National Weeks are back in full swing again and first up in 2011 is the Heart of Europe Week (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Popular belief has it that they were the only National Week who could get the week organised this early in the year and so soon after the Christmas holidays. Guess German/Austrian/Swiss efficiency has its merits afterall. ;)
From our experience in P1, we know that the first National Week with the P1's around is always a hot seller but I don't think anyone anticipated the frenzy that accompanied the tickets sales today. I heard that tickets for the dinner tonight sold out before lunch time and that everything was completely sold out (t-shirts and party tickets) before 5pm today. Amazing response!
The buffet dinner at Paulaner certainly did not disappoint with the only complaint from most people being that they ate too much because the food was too good! No other better way to wash it all down of course than with a liter of German beer. If today is anything to go by, the rest of the week should be fantastic. =)
The only thing some of us have to watch out for is not to burn out from exhaustion. I know it's only the start of the week but some of my classmates definitely came back from the weekend looking more exhausted than when they left for the weekend! The number and intensity of the assignments and readings are certainly not letting up. Maybe we could all use a little German/Austrian/Swiss efficiency boost to get through all the work this week.
Thankfully I had a really relaxing weekend in Pangkil with some of my classmates. Definitely one of those things you don't really get the chance to do unless you're at INSEAD and surrounded by a large group of people who are up for a similar getaway. The phrase of the weekend most certainly has to be "Are you a man or a bag of potatoes?"
The perfect prescription for a crazy week is definitely PANGKIL-ers. ;)
P.S. In response to my previous acronym post, a friend of mine came up with a really good one:
INSEAD = I Never Stop Eating And Drinking
From our experience in P1, we know that the first National Week with the P1's around is always a hot seller but I don't think anyone anticipated the frenzy that accompanied the tickets sales today. I heard that tickets for the dinner tonight sold out before lunch time and that everything was completely sold out (t-shirts and party tickets) before 5pm today. Amazing response!
The buffet dinner at Paulaner certainly did not disappoint with the only complaint from most people being that they ate too much because the food was too good! No other better way to wash it all down of course than with a liter of German beer. If today is anything to go by, the rest of the week should be fantastic. =)
The only thing some of us have to watch out for is not to burn out from exhaustion. I know it's only the start of the week but some of my classmates definitely came back from the weekend looking more exhausted than when they left for the weekend! The number and intensity of the assignments and readings are certainly not letting up. Maybe we could all use a little German/Austrian/Swiss efficiency boost to get through all the work this week.
Thankfully I had a really relaxing weekend in Pangkil with some of my classmates. Definitely one of those things you don't really get the chance to do unless you're at INSEAD and surrounded by a large group of people who are up for a similar getaway. The phrase of the weekend most certainly has to be "Are you a man or a bag of potatoes?"
The perfect prescription for a crazy week is definitely PANGKIL-ers. ;)
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| Another beautfiul sunset brought to you by God, sponsored by Pangkil |
P.S. In response to my previous acronym post, a friend of mine came up with a really good one:
INSEAD = I Never Stop Eating And Drinking
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