It's amazing what you can do

without a little effort.... Since today is a bank holiday in Holland, I've got the day off, and I've done seriously little. And I mean very seriously little. And just for the day, it's great!

Tomorrow (yet another day off) I'll start on the HSBC loan application, and start reading/working through Accounts Demystified. How to understand financial accounting and analysis (Anthony Rice). There seems to be a minor debate on whether or not to prepare before starting b-school, most people say 'don't do it, you've got plenty of opportunity to learn once you get there' and then there's the lesser well-established view that I'm taking 'might as well try and learn some of the basics ahead of time so that once I get to school I'll have more time to enjoy all it has to offer'.

Congratulations go out to the Tate Modern, which celebrates its fifth birthday this year; a feat discussed in this article from the Guardian.
For anyone looking for a cheap airline ticket within Europe, have a look at Wegolo, a search engine that lets you search for cheap airline tickets from/to a host of European towns.