NY Knicks vs Miami Heat

The NBA season started last Wednesday, with the NY Knicks playing against the Miami Heat.
As the game was here in NY, at the Madison Square Garden, me and some friends decided to go.

During the 3rd part, the Knicks were winning with a 20 point advantage, but a the end, they only won by 5 points, so the game got quite exciting at the end.

Phil Collins was there watching the game (the cameras spotted him).

Here are some pictures from my cellphone.

Trip to the nature ... ended up in the wrong place

Gal (from Israel) had talked about two weeks ago about going out of NY for the weekend after the exams (the exams ended last Tuesday). The plan was to go hiking in the mountains and watch the autumn colors.
Well, yesterday at departure time we checked the weather forecast, and realized that it was going to rain all weekend, and hiking during rain is not a very comfortable sensation.
We put a shirt and some shoes in our bags, and decided to go to Atlantic City.

Atlantic City is a "Las Vegas wannabe" on the East Coast (about two hours away from NY). A city by the sea that only has an avenue full of casinos. Nothing else!
It was a fun night out.

Michael got the hooters haloween costume! Not the girls though...


They said at The Hooters restaurant they would give us free drinks if we could hula-hup for 30 seconds...of course we didn't manage even 5 seconds.
Gal didn't learn enough about moving hips in the Israeli army.

But the most memorable moment was when a Portuguese, an Israeli and an American decided to make a race on the beach. In shoes and jeans...



Anyway, we have a hiking trip planned by the Columbia's Business School Outdoor Club for next Sunday. Let's hope we don't end up in Atlantic City again...

Cool People

The MBA class of 2010 has some people who have done things in life that I think are just impressive

1 - Darren Bounds (he's in my cluster)
Darren is a former Navy Seal. The Seal's are the special elite force of the American Navy. Those are the guys that jump from helicopters to the sea, and dive under boats to put bombs.

2 - Avantha Seringhe (he's in my cluster too)
Avantha is from Sri Lanka, and was playing soccer at the beach when the tsunami beat southeast Asia in December 2004. Avantha and his friends survived the tsunami by climbing up to coconut trees and hanging there until the water levels went down.

3 - Keeth Smart
Keet won a silver medal in fencing ("esgrima") this year at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Cluster Cup

Our whole MBA class of 2010 is divided into several clusters. I am in Cluster E, which has 68 students.
Among all the clusters there is a competition in several sports and activities, the Cluster Cup.
The volleyball games have been the first activity, and my cluster has won all four games it has played.

Central Park by Sunset & Night