Time moves fast.
Sometimes too fast to update ones blog – especially if they are in the woods of France for an entire weekend. A) I couldn’t find an Internet connection B) French keyboards are, well, a challenge to us English speakers
Thanks Angie for the kind words on my last post. I spoke with the professor and now understand what happened. All is well. I have a rematch with the class in about two weeks anyway.
Last weekend (2 days ago) was the MBAT tournament at HEC. Various schools from around Europe and the UK gather together to compete in sports and drinking games. This year’s additional challenge was the hunt for food competition.
More on MBAT over at European MBA Diary
The rest of the post should be read with the opening from AD/DC’s Thunderstruck:
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(Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah, Lon-don!)
(Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah, Lon-don!)
(Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah, Lon-don!)
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(Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah!) Lon-don!
(Lon-don!)
Lon-don!
(Lon-don!)
I was caught,
In the middle of a railroad track! (Lon-don!)
I looked ’round,
And I knew there was no turnin’ back! (Lon-don!)
My mind raced,
And I thought, “What could I do?” (Lon-don!)
And I knew,
There was no help, no help from you! (Lon-don!)
Sound of the drums…
Beatin’ in my heart!
The thunder of guns, yeah…
Tore me apart!
You’ve been… thunderstruck!
(why the dash – in the song, we needed both syllables, Lon …. don …)
It was a great time. Our big rivals in the tournament is IESE. Hell, I’d never heard of this school until arriving at LBS but by the end of the weekend they were to the bad guys; we the good guys (but of course!). IESE brings about the same participants; has some good chants and are worthy opponents.
They held the cup until this year. We now have the MBAT cup; and Torro (they’re little stuffed Bull) who will be branded before being returned next year. :)
Our basketball team won the tournament. We never trailed. By the final, we were feared bringing a rugby-esk approach to man-defense not seen since the late 80s Detroit Pistons. Only one player thrown out; and I only got one technical for jawing about officiating.
The London Business School organisers did a great job – the Big Red Bus was there (Double Decker driven from London) and was filled with beer, booze and other trophies. A couple sundowners and victories later, we boarded the Eurostar and returned to campus. Most of us have lost our voice but did have a great weekend.
Bring on 2007 and defending the cup!
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(Rah-rah-rah-rah-rah, Lon-don!)
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