Your best day in UCD

Pride Fighter

Mine was in first year, second Monday of the second semester when we got the first semester results. I did brilliantly and after College I went out with all my mates. We came back to UCD and had a party on the campus. It was good times. I have had other good days but that sticks out.

What about everyone else??

kev_s88

Last Monday when me and my mates were just practising our guitar and singing and we were approached and asked to play a few shows on Belfield FM cause they thought we were really good.....then again im only in 1st year so i havnt had too many amazing moments yet

good days in ucd are few and far between but that snow day a couple of weeks ago was a breathe of fresh air

breadmonkey

Last day of term 07 was incredible. Great weather, music blasting and thousands of people drinking on the pitches.:)

Leprachaun

Snow Day!

Mr.Nice Guy

Hard to pick one really. I do recall a history lecture in first year where the lecturer was either drunk or doped up on something as he kept slurring his words. Loads of us couldn't believe it. Some people even left. I thought it was hilarious. The girl next to me who I was friends with was trying to get me to stop laughing. I remember at one point some old lady in the back shouting out, 'We can't hear you!' and the lecturer just looked up, made a scrunched-up face and then kept talking at exactly the same volume. It was brilliant. This was years back though so unfortunately I may be the only guy left in UCD who actually remembers this.

This year my best day was probably getting back my Viking essay and finding out I had gotten an A. It was one of those rare, satisfying moments where I felt I had actually done myself justice. :pac:

Gingy

Deleted User wrote: »

good days in ucd are few and far between but that snow day a couple of weeks ago was a breathe of fresh air

What UCD do you go to? There are so many good days!

Personal favourite was the Christmas Ball (in november last year). Student bar stayed open til 2.30, everyone was in good spirits and then went back to Belgrove for a bit of pleidhcíocht....good times.:):):):):):):):):)

rainbow kirby

This year? There haven't been too many good days tbh. Probably the best was getting my 1st semester results and realising that I had a pretty decent 2.1. Yes, I know that makes me sound horribly boring.

In my entire time in UCD?
There have been a few good ones. The days of the TKD club gradings have been great, putting so much effort in and then heading straight up to the sports bar. One of these nights involved Yumi's delivering to the sports bar
My first day of second year was great too, it was a stinkingly hot day for September, and ended up getting very drunk sitting outside. There were people drinking plastic pints from the Forum all the way back to the sports centre. In a similar way, there were a few very hot days towards the end of first year, which resulted in much drinking of cans outside O'Reilly Hall, and a lot of people being idiots around the lake.
One of the funnier moments was when I was in first year and a guy went psychotic in class, started screaming at our Intro to Mechanics lecturer, and had to be restrained by security.

Odd how most of the funny/good moments occurred a long time ago... UCD gets less and less fun as time goes on.

Nappy

when i left...

Mushy

Actually really enjoyed the last day of term last year. Between drinking in the woods between Merville and Glenomena, my apartment in Roebuck, out on the pitches while playing football, the sun shining, wandering Merville most of that night with randomers....went very well. Gonna do it again...tis a fun day/night.

Chinafoot

Definitely finishing and knowing I'd never have to go back there.

rainbow kirby

Nappy wrote: »

when i left...

I am REALLY looking forward to the day I can finally get out of UCD. At this stage I'm so sick of it - only 1 week of lectures left though!

Riamfada

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

so unfortunately I may be the only guy left in UCD who actually remembers this.

I was there and it was quite funny.

I love fridays in UCD every week. Always have a laugh. This week it was watching my mate row an office chair around with a big grin on his face to the song "In the Navy" . I actully cried laughing. Last week I tied a first year to a chair and left her in the mens toilets to think about what she had done. Good times

Must Have Music

playing dodgeball outside the forum bar on a sunny day back in my second year....chillin at the secret lake.....had some pretty awesome times with some very very good mates on campus, hard to pick just one!

Mr.Nice Guy

Grimes wrote: »

I was there and it was quite funny.

Cool, I'm glad someone else remembers it. :cool:

Another great day that comes to mind was from the brief period I spent doing fencing. I had a few drinks afterwards with a guy I'd befriended who told me about a funny bit of graffiti he'd spotted in one of the toilets. Little did he know I'd written it and we laughed and shared stories of the great graffiti we'd found and produced ourselves. Ah the simple joys of wanton vandalism. :pac:

Must Have Music

playing dodgeball outside the forum bar on a sunny day back in my second year....chillin at the secret lake.....had some pretty awesome times with some very very good mates on campus, hard to pick just one! I know everyone's entitled to their own opinion but i just don't get how some people seem to have gone through their whole degree without a single positive memory!

kev_s88

Must Have Music wrote: »

playing dodgeball outside the forum bar on a sunny day back in my second year....chillin at the secret lake.....had some pretty awesome times with some very very good mates on campus, hard to pick just one! I know everyone's entitled to their own opinion but i just don't get how some people seem to have gone through their whole degree without a single positive memory!

ive heard stories of this secret lake but ive yet to find it....dont suppose anyones willing to pass on the info.....i know it kinda takes away from the whole "secret" element but i really wanna see lol

Thomas_S_Hunterson

kev_s88 wrote: »

ive heard stories of this secret lake but ive yet to find it....dont suppose anyones willing to pass on the info.....i know it kinda takes away from the whole "secret" element but i really wanna see lol

No big secret really, just a nice quiet spot.

It's towards the top left of this picture:

Has a bit of an island thing going on in the middle.

remus808

Definitely the snow day!!

NU8

Digitalism last night, they were amazing.

Handsome Bob

My best day hasn't happened yet. It will be when I walk about of an exam hall for the last time.:pac:

moretothegirl

Sean_K wrote: »

No big secret really, just a nice quiet spot.

It's towards the top left of this picture:

Has a bit of an island thing going on in the middle.

im not sure if im blind or stupid but i cant see it

Pride Fighter

breadmonkey wrote: »

Last day of term 07 was incredible. Great weather, music blasting and thousands of people drinking on the pitches.:)

That was a close second for me:)

RichTea

UCD Ball last year was great. Any on campus hijinks and partying is always brilliant.

To be honest any day in UCD where the sun is beating down is great. Belfield is a wondrous place in the sun, in the shade its horrible.

p1akuw47h5r3it

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I am REALLY looking forward to the day I can finally get out of UCD. At this stage I'm so sick of it - only 1 week of lectures left though!

Why?

rainbow kirby

Brooks Proud Guitar wrote: »

Why?

I've been in UCD since 2002. It's at the stage where I'm really sick of it.

Het-Field

The last proper Craic Soc gathering at the Secret Lake in 23rd April 2005. That day was the dog's bollocks !

Thomas_S_Hunterson

moretothegirl wrote: »

im not sure if im blind or stupid but i cant see it

Go straight across about an inch to the left from the N11 label.:p

Labreya

The day I dropped out, surprisingly enough.

College just isn't for me. I still use the facilities (For gods sakes, put a password on yer internet UCD!!) and hang with my friends there while looking for a job though.

I'd had enough of being "educated" in that place.

Antagonist

The last day of '07, everybody who was there understands.

A close second was the snow day though, probably not for the same reasons as everybody else though, mine is that one of the most satisfying things I have ever done as when the guards showed up by the student centre and the mob started to run away I stuck out my leg and tripped two of those arses up.

BlackMamba

Getting drunk Valentines Day '07 with a friend. Then went wandering around campus. We ate noodles in Roebuck, threw them all over the place. Helped a drunk lad home aswel!!:D

A close second is the Snow Day...had a huge snowball fight with the neighbours. Good times!:D:pac:

Manuel

Pride Fighter wrote: »

Mine was in first year, second Monday of the second semester when we got the first semester results. I did brilliantly and after College I went out with all my mates. We came back to UCD and had a party on the campus. It was good times. I have had other good days but that sticks out.

What about everyone else??

That's easy. The day I left it. No contest.

DazMarz

Funny to look back on now: day after my Debs... coming into college utterly in pieces. Still wearing the tux (my own black tux, but had removed shirt and bow tie and replaced with Chelsea jersey... classy). So incredibly hungover. Friends coming up to talk to me, I'd just recoil and screech ''Don't talk to me!''. I had showered and shaved and put on aftershave that morning, but people still claimed to have been able to smell drink... what the ****... Good times alright.

p1akuw47h5r3it

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I've been in UCD since 2002. It's at the stage where I'm really sick of it.

Jesus 8 years wtf??...

bmcgov86

breadmonkey wrote: »

Last day of term 07 was incredible. Great weather, music blasting and thousands of people drinking on the pitches.:)

nearly forgot aboput that day, was unreal.
any last day of term or first day of term are always great. me and my mates usually start drinking around 10 then head to student bar and lunch time, rarely make it out that night tho. this friday counts as a last day of term in my opnion so more of the same...

rainbow kirby

Brooks Proud Guitar wrote: »

Jesus 8 years wtf??...

7 years, and I've taken a year out in that time too to work full-time. Long story. :pac:

gebbel

1. Groovy Tuesday, Students bar 1995 (Rag week)
2. Battle of the DJ's final, Students bar 1996
3. Billy Nasty, Rag Ball, Student's bar 1996

Oh the memories!

Tom65

I couldn't pick a day. I like the summer days where you go in, go to a couple of lectures, play football, then hit the pub. Good times.

aequinoctium

gotta go with last day of term '07. class!
stoopid UCD ball

GobBass

So far mine has been when I was in Macroeconomics and Rodney Thom's mobile went off and the way he reacted turned a dead lecture into a lively one.

That same day,my seminar for German Political Culture felt strange.I looked down at my feet in horror.You know that feeling when you notice you're wearing odd socks? Replace odd socks with odd shoes and have yourself a wacky day.And the best part was the two pairs of black runners I have are so similar except the brand,no one even seemed to notice:D:D

p1akuw47h5r3it

rainbow kirby wrote: »

7 years, and I've taken a year out in that time too to work full-time. Long story. :pac:

I think you told me in another thread... you did a course and dropped out etc. etc.

gebbel wrote: »

1. Groovy Tuesday, Students bar 1995 (Rag week)
2. Battle of the DJ's final, Students bar 1996
3. Billy Nasty, Rag Ball, Student's bar 1996

Oh the memories!

Man your old!!!:p:D

Riamfada

Charging down the concourse with 50 posters and my trousers falling down

gebbel

Brooks Proud Guitar wrote: »

Man your old!!!:p:D

UCD had much more soul and character when I was a student there from 1994-2000. I believe most of that has all but dissipated.

Riamfada

gebbel wrote: »

UCD had much more soul and character when I was a student there from 1994-2000. I believe most of that has all but dissipated.

Not at all. You just have to find it. Too many people expect the good times to come to them.

Lloyderz

Last day of term 2007. Great weather, people drinking on the pitches listening to music. Good times!

pretty*monster

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Hard to pick one really. I do recall a history lecture in first year where the lecturer was either drunk or doped up on something as he kept slurring his words.

If that was the medieval anti-Christ lecture I was there.
I remember the lecturer struggling for ages to get the lid off a bottle of coke. When he finally opened it he looked at the bottle in confusion and then closed it again.

Last day of 07 was wonderful, the classic Beatles, the arm wrestling, the weather...

My best days were probably in first year though when it was all still new and exciting and the Philosophy Society seemed to be able to provide limitless supplies of free beer.

dyl10

The last two days in UCD were excellent.
Tip Rugby on the green between the science and vet science buildings, was epic.

Sunshine was priceless, Loop the Loops at Centra were nostalgic and the sheer buzz of so many people not in lectures, was unbelievable.

The day only fell short in our inability to find this apparently, mythical Ice cream van!

Stepherunie

March 5th 2008. Handing in my blasted thesis and seeing the look of shock on a lecturers face when I told him I didn't look so shockingly bad from pulling an all nighter, but rather from a rather serious hangover caused by the student bar the night before.

Boards Beers Sept 2007 - a great night and the night that caused me to get involved in the Union

A really random night in Merville Last year with a crate of beer, a bottle of Jameson and Some west coast cooler and some class company. Infamous texts were sent and the look of utter disgust when my housemate returned to find 3 drunk beings at 2am made the whole thing utterly priceless.

Rad Soc comedy debate 2008. Blooming hilarious even if I do say so myself.

Oh and scaring a load of first years during Freshers week 08 by charging down concourse whilst being chased by a few people and eventually ending up selltaped from head to toe. Some looks lad....

moretothegirl

dyl10 wrote: »

The last two days in UCD were excellent.
Tip Rugby on the green between the science and vet science buildings, was epic.

Sunshine was priceless, Loop the Loops at Centra were nostalgic and the sheer buzz of so many people not in lectures, was unbelievable.

The day only fell short in our inability to find this apparently, mythical Ice cream van!

has anyone else been hearin it every day this week at around half one?!?!

Het-Field

Stepherunie wrote: »

March 5th 2008. Handing in my blasted thesis and seeing the look of shock on a lecturers face when I told him I didn't look so shockingly bad from pulling an all nighter, but rather from a rather serious hangover caused by the student bar the night before.

Boards Beers Sept 2007 - a great night and the night that caused me to get involved in the Union

A really random night in Merville Last year with a crate of beer, a bottle of Jameson and Some west coast cooler and some class company. Infamous texts were sent and the look of utter disgust when my housemate returned to find 3 drunk beings at 2am made the whole thing utterly priceless.

Rad Soc comedy debate 2008. Blooming hilarious even if I do say so myself.

Oh and scaring a load of first years during Freshers week 08 by charging down concourse whilst being chased by a few people and eventually ending up selltaped from head to toe. Some looks lad....

Im disgusted, I thought the night you met me was OUR best night in UCD

Stepherunie

Het-Field wrote: »

Im disgusted, I thought the night you met me was OUR best night in UCD

Ah Squire, I didn't meet you in the evening - it was in the vet building!