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Party Nights

One of the best things of University is getting to know people. As you go out and start letting go of yourself and have fun, everything becomes much easier and you just don't give a shit about what happens.

During my first year, I didn't go to the fresher's parties (except one, in which my flatmate took me and that was how we became friends) so I didn't get to know people. I ended up only knowing a bunch of people from my course and my flatmates. Which was good, because I managed to have a strong bond with the people I really had to know in order to have a good time at home and at class. But this year, I already know my house mates (same people as last year) and I already know my classmates, so by the end of last school year I decided that 2nd year would be different, I would hang out more and get to know more people.

So far, I managed to keep my promise. I find it easier to deal with strangers and no longer feel as weird about being with people I don't know. I gained most of my confidence through working as a Customer Care Assistant (and sometimes Host) for McDonalds during my 1st year, it allowed me to interact with strangers and gain some experience while doing it. My friends also have a very big role in making me more outgoing because I started going out to parties with them. They accepted my weirdness and still invited me so I started becoming more and more carefree each time we went out and even socialised with some of the people I saw at the parties.

During the summer, I got the taste of going out with my friends from back home and it wasn't the same. No alcohol. No crazy things. Just me and my friends, being ourselves. We started going out every week and no matter what I did, I always had people laughing at the way I was dancing, but to be fair, I don't really know how to dance. I most just wiggle my body and pray for the best. While I'm in the UK, I always manage to get drunk before I start dancing semi properly so I don't really care if I can't bust a move.

Since I came back, I've been to two parties. I got drunk during both of them. The first one was really good for me, as I didn't know the people who I went with that well and it made me bond with them and try to get to know them. As for the second one, I got even drunker that in the first one, but that time I went with my flatmates. One of them left halfway through as she didn't feel like partying. Me and the guy stayed. We had fun, took pictures and I even managed to have a guy coming up to me and hitting on me. It was very surprising, as it never really happens to me. When it was time to go home, I can just say that I was very thankful that I had my friend with me. I was too drunk to walk alone and even more because I really didn't give a shit about what I did, so I could have decided to go in the middle of the street and get hit by a car.

In conclusion, the next morning I was more than hangover. I didn't feel well and I really couldn't even look at food without feeling like I was gonna throw up. Again, my friends saved me. I don't really have much experience with being drunk, so I don't know how to cure a hangover. But they do, bless them. They took care of me and helped me feel better. What I learnt was that coffee helps you feel better but don't ask me why, I really don't know and focusing on something else is also really good.

My advice to freshers is to go out and get to know people. You won't really be their friends, but they will help you feel like part of this new experience and you will definitely be excited to party some more. But if you would rather be like me and wait a year, don't worry about it. You have time to enjoy University life and it will without a doubt help you grow up. Even if you end up only speaking to your flatmates or the people from your classes.

 Always have fun and never forget, be safe.

 See you guys soon, with more updates on my experiences of University life!
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