Know Your Maynoothians 2010/11

moggins7 · 08-09-2010 9:48am

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

ok I'll admit I'm gonna be indistinguishable from everybody else who's also lost and scared! hmmm I can't think of any other features about myself that would set me apart..

Ah I was only joking. You'll get to know people pretty quickly don't worry...

elusiveguy · 08-09-2010 12:32pm

NAME: Evin

AGE: 24

FROM:Waterford but livinig in Kildare Town

COURSE & YEAR: H Dip IT

SOCIETIES: Equestrian

INTERESTS: Horses, cars, watersports, unicorns, long walks on the beach....

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES:I'm very old?!

Kaaatelyn · 08-09-2010 5:31pm

moggins7 wrote: »

Ah I was only joking. You'll get to know people pretty quickly don't worry...

I hope so! Actually my distinguishing feature will probably be that I'm the one sleeping on the bridge at night since I found out my last bus home is at 6! I'm screwed for nights out!

Bhoy_ · 08-09-2010 6:03pm

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

I hope so! Actually my distinguishing feature will probably be that I'm the one sleeping on the bridge at night since I found out my last bus home is at 6! I'm screwed for nights out!

Looks like you have to learn the fine art of being a bum. Once perfected you'll have your pick of places to stay at night!

TheDrog · 08-09-2010 7:11pm

NAME: Oisin

AGE: 27

FROM: Drogheda

COURSE & YEAR: Arts English and History, 2nd year

SOCIETIES: Mostly Ultimate frisbee although plan to be more active in the mature this year and ideally at least one more

INTERESTS: Ultimate frisbee, reading, studying and cricket. Although I can be tempted with alcohol

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: the 2 main ones are my beard and the fact that theres a good chance I'll be wearing a cricket jersey

CFC1905_NK · 09-09-2010 3:53pm

TheDrog wrote: »

NAME: Oisin

AGE: 27

FROM: Drogheda

COURSE & YEAR: Arts English and History, 2nd year

SOCIETIES: Mostly Ultimate frisbee although plan to be more active in the mature this year and ideally at least one more

INTERESTS: Ultimate frisbee, reading, studying and cricket. Although I can be tempted with alcohol

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: the 2 main ones are my beard and the fact that theres a good chance I'll be wearing a cricket jersey

Were you doing Spanish last year? I remember a man with your distinguishing features in my Latin American history tutorial last year...

TheDrog · 09-09-2010 7:56pm

Yeah, I've given it up for second year though. I was in the monday morning tutorials

3_BOoYA_X · 11-09-2010 1:32am

NAME: Deirdre

AGE: 18

FROM: The northside of the Liffey.

COURSE & YEAR: Product design, 1st year.

SOCIETIES: Planning on not being lazy and joining swimming soc

INTERESTS: Ermm whatever is happening really.. nothing specific, everything random.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Im really small, and blonde.

Cannot wait for monday.. terrified too though!

ChristopherUno · 12-09-2010 11:09am

NAME: Chris Kealy

AGE: 21

FROM: Navan

COURSE & YEAR: 4th Arts (BA International) English & Anthropology

SOCIETIES: Will probably join AnthroSoc and possibly DramaSoc (is there something like that? I can't remember). My friend is setting up a Beatboxing Society which I'll no doubt be made join!

INTERESTS: Reading, languages (despite not studying any!), film, current affairs, music, travelling.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Eh... I'll be the one wearing the glasses with the obviously different arms (Alice Glass kicked me in the face while crowd surfing at EP this year!). I may also be spotted around campus making strange noises at Chinese people...

declan06 · 12-09-2010 2:09pm

Let's have a boards meet-up in the SU for all the new people. Anyone interested?

XxMCRxBabyxX · 12-09-2010 2:17pm

declan06 wrote: »

Let's have a boards meet-up in the SU for all the new people. Anyone interested?

When?!
Think they are actually trying to arrange one atm!

bazza76dub · 12-09-2010 6:16pm

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

I hope so! Actually my distinguishing feature will probably be that I'm the one sleeping on the bridge at night since I found out my last bus home is at 6! I'm screwed for nights out!

Am sure someone like myself or another class mate will help out with a lift if you are stuck

I live in Kill by the way, its not that far from Naas

daffodil14 · 12-09-2010 6:55pm

NAME: Lily Mc Garry

AGE: 20

From: Rathfarnham (south dublin)

COURSE & YEAR: 3rd year Music

SOCIETIES: Secretary of Music Society, Gospel Choir

INTERESTS:Music, reading, nothing fancy.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Shoulder length brown hair, average height.

Kaaatelyn · 12-09-2010 8:26pm

bazza76dub wrote: »

Am sure someone like myself or another class mate will help out with a lift if you are stuck I live in Kill by the way, its not that far from Naas

haha thank you, I may have to take you up on that sometime!

bazza76dub · 12-09-2010 8:46pm

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

haha thank you, I may have to take you up on that sometime!

No problem :handshake:
Classmate number 1 that I know lol

Kaaatelyn · 12-09-2010 8:59pm

bazza76dub wrote: »

No problem :handshake:
Classmate number 1 that I know lol

haha..what course are you doing?

chillian17 · 12-09-2010 9:24pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

When?!
Think they are actually trying to arrange one atm!

I think that's just a freshers one though!

Either way this boards meet up sounds like a good idea

irish_goat · 12-09-2010 9:53pm

daffodil14 wrote: »

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES:average height.

Ah I know you!

:P

bazza76dub · 12-09-2010 10:03pm

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

haha..what course are you doing?

Social Science!

Kaaatelyn · 12-09-2010 11:46pm

bazza76dub wrote: »

Social Science!

Have I really FINALLY found someone doing my course?!haha

NicoleMarie · 13-09-2010 1:51pm

Is anyone doing pharmaceutical and biomedical chemistry going into first year ?

I don't know anyone going to maynooth :S

MoyVilla9 · 13-09-2010 5:40pm

3_BOoYA_X wrote: »

NAME: Deirdre

AGE: 18

FROM: The northside of the Liffey.

COURSE & YEAR: Product design, 1st year.

SOCIETIES: Planning on not being lazy and joining swimming soc

INTERESTS: Ermm whatever is happening really.. nothing specific, everything random.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Im really small, and blonde.

Cannot wait for monday.. terrified too though!

Ooooo. Someone doing my course. Can't remember seeing a really small blonde person though...

bazza76dub · 13-09-2010 6:59pm

Kaaatelyn wrote: »

Have I really FINALLY found someone doing my course?!haha

haha yeah, and to think I was in the same class as you this afternoon and still don't know who you are lol.
I was wearing a blue jumper and a baseball cap

LeahBaby · 13-09-2010 9:39pm

is anyone else doing 1st year CSSE??

chillian17 · 14-09-2010 2:54am

Michellenman wrote: »

Name: Michelle
Age: 20 (21 soon... eeeep!)
From: Blanchardstown
Course & year: Just finished second year arts (french and geography) and going in to an Erasmus year in France (Rennes; to be precise).
Societies; none really. Maybe Alt Music again.
Interests; gymming it with my gym buddy.
Distinguishing features: I'm phenomenally attractive.

Aah, Michelle? I think I know you! Went to Coolmine yeah? Cillian Shields here, remember me ?

Michellenman · 14-09-2010 10:10am

chillian17 wrote: »

Aah, Michelle? I think I know you! Went to Coolmine yeah? Cillian Shields here, remember me ?

You recognised me from my distinguishing features, didn't you?

chillian17 · 14-09-2010 1:09pm

Michellenman wrote: »

You recognised me from my distinguishing features, didn't you?

How could anybody not?

Saysha · 14-09-2010 1:53pm

NAME: Sarah
AGE: 20 next month (Ok, ok..you saw right through that... I'm 19)
FROM: Sure only a hop & a skip up the road from the Nooth
COURSE & YEAR: 2nd Year Psychology.. transferred from MH101 to MH106.. congrats to my fellow top 30 lucky suckers!
SOCIETIES: Last year I joined 4-5..How many did I attend? 0..This year I'm definitely joining(and attending!)yoga.
INTERESTS: Is "socialising" too clichéd?

Horse-riding, oh and making lists..can't beat a good list!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Unfortunately it's a rare time that I'm without a cigarette in hand outside JH or another smokers' corner. Contacts or glasses, depending on my mood that day. I'm not enough of a "stand out from the crowd" kinda gal so can't think of anything distinguishing really!

Hairspray · 14-09-2010 5:36pm

NAME: Cheryl-Ann
AGE: 20
FROM: Tallllaghtfornia
COURSE & YEAR: 4th year Biological and Biomedical Science
SOCIETIES: Omega, Biology, Archery, Surfing and Aerobics (not sure if that is an actual soc) and Veggie Soc.
INTERESTS: Drinking, dancing, karate, fantasy i.e doctor who and pokemon. Also love to try new things so i will be going to some socs that i havent been to despite it being my final year!
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Blonde hair tied back into a ponytail with a messy fringe , thick black glasses and generally found wearing a hoodie of one of the socs i'm in along with vans or cons on mah feet.

GVNDNN · 15-09-2010 3:09pm

Cheryl-Ann were you the tour guide on Monday?

MaynoothSU · 15-09-2010 6:00pm

Name: Maynooth Student Union
Age: 19 to 25
Clubs and Socs: All of them!
Distinguishing features: First Years will have had the three sabbats (Aengus, Liz, Rob) talk to them during orientation in the Student Union Building.

*waves*

Daemos · 16-09-2010 12:47pm

NAME: David
AGE: 19
FROM: Kilkenny
COURSE & YEAR: First, MH101: English, Geography, Greek and Roman studies
SOCIETIES: None yet...
INTERESTS: Em... Doctor Who?

Seriously, reading, so I'll be in the library most of the time I imagine
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Glasses? Probably wearing something to do with Liverpool.

On a side note, I'm posting this from the computer pod in the Arts building, so hi everyone

3_BOoYA_X · 16-09-2010 3:26pm

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Ooooo. Someone doing my course. Can't remember seeing a really small blonde person though...

Thats cause i didn't go to the product design talk......

Was at the other ones though

I Dont know anyone else doing it either!

Absolute Zero · 16-09-2010 7:00pm

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

NAME: David
AGE: 19
FROM: Kilkenny
COURSE & YEAR: First, MH101: English, Geography, Greek and Roman studies
SOCIETIES: None yet...
INTERESTS: Em... Doctor Who? Seriously, reading, so I'll be in the library most of the time I imagine
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Glasses? Probably wearing something to do with Liverpool.

On a side note, I'm posting this from the computer pod in the Arts building, so hi everyone

Yo, im also from Kilkenny, might see you in geography in the future some time

Bhoy_ · 16-09-2010 7:53pm

LeahBaby wrote: »

is anyone else doing 1st year CSSE??

I am

Barely went to any of the orientation, only went to the registration. I probably saw you bopping about.

rcaz · 16-09-2010 7:56pm

NAME: Rory
AGE: 19
FROM: Dublin
COURSE & YEAR: Second Arts, Music and Mathematical Physics
CLUBS/SOCIETIES: Trampoline (I'm the PRO

), Composers' (didn't take part much last year, but I want to get into it properly now), thinking of joining Kung Fu and Alternative Music and maybe some others?
INTERESTS: Music, computers, science, cycling.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Large collection of Flaming Lips tshirts, probably wearing the NUIM Trampoline Club tracksuit around a good bit, planning on hanging out in empty piano rooms in the evenings

Make sure you drop by the Trampoline Club on fairs day/any other time

Daemos · 16-09-2010 7:59pm

Absolute Zero wrote: »

Yo, im also from Kilkenny, might see you in geography in the future some time

Nice one, see you there

Package · 16-09-2010 8:16pm

NAME: Gary B

AGE: 27.........................................and 64 months :cool:

FROM: Dublins fair city

COURSE & YEAR: Science (foundation)

SOCIETIES: as many as i can get my hands on (once they involve pints)

INTERESTS: Mountain biking, Music, Sleeping on the grass

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Very very VERY handsome face :cool:

Loving NUI at the moment

Lb100 · 17-09-2010 12:21am

NAME: lolly
AGE: 19

FROM: Dublin

COURSE & YEAR: 1st year arts

CLUBS/SOCIETIES: dunno yet??

INTERESTS: dancing, drinking tea (other cool stuff begining with the letter D I guess since I seem to have started a pattern.)

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: brown eyes, freckles, brown hair, will be the one calling her step mom during lunch pretending to have a reason... so as to not look like loser no mates because she knows no-one!!( oh yeh...did that on monday during oreintation just because im that cool!) god Im lame

*note to self must try harder to make new friends!

moggins7 · 17-09-2010 8:52am

Lb100 wrote: »

NAME: lolly

INTERESTS: dancing, drinking tea (other cool stuff begining with the letter D I guess since I seem to have started a pattern.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqkQKde_kU
.... I had to

Lb100 · 17-09-2010 12:30pm

oh my god when I saw just the link.....I thought for a milisecond that someone had actually took a video of me acting lk a loser and put it up on youtube....phew.....haha

LeahBaby · 17-09-2010 2:41pm

Bhoy_ wrote: »

I am Barely went to any of the orientation, only went to the registration. I probably saw you bopping about.

probably did! havent met anyone from the course at all. quiet bunch

Jonah42 · 17-09-2010 4:38pm

'Bout ye

The fellas with the ulster accents have been getting funny looks around maynooth lately. We're a lovely bunch really, come and say hello.

G'lack.

Kaaatelyn · 17-09-2010 4:45pm

bazza76dub wrote: »

haha yeah, and to think I was in the same class as you this afternoon and still don't know who you are lol.
I was wearing a blue jumper and a baseball cap

hmmm I dont remember seeing anyone in a baseball cap! where you there when they made us go around and say our name and one random fact? I didnt have a clue what to say!

chillian17 · 17-09-2010 6:12pm

Lb100 wrote: »

NAME: lolly
AGE: 19

FROM: Dublin

COURSE & YEAR: 1st year arts

CLUBS/SOCIETIES: dunno yet??

INTERESTS: dancing, drinking tea (other cool stuff begining with the letter D I guess since I seem to have started a pattern.)

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: brown eyes, freckles, brown hair, will be the one calling her step mom during lunch pretending to have a reason... so as to not look like loser no mates because she knows no-one!!( oh yeh...did that on monday during oreintation just because im that cool!) god Im lame

*note to self must try harder to make new friends!

Hey! What subjects are you gonna do?

allandanyways · 17-09-2010 7:08pm

Jonah42 wrote: »

'Bout ye

The fellas with the ulster accents have been getting funny looks around maynooth lately. We're a lovely bunch really, come and say hello.

G'lack.

Ye are getting looks because the accent is a vocal pheromone that makes everyone want to ride ye. Suprised you didn't already know about this phenomenon... it's called "Oh jaysus he's from the North"

Howiya, by the way

Lb100 · 17-09-2010 7:10pm

Antropology,philosophy and socioallogy! < should probley learn how to spell them first!(think I spelt them wrong!)oh well hah!

my time table is so random I have one day wher I have a class at 9 then a 3 hour break then anther class then another 3 hour break then one more class! woo hoo! plan on getting my reading or whatever done during those hours!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 17-09-2010 7:13pm

Lb100 wrote: »

my time table is so random I have one day wher I have a class at 9 then a 3 hour break then anther class then another 3 hour break then one more class! woo hoo! plan on getting my reading or whatever done during those hours!

Welcome to college! :P

Howie365 · 17-09-2010 8:01pm

NAME: Karl
AGE: 18
FROM: Lucan
COURSE & YEAR: 1st year CSSE
SOCIETIES: none yet, hopefully go karting.
INTERESTS: Sport (watching, I manage to be ridiculously poor at any sport I try so I leave it to the pros, and then judge them), Music - I play bass, averagely. Photography.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Erm, none. I will pretty much always be wearing a hat if that counts

but otherwise i'm pretty plain

and shy too

Kaaatelyn · 17-09-2010 10:28pm

allandanyways wrote: »

Ye are getting looks because the accent is a vocal pheromone that makes everyone want to ride ye. Suprised you didn't already know about this phenomenon... it's called "Oh jaysus he's from the North"

Howiya, by the way

I second this....have you not seen the facebook group "oh you have a northern accent..excuse me while I take my clothes off"

Know Your Maynoothians 2010/11

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