Mighty, mighty London!!

Oh yeah!!! We came, we saw and we conquered! We also rocked and partied (but more on that later). That's right, London Business School won MBAT! I'm not sure about which sports we won exactly, but here's a list of the ones I am aware of:


- Basketball (yeah baby!!)
- Volleyball
- Beach volleyball (pairs)
- Beach volleyball (4)
- Women rugby
- Badminton
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Swimming
- Squash
- Handball
- Tug of War
- Chess
- Cricket

In other others, WE KICKED ASS!!! :-)

I'm too tired to write a detailed description about this weekend, so here are some random thoughts on the whole event. A brief list of highs and lows:

High - LBS Band show on the opening night: the guys just rocked the place. Nasty punchy rock, serious stage divings, crowded mosh pit. Wild night. Everyone loved their show. You are getting better and better, guys!

Low - The bus drivers :-) Where the hell did HEC find these guys!! On the first competition day, the driver got lost between the HEC campus and the Basketball court which was within a... 10 minute walking distance. On Saturday night, most of us went to Paris to enjoy a good meal and go to an MBAT party. When I left the party, the bus was waiting for us but... it took 2 hours to get to HEC! Instead of the usual 30-40 minutes. The driver got lost in Paris.

High - HEC campus. I loved the place. Just beautiful and very relaxing. I'm not sure about staying there for one whole year, though. It could get a bit boring. But definitely a beautiful place!

Low - Food. FOOD! There was no food! Breakfast was only based on small croissants, coffee and orange juice... and which was not enough for everyone. You had to be there reaaaaaaaally early to get some. And the BBQ dinner party seemed like a refugee camp: hundreds of people battling for a piece of sausage or mid-cooked kebabs. Oh yes, and the food was not enough. Again.

High - The other schools. Great atmosphere! Highlights go to RSM for the nicest partiest people and to IESE for the loudest crowd. Well... Bocconi were actually the loudest, but they were using air horns and that's cheating ;-)

Low - I ran out of lows.

High - HEC organization. Apart from the lows mentioned above, these guys did a great job overall. It's definitely not easy to organize this kind of event with 13 schools, 2000+ participants and 26 sports. Congrats, guys! Thank you for the great weekend!

MAJOR HIGH - LBS Basketball team. I had to say this again. We are the champions! I love this game! Here's the trophy:


I will try to post more MBAT pics during the next few days.

Now is time to sleep...