Almost end of term!

OK, so again it's been months since my last post. Who has time to blog, when you have to work, study and play?! There's only so many hours in the day.

So, what have the last few months entailed?

• One subject I've been doing is Managing New Ventures. Been coming up with a business concept for a consulting firm interesting in operating weight management businesses in Melbourne. Lotsa hard work, but actually quite enjoyable.
• Another subject: Masterclass in Marketing. Many leading industry figures coming to present to us, CEOs and MDs of national and multinational firms. Great to see a wide range of opinions and experiences being presented (and not having a final exam is just brilliant!

On a personal side, the graphic design business is going well. Me and a designer friend are hoping to launch a new site in the next few months in the interior design and manufacture business, very closely aligned to what's going on with 88SPEED.com and JDMSTYLEDECALS.com - bling for your home!

As for looking for work... well, I'm not. I've pretty much decided that working for someone else just isn't for me. I've never really been in a corporate job, with the exception of being a very low-level drone for a UK healthcare corporate - an experience I'm not looking to repeat! Unfortunately, the MBA program (and in particular the careers dept) is purely focused on corporate life, which to be perfectly honest is understandable. Probably 95% of the students (at least from my personal experience) are from a corporate background and looking to climb the ladder, with the other 5% split between wanting a corporate job or looking to get out of one.

On an unrelated note, me & Tina have booked a holiday long ahead of time - usually we book at the last minute, but going to Thailand on December 28th is probably something to organise early. And looking now, a week after booking, the flights we've booked are sold out, so that turned out to be a good decision! The plan is to fly into Bangkok, then travel through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia before coming home.