Sunday afternoon marks the end of Freshers' Week. Each college has a Freshers' Week, though Balliol's is much more extravagant than most. The idea is for all the grad students in the college to have the opportunity to meet and mingle with other grad students in the college. Balliol is largely international, and about 80% male.
The events of Freshers' Week:
Drinks with the President, Olympic games and BBQ, floor pizza party, dinner with a Student Mentor, Jazz evening, Women's drinks, Quiz night, Drinks with your tutor, Pub Crawl, Movie night, Carnival, Boat Club drinks, Freshers' formal dinner, Port and chocolate night, Sports day, High tea, Freshers' Bop (costume party), Brunch to cure the Bop hangover.
Somehow, all of that was shoved into 7 days, along with all the tours, inductions, paperwork, etc. My favorite event was the formal dinner, which was black tie. We had a three course gormet meal in the dining hall, lit by candles and old lamps. Our wine glasses, first white then red, never fell below half full. The master gave a speech about some of the history of Balliol and of those who had formerly sat where we were sitting. I'll have to admit, it indeed felt a bit like a Harry Potter scene.
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And so the blog entries about eating well and drinking well begin :) .....
ReplyDeleteThat all sounds so cool; I hope it didn't wear you out. Hope too that your mentor is cool.
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