MB-Eish Part 3: This is the blogging equivalent of drunk-dialling

**"Eish" is a South African slang term expressing surprise, dismay, anger or frustration.**

As I mentioned last year, I have joined the droves of engineers who have sold out to the dark side: Banking. To make myself more comfortable in my new, murky surrounds I have decided to do an MBA part-time. This is the third in a series of posts about my MBA experience.

I am less than 36 hours away from my MBA first exam (if you don’t count major assignments). I am a PROcrastinator. This is a little known fact because I am also an over-achiever. This is a tragic combination. Anyway, in true PROcrastinator style, I have recently become very dedicated to my day job again choosing to spend my evenings reading email and being a diligent employee instead of studying. Tonight I decided that it was very important to cook dinner for my boyfriend even though I haven’t switched on a stove in six months. I have vowed to spend the night studying and yet here I am writing a post. I suspect I am underestimating the work involved because the course is Human Resources. I am probably in denial of just how much sewerage I am in.

I am really high on Red Bull right now and thought it might be interesting to blog about my all-nighter. (To be a blogger you have to believe that the mundane details of your life are actually interesting to others, even though subconsciously you know they are not). It might be a short post if I decide to just avoid this ugliness and find a way to sleep through the Red Bull effect. I won’t hold it against you if you decide not to read this whole post.

23:34 Just downloaded all the lecture notes and decided that I deserve a study break. Watching The Late Show with David Letterman. Need to get through five sessions’ worth of material before tomorrow if I am to have a hope in hell. Crap. I am going to bed at 5am.

23:58 Got a bit distracted by some Latino lady on Letterman dressing pet rats up in tuxedos! Read the exam requirements and am now freaked out. I should’ve started prepping for this thing ages ago like I planned to. Time for another break.

00:05 How much studying can I cram in before the 00:50 Oprah re-run of a re-run of a re-run?

00:54 Have read one set of lecture notes. The notes do not say much. I am so screwed. Re-run of Oprah Finale Part 1. Haven’t seen it before but am so over these sobs stories. *switches to Ellen* Time for Lecture 2.

01:10 Freecell. I am an addict.

01:29 Chowed Lecture 2’s notes. I have not read any case studies yet. *sigh* I did win my Freecell game though. One cannot have genius in all areas. Break!

01:37 Does your company have a high performance culture? One of the symptoms is that you have no personal life. Favourite Devil Wears Prada lines:

Andrea: My personal life is falling apart.

Nigel: That's what happens when you start doing well at work. Let me know when your entire life goes up in smoke: then it's time for a promotion.

Do you think I can quote that in my exam as a side effect of high performance culture? How would one reference that?

02:00 Why did I let my beau take the last two Red Bulls to work with him? Time for ice-cream perhaps? I am fading but third session’s notes done and dusted. Perhaps I should go to sleep. How hard can it be to waffle through an HR exam? *Inner Slacker vs Inner Over-Achiever arm-wrestle* Break!

02:30 Inner Over-Achiever won. She started chirping about "fear of failure" and Inner Slacker just buckled. Session 4 notes klaar. Unfortunately I have purely scratched the surface so far. Going to have to spend some quality time with some literature. Can’t I write Stats on Saturday instead? Oh flip, not “Saturday”... “tomorrow”! *fighting off the panic*

02:34 Wow, some of these Idols contestants are so deluded! ROFL...

03:12 Have just sped through half the course notes and still have a pile of articles. I guess I won’t be having a rocking Friday night. Tomorrow will definitely be all about the coffee. *sigh*