Wife: Well, I've slaved over a hot stove all day and here's your dinner.

Instead of wasting time searching the computer for special (and cheaper) airfares, I hired an in-house travel agent to handle the myriad of trips I previously slaved over for hours.

They slaved over their studies and were eventually admitted to prestigious schools – only one turned out to be far more prestigious than the other, according to new rankings of Asia's top schools.