Day 37: Fresher's Fair

Fresher’s Fair: n. Oxford’s massive Club fair.

Today was the day I decided to go to Fresher’s Fair. Deepak has already warned us about how massive and daunting the whole affair was but you always take things like those with a grain of salt. If you’re anything like me, I always like to see it before I believe it.

And I did.

Fresher’s fair was absolutely crazy. It took the whole Examination School to host all the clubs that are in Oxford. The event was in 2 floors, dispersed by type and classification of the club. People who are manning the tables were handing out flyers, organization merchandise, pens from their sponsors, etc while calling out to you and asking you to sign up for their club. There was also a huge tent in the end for the sponsors of the whole event. There they give out a lot of free things, from shopping bags to coffee to pens to pizza. They pretty much bombard you with information and offer you a lot of discounts because you’re a fresher.

Absolutely mad but it was a good time.

Afterwards, I ventured out in the city for a bit and then headed home before we headed out for £4 pizzas. That was basically it for the day.