SpringFling weekend

This is the official logo of some "quality time". Last week we discussed the meaning of "quality time" in a class. One of the definitions reads that is the time that you don't forget for various reasons. One of them could be because you can associate it with a special moment that makes you think about the meaning of life and your purpose in this world. Well, for today, we take the definition that reads that "quality time" is (appart from all that), the time you really enjoy. Before the activity, while you are waiting for it, during the event itself, and after it, when you remember it with your friends. So in conclusion, this weekend we have had some quality time!

The Spring Fling is an event that some students from IESE organize to have two parties and one Saturday full of sports competition under an amazing weather in Marchwith, inviting other business schools from around Europe. This year we have had as guests the London Business School (aka LBS aka “los que van a palmar en las olimpiadas de Mayo”), ESADE, IE, INSEAD and Bocconi. Thanks to all of you for participating!!!

The event kicked off on Friday, with a party that I organized myself and that it was one of the best parties I have had since I am at IESE. Not so much because of the organizer, but because of the place and environment with everybody starting the weekend in a very good way.

I think this was quite late at night, with George, Marco and Huy. One very important recomendation if you are thinking of being part of some Spring Fling commitee at some point in your life: Sleep more than 2 hours if the next day you have to be at 8:30 in the morning ready to walk, run, shout and laugh non-stop for 12 hours.

Saturday: Weather was.....according to the event. INEFC facilities at Montjiuich



Jon Ander. A human machine that has worked much more than the rest of the organizers to make the event possible. Gracias Jon! Lo celebramos la semana que viene!!

As you can see, organizers also play sports. IESE kicked ass in most of the sports, including Basket! Here the winners of the basketball championship. We beat IESE favorite team (with some help of physical injuries and an awesome referee aka Juha) and then ESADE in the final. Thanks Kamil, Freddy, Ben, Diego, Thanos, Pablo Royo (not in the pic), and our girls Anna and Cristina. I think we deserved it!!! Olé!!

Then we finished the weekend altogether the 400 of us in a party (of course) after the Barça-Madrid game. And esto es todo amigos! Hope to see you all in the next Spring Fling, and the best for next year organizers!

Sunday I could not considered myself a human being so I decided to just sleep and watch a couple of movies. For 10th time in my life or so, I chosed "Gladiator" to finish the weekend. I think is definetely the movie that I have seen most times, and I still really like it (my mother does the same with Pretty Woman). Anyway, this post is finished.

And now....... We need you for the Olympics!! Sign up you lazy guy!!

Multicultural megaparty

There is one common thing to all cutures in the world, or at least to all cultures that you can find among the sample of population called MBAs, and more concretely, among the MBAs in Barcelona some random friday of February 2007. The IESE multicultural dinner is definetely and without a doubt, an awesome party, and a very good way of expanding your knowledge about food and drinks from other parts of the world, especially drinks. Ah, the common thing is...well, you can guess what it is. Some multicultural conclusions:
Beer is still without a doubt the common drink to most of the cultures in this planet.
Japanese and Indian food are the most internationally accepted foods.
Spanish stand rocks year after year, although the temperature was tooo high there. We were very well accompained by our friends the Portuguese.
Latin American and Nordic countries drinks are dangerous, very dangerous....
I ate too much junk food from the American stand when there was no more sushi left. Service is always very good in the US stand.

Mariachis are the best way to encourage people to sing.

Brits. The paint-drinking contest. When I left the winner was about 4 seconds. Sir Harry, the ambassador and referee of the contest.

Italians decided it was time to celebrate again their deserved world cup. I understand looking at this picture can damage your eyes up to same amount as watching catenaccio. Ok ok, at least they have some world cups. Us spanish....zero patatero. Oh, btw, I have to say that this year Polish pasta was better than Italian pasta.

Me and a crazy american guy that wanted to exchange his baseball clothing for my toro t-shirt at any price. Of course I said no way. He understood.

Argentina-Italia with un servidor

I really liked the german stand. Friendly people, cosy, and always with a good beer and some jagermeister ready. Here Tom (with an awful t-shirt) infiltrated in the bratswurt crowd.

Here 3 beautiful German girls (2 blondes, one very suspicious, and one non-blonde)

The truth is that the most beautiful girls were, without a doubt, the Dutch girls

Reds. Mark and Atsh. Here Mark wearing same awful red t-shirt as his flatmate Tom in the pic above.

Typical spanish. Sandra, Nuria and Alvaro el bombero torero.

The party goes on

Dutch animal Robain with Japanese friends

Rafael el luchador mexicano. And then the mariachis came, and then.....ay ay ay ay canta y no llores, por que cantando se alegra el cielito lindo, y los corazoooooooneeeeees!!!!!!!!