Day 65: P2D2

So P2 classes have officially started and some members of my class have yet to return to SGP. I guess if you're going to skip a class, the "best one" to skip would be the first one given that it's the one that will likely have the least content.

What this also means is that the possibility of chalking up a "fine" begins again after a one week break for exams. Fines are the financial penalties that one has to pay into the Section Champagne Fund should one commit any of the following "misdemeanours" in increasing order of financial penalty:

• Being late for class ($5)
• You're late if you walk in after the professor starts speaking 
• Taking a taxi from Dover/Heritage to INSEAD ($5)
• Someone needs to catch you in the act
• Exemption when it's raining (or if you're in a suit?)
• Word vomit ($5)
• Saying something that the class feels is out of point / irrelevant / disrespectful / overly corny OR
• Demonstrating that you have not been paying attention (e.g. asking an identical question to one that was asked before)
• Generally voted on by the class on the spot
• To be fair, it can be somewhat subjective but it is done in good nature and with good faith
• It is by fair the least common fine
• Sleeping in class ($10)
• Photographic evidence needs to be provided
• Forgetting to switch your phone to silent ($20)
• The ringtone needs to be heard for the infringement to occur. Vibrations do not count

You would think that we should be able to stay within these pretty reasonable boundaries with perhaps just a handful of exceptions here and there. You would be wrong...

In the last Period alone, over a period of ~7 weeks, we collected a whopping ~$2150 for the Champagne Fund! According to our social reps, this exceeds the previous record for a period by over 15%!

I doubt this record will be broken this period as about 1/5 of it came from various wagers/bets that we had in class vs. our professors. Let's just say that the subject matter in 1 of the core courses lent itself particularly well to setting up bets and our professor was also keenly aware of that. ;)

Looking forward to a pretty darn amazing champagne party tomorrow to technically officially celebrate the end of P1. =)

Cheers! Salud! Prost! A Votre Sante! Mabuhay! Kam Pai! Skål! zdrowie! L’Chaim! Yum Seng! Saúde! Oogy wawa!