Spring Break
Go to Hell, Experiment with Heaven
Stephan Morais (OF)
Issue date: 10/22/01 Section: Features
We all know the market is bad. There are no jobs out there, and that is a fact, at least for now. Many of us, especially in the EC, entered HBS under the influence of the dotcom era, where each one of us though we had total control over our destinies. After all, this is HBS, and we all worked very hard to get in here. We deserve to control our destiny. Reality is very different today, but we are not. We are the same people, just as good or just as bad as before. That’s why there is no point in worrying, and why, more than ever, we have to take full advantage of the opportunity to be out of the job market for two years and truly enjoy life! After all, half of us will be finished with school in May, so time is ticking.
Last weekend I went to the volcanic island nation of Iceland. This weekend I went to Heaven and Hell.
The Priscilla Ball is the perfect opportunity to stop taking yourself so seriously and have some serious fun. For those of us lucky enough to get hold of a ticket, Priscilla did not disappoint. This year the HBS crowd was forbidden to mingle with the hotel guests, the venue was smaller, the crowd was huge, and the party a success. First and second years partied as hard as it gets, and once again boys and girls outdid themselves with some truly outrageous outfits. It was great to see all the potential rulers of the universe doing very earthly things and letting their instincts take control. Cisco del Valle (OF) stole the show with his nurse outfit, but fat girl Ricardo Suarez (OD) and Miss America Bikini Joan Cheng (OC) raised lots of fake eyelashes too. So did many first years. You should be sorry if you missed Priscilla. There is only one thing I cannot understand. How can women wear high heels? Priscilla was hellish; wicked!
OK, so Priscilla finished and after the after parties it was time to go to Heaven. At 7 am I was supposed to meet my friend Mayya Dabbagh (OB) and skydivingmadman Patrick Jamin (OD). The 3 of us plus another 20 HBS-ers were going to jump of an airplane. Between heaven and us there was only one obstacle, and it was not the alcohol we consumed in hell a few hours before. It was the annoying fog that surrounded the whole region around the jump site, effectively delayingthe adrenaline rush we were looking for that morning. Heaven was postponed.
Last weekend I went to the volcanic island nation of Iceland. This weekend I went to Heaven and Hell.
The Priscilla Ball is the perfect opportunity to stop taking yourself so seriously and have some serious fun. For those of us lucky enough to get hold of a ticket, Priscilla did not disappoint. This year the HBS crowd was forbidden to mingle with the hotel guests, the venue was smaller, the crowd was huge, and the party a success. First and second years partied as hard as it gets, and once again boys and girls outdid themselves with some truly outrageous outfits. It was great to see all the potential rulers of the universe doing very earthly things and letting their instincts take control. Cisco del Valle (OF) stole the show with his nurse outfit, but fat girl Ricardo Suarez (OD) and Miss America Bikini Joan Cheng (OC) raised lots of fake eyelashes too. So did many first years. You should be sorry if you missed Priscilla. There is only one thing I cannot understand. How can women wear high heels? Priscilla was hellish; wicked!
OK, so Priscilla finished and after the after parties it was time to go to Heaven. At 7 am I was supposed to meet my friend Mayya Dabbagh (OB) and skydivingmadman Patrick Jamin (OD). The 3 of us plus another 20 HBS-ers were going to jump of an airplane. Between heaven and us there was only one obstacle, and it was not the alcohol we consumed in hell a few hours before. It was the annoying fog that surrounded the whole region around the jump site, effectively delayingthe adrenaline rush we were looking for that morning. Heaven was postponed.
