Friday, December 30, 2005

THIRST


After a gruelling three days at "the place which should not be named" we all needed a drink.

Moustache competition
The guys decided to have a little moustache competition. There were some impressive 'tashes on display, and after only a week! Here are some of the finer examples.

However, as a representative of the female population, I do feel the need to attempt to disuade this kind of behaviour so boys: *big frown*.

The Turf
In true Oxford tradition, our first stop was the Turf Tavern. Some of the guys soon went off for a Pub Crawl.


The rest of us stayed on for a bit before getting some food before the main event of the evening.



THIRST
Many thanks to Serge for doing much of the planning and organisation of the evening. Also thanks go to the Sports and Social committee for paying for the venue and providing three free drinks to every MBA student who turned up.

I'll leave you with some pictures of the night...





Blue steel baby!







Ou est le Frenchman?





The gang.

Red, Yellow um... Blue and Green

No, I'm not talking about stoplights, of course, I'm refering to the end of term event organised by the Sports and Social committe.

The reason
Over the last 8 weeks, we have all been doing classes with a third of the class population in three sections: A, B and C. We've got to know each other pretty well and as the sections will change in Hilary, this is our chance to have one last group moment.

The deal
Each section got a colour, Section A was RED, Section B was YELLOW and Section C was GREEN. The idea was for everyone in each section to wear something representing their section on the last Friday. Then during a FREE Happy Hour, we would have some competitions to determine once and for all, which section was the best.

The revolt
Apparantly one section was not too happy with their choice of colour and staged a coup. The colour was changed from Yellow to Blue. What are they like!

It was a good night out for all. Thanks to everyone (Leslie) who put their pictures of the even on the shared drive. I'll add them to this page once early next week.

Rugby Blues

How can something so right go so wrong? I'm talking about the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity Rugby match which has been going for over a hundred years. As a member of the University, it's a must to go to the match at least once and quite a few of us took a day out of our "reading" week to attend.

On the way there, the "study bus" was buzzing and spirits were high...


Twickers itself was impressive... and the game started very well.

In the first half of the match (see/listen to BBC commentary), our boys were doing very well and at one stage were three points ahead of the light blues.

Then the worst happened. I went for some chips in the break and when I got back the second half had started and Cambridge had won a try. What a disaster! Then within minutes, they scored again. Our boys were beat. They made a good effort but Cambridge was well away and managed to win by a shocking 31-16.

Personally, I blame the coach who didn't let our very own Sean Fauth on to the field until nearly the last minute. And even in that minute, I could see that our team was playing much better.

Congrats to Sean for earning his blues.