It has been a GREAT last few months with
the March Intake, and I am going to miss them all a lot. We kicked off their
last month here by going to my co-worker Nadeem's house for his birthday party!
It was great fun and I got to meet more people from my office and spend time
with those that are leaving.
It was Sarah’s B-day a few weeks ago, so we
decided to go to Tayyabs, a BYOB Indian joint not too far from Canary Wharf. It
was phenomenal food and of course the drinks were great too! We ate buffet
style. There were 6 of us and we ordered several starters and lots and lots of
Naan. It was a great way to end a stressful/busy day at work!
Two weekends ago was the last full weekend
in London for the current March intake. I spent my Friday night at the office
working on my essay that was due Monday so I would be able to participate in
all of the activities planned for their final weekend in London. Saturday I
finalised my paper and headed off to The Eagle, in the early afternoon. The
Eagle was a perfect place to hang out and sit in the beer gardens since the
weather was simply beautiful! It was also one of the first places I had a pint
in London since it is right down the street from the Thistle hotel where we
stayed for our first week in London! After a few pints and maybe a few shots
later my roommates and I went home to have dinner and get ready for the night
ahead! We headed back to Ability Towers (better known as Club Ability), to have
a few drinks before making our way to Shoreditch. We fully intended on going to
Floripa, but instead found ourselves at the Electricity Showroom. It was quite
the light show and they had great music.
Sunday we headed back to the Eagle for a
few pints and to sit down and chat with everyone. By time I actually got there
though, most of the March intake had already left. I stayed for a bit and
headed home to make the finishing touches on my essay.
Monday a bunch of us got together and
had a great time just eating dinner and chatting over a couple bottles of wine
back at the flat. There may or may not have been a dance party in our kitchen
until the wee hours of the morning! The new March intake arrived on Monday, and
we had Welcome drinks for them after their orientation on Tuesday. It was my
first time back to the Peasant since I arrived in London and we had our Welcome
drinks back in August. It was great to get to meet some of the Newbies and see
how excited they were to begin their year in London. After a few hours of mingling and having some
drinks and nibbles, I decided it was time to go home and hopefully get some
sleep!
Wednesday night was filled with a lot of
reminiscing and laughing over a few pints or glasses of wine at Corney &
Barrow, and Wine Bar right off the water near West India Quay. It is sad to
think that the March intake leaves in less than a week, but they are all
hopefully moving on to bigger and better
things! There are only a few more nights left with them, and they are going to
be a bit crazy, but more than enough fun will be had!
Thursday night was Kane's leaving drinks, so we went out with a bunch of coworkers to the Cat and Canary. It was sad to think that all of these guys would soon be leaving us! BUT, Friday was equally sad. We had family dinner in the flat then we all went to JP's leaving drinks at Tompkins/The Attic! After a few drinks and lots of laughs it was time for the tears! After parting our ways, those of us coming back to Canary went up stairs to sing and play the guitar and have a couple more drinks. It was the perfect ending to our time here with the old March intake. At about 2am Tara and I realized that we still hadn't packed up all of our stuff that needed to be moved out by 9am Saturday morning. We turned on the tunes and packed until nearly 5am. I had never felt so exhausted when my alarm went off 2 hours later! It was time to get up scrub the flat and say our goodbyes. Something I was definitely not looking forward to!
Jinou had to leave fairly early in the day, we said our goodbyes and cried for a bit. The rest of us decided to head off to the Pepper to get lunch and a pint for Dave and Kane's final few hours. It was equally hard to say goodbye to the guys! They were like brothers to me! =] Guess that just gives me an even better excuse to travel the world to see everyone again! After everyone made their way to the airport it was time to move all of my stuff and unpack again!
Saturday night was the inaugural newbie introduction to SWAY a nightclub in Central London. It was a great way to get to know some of the new intake. Sunday was the official move-in day for the new intake and it was now time for me to meet my new roommate and flatmates! They are all great! It is going to be a fantastic remaining 5 months!
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