It's been 7 months since I retired from active work. This is my last update on my mini-retirement because it will be all over next Monday. Next week, I will be going over to SMU to get my matriculation card, and for the next three years I will be busy getting Law qualification. Here is my update : a) Financial Performance was relatively good. Even if you account for the Argentinian default and 7th month, my portfolio did fairly ok, I paid off one semester of fees of $17k+ and the capital gains made up for it within the same month. I hope to be able to execute this a few more times until the end of the year, as my next payment will be due in December 2014. One of my objectives is to scrimp and save enough for the next two years so as not to graduate poorer ......