Fresher's Week

The following 2 weeks were, without a doubt, one of the most lively weeks that I had ever seen at Aston. Coming up was the international fresher's week followed by the regular fresher's week. Our welcome into the university and fresher's weeks were done by what Aston called, 'Aunties'. However obscure this may sound, they were the one's who not only made moving and settling in as easy as it could get but also who showed and taught us how the parties were done at Aston.

The international week mainly revolved around getting the international students familiarised with Birmingham and Aston. More than parties, there were events like mall trips, Birmingham and Aston walking tours and other casual events like bowling nights, pub tours and so on. The international aunties were the ones who took care of almost all the events and the energy and enthusiasm that they possessed was not only commendable, but jaw dropping. However new everything did seem, the Aston Aunties made it feel like home! Helping you to move, solving your queries, teaching how to party, they did it all. The two weeks of freshers went by like the blink of an eye and the freshers parties which included the welcome party, pyjama party and bloc party to name a few encapsulated the ultimate aim of the same: if your a fresher, you need to be partying right now!

The most incredible part of the parties was that, they were all held on campus! The student union building, also called the student guild, had a huge hall which at times were meant for society meetings to be held, by day. At night, the disco lights would pop out, the bar would open up and the DJ would perch the stage, converting the so called 'society meeting area', into a thumping on-campus party arena. The energy and liveliness of everyone, right from the bartender to the DJ to the live band and to the partyholic public, was what made the freshers week a grand success. By the end of the freshers week, I had done it all, partied, explored the campus and all the buildings, toured Birmingham and of course moved into my new flat at Lawrence Tower!