bringing money :-)

Scráib

A laptop if you have one. Very handy if you're abroad.

Danger_Dave

toliet paper and a cool hat:)

Ste.phen

yes, teh cool hat is required if you wish to make random friends :P

micromegas

Scr&#225 wrote: »

A laptop if you have one. Very handy if you're abroad.

I have a laptop, fortunately. Happen to know how the internet is in the on-campus housing?

micromegas

Igy wrote:

yes, teh cool hat is required if you wish to make random friends :P

Gah! I am without a cool hat. Haha. I'll have to work on that.

StupidLikeAFox

micromegas wrote:

I have a laptop, fortunately. Happen to know how the internet is in the on-campus housing?

Where are ya staying?

Suaimhneach

Isn't it fine everywhere?

If its the guy I know who's moving its College Park. It's grand there. Can't download, but the speeds are fine. It's only 80quid for a semester. You can get the form here https://www.dcu.ie/csd/pdfs/connectivity.pdf - you might need to log in to get that, and you cant log in until you register... But otherwise jsut do it when you move over. They turn it on within 24 hours.

micromegas

ColHol wrote:

Where are ya staying?

Unless something has changed without my knowing, I will be living in College Park.

micromegas

Jesjes wrote:

Isn't it fine everywhere?

If its the guy I know who's moving its College Park. It's grand there. Can't download, but the speeds are fine. It's only 80quid for a semester. You can get the form here https://www.dcu.ie/csd/pdfs/connectivity.pdf - you might need to log in to get that, and you cant log in until you register... But otherwise jsut do it when you move over. They turn it on within 24 hours.

Thanks for the info. I was wondering how that all worked. I'm "registered" but I don't have username to log in to do anything. I suspect I'll be getting that informationn in the the next week, or when I arrive.

Suaimhneach

When you arrive. You can pay online now as well. In the first week they register you in the library and you get your DCU student card and apic on it, and membership to the bar if you want it!

[Join Redbrick]

micromegas

Jesjes wrote:

When you arrive. You can pay online now as well. In the first week they register you in the library and you get your DCU student card and apic on it, and membership to the bar if you want it!

[Join Redbrick]

Excellent. Thanks for the info. I feel a bit less lost than I did a few weeks ago, thanks to you lot.

Polly19

Theres also a chance in second semester to join any club or societyu you want as they have a clubs and socs day in semester two where most clubs and socs have a stand and you only pay 2euro for membership

If a club or society you want to join isnt there you can contact the chair of the society and give him/her the money and he/she will sign you up

micromegas

Polly19 wrote:

Theres also a chance in second semester to join any club or societyu you want as they have a clubs and socs day in semester two where most clubs and socs have a stand and you only pay 2euro for membership

If a club or society you want to join isnt there you can contact the chair of the society and give him/her the money and he/she will sign you up

Cool. Yeah I want to join a few societies/clubs. Once I get registered upon arrival, I'll be able to do a bit more, I think.

One of my goals is just to make a lot of friends. With luck, people will be welcoming.

rugbug86

Polly19 wrote:

Theres also a chance in second semester to join any club or societyu you want as they have a clubs and socs day in semester two where most clubs and socs have a stand and you only pay 2euro for membership

If a club or society you want to join isnt there you can contact the chair of the society and give him/her the money and he/she will sign you up

are they running re-freshers day again this year? i thought that was cancelled cos it wasnt actually a roaring success last year!

Suaimhneach

Not as far as I know... I hope not!

Ben, if you have that intention it shouldn't be that hard When you flying over?

micromegas

Jesjes wrote:

Not as far as I know... I hope not!

Ben, if you have that intention it shouldn't be that hard When you flying over?

I arrive in Dublin on January 28th. :-)

StupidLikeAFox

Just in time for reel big fish!

micromegas

ColHol wrote:

Just in time for reel big fish!

Ahhh. I'm not a fan, really.

Mind if I add you as a friend on LiveJournal? My username is the same as it is here on the board.

gizmo

Well then you can wait for Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Dragonforce and In Flames in March...:D

monroe

What faculty are you going to be in...?

Bring a usb key.....can't tell you how much stuff in 4 years I've lost on DCU comps

Bring your runners...we have a pretty cool new gym on campus

Bring all your sexy american friends....

You should be fine

micromegas

monroe wrote:

What faculty are you going to be in...?

Bring a usb key.....can't tell you how much stuff in 4 years I've lost on DCU comps

Bring your runners...we have a pretty cool new gym on campus

Bring all your sexy american friends....

You should be fine

Hahaha. I'll have some shoes and I have my jump drive. As for "sexy american friends", there are 7 that I know about who are studying at DCU in semester 2. Haha.

Suaimhneach

We should set up a welcoming party for when you arrive. Lol.

or not.

micromegas

Jesjes wrote:

We should set up a welcoming party for when you arrive. Lol.

or not.

hah! that would be a lot of fun. "meet the new kid" festival er whatever.

or you lot could come to my flat on campus.

either way, i'd like to meet some of you.

Ferror

Party in your place with sexy American friends...


Sounds like a plan


:P

micromegas

Ferror wrote:

Party in your place with sexy American friends...


Sounds like a plan


:P

I'll see what I can do... :-)

Suaimhneach

Sleaze.

Using poor Ben for his wimmin.

Nah, Ben, join Redbrick if you want to meet some of the people from here, and a lot of the other societies would have regular meet ups! You're gonna be swamped with things to do! From people in your course/course work/socailsing etc!

It'll be great, so it will.

Polly19

Well I havent heard anything about second semester clubs and socs day being cancelled...it had better not be

micromegas

Polly19 wrote:

Well I havent heard anything about second semester clubs and socs day being cancelled...it had better not be

i hope not!

frodo_dcu

Jesjes wrote:

Nah, Ben, join Redbrick if you want to meet some of the people from here,

The problem with that is if join redbrick you will only meet people from here ON HERE. For you see redbrick is a neardy computer soc where ppl chat and bitch online and never go out except for the 1 or 2 redbrick events.

join snowboarding!!!!

ps i'm aware of the irony of complaining, about ppl being online, online.

gizmo

Complete and utter bull**** as usual. Sure Redbrick has its share of quiet people but hell if the rest of us don't like to go out, ain't that right Jes!

Also we have ALOT more than one or two events during the year...

Suaimhneach

Jesjes wrote:

Nah, Ben, join Redbrick if you want to meet some of the people from here, and a lot of the other societies would have regular meet ups! You're gonna be swamped with things to do! From people in your course/course work/socailsing etc!

I didn't mean just from Redbrick. And I find what you said quite sterotypical and offensive. Bloody snow boarders, load of loud jocks with red and blue jumpers :P.

How's that for irony, and I'll explain it just like you did, saying you offended me, and then offending you just the same way...

I amn't gonna defend Redbrick itself.

rugbug86

frodo_dcu wrote:

join snowboarding!!!!

i concurr!

rugbug86

Jesjes wrote:

Bloody snow boarders, load of loud jocks with red and blue jumpers :P

women's rugby had blue before snowboarders. just thought i'd throw that out there! ROBBERS!

Jesjes wrote:

I amn't gonna defend Redbrick itself.

i'll defend it! i'm just embarassed that i don't know how to use it properly!

micromegas

rugbug86 wrote:

i concurr!

I don't know how :-(

rugbug86

micromegas wrote:

I don't know how :-(

me either, but it sounds smart!

and we're gonna have to introduce ben to the chipper. he doesn't know what it is! he's missing out!

frodo_dcu

he he ur all so easy on here

but seriously rugbug is right join snowboarding and rugby and you'll make loads friends in blue and red hoodies

and are blue is nicer than yours louise

sorry to stereo type redbrick but if i had may way u would be bluebrick <- prizes for anyone who get's the referance of that

op (ben i think) your best way to pick which clubs and soc's to join is come and meet the ppl on clubs and soc's day mk II then you'll see for yourself

hope u have a great over here - learn to drink guinness and why jamson is much better than any burbon

gizmo

Man theres no way I'm going to get dragged into a debate about what socities are seen as cool or not. Hows about we let Ben here just go to Clubs And Socs Day with an open mind and join those socities that he finds the most interesting. Main point is your going to make loads of friends no matter what Society you join so its just up to you to decide what kind of fun you want to have along the way!

frodo_dcu

Faceless Man wrote:

Hows about we let Ben here just go to Clubs And Socs Day with an open mind and join those socities that he finds the most interesting.

thats what i said. can't u read?

frodo_dcu wrote:

op (ben i think) your best way to pick which clubs and soc's to join is come and meet the ppl on clubs and soc's day mk II then you'll see for yourself

gizmo

Indeedy but I was referring to the fact that some socities were being portrayed in a negative light, hence I'm merely suggesting we let him go with as open a mind as possible...

Suaimhneach

Ah sure aren't we all deadly altogether.

Be gob and be gorrah.

Oh yesh.

Good idea on the Chipper thing. Nothing like a bit of Macaris when you're pissed drunk and stumbling back to res with a load of mates...

gizmo

Hell even for a sober dinner its great, cant beat their Chicken Fillet Burger! Their chips are also class and their Doner Kebabs are lovely except never EVER try and eat one drunk...:D

Suaimhneach

frodo_dcu wrote:

thats what i said. can't u read?

Lol, I wasn't gonna say it but, *is* that what you said? I found it very hard to dechipher, and for our poor american friend, it must have been tougher*

*as in if I cant understand Dublin lingo, how can you. Not calling you slow..:P

micromegas

frodo_dcu wrote:

hope u have a great over here - learn to drink guinness and why jamson is much better than any burbon

i'm gonna have to re-learn it. haha. last time i was in ireland (summer 2003), I was drinking guinness regularily. go 2 years without drinking it and i try again a few weeks ago, to little success.

rugbug86

Jesjes wrote:

Not as far as I know... I hope not!

they are running refreshers fair - during RAG week!
mmmm, drunken fun!