Yeehaaa!!!!!!!
26 Ogos Merdeka exam!
31 Merdeka negara! Yeehaaa!!!!!!
Huh, never thought that would end. Exam ok la tadi, boleh jawab soalan dia. But definitely not enough time to do everything, resulting on strategic attacks to critical questions to limit the damage. We'll see how we go, hopefully ok. Would hate to have to do supp / repeat the whole sem, that definitely throws all sorts of spanners into the works.
Did I learn plenty? You bet. There's definitely questions flying everywhere, but apparently it did seem a bit straightforward at times. Some of the questions were even adaptation of CLP worked examples / focus session questions. I could have sworn my seniors told me last year's paper was hellishly more difficult than that. Well, count myself a bit lucky then (just a bit, not too much).
Having said that, I'm free. Did some productive stuff after exam (must do it before the next form slump arrives..)
- Haircut at my favourite Toowong barber shop. ($10 je and nice results too, for a guy that is. Girls can ignore this and continue subscribing to their $100+ hairstylists)
- Basuh keta, makeup keta and vakum keta. Terjumpa jam aku yang hilang 1 tahun!!!!!! Yariba!!!
DR Watch $100
CR Asset recovery $100
- Melepak. Lepak is an awesome 5-letter word.
Need to catchup with plenty of other equally important stuff:
1) Parents nak dtg, therefore wajib kemas rumah / bilik / keta / iman lest you experience the fury of an angry mum. Tak sangka, dah 25 tahun pun masih takut dgn mak sendiri. Hai....
2) Sambung balik fitness training for MASCA tahun depan. Lama tak jogging, gym and swimming. Need to recover full fitness levels again.
3) Help out brother with uni stuff, crucial...I promised a few special ppl I'd take responsibility for this assignment.
4) Main bola sampai pengsan. Main guitar hero sampai pengsan. Layan EPL sampai pengsan. That should take me straight from Friday night to Monday morning. How's that for planning?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Supermassive black hole
1) Macamana nak transfer gambar from handphone to laptop?
2) Macamana nak guna video call?
3) Macamana nak cek email kat handphone?
Help is much appreciated. Thanks.
2) Macamana nak guna video call?
3) Macamana nak cek email kat handphone?
Help is much appreciated. Thanks.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Bugger...
Was planning to do a 20-hour study weekend (Yup, I still need to catch up a fair bit) but at the same time company's busy with month-end.
Had 3 big work assignments to finish before Sunday night. First one's almost done, if not for the server crashing down when I've almost finalised. Damn you PeopleSoft!!! The other two might take up the whole weekend, given 1) I've never used Peoplesoft and 2) I've never done a consolidated reconciliation for rates and 3) I've never used Peoplesoft to do bank recs, nasib baik utk company2 kecik je...a bit of respite there.
Frightening. Don't know how things will pan out in the next few weeks. Guess just take everything one at a time.
Had 3 big work assignments to finish before Sunday night. First one's almost done, if not for the server crashing down when I've almost finalised. Damn you PeopleSoft!!! The other two might take up the whole weekend, given 1) I've never used Peoplesoft and 2) I've never done a consolidated reconciliation for rates and 3) I've never used Peoplesoft to do bank recs, nasib baik utk company2 kecik je...a bit of respite there.
Frightening. Don't know how things will pan out in the next few weeks. Guess just take everything one at a time.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Hairan bin Ajaib
Funny how emotions can swing from one side to the other like a pendulum.
Before I went for my final CA focus session, I was experiencing all those sicky feelings of hatred, insecurity, fear and anger of being pushed around by an annoying module. Feelings yang amat asing dgn diri aku yg biasanya couldn't be bothered ni.
That created a really foul mood and a clouded mind by the time I reached the ICAA building, where the classes were held. Even the trip up the lift was an excuse to be cranky (e.g - "Eeeee, tingginya tingkaaaatttt!!! Aku benci naik lif tinggi2!! Boleh tak buat tinggi sampai langit terus alang2 tu!!!)
But, don't know what suddenly happened. By the time the class is over, I went out with feelings of hope, safety and optimism. Must be the sweets my tutors handed out. Must be my colleagues who seem to know no better than I do, but still keep a positive attitude. Must be the assuring voice of my tutors, coupled with valuable exam tips shared by everyone in class. Might be even the firm handshake that Michael, my facilitator gave me while saying "Good luck mate", with a confident smile. "You'll be fine", says Nicole, the other instructor.
Hahaha. Tiba2 semangat nak study balik. Life's funny that way.
Before I went for my final CA focus session, I was experiencing all those sicky feelings of hatred, insecurity, fear and anger of being pushed around by an annoying module. Feelings yang amat asing dgn diri aku yg biasanya couldn't be bothered ni.
That created a really foul mood and a clouded mind by the time I reached the ICAA building, where the classes were held. Even the trip up the lift was an excuse to be cranky (e.g - "Eeeee, tingginya tingkaaaatttt!!! Aku benci naik lif tinggi2!! Boleh tak buat tinggi sampai langit terus alang2 tu!!!)
But, don't know what suddenly happened. By the time the class is over, I went out with feelings of hope, safety and optimism. Must be the sweets my tutors handed out. Must be my colleagues who seem to know no better than I do, but still keep a positive attitude. Must be the assuring voice of my tutors, coupled with valuable exam tips shared by everyone in class. Might be even the firm handshake that Michael, my facilitator gave me while saying "Good luck mate", with a confident smile. "You'll be fine", says Nicole, the other instructor.
Hahaha. Tiba2 semangat nak study balik. Life's funny that way.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Job well done, captain
Baru habis that stupid CA quiz. Alhamdulillah, I got 6 out of 8.
That's another 1.88%, so in total that's 0/8 + 5/8 + 5/7 + 6/8 = 16/31 = 52% (a Pass!!!!). Not a bad job, given I got 0 for my first quiz, that helped my cause a lot.
Almost killed myself, ended up doing daily 2 hour after-work studies and 12 hour days on weekends and I still don't understand some of those stuff.
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy learning accounting, and it has been very pivotal in increasing my financial knowledge substantially, but tolonglah, is there anyone who can write the standards in plain English? The sentence structures are just shocking. At best, archaic and at worst, total nonsense. I'm guessing lawyers share the same view as I do.
Sample sentence:
Notice the bolded part? Try understanding that. Now imagine another hundred of phrases similar to that, and you've only got 2 weeks (minus work, eat, sleep) to make sense of them before the next quiz and study session. That's what I had to go through, and it felt like absolute hell. Glad to get it done and over with, and still surviving in one piece. Ah lega.
Apa-apa hal pun, I'm very happy with the result, seriously! There's a whole bunch of people I need to thank. Housemate, thanks for your lecture notes / books / references, helped clarify heaps of stuff. Thanks to my senior accountants for explaining what some of the terms meant. (My very busy Group Finance Manager even made time to explain the above paragraph to me, so that's awesome!!). Most importantly, all you guys for giving me encouragement to not give up and keep working on it non-stop.
Admittedly, there's still bucketloads to be done. Exam in 3 weeks, so kena increase intensity lagi. That's alright, sesungguhnya untuk setiap kesusahan pasti ada kesenangan. All in all, great teamwork guys. Thanks heaps.
P.S - Tasia, kek kau sedap gila. Bersemangat waja aku nak buat quiz lepas tu.
That's another 1.88%, so in total that's 0/8 + 5/8 + 5/7 + 6/8 = 16/31 = 52% (a Pass!!!!). Not a bad job, given I got 0 for my first quiz, that helped my cause a lot.
Almost killed myself, ended up doing daily 2 hour after-work studies and 12 hour days on weekends and I still don't understand some of those stuff.
Don't get me wrong. I really enjoy learning accounting, and it has been very pivotal in increasing my financial knowledge substantially, but tolonglah, is there anyone who can write the standards in plain English? The sentence structures are just shocking. At best, archaic and at worst, total nonsense. I'm guessing lawyers share the same view as I do.
Sample sentence:
Derivative Definition
A derivative is a financial instrument or other contract with all three of the following characteristics:
· its value changes in response to the change in a specified interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or other variable, provided in the case of a non-financial variable that the variable is not specific to a party to the contract (sometimes called the ‘underlying’);
Notice the bolded part? Try understanding that. Now imagine another hundred of phrases similar to that, and you've only got 2 weeks (minus work, eat, sleep) to make sense of them before the next quiz and study session. That's what I had to go through, and it felt like absolute hell. Glad to get it done and over with, and still surviving in one piece. Ah lega.
Apa-apa hal pun, I'm very happy with the result, seriously! There's a whole bunch of people I need to thank. Housemate, thanks for your lecture notes / books / references, helped clarify heaps of stuff. Thanks to my senior accountants for explaining what some of the terms meant. (My very busy Group Finance Manager even made time to explain the above paragraph to me, so that's awesome!!). Most importantly, all you guys for giving me encouragement to not give up and keep working on it non-stop.
Admittedly, there's still bucketloads to be done. Exam in 3 weeks, so kena increase intensity lagi. That's alright, sesungguhnya untuk setiap kesusahan pasti ada kesenangan. All in all, great teamwork guys. Thanks heaps.
P.S - Tasia, kek kau sedap gila. Bersemangat waja aku nak buat quiz lepas tu.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
What a great weekend!!!
Yesterday was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's one of those days where all those little things created a steady accumulation of positive till end of day, leaving me with a good night's sleep and waking up feeling all light and fired up on a Sunday morning.
Eventful gila, pagi sampai ptg belajoooo je banyak2 with my bro, managed to cover a whole lot of material alhamdulillah. Abu siap masak American Breakfast lagi (don't let the name fool you, it's just fried calamari, fried eggs and fried sausages). Also spent the afternoon borak2 habis with him about family + makcik-pakcik stories back home. Covered politics too. Hoi, bila masa adik aku ikut isu2 dunia nih, siap tunjuk video2 youtube lagi!! Selama nih dia tahu fikir pasal diri sendiri saja, what a vain guy!!! Funny that, macam tak percaya dia dah 18. You rock bro.
Also we called mum + dad, saja seronok pasang loudspeaker kuat2 pas tu menyakat si Juju ngan si Ali. They might come end of month. Awesome. Great family we have, hope it stays that way insyaallah.
Kul 4 main training bola ngan postgrad. We're gonna have a friendly match with undergrads, and I've blatantly betrayed my team by joining the abang2. Menarik ah, main ngan orang baru, dah la tak bahagi team ikut kaler, pening kepala je nak defend. Last2 aku clear je semua bola.
Abu scored 2 on debut, hebat. Aku pun tak penah score, kecuali own goal!! Saw a few promising players in midfield, defence and attack. Ada yg challenge memang keras, so might be a good match although I have faith in the undergrads led by Anas (siap la aku tackle korang semua time defend hehe)
Speaking of defending, Brissie's got a new guy coming!!! Main bola, main piano, keje...hoi hoi hoi, ada kaki la...member Amar, dapat keje engineer kat sini. Very nice to meet your acquaintance, I hope you'll be able to contribute to QLD football as much as you can mate!
Ptg tu layan Bledisloe Cup, Wallablies-All Blacks. All Blacks menang, 39-10!!!! Richie McCaw ruleeeezzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!
- McCaw and the gang -
Malam tu bawak my bro dinner Salt and Battery. Verdict? Reckon he loved it when he cleaned up everything to the last chip. Balik rumah, tido sat, tetiba rumahku dikunjungi oleh the usual suspects (Ji, Ika, Jerry, Tasia and Hez). Selamat dtg!!! Layan wrestling jap (plus kutuk2 their poyoness)
Pas tu kitorang layan some game called LIFE. LIFE???? Itu game time aku time kecik kot!! It's a Monopoly-like board game where you start by spinning the wheel ("Saya putar ya Halim!"), going through life events (good and bad), taking different options and speculating on some occasions. When you reach the finish line, everyone accumulates their net worth and the person with the most is the winner.
Great game, I took a bucketload of risks which made my game a memorable one. Achievements included:
- Becoming a $80,000 salaried veterinarian
- Acquired a Tudor as a starter home, and upgraded that to a Mansion. (I have to put the kids somewhere)
- Got married and had 5 kids. 3 laki 2 pompuan. The car's too full, wife often ends up being accidentally thrown out many times...banyak sgt berleter kot hehe.
- Gambled in the risky part of life. Won $500K, but also lost $350K. Loved the adrenalin rush everytime I put in my bets. (Main2 saja, bukan betul ok?)
- Sponsored a bunch of African kids, and also forked out $300K for children's college. Hisy budak2 nih, buat mengabihkan bogheh je.
- Had in-laws visiting (leave me alone!!!) and became a grandfather.
- Got sued a few times, and lost $300,000 in the process. My bro had lawsuit immunity, lucky dingo.
Ended up 2nd place with a net worth of $1.8 million. Jerry menang 1st ($1.9M), and celebrated victory by shouting "IN YOUR FACE!!!!" literally in front of my face. Tak guna punya Doktor, hahahaha....
Abu with $0.9M kept complaining about why his Lawyer life is so uneventful. Tasia and Ika also did well despite being fired from their high-profile college jobs, and had to survive on a low-earning career as an athlete and mechanic respectively. Great game people.
Nak tido....esok sambung belajo, kuiz due malam ni, wish me luck!! I hope you guys had equally good days as well. Always nice to have em once in a while..
It's one of those days where all those little things created a steady accumulation of positive till end of day, leaving me with a good night's sleep and waking up feeling all light and fired up on a Sunday morning.
Eventful gila, pagi sampai ptg belajoooo je banyak2 with my bro, managed to cover a whole lot of material alhamdulillah. Abu siap masak American Breakfast lagi (don't let the name fool you, it's just fried calamari, fried eggs and fried sausages). Also spent the afternoon borak2 habis with him about family + makcik-pakcik stories back home. Covered politics too. Hoi, bila masa adik aku ikut isu2 dunia nih, siap tunjuk video2 youtube lagi!! Selama nih dia tahu fikir pasal diri sendiri saja, what a vain guy!!! Funny that, macam tak percaya dia dah 18. You rock bro.
Also we called mum + dad, saja seronok pasang loudspeaker kuat2 pas tu menyakat si Juju ngan si Ali. They might come end of month. Awesome. Great family we have, hope it stays that way insyaallah.
Kul 4 main training bola ngan postgrad. We're gonna have a friendly match with undergrads, and I've blatantly betrayed my team by joining the abang2. Menarik ah, main ngan orang baru, dah la tak bahagi team ikut kaler, pening kepala je nak defend. Last2 aku clear je semua bola.
Abu scored 2 on debut, hebat. Aku pun tak penah score, kecuali own goal!! Saw a few promising players in midfield, defence and attack. Ada yg challenge memang keras, so might be a good match although I have faith in the undergrads led by Anas (siap la aku tackle korang semua time defend hehe)
Speaking of defending, Brissie's got a new guy coming!!! Main bola, main piano, keje...hoi hoi hoi, ada kaki la...member Amar, dapat keje engineer kat sini. Very nice to meet your acquaintance, I hope you'll be able to contribute to QLD football as much as you can mate!
Ptg tu layan Bledisloe Cup, Wallablies-All Blacks. All Blacks menang, 39-10!!!! Richie McCaw ruleeeezzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!
- McCaw and the gang -
Malam tu bawak my bro dinner Salt and Battery. Verdict? Reckon he loved it when he cleaned up everything to the last chip. Balik rumah, tido sat, tetiba rumahku dikunjungi oleh the usual suspects (Ji, Ika, Jerry, Tasia and Hez). Selamat dtg!!! Layan wrestling jap (plus kutuk2 their poyoness)
Pas tu kitorang layan some game called LIFE. LIFE???? Itu game time aku time kecik kot!! It's a Monopoly-like board game where you start by spinning the wheel ("Saya putar ya Halim!"), going through life events (good and bad), taking different options and speculating on some occasions. When you reach the finish line, everyone accumulates their net worth and the person with the most is the winner.
Great game, I took a bucketload of risks which made my game a memorable one. Achievements included:
- Becoming a $80,000 salaried veterinarian
- Acquired a Tudor as a starter home, and upgraded that to a Mansion. (I have to put the kids somewhere)
- Got married and had 5 kids. 3 laki 2 pompuan. The car's too full, wife often ends up being accidentally thrown out many times...banyak sgt berleter kot hehe.
- Gambled in the risky part of life. Won $500K, but also lost $350K. Loved the adrenalin rush everytime I put in my bets. (Main2 saja, bukan betul ok?)
- Sponsored a bunch of African kids, and also forked out $300K for children's college. Hisy budak2 nih, buat mengabihkan bogheh je.
- Had in-laws visiting (leave me alone!!!) and became a grandfather.
- Got sued a few times, and lost $300,000 in the process. My bro had lawsuit immunity, lucky dingo.
Ended up 2nd place with a net worth of $1.8 million. Jerry menang 1st ($1.9M), and celebrated victory by shouting "IN YOUR FACE!!!!" literally in front of my face. Tak guna punya Doktor, hahahaha....
Abu with $0.9M kept complaining about why his Lawyer life is so uneventful. Tasia and Ika also did well despite being fired from their high-profile college jobs, and had to survive on a low-earning career as an athlete and mechanic respectively. Great game people.
Nak tido....esok sambung belajo, kuiz due malam ni, wish me luck!! I hope you guys had equally good days as well. Always nice to have em once in a while..
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