Live from the White Horse

This is your diary writer reporting live from the White Horse Pub. I don’t know whether it is a first in diary history, but it is a least a first for me. We are good part of the class gathered here today to celebrate the birthday of Liesbeth Bakker [Dutch]. This morning our study group surprised Liesbeth with cake and champagne in our study room, so it is a natural extension to end the day with another bottle of champagne here.

It has been snowing all day today, but as Benoit mentioned sunday the snow never stays for very long. It did stay long enough, though, for it to fuel a major snowball fight in the afternoon break. In the usual innovative style a few people immediately invented more advanced weapons such as umbrellas that could be used as shields. It did make much of a difference, though, and quite a number of people continued the class with wet clothes. Nevertheless, it was great for the energy level in the class. And it was great fun to watch.

The music is hammering through the loud speakers, the beers are flowing and everybody is talking and enjoying them selves here at the White Horse. It is so great to see that we still have the ability to kick back for a few hours in the middle of Economics projects, cash flow statements, start-up projects, CV writing, grades on Leadership papers and the growing anxiety over the upcoming integrative exercise. In the end, what really matters is what is happening here.



Here is one of the two teams during todays snowball fight. Left-to-right it is Nicolas Denef [Belgian], Ajay Lakhwani [Indian], Adrian Smaranda [Romanian], Shibu James [Indian] and Paul de Hek [Dutch].