exactly 24 hours to my GMATs. and so far i've taken one full practice test but it's not graded because of some server cock-up, and got through half a maths section. i still need to take about 2.5 more practice test within my cd-rom as well as take the one online. i'm so screwed. i'd thought i would be abl to wing it given how little preparation ( Read more... )

3rd update today - i'm clearly bored ( Read more... )

our first years have been in the office for just over a month and i can already tell who the super stars are. i've had the (mis)fortune of having worked with 5 out of 6 of the first years. based on this experience, i now have a couple of tips.

investment banking for 1st year analystsfirst and most important, work SMART not work hard ( Read more... )

how accurate! :)

You Are Likely an Only Child
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okie, this is another Evil Associate story. please tell me if i have been evil in my handling of the situation ( Read more... )

MM Lee to Malays: Bring number of teen marriages down NEARLY one in five Malay brides is below the age of 21 today, but Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew believes that this number can be cut down ( Read more... )

so i've booked my GMATs for the 19th of September and originally I had no intention of taking leave for it, but was going to call in sick that morning instead. but now, i've got a deal closing dinner in Glasgow scheduled for the same day. add to that the fact that the Stanford GSB information event in London is on the same evening. what do i do

french bakers are the best. i'm eating my week-old Normandy tart from Paul and it still tastes amazing! the pastry is still perfectly crispy and the apple filling is sweet yet tart. yummy!! much better than the horrible croisant i bought from the portobello market yesterday. hmmm...ralfina offered to introduce me to a cute french-chinese baker ( Read more... )

This morning, we put out an announcement for our client, a £200m company, to make a possible offer for a £800m which had already received an offer from a £3.8bn company. it was bold, maybe even audacious. and what do you know, we didn't make it. but it's still gratifying to work for such a good management team and be appreciated by them too. ( Read more... )

yesterday, i sat around the office for a good hour or so waiting for my client to call me back so that i could fax stuff to him. in the end, i got fed up and left. he called me back around 9.30pm when i was sitting pretty in a chichi bar sipping my very very yummy fig and honey cocktail. luckily, he didn't need me to fax him anything ( Read more... )