The 12-hour MBA day, 100%

Well, I am not into the performance art so this discussion about the National Theater wasn’t really motivating – I refrained from asking what they could do to make this big concrete building on the south bank look better (not for theatre goers but for people taking a walk…it’s so ugly and unfinished).

Then I had a few minutes to call Raquel on Skype to wish her sweet dreams – I was actually walking with my laptop from the basement to the first floor and was amazed by how good the quality of the wireless link is - my Vaio is like a huge mobile phone with a very large screen :).

The final 8% of the day was one hour dedicated to our project “TV on the go in the UK” – that’s the subject we are taking for our MEE class. That’s really interesting and I’m looking forward to see what we’ll come up with.

Then, a quick chat in the quad and off to my room.

That’s my version of the MBA student schedule, a bit remote from the one the school advertises in its brochure (they have one week in the life of a one-year study group).

Now, I’m finally off to grab some food – I leave you right now because if I reach the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone High Street after 11, I’ll have only one option... McDonald’s.

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