WOODWARD NEWS
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Dear Woodwardians!
We proudly present the pinkest Newsletter of the year! This week it's all about Valentine's
Day: love, romance, kisses, roses, secret letters... (And the Valentine's Casino Party on
Friday!) We hope everyone's dreams come true on this wonderful day (yes, boys, this is a
warning!). But don't worry if your Prince Charming didn't show up this year: you only have
to wait 366 days for the next opportunity!
Humans of Woodward Hall
Oana, C9, Maths and CompSci
We've been together for nearly two years. We met in a camp,
we qualified for the final stage of a Mathematics contest.
But Cristian told everyone that we met at the seaside,
partying, because he doesn't like that we met at a Maths
camp. For his birthday, we were just one months together
and I organised a little party
and I bought him a cake, and
champagne, and my
parents didn't know. But
n o w, t h e y k n o w . . . W e
applied to the same
universities, I had an offer
from Oxford, but I put it
second so that I can be with
him at Imperial.
Cristian, D11, CompSci
I think we're planning to study on Valentine's Day because
she has an interview with Google on the 15th. We have a lot
of memories together, we visited a lot of places like Italy,
Austria, Hungary, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria.
In Romania we lived 600 km away from each other and one
time, I wanted to make her a surprise and I visited her
without her knowing.
Cupid Contest
So basically, Aaron Williams
(the cool hall senior on C2 in case
you’re wondering) was the only
person to send anything for this
section. Hence the chocolate
goes to him, congrats! Contact
Andreea to claim your prize.
Here’s Aaron’s love poem:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue
Nutella is sweet,
But not as sweet as you.
xxx
Cupid’s Inbox
The editors of the Woodward Newsletter and Cupid read
through all your messages. Unavoidably, we needed to do a
little bit of filtering before publishing here - we had a lot of fun
reading your declarations of love, but censorship had to be
implemented to some extent... if you’re unhappy because your
message is not here, contact the editors and we’ll try to deliver
privately and anonimously. ;)
John He
Your Mech Eng banter is second to none, do you want t o try out some fluid
mechanics? (From someone on your floor)
Alex Crew
1. Dearest Alex, my soon to be, Can't forget that great night we had. I really enjoyed
every moment just talking to you. You were so full of life and bad puns. Even still,
I found myself lost in your deep blue eyes. I hope we speak again.
PS: Love seeing you perform in Castle. Yours forever, ...
2. I wait for you on the platform every morning just so I can be near you on the train.
Alex Luisi
I think I like you ;) oh baby!
Louisa O’Hare
Happy Valentine's Day! You should head down to C12 some time.
Daniel Chipchase
Roses are red, violets are blue, your second name is fun, I want to be your hun.
<3 <3 <3 <3 Happy valentines day xoxo
Alex Larinov
Everyday we hear voices, some are really loud. But when you talk to me baby, your
sweet voice drowns out the crowd!
Jorge de Andres
I feel like you don't notice me, even though I see you all the time... I wish you'd
recognise me just once ;) (from the girl with blonde hair on B8 who does EEE)
Ashley Wai
1. Wai won't you love me back you Asian hunk of FABULOUS
2. Wai are you so amazing?
I don't know Wai i have to think about you every day...
But you are Wai too beautiful!
My arms are Wai d opened for you.
You are very nett, in my head it's just X Wai Z
Wai=M+Ax
Keshav Sharma I really enjoyed walking back from sports night
recently. Talk to me more often, we could maybe
do something together soon...
Valentine Message to the Hall Seniors
I love you so much guys. You're the best people ever!!
Ioanna
Bozonelou
I'd make you
mac n cheese any day ;)
Stella Ma
I do really enjoy talking to you and hope to
get more opportunities to do so :)
Stella Ma
I do really enjoy talking to you and hope to
get more opportunities to do so :)
My beautiful
princess
The most beautiful view is the one i share with you!
Molly Aldis
It's always been real, ever since THAT bop.
Lorenzo Silvestri
Sup Song
Andreea Anicai
Amy Thie
You make my heart flutter.
Hello, I want to estherbond with you, you understand.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments. Love is not love/
Which alters when it alteration finds,/ Or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,/ That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,/ Whose worth's unknown, although his
height be taken./ Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come; / Love alters not with his brief
hours and weeks,/ But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved. (Editor’s note: SHAKESPEARE POEM!)
1. You look stunning when you eat, absolutely baffled, Amycakes.
2. Sigh no more Amy sigh no more/ Men were deceivers ever
One foot on sea and one on shore / for one thing constant never/ so sigh not so
but let them go / and be your blythe and bonny /converting all your sounds of woe
into hey nonny, / nonny (Editor’s note: SHEAKEPEARE AGAIN!)
Eliana Grant
Your voice is so soothing! :)
René Riedel
Are you a Banana? Because I find you a-peeling!
Mirko Kovac
Are you made of Copper and Tellurium? Because you are CU-TE!
Baking made easy: Chocolate Muffins by Dóra
1. Muffins are dead easy to do, the only difficulty is that
they require "special equipment" like muffin papers or a
muffin tray. But once you invested in such luxury items,
you can start your own little Woodward Patisserie!
2. The first thing is to mix the flour, the sugar and the
eggs. Flour is the key ingredient: classic recipes usually
say something between 150-350 g. So, unless you invest
in a dry measuring cup (£3 in ASDA, best buy I've had in
years...), a good guess is a flatly filled mug. Unless it's selfraising, put a teaspoon of baking powder in it. Sugar? A
bit less than flour (if you have a gym membership you can
do 1:1 ratio, otherwise I'd recommend 2:1...). Mix it
together with the two eggs. It's ready when you can no
longer tolerate the pain in your biceps. Do a 2-minute
stretching before you proceed.
3. Now you need to mix in a spoonful of butter. This is the
last chance to modify the consistency: you can shift the
I said DON'T!!! Ahh, nevermind, I did it, too...
5. Put it in the oven on 170-180 C with ventilation. Wait
for 20 minutes (in the meantime, you can wash the
dishes, do a Maths problem sheet, read the rest of the
newsletter, stare out of the window, or... yes, you can go
Facebooking, too...). After 20 minutes, take it out (aaand
that's when I burnt my fingers) and carefully poke the top
of them. The desired state is when they are not too soft,
not too stiff, but something like the yellow side of a brand
new sponge scourer: springy!
6. For expert patissiers: there is a section in ASDA (near
the breads) where you can buy basically any kind of cake
decorating stuff. Little hearts, bigger hearts, icing in 15
different colours, edible pearls, miniature
marshmallows... Warning: the more you stand there
having grandiose creative ideas, the more you'll pay at
the checkout...
viscosity with adding a little (!) bit of flour (too much: too
dry product) or milk (too much: it will stick in the cup).
And here comes the Magic Trick of Muffins: you can
flavour it with anything you like! I used cocoa powder and
Oreo cookies because I have an excess amount of them,
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but other choices may include Nutella, banana, apple,
cherry, cinnamon, cottage cheese, almond. While you're
mixing them, you can calculate how many possible
combinations exist with n 4 ingredients and how much
flour do you need to bake all of them?
4. The most difficult part: evenly distributing the dollop
in the muffin cups... The method is the following: you
take a spoonful of the mixture, and push it into a cup with
your fingers, then repeat. And even though it would be so
easy to just lick your fingers after every spoon, don't do it!
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Dóra
Andreea
Cupid
Article editor
design editor
valentine edition supervisor