First few days at Cambridge

gwright@kde.org (George Wright) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:51:00 +0100

So the time finally came. I am now in Cambridge! I arrived on Thursday to shoot archery with Matthew Johnson who kindly invited me to the pre-season training “week”. I have a really nice room and the other guy on my corridor is friendly so it’s all great here.

Last night I was at Matthew Garrett’s house to celebrate Rob and Daf’s birthday which was fun. Rob got fairly drunk and hurled copious amounts of abuse at me for not drinking, after which I left because it was 4am and I needed some sleep.. It was great because some people I hadn’t seen for a while turned up, including the legendary Wookey (who we ascertained had lived in Cambridge for longer than I had been alive) and Paul Sladen, who turned up completely unexpectedly. I also met various minions of Rob^W^W^Wpeople who I had met previously at aKademy in Dublin.

Lastly, today was matriculation day. This is basically a ceremony where we all dress up in academic gowns and sign our lives away to the university, after which we become a student. Or it’s something like that anyway. We also had the matriculation dinner which was amusing, as red wine was served (which I didn’t drink as I’m not an alcohol-drinker), but there was much comedy to be had from some of the other freshers around me. Yay!

"First few days at Cambridge" by Oliver Cohen

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:21:48 +0100

Sounds like you are having more fun than Law then…

"First few days at Cambridge" by George Wright

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:36:39 +0100

aha - what subject/College are you at?

"First few days at Cambridge" by shanae

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:42:10 +0100

i don’t drink either! but yes, it was funny watching ppl on red wine at my matriculation dinner.

"First few days at Cambridge" by Mark Westcott

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:37:14 +0100

I give it one.

"First few days at Cambridge" by mxcl

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:46:02 +0100