The Location Around IH

Despite being a geographer myself (your loved Hemish Goodeal), I’m still male and either useless or stubborn when it comes to directions. Therefore, your Central Wing rep. (the great Polly Fung), has lovingly compiled this list of the best places to blow your student finance on.

1. Shopping

1.1 Daily Shopping – Food

Marks & Spencer
http://www.marksandspencer.com
Address: Simplyfood: 55 Tottenham Court Rd, London W1T 2EQ
Bigger store at Covent Garden
Good quality; sometimes £10 for 3 meat, fish; nice microwave food

People’s Supermarket
http://www.thepeoplessupermarket.org
Address: 72 – 78 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1N 3LP
Long opening hours; Cheap

Sainsbury's
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk
Address: Sainsbury Local: 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA
Superstore: 129-133 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH (currently closed)
(I personally don’t go to Sainsbury often...)

Tesco Express – 24 hours, but BE WARNED – Alcohol is not sold after 11pm
http://www.tesco.com
Address: Opposite to Russell Square Tube Station
Cheap; apply for Clubcard and earn cash coupons

Waitrose
http://www.waitrose.com
Address: Brunswick Square
Good quality food; sometimes (near closing time) there are good offers on roast chicken (£2-3) and near-expiry-date meat and vegetables

1.2 Tableware, Cooking Utensils, Bedding

Tableware: Waitrose, Robert Dyas, Argos…
Cooking Utensils: Robert Dyas, Argos…
Bedding: Argos, department stores, e.g. House of Fraser, John Lewis…

Argos
http://www.argos.co.uk
Address: 5 Grays Inn Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8PH
(Near bus no. 7 stop)
Many many things are sold at Argos; check for availability of things before you go

Robert Dyas
http://www.robertdyas.co.uk
Address: Brunswick Square
Convenient; occasionally have discounts, recently up to 50% off

2. Eating

We are very lucky to live nearby so many restaurants! There are many cafes around IH: Costa, Nero, Pret, Starbucks... The 2 main areas of restaurants are Brunswick Square and Southampton Row. It is just not possible to include all of them here. Below are those you will probably go and have casual lunch or dinner. For other restaurants, visit http://www.toptable.com.

Carluccio
http://www.carluccios.com
Address: Brunswick Square
Italian food; founded by Chef Antonio Carluccio, who was on BBC – The Two Greedy Italians

China House
Address: 51 Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1AP
Chinese food; quite cheap; serving time a bit long

GBK
http://www.gbk.co.uk
Address: Brunswick Square
Beef, chicken, lamb, vegetarian burgers; have 40% off student discount, so watch out for the discount card; have online vouchers occasionally

Giraffe
http://www.giraffe.net
Address: Brunswick Square
African food; have online vouchers occasionally, e.g. GBP 10 for 2 courses

Hare and Tortoise
http://www.hareandtortoise.co.uk
Address: Brunswick Square
Asian food; reasonable price; often have long queues

Nandos
http://www.nandos.co.uk
Address: Brunswick Square
Specializes in chicken dishes; get their loyalty card; have online vouchers occasionally

Pizza Express
http://www.pizzaexpress.com
Address: Southampton Row
Pizzas; have online vouchers occasionally

Strada
http://www.strada.co.uk
Address: Brunswick Square
Italian food; have online vouchers occasionally, e.g. 50% off, or 2 for 1

YO! Sushi
http://www.yosushi.com
Address: Brunswick Square
Japanese food; have online vouchers occasionally, e.g. 40% off
(I personally think the portions are a bit small…)

3. Transportation

Ways to check direction: phone, google map, A-Z London, other map books
It is very important to check the transport service update: http://www.tfl.gov.uk

On Foot
British Library, British Museum, Covent Garden, King’s Cross, St. Pancras Station, even Oxford Street are all within walking distance.

By Bus

Russell Square:

• No. 7: IH – Oxford Street – Paddington – East Acton
• No. 188: IH – Holborn – Waterloo – Canary Wharf – Greenwich

Southampton Row:

• No. 59: King’s Cross – Euston – IH – Holborn – Waterloo – Kenington – Brixton
• No. 68: Euston – IH – Holborn – Waterloo – King’s College Hospital – West Norwood
• No. 91: Crouch End Broadway – Caledonian Road – King’s Cross – Euston – IH – Holborn – Charing Cross – Trafalgar Square
• No. 168: Hampstead Heath – Camden Town – Euston – IH – Holborn – Waterloo – Elephant Castle – Old Kent Street

Gray’s Inn Road:

• No. 17: Archway – Holloway – King’s Cross – IH – Chancery Lane – St. Paul’s – Monument – London Bridge
• No. 45: King’s Cross – IH – Chancery Lane – Southwark – Elephant Castle – Brixton
• No. 46: IH – Chancery Lane – Farringdon Street

By Tube:
Check http://www.tfl.gov.uk for directions and other useful information.

The IH Club for 2011

by Hemish Goodeal

Despite you already most know the names and faces of your current IH Club Student Committee, as seen in the www.internationalhall.com website, this article gives you a bit more details about the personal life and traits of those currently involved in it.

You can also be part of the IH Club for 2012, there will be an election next January, with campaigns, nominations and votes. Think about the role you would like to take and approach us via e-mail or whenever you come across one of us in any corridor, the common room or the launderette. Been part of the Club rocks!

Name: Akshay Arora
Age: 19
Position in Club: The President
Home Town/Country: New Delhi, India
What does this position involve: It involves leading, motivating and monitoring other members of the committee; Managing the events alongside other members and representing the residents in hall matters.
College and Course: MPharm, London School of Pharmacy.
What I love about the hall: The culture mixture and the atmosphere is incredible. Gives you a wonderful space to meet new people from all over the world.
What I don't love so much about the hall: The bar is closed now. It was an integral part of IH. Sad we couldn't save it.

Name: Hemish Goodeal
Age: 21
Home Town/Country: Amersham (Zone 9), UK...Seriously, Zone 9 does exist – top left of the Tube map. My parents are from Mauritius, which isn’t covered by Oyster card.
Position in Club: Vice President & Secretary
What does this position involve: On standby in case of presidential assassination + wearing saucy secretary outfits to appease the president’s kinky thoughts.
College and Course: Colouring In down at Strand Poly (or, Geography at Kings)
What I love about the hall: Harry drunk
What I don't love so much about the hall: Harry sober

Name: Caitlin Rafferty
Age: 20
Home Town/Country: Proud Geordie from Newcastle Upon Tyne
Position in Club: Treasurer - Sorting out the funds for IH events along with helping organising events.
College: SOAS
Course: African Studies
What I love about IH: Brilliant location.
What I don't love so much about IH: Numerous pints of milk and currys stolen from the fridge.

Name: Nils
Age: 21
Position in Club: West-Wing Representative
What does this position involve: Organising social events
College and Course: KCL, law
What I love about the hall: Atmosphere, location, the people
What I don't love so much about the hall: Theft, meal times, fire alarms at night

Name: Polly Pok-Lam Fung 馮樸琳
Age: 25
Home Town/Country: Hong Kong, China
Position in Club: Central Wing Representative
What does this position involve: improving social lives of the C-Wing residents and helping the postgraduates to get incorporated in the hall
College and Course: UCL Eastman Dental Institute, PhD
What I love about the hall: I love IH, it's massive and it's so international!
What I don't love so much about the hall: I hate moving out, can I stay here till I finish my course?

Name: Harry, or the only 12 year old on the IH committee (or not).
Age: 21 (it's 12 reversed).
Hometown/Country: Isle Of Man, Britain.
Position in Club: North Wing Representative.
What does this position involve: Representing your interests and concerns / monitoring how much you moan about life.
College and Course: SOAS, Linguistics and Social Anthropology (I like geeky subjects).
What I love about the hall: Meeting new people from every country.
What I don't love so much about the hall: Well, this one time there was no water for 17 hours...

Name: Sofie Meyer
Age: 19
Home Town/Country: Copenhagen, Denmark
Position in Club: Cinema convener
What does this position involve: choosing and screening movies in the cinema room located below the entrance
College and Course: UCL, BSc Neuroscience
What I love about the hall: my friends, the breakfast, the location and the size of the desk
What I don't love so much about the hall: living so close to a 24-hour tesco does not improve the waistline. but it is nice!

Name: Tom Johnson
Age: 19
Home Town/Country: London, England
Position in Club: Sports Convenor
What does this position involve: Running Sporting events such as Football in the Hall on a regular basis
College and Course: Biochemical Engineering at UCL
What I love about the hall: It is right in the middle of London and the people are really fun
What I don't love so much about the hall: Brunch is not a very good idea

Name: Soyeong Soya Ok
Age: Unknown
Home Town/Country: Dublin, Ireland
Position in Club: Cinema convener
What does this position involve: Ask Sofie
College and Course: Something at King’s
What I love about the hall: Hemish
What I don't love so much about the hall: When Hemish leaves to go to Tesco’s for 10 minutes.

Name: Natalie Eavry
Age: Unknown
Home Town/Country: Earth
Position in Club: Lansdowne Block Rep
What does this position involve: Unknown
College and Course: Unknown
What I love about the hall: When Hemish leaves to go to Tesco’s for 10 minutes.
What I don't love so much about the hall: Hemish

 

Name: Joaquim "Jay" Silva
Age: 18
Home Town/Country: Cascais, Portugal
Position in Club: Web Convener (or Convenor if you're from AMURRICA)
What does this position involve: Taking care of the website like the cute little kitten that it is (wait, what?). Oh, and spamming everybody on Facebook and Twitter with meaningless updates every other hour.
College and Course: King's College London, BSc Computer Science
What I love about the hall: The people!
What I don't love so much about the hall: The early meal times, although I'm slowly adjusting.

College Clichés

By Hemish Goodeal

So you’re now in one of the eight UoL intercollegiate halls. Do you know what the best and most unique thing is about these halls? The fact that we don’t have to cook for ourselves. Do you know what the second best part is? You get to live next to students from other colleges, some of which you never even knew existed....nor do they need to....

There are 31 colleges that make up the University of London. Once you trim off the fat, there’s about 10 colleges that you have probably heard about. Of these, only 4 of them are any good – you know who you are....

To feed your need for college prejudice, here’s a quick summary of 13 UoL colleges. Apologies if your college isn’t listed here – when your college eventually enters a league table, we’ll talk.


College: UCL
Nickname: Godless Scum of Gower Street
What a UCL student will tell you: “We beat Oxford in the 2009 World Rankings. Rah Rah Rah”.
What a UCL student doesn’t want to hear: “So, what Oxbridge college did you get rejected from?”
Typical Student:



College: King’s
Nickname: Strand Polytechnic
What a King’s student will tell you: “We’re not as nerdy as UCL, but at least we have fun”.
What a King’s student doesn’t want to hear: “So when did you find out UCL rejected you?”.
Typical students getting ready for a 9am lecture:



College: SOAS
Nickname: The Marxist Society
What a SOAS student will tell you: “I was gonna go to class, but then I got high”
What a SOAS student doesn’t want to hear: “You’ve been randomly selected for a drug screening...”
Typical Student:



College: LSE
Nickname: The London Stock Exchange
What an LSE student will tell you: “The Beatles were wrong; All you need is money”.
What an LSE student doesn’t want to hear: “So how much of your course is funded by Gaddafi?”
A Typical Lecture at LSE:



College: Imperial
Nickname: The Virgin Megastore
What an Imperial student will tell you: “So you’re in the University of London?” *Scoffs* “You repulse me”.
What an Imperial student doesn’t want to hear: “So what’s your male to female ratio?”.
Typical Student:



College: Royal Holloway
Nickname: The Surrey Cling-ons
What a Royal Holloway student will tell you: “At least our campus looks like Hogwarts...”.
What a Royal Holloway student doesn’t want to hear: “What are you doing in Central London? Are you lost?”.
Typical Student:




College: Queen Mary
Nickname: Eastenders
What a Queen Mary student will tell you: “League tables mean nothing anyway”.
What a Queen Mary student doesn’t want to hear: “You do know that you’re here to study right?”.
Typical Student:




College: Goldsmiths
Nickname: Who?
What a Goldsmiths student will tell you: *nothing insightful*
What a Goldsmiths student doesn’t want to hear: “What’s a Goldsmith?”.
Typical Student:




College: London School of Pharmacy
Nickname: London School of Pushy-Parents
What a London School of Pharmacy student will tell you: “I’m doing this to go into the family business”.
What a London School of Pharmacy student doesn’t want to hear: “So what did you want to be before your parents made you study pharmacy?”.
Typical Student:




College: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Nickname: *with a name like that, it doesn’t need one*
What a LSOHATM student will tell you: “I’m telling you, we’re a serious college!”.
What a LSOHATM student doesn’t want to hear: “No, really. You can’t be serious...”.
Typical Student:



College: Birkbeck
Nickname: London’s Retirement Home
What a Birkbeck student will tell you: “Education is wasted on the young”.
What a Birkbeck student doesn’t want to hear: “So do you get a student discount on top of your OAP bus pass?”.
Typical Students:



College: Royal Academy of Music
Nickname: Royal Academy of Poor Job Prospects
What a RAM student will tell you: “Academic subjects scare me”.
What a RAM student doesn’t want to hear: “So when’s your next trip to the job centre?”.
Typical Student:



College: Institute of Education
Nickname: Institute of Glorified Babysitters
What an IOE student will tell you: “I love children”.
What an IOE student doesn’t want to hear: “Have you ever heard the saying, ‘Those who can’t do....?’”.
Typical Student:

You know you’re a student when...

(Lovingly copied and pasted off Facebook by Hemish. This is from one of those groups where you have to ‘like’ it first to see what innate thing it says – judging by the content, this was probably written by a Queen Mary’s student). LOL!

• You wake up and wonder where the hell you are.
• You live off 8p basics noodles from Sainsbury’s.
• You spend more time uploading and tagging pictures on Facebook than you did actually taking the pictures during the previous night out.
• The only post you get are either take-away menus or TV-license warning letters.
• You hate the other colleges, just because everyone else does.
• You are carried home after a night out by your nice new flatmates.
• You give up eating for a week just so you can afford to go out.
• You wake up and find bruises everywhere, but you're not quite sure how you managed to fall in those places.
• 4oD becomes your best friend because you cannot afford a TV or a license to watch a TV.
• Spontaneous nights out become every night.
• When your flatmate eats your food you consider it a crime.
• Your laptop breaking is like losing a member of your immediate family.
• Your 'five a day' consist of the grapes in the bottle of wine and the apples in the cans of cider.
• You realise that Facebook will ruin your degree. You realise Wikipedia will save it.
• A balanced diet means varying your takeaway choices.
• It’s socially acceptable to wear your pyjamas anywhere.
• You go out of your way to make friends who can cook.
• You expect to a find a trolley, etc in your bed if you’ve gone out and left your door unlocked.
• The word Google becomes a verb.
• An 11 o’clock lecture is “too early”.
• You think the floor above you are the noisiest people ever, but you don’t understand why the floor below you complain all the time.
• You say "I'm never going to drink again" at least once a week.
• Power naps become a way of life.
• You spend half an hour trying to work out if you should get the 20p cheaper toilet paper, then spend £5 a day on ‘hangover food’.
• “I’m not drinking a lot tonight” really means I’m getting absolutely hammered.
• No matter how broke you are, there is always enough money to get pissed.
• Eating a whole bag of crips as a substitute for dinner is acceptable.
• Takeaway deliver guys become your new best friend.
• 3 days go by before you realize you've not left the house or got dressed.
• You try and piece together what happened on a night out based on the texts you sent, the phone calls you made, and the photos that appear on Facebook.
• No matter how determined you are not to go out....someone will persuade you.
• You can't walk to anywhere without being molested by club and bar promo leaflets.
• You hear Sexy Bitch by David Guetta and Akon 5 times a night.
• You get annoying Facebook emails about the same club nights every week.
• Beans and pasta becomes your staple diet.
• Food that’s free always tastes better.
• You realise anything can be cooked in a microwave.
• You walk into your communal kitchen at 3 in the morning to get a snack because you can’t sleep and find all your friends there snacking.
• Checking your post HAS to be done daily.
• You are ridiculously excited when you have post.
• Spotify is running at least 16 hours a day.
• You complain that your course books are £30 quid then go out and spend the same amount in booze, if not more.
• You realise cheese is really, really really expensive.
• You wake up covered in pen and don’t know why.
• Deodorant becomes your new shower.
• Dinner after 7pm becomes late.
• You wash your clothes at 4 in the morning.