Oh the woes of being a friendless graduate fresher in London

[katia]

As you may know, after graduating instead of doing the smart sensible thing and looking for a job I decided to cling to academia and spend lots of money which I don't have on a masters, so on Friday I found my way to the London School of Economics and registered for my course and then I went home. And tomorrow, I am going back, as there are a couple of inductions and the joy that is Freshers' week. Oh dear. See when I did this the first time around by virtue of being thrown together in college you can't but meet people, being a graduate however is different, LSE is different, and commuting from home is very different. So I don't know anyone. But I still want to do fun things in Freshers' week, only there is the problem of knowing no one and having nowhere to stay if I do go out.

I don't know what to do, I am sure that once lectures and seminars begin I will meet people, and I do know a lot of people in London, and anna_bonita and one person I know from Oxford are at LSE, but in the short term the situation is pretty dire. London is big and scary and I was so looking forward to this, and now I am just not sure what to do.

And now I am off to my Russian course, which is wonderful, there are 7 of us, the youngest after me is 50-something, the oldest 70-something, it certainly isn't what I expected when I signed up, but everyone is very keen and I am enjoying it



Note: All of you that are in London and not averse to the idea of meeting me, eh, please do! I know it has been a while, but I would so love to see any and all of you for a drink/coffee/walk whatever!

Comments

[davosaurus.livejournal.com]

I LOVE LONDON.

Srsly.

Let me come and visit.

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

I love it too. In theory! You can of course come, problem is you can't exactly visit as I've got no base there, apart from possibly the LSE library...

[davosaurus.livejournal.com]

So I'll come first thing in the morning and leave before bedtime. No need for a 'base'.

Where will you be living then? :O

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

At home! Am commuting! :( That is why have been renovating my bedroom to make it all pretty and nice to live in! But yes, come to London! Way more fun than MK!

[davosaurus.livejournal.com]

I almost commuted for a job, but... they kind of didn't want someone who lived far away. I got offered a job in birmingham and was gonna commute to that though.

It sucks that you're commuting on the expensive route though. My way into London is much cheaper. Can't really beat £3.30 for a single.

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

I think Birmingham would have been insanely far, it's only 45mins from MK to Euston, and £9.50 return is all right, but why is yours only 3.30? Is it by bus? That is insane!

[davosaurus.livejournal.com]

Birmingham is only 45 minutes from my nearest station, so it's really not much of a difference.

Mine's £3.30 because Chiltern Railways do e-tickets, so as long as you pre-book, it's like... £5, and you can get your 1/3 off with the young person's railcard.

Can't complain really!

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

Seriously?! Wow, my geography is a bit shit then. I don't understand, why can't I prebook also, surely you can get e-tickets everywhere?!

[davosaurus.livejournal.com]

I think it depends on the train company, actually. I know Virgin don't do them, but Chiltern Railways do. However, Chiltern Railways don't go anywhere near MK. :(

And yes, I'm half way between london and birmingham. :P