21 days 'til the GMAT!

The majority of my study so far has been focussed on extending my vocabulary, and brushing up in the Maths department. Thanks to KS and KM for your assistance to date - much appreciated. Best new word I've come across so far:

• slugabed n. a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

U.S. college professor named 2001's Sexiest Geek

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Ellen Spertus, a womens' college professor with a doctorate from MIT, strapped her father's slide rule to her thigh and walked away with the title of ``Sexiest Geek Alive 2001.'' [via TH]

Four weeks 'til the GMAT !

Booked my GMAT exam in this morning - scheduled for July 16th. Four weeks to study - need to brush up on some long words, write a few essays, and pull out those old maths textbooks. Seriously, I'm really excited. I've been wanting to do this for a while, but work and travel keep getting in the way. A lot of the work that I was going to be doing in July has been moved back a month, so I should hopefully have the time and energy to put in a decent effort. Any study advice out there?

Zing.com is shutting down...

Zing.com, the site I used to host my USA 2000 photos, is shutting its doors in a couple of weeks - yet another dot com crash and burn. At least they've given me a bit of notice. They've even developed a simple app to download all the photos that I previously spent hours uploading. All my descriptions and comments will be lost though...

Almost ADSL

Four months after it was ordered, my home ADSL service was about to be installed last week. Alas, at the last minute, I was advised that there was a problem at the local exchange and that my installation would need to be rescheduled. Next morning, my phone line was dead.... Four days later - still waiting for a fix. Go Telstra!! I'm ashamed to be a shareholder.

3000 Miles to Graceland

While the rest of Australia utilised cheapo-Tuesday to see Baz Luhrmann's latest flick Moulin Rouge, I ventured into a near empty cinema to experience a cinematic masterpiece - Kevin Costner playing the bad guy in the bloodbath movie 3000 Miles to Graceland. With an absolute stellar cast including Kurt Russell, Courtney Cox-Arquette, and brief appearences by hubby David Arquette and good 'ol Christian Slater, this movie was definitely a little different to what mainstream Hollywood usually dishes out. Kevin Costner plays the alleged illegitimate son of Elvis Presly, and together with a band of fellow impersonators, pulls off an impressive heist of a Vegas casino netting themselves a cool million or three. What follows is a trail of love, betrayal and carnage around America. Amusing, entertaining, and with a body count that I haven't seen since the early days of Stalone and Arnie. This movie could quite possibly reach cult status.


Rating: 8 out of 10.

Q1 global SMS messages top 50 billion

I must admit - I'm a bit of an SMS junkie myself, probably averaging around 10 messages a day, but I was quite taken aback to discover that as a planet we are now sending around 200 billion SMS messages to each other every year. That's over 500 million messages a day, 22 million messages an hour, 380000 messages a minute, and over 6000 messages a second. I guess I shouldn't complain too much when a message doesn't arrive instantly. [via ZDNet]

Govindas

Went to Govindas restaurant and movie room in Darlinghurst for the very first time last night. Amazing - I lived in Sydney for seven years, all my friends raved about the place, and yet, I had to move interstate before I ended up there myself. Food was average - Vegetarian buffet, but the movie room is kind of cool. Lying down on couches and pillows, people hundle together and watch a movie. The feature last night was 'Himalaya' - great story, very scenic, go see it yourself.

Ok, so I've been off the air a bit recently - 3 months, 2 hours, 47 minutes, and 14 seconds to be exact .... but I'm back!! I'm blogging again baby!!

Melbourne Business School

Went to an information session at Melbourne Business School last night. Looks pretty good. The full-time program can be completed in 16 months, and there's the opportunity to exchange to a b-school in the US during the third term (equivalent of the first semester of 2nd year in the States). At only AUD$42,000, this could be a fantastic opportunity ... and it's in my own backyard!