Been a while since my last post - unfortunately (or fortunately) I don't always have free time to sit in front of a computer and write; though hopefully will change this (more later).

The big news is, I've finished my MBA course! Graduated on Saturday May 21st, with a few hundred others in our floppy gowns and square hats. What really kept me preoccupied was the though that I'd paid $75 to rent this getup for about 4 hours. Let's say there were 400 people in my situation... that's $30,000 in 4 hours! Even if there was only 200 people, that's still $15,000, a handy amount. Of course, the university has a monopoly on gown provision, so I should just be glad it was $75 and not $100 or more.

So, am I relieved to have finished studying? Yes... and no... because last night, I was back at MBS in a Channels of Distribution lecture. I decided to take up the offer of the Clemenger scholarship to continue into a MMktg degree, which I should hopefully finish by May 2008.

And after that, I swear I'm not doing any more postgrad study!

Other things...
- Bought a new laptop, a sweet looking HP DV9000T. Huge 17" screen, and lighter than my old 14" Acer!
- We went to Cairns & Port Douglas for a week after my last exam; unfortunately no good weather meant we didn't hit the beach much.

I also registered 812Consulting.com, which I plan to set up into a basic front for my consulting company. What I'd like to do is blog a bit about current issues in the Australian media, but with the perspective from an MBA background to analyse what's going on - and in particular, how Australian businesses can learn from other's mistakes (or rarely, from other's successes!)

Stay tuned on that, I'd need to find a few hours to get it all set up and it doesn't look like happening in the next few weeks. Been pretty busy cranking out JDM style vinyl decals from 88SPEED.com, and eBay sales are going well. I'm also wanting to set up an eBay store for my designs, just trying to calculate how best to set things up.

Tim