Post-Exam Fun

gizmo

So with the exams in full swing I though it would help my mood if I though about what I'm going to be doing to celebrate them being over. As I mentioned us CA3s ain't finished till Friday week but me thinks I'll be heading out Monday and Tuesday night since we have a gap from Mon-Fri...

Where is the question though...what stuck me this year is that usually theres a poster with the list of places where people go for the nights out up all over DCU and I havn't seen it yet. Anyone have any ideas?

Amz

My house?

Only potty trained people need apply.

gizmo

Aren't you moving in with Jesjes soon?

Amz

Just to be closer to you baby ...












May not be true.

gizmo

Aw!

Well me thinks I'll be hitting the town anyway, just depends on where the rest of the lads want to go. Can't really remember the last time I was OUT out on a Monday...

Amz

Neither can I ...

I think the last time I was out properly was during the summer.

gizmo

Seriously? Geez...

Well we "discovered" The Pod this year so that was our main hangout on Thursdays...then again we havnt been to Barcode at all this Semester which is strange considering we practially lived there last year. Both of them will probably be worth a visit, same goes for the 'ol Big Tree I guess!

Amz

I've never been to Barcode, or the Pod, not really my thing. Most of my mates don't really venture too far from the popular spots like Q-Bar (Been there far too many times for my liking) So when they go out I usually try to find an excuse not to go.

Don't get me wrong, I've been to the pub, but not on a major session, or anything. I'll try and make up for it this semester though.

gizmo

Aye Barcode can be hit or miss with some people. The queues can be ridiculous sometimes and they have a habit of letting to many people in but apart from that its alrite. Music is fairly brutal in comparison to my likings but I've heard alot worse in places. Then again drinks are nicely priced before 12 so we just have some craic before then and by around 12 we either have enough drink on us or we have a nice supply on our table to keep us going!

The POD is pretty cool, its got 3 rooms, one with the dancefloor and bar and it has the usual nightclub music, the middle room also has a bar but plays more relaxed music and then theres a small venue with a bar in the third room. Theres basically a little for everyone and in the entire semester I was only there one night where it was too packed. The only downside is that its like €7 or €8 in whereas most places are free before 11:30...ah well!

Well if you move in with Jes this year I'm sure she'll be dragging you out...that I can nearly guarentee!

CuLT

We (CA2) are heading out to Doyles on the Thursday or Friday of next week.

gizmo

You guys go out as a class? Lucky ye! I think our class tried that in first year but feck all turned up and that was the last we heard of it...

Wonder would an 'ol class email get an interest...hrm...

Suaimhneach

I probably wont go out with my year as they like **** places like Qbar and Barcode.

I'll probably just go out with some mates and have the usual good time full of randomness.

Considering partyness, as new house mates havent moved in til the end of the month... so big empty [ish] house. Only considering though... Dunno!

OFDM

Faceless Man wrote:

Seriously? Geez...

Well we "discovered" The Pod this year so that was our main hangout on Thursdays...then again we havnt been to Barcode at all this Semester which is strange considering we practially lived there last year. Both of them will probably be worth a visit, same goes for the 'ol Big Tree I guess!

Like I said, homo-erratic.

gizmo

Ah now Jes your slightly biased about Barcode now arent ya!

I've only been to Q-Bar twice and tbh I wouldnt fancy staying the night there. It seemed like a nice spot for a midweek drink after the cinema or something...

ODFM, you find the places I listed homo-erratice? Care to tell us what you'll be doing or where you'll be going? :rolleyes:

rugbug86

I'm finished on Monday - think the class are just heading wherever the wind takes us!

Crucifix

Faceless Man wrote:

The only downside is that its like €7 or €8 in whereas most places are free before 11:30...ah well!

Strangely the Pod seems to be free in after 11.30. Great place though.

rugbug86

Aye, me likes the Pod, and have never paid in...

so where can I go on Monday. Someone mentioned Coppers but, eh, nah.

gizmo

Heh never been to Coppers but I've heard the stories...:D

D2 is also a nice spot and although I was never a fan of Coyote, 21 seems pretty popular these days aswell...

Darz0re

Finished exams on the 25th and soon after I shall be in a small little pub called Panama on the Quays gettting slightly tipsy for the day

gizmo

Oh might join you Dara, Wednesday will be my last night before my last exam on Friday...

Are your sisters gona be there?

cooker3

Faceless Man wrote:

. As I mentioned us CA3s ain't finished till Friday week

As do us CAIS3's, don't forget us!

steveland?

Finished on the Friday (27th) and will retire early to my bed as I've a plane to catch to Amsterdam the next morning

phantom_lord

steveland? wrote:

Finished on the Friday (27th) and will retire early to my bed as I've a plane to catch to Amsterdam the next morning

I was there a few weeks ago...my friend got robbed at gun point....have fun

Ferror

phantom_lord wrote:

I was there a few weeks ago...my friend got robbed at gun point....have fun

Sorry to hear about your friend,

'Tis weird, maybe i just looked very dodgy myself, but Amsterdam seemed SO much safer than Dublin!

Have fun steveland?, it's a wonderful playground

alantc

Yeah, don't walk around alone at night time. I was there for a night and remember watching a few scumbags trying to pickpocket a drunk guy. Not plesant.

gizmo

cooker3 wrote:

As do us CAIS3's, don't forget us!

CA3 = CASE3 + CAIS3...silly rabbit...:)

Amz

Poor Rob has an inferiority complex.

steveland?

phantom_lord wrote:

I was there a few weeks ago...my friend got robbed at gun point....have fun

I got robbed at gun point in work a few weeks ago (it's happened twice so far :v:)

I'd imagine I'm as likely to get robbed at gun point here as I am in Amsterdam

phantom_lord

Ferror wrote:

Sorry to hear about your friend,

'Tis weird, maybe i just looked very dodgy myself, but Amsterdam seemed SO much safer than Dublin!

Have fun steveland?, it's a wonderful playground

Well we were staying the red light district which on retrospect wasn't the safest...but it was the cheapest!!

If you go to the red light district whatever you do don't walk around alone and just ignore all the coke dealers (unless you're interested :rolleyes: ) they just follow you if you say no.

There's no scumbags around or drunks so the rest of the city is way safer.

Suaimhneach

Ah Amsterdam is fun. Just use your head and you'll be grand.

Steve, I hope they pay you extra when you get robbed... like a bonus for surviving or something...

Barcode is shít.

steveland?

phantom_lord wrote:

Well we were staying the red light district which on retrospect wasn't the safest...but it was the cheapest!!

If you go to the red light district whatever you do don't walk around alone and just ignore all the coke dealers (unless you're interested :rolleyes: ) they just follow you if you say no.

There's no scumbags around or drunks so the rest of the city is way safer.

Heh, our "hotel" is right slap bang in the centre of the Red Light District... according to reviews on the internet there's no doors on the bathroom in the room, just a shower curtain (if it's see through it's gonna make the few days a whole lot more interesting)

I didn't book it unfortunately so I had no say in where we're staying

Jess: Yeh the boss handed me 50 quid and gave me a lift to the pub... ended up very, very plastered that night :v:

phantom_lord

steveland? wrote:

"hotel"

.........????

gizmo

Never ask when it comes to steve...:D

Zyox

Lots of CA4's going to Doyles on Friday. Then on somewhere else.

http://forums.computing.dcu.ie/viewtopic.php?t=636

steveland?

Faceless Man wrote:

Never ask when it comes to steve...:D

You just don't wanna know...

Darz0re

Faceless Man wrote:

Are your sisters gona be there?

Die.

Zyox wrote:

Lots of CA4's going to Doyles on Friday. Then on somewhere else

so are ca2 afaik

rugbug86

i thought CA4 were finishing today, after their nightmare of 5 projects and 5 finals in 6 days...

well (nearly) all of 2nd year science are heading to twenty one on monday night. €3 drinks - can't go wrong!

steveland?

rugbug86 wrote:

can't go wrong!

Tenner in and crap music... I think you can... Also anywhere that has a feckin' shrine to Ross O'Carroll Kelly is just pure evil in my mind...

It's three euro drinks in Barcode aswell and the only entry fee is the €2 they make you pay to forceably put your coat in...

Not that I'm condoning Barcode... just saying it's the lesser of two evils...

rugbug86

barcode isn't open on monday, and its been organised for 5 euro in if ya have a flyer.

Suaimhneach

I just finished my first exam and I feel like a hero.

Beer. I shall have it!!

rugbug86

i had my third yesterday! would prefer extra study to finishing early.

gizmo

Jesjes wrote:

I just finished my first exam and I feel like a hero.

Beer. I shall have it!!

die.

There are flyers for Barcode rugbug?

So it seems Doyles may have a good crowd on Friday night...interesting...

rugbug86

Faceless Man wrote:

die.

There are flyers for Barcode rugbug?

So it seems Doyles may have a good crowd on Friday night...interesting...

nah, flyers for twenty one for monday night

gizmo

Ah right...

Oh any of ye hear the rumours of Redz having €2 Drink Monday Nights? I assume there'll be a cover charge but like that would be pretty cool...pity it won't be on this week...:D

rugbug86

doesn't make it any less of a kip tho!

gizmo

Ah but it doesnt stop people from going the Bar on €3 Tuesdays despite the fact everyone calls it a kip!

rugbug86

but our bar is a nice kip - redz is just a mingin' sweatbox with too many mirrors!

StupidLikeAFox

rugbug86 wrote:

redz is just a mingin' sweatbox with too many mirrors!

Seriously, i was chattin MYSELF up for half an hour one night

EDIT: God look at this, you'd swear the place was classy!
http://www.redzbar.ie/

gizmo

Aye, it was the low ceiling on the dancefloor that turned me off the place intially but then there was the fact that we had to queue for 40mins to get in, pay €8 and found the place jammers....:D

Amz

rugbug86 wrote:

but our bar is a nice kip - redz is just a mingin' sweatbox with too many mirrors!

Oh dear jesus, the last thing you want on a night out are mirrors ... Particularly in it's closing stages.

rugbug86

apparantly the €2 drinks is starting tomorrow night in redz... with €8 in... would make the mirrors even more worse, if thats possible!

but €2 is a bit of a bargain. doesn't beat the €1 in spain though