Rugby tournament and Winter Ball

On Wednesday night, I had rugby practice to get ready for the upcoming big beach tournament. On Wednesday, I was about to go to bed around midnight, when Tapan called me to teach me that it was Leo’s birthday and that they were going out to celebrate. I put my pants back on and rushed to Double-O. We were joined by about 10 other INSEADers around 2am, and the place closed down around 4am. Not yet partied out, we grabbed a cab to Clarke Quay to visit a new club I had never been to. I came back home pretty late and am ashamed to report that I skipped the morning Process Management Operation lesson. On Friday night, I had a steak dinner at Christian’s house, and came back home early to replenish my forces for the international beach rugby tournament at Sentosa Island. (we were the international component…)

The Rubgy tournament was a lot of fun. It was 3-on-2, 5 minute games of touch rugby. After losing our first match to another team of expats, we demolished a local team with a score of 4-0. We lost our third game, but I was proud nevertheless because I scored my first “try” (read touchdown for North Americans) in an official tournament. I loved my experience and I will keep playing the friendly games we put together at INSEAD.

Saturday night was the infamous Winter Ball, organized by INSEAD students at the Fullerton Hotel. It was a black-tie event (although most people including me were only wearing suits…) in a very fancy venue, with a 22-piece orchestra, a pretty good buffet and all-you-can-drink champagne etc. What started out as a highly distinguished group rapidly turned into a rowdy crowd of drunk children in suits. We got kicked out at 3am so we walked over to Attica, and I came back home around 7:30am. A pretty rough night…

On Sunday, I woke up around 1:00pm in top shape, and managed to study all afternoon. I jogged for a half-hour at the Heritage gym, and went to bed around midnight.

In other news, I was granted to exemption for the Macroeconomics class, so I get to take an extra elective in period 3. I have bid for the electives and will receive confirmation soon. I have also bid for the Wharton classes, and was highly successful. I may only have classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, so I will have more time for job search. I am almost finished composing my resume for the CV book. There were several computer problems with the INSEAD network, so the deadline was pushed back several times.