Day two: Midsummer Feast
Apologies for the late post, we were all a bit too tired last night to write it!
We got up refreshed from a non-jet-lag-induced sleep: bright and early at 7:30am (except for Daren who had to be harassed), then headed down for some do-it-yourself breakfast. Courtesy of Trent, Alex and Dustin we had a smorgasbord of porridge, chips, chocolate biscuits, cereals, beautiful British strawberries and raspberries, peaches and bananas. Then we got stuck straight into some theory work (Inorganic Chemistry), working through some of the preparatory problems and some alternative, similar ones.
Finishing at 1:00pm, we headed into town for some lunch at the ‘Baron of Beef’, a pub specialising in hardcore burgers. This was indeed the place where the epic battle between Alex and his ULTIMATE burger took place: Alex won by a small margin but was demolished by Trent. The rest of us were pansies and ate smaller food items. On the way back, as we were frolicking through the meadows of the fellows garden, throwing the frisbee as we went, Daren aimed it nicely into the moat (more like a bog, with nettle plants all over it) around the college, much to Dustin’s dismay. Quote: ‘I’ll give you a choice Daren. It’s either 20 pounds or a new frisbee. It’s worth its weight in gold.’ Dustin is quite attached to his frisbee.
Then we headed back for a short work session starting off some organic chemistry problems. Mid-afternoon Will and Trent met friends/relatives in town while the others had a date by the river Cam savouring cherries and strawberries. Alex had a date with his pillow to recover from the STING of the battle with the ULTIMATE burger. Dustin however, on the way back, felt he had the strength to rescue the frisbee from the bog, sinking in the mud and trampling over the nettles (we did get it back, though). Upon trying to use the frisbee however, we found our usual lawns occupied so we moved to another area and were kicked off by ‘grass-security’ (you wouldn’t believe how many Porters there are at this place, all in Cambridge ties). Quote: ‘If the fellows catch you playing frisbee here, you’ll be out! [Muahahahaha!]‘
We headed out for some dinner at Teri-Yaki, where Will epic-failed at two-handed chopsticks. Walking back through Trinity College, we noticed lots of pompous old-people in academic dresses/academic gowns milling around in the main quad. Indeed, they were there for the ‘Fellows Midsummer Feast’. We were stopped by security, who seemed to be quite irritated that none of us were in a four-piece suit and bow-tie. We got through, however, and have decided that we shall dress up in academic gowns one day and ask them if they’d like to go punting [with an affected Cambridge accent].
After watching ‘Attack of the Nucelophile’ from Alex’s IChO year, we hammered Organic Chemistry for 2 hours before Yufeng and Dustin fell asleep at the table and we all went to bed. And that’s the end……of that chapter.
Team Oz ‘08.
Dustin rescuing the frisbee
Trinity College
