Official bitch about daily life in UL

iLaura

YFlyer wrote: »

How do you know?😸

How do I know what..? O.o

Ave Sodalis

iLaura wrote: »

Hahaha, sweet! Thats quite an upgrade. Where abouts is Brennan Court?

It's at the side of Kilmurry. Only there til they sort the place out which could be Friday

YFlyer

iLaura wrote: »

How do I know what..? O.o

That it is an upgrade.

Ave Sodalis

YFlyer wrote: »

That it is an upgrade.

Brennan Court is the fancy place that visitors stay when in UL. It's like a mini hotel.

YFlyer

sup_dude wrote: »

Brennan Court is the fancy place that visitors stay when in UL. It's like a mini hotel.

And with tennis courts. If only the plebs stay away haha

Aragneer

I'm am getting so irritated with maintenance in Plassey... We've reported the fact that our shower upstairs and the hot water are both not working at least 2-3 times and still nothing... Like 8 girls are using the downstairs bathroom and having cold showers..House is getting gross already! Complaint number 4 and 5 going in today (by two separate housemates).

The fact that this house wasn't cleaned for when we were moving in too is gross..

seachto7

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

AFAIK, the walls in the toilets there are ehh, "hole-y". Very glorious. Hint hint.

Not true. None of them are like that in the basement toilets.

Copper_pipe

Whats the story with Tutorials and Labs for week 1? Have a tutorial @ 9 monday,

YFlyer

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Whats the story with Tutorials and Labs for week 1? Have a tutorial @ 9 monday,

Wow their starting early.

Any indication on the timetable sheet? Normally the timetable would state what week they start.

Email the lecturer perhaps.

Aragneer

I know that all language tutorials begin in Week 1 but wouldn't be too sure on other subjects.

You could always e-mail the lecturer and ask since your tutorial is obviously before the lecture, where they would usually tell us.

wnolan1992

It's a crapshoot really. I've had ones starting in Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and even Week 8 in one case. :pac:

Only way to know for sure for your module is to email the lecturer and ask.

As a rule of thumb, I go to tutorials and labs in week 1 if they're before the first lecture of the module. It's not the best system in the world, but hey, I live on campus so I can be back in bed by 9:10 if turns out the 9am lab isn't on. :P

shano_88

FG061 is the concert hall right?

Copper_pipe

shano_88 wrote: »

FG061 is the concert hall right?

yep

Aragneer

Anyone know anywhere else around campus or by Plassey that I can take ten euro out on my card/

OR

Anyone know if the pharmacy there accepts cards for prescriptions?

Tonsillitis on week one...Yay.

Smartly Dressed

Aragneer wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere else around campus or by Plassey that I can take ten euro out on my card/

OR

Anyone know if the pharmacy there accepts cards for prescriptions?

Tonsillitis on week one...Yay.

The Bank of Ireland ATM outside eurospar lets you withdraw €10 notes.

Aragneer

That's great, thank you I shall go now!

FionnK86

My friends car was stolen from Cois Ghruda yesterday....if anybody spots black mazda mx3 saloon cruising about will you let me know, see thread below...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057285990

YFlyer

FionnK86 wrote: »

My friends car was stolen from Cois Ghruda yesterday....if anybody spots black mazda mx3 saloon cruising about will you let me know, see thread below...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057285990

Hope the car returns.

There was two Gardai called to Cois Ghruda just before 2 pm today so hopefully their going to do something about the incident.

onethreefive

Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

YFlyer

onethreefive wrote: »

Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

Don't complain :cool:

wnolan1992

onethreefive wrote: »

Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

Unless you're in the lecture hall in the PESS building pre renovation, you know naught about temperatures in lectures! :pac:

Give it a week or two and you'll be wearing a coat though, this weather ain't gonna last...

iLaura

Anyone been in Schrodinger yet? They've apparently renovated the inside, labs and all. It was an incredibly scary building to be in last year during that storm, especially on the top floor

YFlyer

iLaura wrote: »

Anyone been in Schrodinger yet? They've apparently renovated the inside, labs and all. It was an incredibly scary building to be in last year during that storm, especially on the top floor

Was in the canteen that time when part of the tree broke off. Was scary for some :pac:

Aceandstuff

I was in Schrodinger briefly today. Seemed alright, but I wasn't sure the place actually still existed until I ended up inside....

One of my lectures was cancelled (or something) today and I ended up going around with a different lecturer to try and find it. Three rooms around the main building and a few dead computers later, she finds yer man's number online and calls it. No answer. The schedules hadn't been changed, and nobody seemed to have stuck around where I was supposed to be, despite the fact that it was only about 15mins into the hour. (I'd been at a meeting thingy.) I'm not sure if the class all moved somewhere else because of room capacity, the lecturer said it wasn't possible, a place that large would never be available.

The next lecture started off well, but about ten minutes in the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate, very, very, slowly. All hundred or so of us. My ears are ringing now from having to stay in there with the noise, and pretty much no learning got done.

Does this stuff happen often?

iLaura

Aceandstuff wrote: »

I was in Schrodinger briefly today. Seemed alright, but I wasn't sure the place actually still existed until I ended up inside....

One of my lectures was cancelled (or something) today and I ended up going around with a different lecturer to try and find it. Three rooms around the main building and a few dead computers later, she finds yer man's number online and calls it. No answer. The schedules hadn't been changed, and nobody seemed to have stuck around where I was supposed to be, despite the fact that it was only about 15mins into the hour. (I'd been at a meeting thingy.) I'm not sure if the class all moved somewhere else because of room capacity, the lecturer said it wasn't possible, a place that large would never be available.

The next lecture started off well, but about ten minutes in the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate, very, very, slowly. All hundred or so of us. My ears are ringing now from having to stay in there with the noise, and pretty much no learning got done.

Does this stuff happen often?

I've never heard of stuff like that happening before, at least it never had for me. The only time I was in the main building when the alarm was off we were in Red Raisins and could all just leave normally.

On another note, after one day and cycling in and out of UL twice I'm already fit to KILL the people who walk in the cycle lanes. Fair enough if you're in it for a minute while passing people out, but walking in the middle of the lane or you and your friends taking up the whole lane? Fit to run someone over -.- it only really happens by the flagpoles and coming up to Groody roundabout but its super annoying! -.-

Popoutman

iLaura wrote: »

On another note, after one day and cycling in and out of UL twice I'm already fit to KILL the people who walk in the cycle lanes. Fair enough if you're in it for a minute while passing people out, but walking in the middle of the lane or you and your friends taking up the whole lane? Fit to run someone over -.- it only really happens by the flagpoles and coming up to Groody roundabout but its super annoying! -.-

Shout loudly at them when coming up behind to "GET OUT OF THE BIKE LANE" usually works for me. That or using my bell on the commuter (yep, it's a road-legal bike).

On a more serious note, sometimes it's well worthwhile to have a polite chat with the lane-walker as you pass on the bike to point out to them that they may get hit by a bike in that lane, some pedestrians aren't aware of the distinction, and maybe having it pointed out will make them think twice..

FionnK86

They should paint that lane orange and make it a proper bike lane, i'd say building and estates have spent money on far more unnecessary things.

Ave Sodalis

Anyone's ID and password keep getting wiped clean whenever they type it in? Need to get into the Post CoOp form and can't :rolleyes:

Aragneer

Have complained for over a week now about the upstairs shower in our Plassey house not working and have they done anything about it? Nope, have they balls.

They wrote it down as an emergency but nobody has been around (and I've been home all the time)... Ridiculous.

Jamie Starr

I'm told the market is doing cornish pasties today and I'm not in UL and this is an outrage and the pasties are filled with cat meat no-one gets to eat pasties if I can't this is an outrage

Evergreen23

Might be getting old but the noise levels from the Courtyard are ridiculous. Can't sleep!!!!

LimerickLad92

I wanna echo that on the bloody people in the bike lanes... i dont have time to be telling them all common sense like.

Peanut Butter Jelly

And can I say that the next time a cyclist hits me when I'm on the FOOTPATH and the bike lane is clear, I will shoulder charge them into the bike lane.

Beargrylls01

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

And can I say that the next time a cyclist hits me when I'm on the FOOTPATH and the bike lane is clear, I will shoulder charge them into the bike lane.

I've never in my life see this happen. it's not typical.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Beargrylls01 wrote: »

I've never in my life see this happen. it's not typical.

Walking home Thursday, he was cycling on the foothpath coming towards me. I kept in as far as I could but he hit me with the handlebar and the little **** continued right on as if nothing happened.

Beargrylls01

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Walking home Thursday, he was cycling on the foothpath coming towards me. I kept in as far as I could but he hit me with the handlebar and the little **** continued right on as if nothing happened.

Ignore it, I've walked in and out of UL probably a few thousand times and it's never happened.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Beargrylls01 wrote: »

Ignore it, I've walked in and out of UL probably a few thousand times and it's never happened.

I'm sorry but if people are giving out about people walking in the cycle lane, then I'm going to point out that the rule also applies vice versa.

LimerickLad92

Well its fair enough to complain about people when its in reverse.

I tend to stick to the cycle lane the entire time unless it isnt there really. Ive never seen pedestrians in the walking lane hit with a bike personally.

onethreefive

It's mornings like this I wish I owned a jacket :P

chrislad

Yeah, miserable! Just heard massive rolling thunder, then looked outside! Not a fun day for cycling or walking!

onethreefive

All those days of sunshine walking to college happily and now thunder and lightning Great :rolleyes:

Subutai

Electricity actually went completely in the health sciences building this morning. Was only for a few minutes though. Not looking forward to the treck back across the living bridge.

Peanut Butter Jelly

**** the rain.



That is all.

onethreefive

I am walking around looking like I went for a swim in the river fully clothed. And just as I get to the library it stops raining.

MajesticDonkey

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

**** the rain.

You better get used to it!

Aceandstuff

I just found out that I finally have a timetable today at midday. It's completely different to the one I was told to follow, and full of 5-6PM atrocities. The thing is, I have no idea which one to follow because I have tests and stuff next week that depend on me being in certain labs at a certain time. On top of that there's attendance....
I have absolutely no idea what to do, I was told that I would be alright on the schedule I was using, and that I was signed into a certain tutorial & lab group for some of my modules already, but the timetable on the website is completely different. There are literally none of the tutorials and labs that I was already in listed on that thing!

I'm not too worried about the tests, as long as I know EVERYTHING that's been covered, I should be alright, but I will be marked for attendance in some of my modules. What if I go to the "wrong" ones and sign in? I mean, at least one of my timetables is wrong, and at least one me has effed up somewhere.

Ugh.

Reiver

To the lads/ladies complaining about the rain?

Have you been more than a year living on this isle or the adjacent one further to the east?

We are the first large landmass the prevailing winds hit from the Atlantic. Learn to love the rain and appreciate because Christ when you emigrate ye'll miss it.

And is it that hard to bring a wee jackie with ye?

MajesticDonkey

Aceandstuff wrote: »

I just found out that I finally have a timetable today at midday. It's completely different to the one I was told to follow, and full of 5-6PM atrocities. The thing is, I have no idea which one to follow because I have tests and stuff next week that depend on me being in certain labs at a certain time. On top of that there's attendance....
I have absolutely no idea what to do, I was told that I would be alright on the schedule I was using, and that I was signed into a certain tutorial & lab group for some of my modules already, but the timetable on the website is completely different. There are literally none of the tutorials and labs that I was already in listed on that thing!

I'm not too worried about the tests, as long as I know EVERYTHING that's been covered, I should be alright, but I will be marked for attendance in some of my modules. What if I go to the "wrong" ones and sign in? I mean, at least one of my timetables is wrong, and at least one me has effed up somewhere.

Ugh.

Follow the official one on http://www.timetable.ul.ie. If the modules listed there are not the ones you registered in Week 1, contact SAA at saa@ul.ie or call into them (probably quicker).

Aceandstuff

Well, that timetable says I'm in until at least 5 every day, and I'm already signed up specifically for other tutorials and tests next week. I was told to follow another completely different timetable in the beginning, (which seemed a lot more reasonable) and that's the real problem. If my lecturers are all fine with what I WAS doing, and they probably would be, there's still the matter of my official timetable and attendance in those classes.

Staying in until that late every day is going to destroy me. My health is ruined already, and all I've done is work. Everyone else seems to have their share of early classes so far, going home at 1PM and the like, so I don't know how I ended up with this thing. I'd put up a "Bad luck Brian" pic, but I don't have the posts. I just need to get things changed officially!

highlydebased

Aceandstuff wrote: »

Well, that timetable says I'm in until at least 5 every day, and I'm already signed up specifically for other tutorials and tests next week. I was told to follow another completely different timetable in the beginning, (which seemed a lot more reasonable) and that's the real problem. If my lecturers are all fine with what I WAS doing, and they probably would be, there's still the matter of my official timetable and attendance in those classes.

Staying in until that late every day is going to destroy me. My health is ruined already, and all I've done is work. Everyone else seems to have their share of early classes so far, going home at 1PM and the like, so I don't know how I ended up with this thing. I'd put up a "Bad luck Brian" pic, but I don't have the posts. I just need to get things changed officially!

Well you don't need to be going to 2 sets of labs/tutorials etc for each module. The "official" timetable and what you really end up going to don't have to be the same thing.