Lillehamring Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 can i just check something... in your personal bits over there <= it says you're from leicester, and you also say you are at DMU.... are you actually 'from' leicester, or posting from leicester... if you are from leicester and at dmu, how the fu(k can you be homesick? go home! if you're not and you don't want to drink, i would actually suggest working... from experience, i didn't do an awful lot of work and ended up dropping out, and didn't get my degree til a decade and a half later... don't waste the chance, have fun but don't underestimate how useful a GOOD degree is.
Daggers Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 Don't hang out with the first person you meet. In life, I am that person.
Trumpet Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 I don't think you've grasped the concept of Uni. I have! Im hoping to be going myself, doing little work if any and getting smashed. I just like telling a;; the other young uns to work, tax dodgers!
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 I've just graduated and have started the awful 9-5 slog (until January when I'm off travelling for 9 months!!)....I went to Uni of Leicester....(family and obvious football connections being brought up in Dorset) got a 2:1 in History and Politics. I had the best 3 years of my life at uni, and like many have said on here you WILL enjoy it! Theres much more to uni than getting a degree....doing your own cooking, cleaning, learning to live without your parents etc, eg. life lessons. I feel like a different person now...and I've met some of the best people whom I hope to stay in contact with forever....stick at it. I bet you start a thread 3 years from now championing the delights of university life that I've tried to expand on here!!!!
JoeyB Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 Thus speaks the voice of experience. Funniest thing is tho, im only 17 and have a few years before i even go to uni(if i decide) Just what my cuz told me, and he's at Sheffield hallam
cisono Posted 25 September 2007 Posted 25 September 2007 Hey everyone... I've finally managed to get the internet working in my halls of residence here at DMU...To be honest, I'm stuggling quite a lot with being away from my family and really don't even want to go to university as I am just so damn depressed about not being with them... did any of you feel like this and how long did it take to get over it as I really want to enjoy my time here but I just miss my mum way too much at the moment... Thanks. Won't last long... I visited my mum in August and could not wait to get away! I had only been there 5 minutes when she started screaming at me and I suddenly remembered why I moved to Leicester in the first place... Good luck!
FilboFox Posted 26 September 2007 Author Posted 26 September 2007 can i just check something...in your personal bits over there <= it says you're from leicester, and you also say you are at DMU.... are you actually 'from' leicester, or posting from leicester... if you are from leicester and at dmu, how the fu(k can you be homesick? go home! if you're not and you don't want to drink, i would actually suggest working... from experience, i didn't do an awful lot of work and ended up dropping out, and didn't get my degree til a decade and a half later... don't waste the chance, have fun but don't underestimate how useful a GOOD degree is. Its says location when I go into the bit where I change it. Therefore I put Leicester. My Mum is in Belgium and my Dad is in Hong Kong. My auntie does live in Leicester too but she is on holiday in Turkey for 2 weeks so I have nobody around although I could contact my ex-uncle as he said he was around for a chat and coffee some time. I do intend on having a good time and also working hard... it'll be tough but I WILL manage. Hopefully I'll stop being so homesick soon and I'll get used to the fact that I am now here for the next 3 years, with the intermittent break where I get to go home, and therefore must just put up with it. In the end, if I get the degree then I'm in a good position for getting a job in the future!
FilboFox Posted 26 September 2007 Author Posted 26 September 2007 I've just graduated and have started the awful 9-5 slog (until January when I'm off travelling for 9 months!!)....I went to Uni of Leicester....(family and obvious football connections being brought up in Dorset) got a 2:1 in History and Politics. I had the best 3 years of my life at uni, and like many have said on here you WILL enjoy it! Theres much more to uni than getting a degree....doing your own cooking, cleaning, learning to live without your parents etc, eg. life lessons. I feel like a different person now...and I've met some of the best people whom I hope to stay in contact with forever....stick at it. I bet you start a thread 3 years from now championing the delights of university life that I've tried to expand on here!!!! I hope your right... I would love that to be the case!
hebangsthedrums Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 forgot - msn. Whack that on and chat to some mates - chances are one or two will be feeling similar. Thats the thing to bear in mind - everyone gets homesick at somepoint
Kent Fox Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 Its says location when I go into the bit where I change it. Therefore I put Leicester.My Mum is in Belgium and my Dad is in Hong Kong. My auntie does live in Leicester too but she is on holiday in Turkey for 2 weeks so I have nobody around although I could contact my ex-uncle as he said he was around for a chat and coffee some time. I do intend on having a good time and also working hard... it'll be tough but I WILL manage. Hopefully I'll stop being so homesick soon and I'll get used to the fact that I am now here for the next 3 years, with the intermittent break where I get to go home, and therefore must just put up with it. In the end, if I get the degree then I'm in a good position for getting a job in the future! That sounds more positive, mate I am sure you'll be able to meet up with a few of the guys on here, either in a pub, at a game or on Viccy Park. I'd miss the pub bit if I were you - too many memories of all that Belgian beer your Mother is (probably) happily consuming..
Lillehamring Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 Its says location when I go into the bit where I change it. Therefore I put Leicester.My Mum is in Belgium and my Dad is in Hong Kong. My auntie does live in Leicester too but she is on holiday in Turkey for 2 weeks so I have nobody around although I could contact my ex-uncle as he said he was around for a chat and coffee some time. I do intend on having a good time and also working hard... it'll be tough but I WILL manage. Hopefully I'll stop being so homesick soon and I'll get used to the fact that I am now here for the next 3 years, with the intermittent break where I get to go home, and therefore must just put up with it. In the end, if I get the degree then I'm in a good position for getting a job in the future! well good luck mate - if it's any comfort i used to miss home, and then i'd go home, it'd be great to see my family, but i'd always be dying to get back...
Alexikokopops Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 If I start missing lectures this year then they could take away my funding. Sneaky fecking bastards!!
Milky Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 If I start missing lectures this year then they could take away my funding.Sneaky fecking bastards!! How would they know? Do you have to sign in or something? Now that just wouldn't do.
Alexikokopops Posted 26 September 2007 Posted 26 September 2007 How would they know? Do you have to sign in or something? Now that just wouldn't do. I've started a postgrad Masters degree, we do a lot more group work and the like so it's easier to notice when people aren't around I guess. Only started today, but I really need that funding!!
Finnegan Posted 27 September 2007 Posted 27 September 2007 I was quite depressed going into University, so it was nothing new feeling a little bluesy and a little mood-swingy, for me. The very first night I lay in my bed and just stared at the ceiling close to tears. Oddly, I've never told anyone that until now. But then there was what sounded like a fight outside my room, I went out as it was clearing off and met my next door neighbour and new best friend in the aftermath of whatever happened that I still don't know of. What followed was one of the best, worst and certainly most eventful years of my life. I miss the place and the people and I'd give all the privacy and freedom of my own home back for another crack at it. Helps if you're single in the first few weeks, though. I missed the boat on that front. Though, granted, this meant I was getting guranteed sweaty halls sex instead of having to buy drinks for it. But moral of the story here, is make as many friends as you can - because it's the people that make it such an event and it's the people that will get you settled.
Geo V Posted 27 September 2007 Posted 27 September 2007 I did well in school and wanted to go to Uni but in typical Greek Cypriot style, my sister was getting married and my daft parents decided to move from Leicester down to London so I didn't bother to go down the Uni road and set up my own business instead. One thing I have always said though is that from the people I have met/spoken to or whatever down the years, Uni life is great for peoples overall development and both myself and the mother of my son (who has 3 degrees, just like Diana Ross ) have already decided that regardless of what our son wants, he`s going to uni . We have already got into his head about the importance of it and I hope he does go on to graduate in kebab selling and cutting some time in the future.
Finnegan Posted 27 September 2007 Posted 27 September 2007 What do you do, Geo? And how did you finance it?
Rincewind Posted 27 September 2007 Posted 27 September 2007 "So lonely" - The Police??"Are you lonesome tonight" - Elvis?? "Suicide is painless" - The Manics And everyone should know the Monsoon song? Heaven knows I''m miserable now. Welcome home Oh sorry wrong mood.
FilboFox Posted 27 September 2007 Author Posted 27 September 2007 Got my TV working so I'm very much happier now!
FilboFox Posted 27 September 2007 Author Posted 27 September 2007 Plus my ex-uncle took me out shopping today so I feel now that I do actually have someone around me to turn to if there is a problem.
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