had a really damn day. most frustrating was missing my acca class due to stupid work thus wasting my money. really enjoy going for acca classes but this wasn't the case today. tried to manage my time well today and work as much as i could but stupid last minute stuffs cause me to stay back late n thus missing class. now i've no choice but to borrow notes from friends this sat instead. just by borrowing n copying notes doesn't really helps coz i wouldn't appreciate 1st hand lecture. a lot of unhappiness at work recently which seriuosly affected my morale at work. really glad that i'm leaving current work place in 8 or so mths time and by then should be finishing acca degree soon and start my professional career.
i should have just finshed my class at this time...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
New modules, new challenges, same shitty routine!
Yup, this post's title says it all. I barely had any rest this weekend. Lots of outstanding tasks on hand and just had the 1st Advanced Audit eve class 2 days ago (had to rush to FTC after work) and today being a sunday, I've Advance Taxation classes from 10am to 5pm with an hour lunch break from 1-2pm. Come new week tml will be slightly worse.
Mon 28/8 - Advanced Audit eve class
Tue 29/8 - Advanced Taxation eve class
Thurs 31/8 - Advanced Audit eve class
Sat 02/9 - Advanced Audit full 10am -5pm class
Sun 03/9 - Advanced Taxation full 10am -5pm class
Not forgetting my tons of work on hand with datelines closing in. Days that I don't need to attend eve classes means I've to OT myself in order to meet my datelines! Also, COMEX 2006 (IT trade show/exhibition) starts this fri till Sun, which I'm dying to go and get myself the Sony Cybershot DSC-T30!
Now taking on the final level of ACCA is starting to really stress me out. I'm all freaked out now coz both Advanced Tax and Advanced Audit really requires those knowledge that I acquired in level 2. It's like I'm taking 4 modules now coz my level 2 Tax and Audit knowledge seems decrepitly frail. Well, at least I know my future (and I mean near future) is leading somewhere. Big Four perharps? My past experience at PwC during my 6 months internship actually decides why I'm taking both Advanced Audit & Advanced Tax out of the 4 optional papers. Simply coz both have greater prospects imo. I'm already starting to countdown to exams. 98 days...
Less depressing stuff : I'll be expecting my Level 2 completion cert next month and if I managed to clear these 2 advanced modules and subsequently the core papers, I'll complete ACCA and be an ACCA affiliate this time next year! Its a attainable and measurable goal but not w/o lots of hard work.
Really gotta manage my time well this semester. Gotta balance and prioritise my work and studies. I think I'll Mr. Bastard from tomorrow onwards and focus on completing all my current work on hand. I've been too helpful at work sometimes and while people are eating into my time instead of theirs, its time for me to say NO! (but in a less direct and unnerving manner). Sorry guys... you've your tasks and boss to report to, I've mine ; unless you're willing to bear the consequences if I fail to meet my datelines...
Mon 28/8 - Advanced Audit eve class
Tue 29/8 - Advanced Taxation eve class
Thurs 31/8 - Advanced Audit eve class
Sat 02/9 - Advanced Audit full 10am -5pm class
Sun 03/9 - Advanced Taxation full 10am -5pm class
Not forgetting my tons of work on hand with datelines closing in. Days that I don't need to attend eve classes means I've to OT myself in order to meet my datelines! Also, COMEX 2006 (IT trade show/exhibition) starts this fri till Sun, which I'm dying to go and get myself the Sony Cybershot DSC-T30!
Now taking on the final level of ACCA is starting to really stress me out. I'm all freaked out now coz both Advanced Tax and Advanced Audit really requires those knowledge that I acquired in level 2. It's like I'm taking 4 modules now coz my level 2 Tax and Audit knowledge seems decrepitly frail. Well, at least I know my future (and I mean near future) is leading somewhere. Big Four perharps? My past experience at PwC during my 6 months internship actually decides why I'm taking both Advanced Audit & Advanced Tax out of the 4 optional papers. Simply coz both have greater prospects imo. I'm already starting to countdown to exams. 98 days...
Less depressing stuff : I'll be expecting my Level 2 completion cert next month and if I managed to clear these 2 advanced modules and subsequently the core papers, I'll complete ACCA and be an ACCA affiliate this time next year! Its a attainable and measurable goal but not w/o lots of hard work.
Really gotta manage my time well this semester. Gotta balance and prioritise my work and studies. I think I'll Mr. Bastard from tomorrow onwards and focus on completing all my current work on hand. I've been too helpful at work sometimes and while people are eating into my time instead of theirs, its time for me to say NO! (but in a less direct and unnerving manner). Sorry guys... you've your tasks and boss to report to, I've mine ; unless you're willing to bear the consequences if I fail to meet my datelines...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
SLAYER - Live In Our Shores!
SLAYER Live In Singapore. Hell Yeah! The hardcore pure american trash metal band is finally coming to to Singapore. Singapore is finally opening up.... 1st was Slipknot (I was there) now come Slayer... wat's next? Maybe Unearth, Hatebreed, Arch Enemy, more devil horns in the air!
Details as follows.
Date : 13 Oct 2006 (4 days b4 my birthday! Someone pls bdae treat me to Slayer...)
Time : 8 pm (2.5 hours of headbanging and hell)
Venue : Singapore Expo, Max Pavillion
Tics : $125, $85, $60
Another smart move by LAMC Prodctions (who also brought in Slipknot last year. Kudos to them)
Slayer will be here with the full original lineup. Anybody interested pls let me know... too bad I dun have much friends who appreciate metal genre.
Details as follows.
Date : 13 Oct 2006 (4 days b4 my birthday! Someone pls bdae treat me to Slayer...)
Time : 8 pm (2.5 hours of headbanging and hell)
Venue : Singapore Expo, Max Pavillion
Tics : $125, $85, $60
Another smart move by LAMC Prodctions (who also brought in Slipknot last year. Kudos to them)
Slayer will be here with the full original lineup. Anybody interested pls let me know... too bad I dun have much friends who appreciate metal genre.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Finally.. I cleared ACCA Level 2
Damn right I pass both modules fairly well. Hugh relief and bout $900+ poorer coz I went to enroll 2 new level 3 modules. I'm finally a ACCA level 3 student after 1.5 years.
I enrolled option paper 3.1 - Advanced Audit & Assurance and option paper 3.2 - Advanced Taxation because these are the 2 most career demand and satisfying areas out of the 4 option papers. Too bad the Oxford Brookes degree research program is not available till Jan 07... so gotta wait till then.
Gonna give myself a good treat for my hard work in passing the two June 06 modules. Well, maybe not too much as I'm so bucks poorer and classes starts this fri and sat. Its back to classes too soon but think bout the near future and success when I graduate is a sure motivation and turn-on.
(Pity those who fail marginally like 49% ... ha ha you sad loser!)
I enrolled option paper 3.1 - Advanced Audit & Assurance and option paper 3.2 - Advanced Taxation because these are the 2 most career demand and satisfying areas out of the 4 option papers. Too bad the Oxford Brookes degree research program is not available till Jan 07... so gotta wait till then.
Gonna give myself a good treat for my hard work in passing the two June 06 modules. Well, maybe not too much as I'm so bucks poorer and classes starts this fri and sat. Its back to classes too soon but think bout the near future and success when I graduate is a sure motivation and turn-on.
(Pity those who fail marginally like 49% ... ha ha you sad loser!)
ACCA Exams Results out tomorrow...
yup... in bout 12 or more hours time, I'll receive my results online between 12pm to 2pm via email. Oh crap... feeling very nervous got these are the results for the final 2 modules of level 2 which by the way has a rather low passing rate.
Paper 2.5 - Financial Reporting : tough one, already expect the worst.
Paper 2.6 - Audit & Internal Review : confident.
really hope that I can clear these 2 modules so that I can finally move to (the last) level 3 and embark on the oxford brookes degrees research project thingy and then finally grad the whole of ACCA to be a Provisional Member. So far I manage to clear all modules fairly well with just 1 attempt each. Hope I can continue this. If not, gotta wast time and money (both SGP & GBP).
dun think I can really concentrate much during work tomorrow morn till lunch.
Paper 2.5 - Financial Reporting : tough one, already expect the worst.
Paper 2.6 - Audit & Internal Review : confident.
really hope that I can clear these 2 modules so that I can finally move to (the last) level 3 and embark on the oxford brookes degrees research project thingy and then finally grad the whole of ACCA to be a Provisional Member. So far I manage to clear all modules fairly well with just 1 attempt each. Hope I can continue this. If not, gotta wast time and money (both SGP & GBP).
dun think I can really concentrate much during work tomorrow morn till lunch.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Everything e-mails. Do I just sit and wait!?
In a world/society/organisation/whatever, where e-mail has become indispensable, people have equate the act of sending e-mails with instant communication. But if an e-mail is sent via cyberspace and no one is around, does the message get across? Of course not! but many senders (as well as my colleagues) believe otherwise.
"Oh I sent you an e-mail last fri. So the ball is not in my court now" Pls... there's never a ball in the first place. Nowadays, it seems like talk is cheap. People never honour their words. Whenever a task is not completed, dateline missed, certain screw-ups, the "I" is always not at fault. Its always the "she", "he", "they" were wrong. By pressing the "send" button on MS outlook, they assume their job is done or rather, "out of their court". They prefer to hide behind their computer and conveniently avoid any verbal or face to face discussion. Come on, Be Professional!
Like I mentioned, talk is cheap and people no longer honour their words. Everything has got to be 'acknowledged' as a receipt of proof. It seems like verbal agreement don't suffice anymore. Now its like: send an e-mail, print out the mail (as proof!?), attach to any correspondences, file. 2 weeks later if no updates, no status, no action, take out the proof and argue. Its not productive and waste of time!
E-mail sent does not means relieving of your responsibility (for crying out loud!) If the e-mail does not get through to its intended recipient, whose responsibility is it then? Proof of sending is not proof of receiving. If you think the matter is important enough, follow up with a courtesy call. Otherwise, if you mail gets lost in the cyberspace, you have only yourself to blame.
And for god's sake, don't "cc" every damn shit especially when there are replies to every "cc" mails. Its frustrating enough that I've to cope with my work and its even damn frustrating to be entangled into rubbish and non-of-my-concern conversation. I don't want to be in the middle of something that is not my concern and job scope. My job is not just sit in front of the pc the whole damn day and observe the bottom right corner to be notified of any new e-mails coming my way. I'm not paid that much to sit and instruct!
Enough said. First thing tomorrow, check my mail.... damn.
"Oh I sent you an e-mail last fri. So the ball is not in my court now" Pls... there's never a ball in the first place. Nowadays, it seems like talk is cheap. People never honour their words. Whenever a task is not completed, dateline missed, certain screw-ups, the "I" is always not at fault. Its always the "she", "he", "they" were wrong. By pressing the "send" button on MS outlook, they assume their job is done or rather, "out of their court". They prefer to hide behind their computer and conveniently avoid any verbal or face to face discussion. Come on, Be Professional!
Like I mentioned, talk is cheap and people no longer honour their words. Everything has got to be 'acknowledged' as a receipt of proof. It seems like verbal agreement don't suffice anymore. Now its like: send an e-mail, print out the mail (as proof!?), attach to any correspondences, file. 2 weeks later if no updates, no status, no action, take out the proof and argue. Its not productive and waste of time!
E-mail sent does not means relieving of your responsibility (for crying out loud!) If the e-mail does not get through to its intended recipient, whose responsibility is it then? Proof of sending is not proof of receiving. If you think the matter is important enough, follow up with a courtesy call. Otherwise, if you mail gets lost in the cyberspace, you have only yourself to blame.
And for god's sake, don't "cc" every damn shit especially when there are replies to every "cc" mails. Its frustrating enough that I've to cope with my work and its even damn frustrating to be entangled into rubbish and non-of-my-concern conversation. I don't want to be in the middle of something that is not my concern and job scope. My job is not just sit in front of the pc the whole damn day and observe the bottom right corner to be notified of any new e-mails coming my way. I'm not paid that much to sit and instruct!
Enough said. First thing tomorrow, check my mail.... damn.
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