Random #7

I can't believe it's already October. Time is sweeping by at an outrageous speed. Hardly have enough time to get everything done.

Firstly, happy birthday to Mel. Her birthday was on the 5th and I think this is my 5th time or so wishing her. On Sun (4th), we went to Nambawan to celebrate with her. Lydia turned up with burnt pancakes which she really thought were her birthday cake gone wrong. Ah! Mel, she believes just about everything anyone says. Lydia, the 'professional chef' spoilt her reputation. She's such a good cook she could hardly burn the pancakes so much so some of them she used dark chocolate to make it 'look' burnt. We had candles and everything so Mel really fell for it. AND she was happy with it. Haha.

But after dinner, Nick brought out the real cake which was caramel cheesecake. A randomly selected flavour which so happened was Mel's favourite. Telepathy maybe? Hmm.. She was so shocked to see a REAL cake she just stared at it. Poor girl..

The innocent birthday girl

Caramel Cheese Cake from Cake Sense

Grilled Lamb in Butter Mint Sauce (what I had)

Standing (from left): Nick, Sam, Darren, Wei Ping
Seated (from left): Me, Jasmyn, Mel, Lydia

Food here is good and reasonably priced. Check out Nick's viewpoint here and Darren's report here.

On another note, all thanks to God that weekend classes for P2 are cancelled. It has been rescheduled to next Friday instead. Had been praying past few days because my Saturdays were all packed and I didn't want to miss church. I certainly didn't want to miss class as well. God opened a way and now I can still go about my Saturday programs and not miss church and yet still able to attend classes.

Also, wishing Happy Birthday to Xing Ying who'll be celebrating her birthday on the 9th.

Random #5

Today's traffic was considerably smooth-flowing. I took only 20 minutes to reach college as opposed to 45 minutes just the day before. On Wednesday, there was a 2.5km jam just as I went into the highway. So anyway, I thought I was going to be late today as I left home at 7.30am. I overslept. Did group accounts homework till around quite late last night. At first I thought it was because maybe a lot of people have already 'balik kampung', but Lydia said Federal was super jam today. So maybe it's just my lucky day. =)

As I was already running late, I didn't have time for breakfast or coffee. Went to class feeling hungry. Ms Menon didn't even give us a lunch break so we (or at least I did) starved from last night till around 2.30pm when I actually had lunch. And then had to try to finish the 'angpau' she gave. Basically, more homework.

Selamat Hari Raya to all who are celebrating.

Also, happy birthday to Sam, who just got his iPhone. =)

Can History Get Any More Worse?

Holidays are over. Classes have commence again.
Today was the first day back to classes and the first subject was F4: Corporate and Business Law. I didn't really know what was going on and I have a not so good feeling about this subject. It's like history rebirth and except much worse. All I knew was the lecturer said the word "law" many many times.. Oh well!!

My new timetable 'seems' more relaxed as now I only have 8am-6pm classes once a week. Other days are not as long. But I know it's not going to be that easy. There's no such thing as LIFE!!

I'm just saying these things to vent my frustration that the holidays are over and I can't sack the college admin. Really wished I could..

Relief!!

Exams are finally over. For the first time in these few weeks, I can actually breathe..

T8 Implementing Audit Procedures?
*I don't wanna.. talk about it.. how you broke my heart..*

T9 Preparing Taxation Computations?
There goes my RM1000..

Anyway, just glad it's all over and hopefully pass all papers...

Now enjoying the long-awaited holidays.. =)

T7 Exam

Today's paper: T7 Planning, Control and Performance Management

It rained even heavier today with lightning and thunder.

Today's paper was quite ok. Though I did not know how to do some of the theory questions..

Summary:
Question 1
(a) High-Low Method
(b) Standard MC
(c) CS ratio & BEP
(d) Variances
(e) Memorandum on variances

Question 2
(a) Limiting Factor
(b) Notes

Question 3
(a) Budget-between 2 alternatives
(b) Theory Question

Question 4
(a) Ratios
(b) Explain ratios
(c) Non-financial ratio - theory question

The hall after the exam

Two down, two to go...

T6 Exam

Today's paper: T6 Drafting Financial Statements

It was a rainy day. It poured and the wind was so strong. But as the wind and water (feng & shui) was present, hope everyone did well..

I can see Mel in her car..

The huru-haraness outside the hall

When I opened the paper, I had to laugh. Question 2 was preparing a cashflow statement (indirect method). Just before the exam, as in 1 hour before, I had Edwin teach me that as I totally forgotten how to do. So it came out, a 25-mark question. Problem is I managed to do part of it but I knew I can't get full marks as it didn't balance. But, thank God at least I went through it just before the exam or I wouldn't even be able to do at all. =)
I believe this paper I can pass. Maybe not 100 marks as Ms. Shanta would have expected but pass is good enough for me.. Just with question 1 alone, can pass already (I think).

Summary:
Question 1
(a) Income Statement & Appropriation Account (Incomplete Records)
(b) Capital Account of partners
(c) Statement of Financial Position

Question 2
(a) Cashflow Statement
(b) Comments on the company's financial position

Question 3
(a) Goodwill on acquisition
(b) Consolidated Income Statement
(c) some crappy 2-mark question

Question 4
(a) Ratios
(b) Comments on ratios
(c) can't remember..

But all in all.. It's okla..

Exam Blues

It's only 3 more days to the exams and I feel I'm not fully prepared. Just when I thought I could do the paper and start concentrating on other papers, they back-fire and show me that I'm not as good as I think I am. Maybe it's just my level of calmness is always more on the high side. I probably should start practicing the law of attraction and some of the stuff they say in The Secret by Rhonda Bryne. "I must pass all FOUR papers including audit" should keep playing in my mind again and again like a tape recorder.

Part of me feels confident in passing the papers excluding audit BUT as I look at it, I'm not too sure anymore. My MOCK results gave me some level of confidence in passing but I'm still feeling really nervous for the first time. Maybe I shouldn't mix so much with Mel.. (Ms Joyce advice) Nah.. She's good influence in the sense that she make me more kia-su over my studies as I tend to be quite tidak-apa sometimes..

Besides that, I just got an email from ACCA. It just made me more confused about the venue of my exams. They changed the venue of some of the papers. Just hope ACCA didn't screw up and gave us the wrong location, considering the fact that almost everyone is going to Sedaya when all of us registered for Sunway. Wonder who's gonna take the exam in Sunway then..

Now, I should get back to studying. Suffer in the present, reap rewards in the future. *I MUST pass all papers*

SPM Results Out!!!

Today, SPM and STPM results are out...
Some did really well and sulk at their results and some did not so well but was overjoyed with it.. What's wrong with them (the former) lar?? Well, I'm in no position to say anything because I did the same thing when I took mine couple of years back (makes me sound so old). Some of you guys know, some don't but I cried when I saw that horrible piece of paper with small, tiny wordings on it.. But then now I look back and I couldn't really understand why I had to be sad about the results. After all, it's over and done with. No matter how much tears I shed, until become river also nothing will change. Secondly, my results weren't THAT bad. Wasn't what I expected, maybe because I had too high expectations. But I knew I deserved the results. I was lazy..
After that, it'll just be another piece of paper. No one's gonna ask you how many A's you got in SPM after you entered college. No one cares anymore if you only had 1A or 12A's. It'll probably only get you a JPA scholarship to go study agriculture in some remote country you can't even pronounce which you will then reject because you don't want to be a farmer and then go pay thousands of dollars to study something else.
That's the state of education these days in Malaysia. Some get straight A's and ended up getting scholarships to study agriculture and some get around 5A's and they get scholarships to study medicine in England. But what can we do? Nothing.. No wonder more people die from sickness these days..
Anyway, congratulations to those who did well but still sulk and those who are happy with theirs.
Chin Wynn 12A1's
Jun Hoe 11A1's 1A2
Hannah Aw 10A1's
Jamie Loke 10A1's
and a few others.. Congrats!!!

New Template

I had nothing better to do so I decided to change my blog template. I don't really like it because it's black and so I can't use any dark colour for my fonts PLUS it looks quite cc-fied. Anyway, because I was to lazy to change it back so I'll stick with it for a while.

My mum bought a keyboard and she's been playing non-stop. For those who don't know, I already have a piano at home (currently collecting dust because no one plays it) and she RARELY touches it. Now, she buys this keyboard and she plays it day and night with no ear-phones, mind you. Hopefully, it's not just because it's NEW.. My family has this habit of using new things to the MAX and then it becomes a white elephant. Remember I have a NEW template.. Wonder how long this one's gonna last...

Homework starts piling up especially tax. Goodness knows when I can actually finish it with all my procrastination and weird laziness. Now Mr. Jay told us to read annual reports of companies. Sometimes, I wonder am I doing the right thing taking this course? How can I cut down on coffee when I need it to stay awake and concentrate on whatever the lecturers are saying. Although it doesn't really help that much. Hmm..

Holidays... At Last...

Recent weeks have drained all the strength in me. 9 hours of classes each day, plus homeworks, research (audit: Mel's favourite subject.. and one of the subjects I dread the most cause it's in the afternoon and it interferes with my sleeping time plus it's boring despite Mr. Jay's desperate efforts to make it interesting), plus driving through some maniac traffic jam each morning, trying to get to class on time so I don't have to pay the 10 bucks. It's the holidays at last.. But somehow it is passing by way tooo fast...

Despite having no class this week and half of next, I still have to *pretend* to busy myself either studying (because tax is ever so confusing) or finishing Ms. Shanta's 'angpow' (which never seems to end). So.. I've planned it all so well (only in my opinion) to get all the work done and STILL have time for play..

I finished T8 and T9 homework already. Yes.. The T8 homework which was SUPPOSED to be able to be completed in ONLY 20 minutes, took me around 2 hours. Of course, I did other stuff in between. Hehe.. So now.. I'm left with T6 (which I will only do last minute) and T7 (which are all objective questions and I've already done half in class that day). Hmm.. I might actually be able to finish everything on time.. So proud of myself for coming up with such a great plan :p

BUT(there's always a but eh?).. I'm the kind of person who seldom stick to the plans I've made (probably one of the reasons why I seldom fulfill my new year resolutions) . So ya....

I'll TRY to stick to the plan this time...

Hope In Dark Places

I actually did pass my T4 and T5. Which is a good thing. After getting the papers back and realising that this saturday is another T4 and T5 test, I, oh well, feel like fainting. What's more, there's this moral education exam that I don't even know no head and tail about. The more I think about the exam, the more strangest of thoughts come to my mind. Like:-

"Cannot laaa... Must get 100 marks laa... See?"
"For me borderline passes are not good enough. Must get at least over 80.."
"50 is my standard for the passing mark.."
"I must get more than hundred. 100 marks is the passing mark"
"I'm not happy with my results. I should at least get 80"

It's like I feel I'm being pressured by these people to study but my inner me is resisting it. Opting instead to computer games and TV. No wonder they say those two boxes destroy lives. But then again, if I don't study, I'm bound to fail. Failing means being barred from exams. Being barred from exams means I have to see those lecturers for yet another semester. Which means paying the tuition fees again.

I guess that's how life's work. Just one action can lead to so many consequences that sometimes makes me ask myself, am I doing the right thing? Going the right way? If not, which way should I go? I'm pretty sure everyone has in some point of life asked this question before. Which is probably why Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." In our darkest moments, in our frail despair, He is someone who will never leave us nor forsake us. And I'm really grateful for this hope.

Random #1

It's a Monday... Enough said...

Traffic today was really really bad. All the people rushing to get to school on time. Hmmm.. But at least I was not very late.

I did the spiritual gifts test again. My highest was exhortation, followed by teaching and wisdom. My lowest was apostleship, hospitality and mercy. I'm not merciful. Hmm.. So don't get me mad.

The T2 lecturer added more extra classes. Haiz...

I went to watch Evan Almighty yesterday with Jian. This movie doesn't make sense at all. A man can build a big ark, animals can help build the ark as well, a flood can suddenly disappear... Utter nonsense... Waste of time and money.. =(

New Blog!!!

New post in a new blog. Somehow, I have gotten tired of the old one so I decided to well, get a new one. Sounds like changing clothes. Only, it wouldn't be that often. I hope. I got back my PT 2 Paper 2 results back today. I wouldn't say it's good but at least I PASSED!!! I so thought I would fail. But then again, the results weren't that good. And Mel was sulking away at her paper. But hopefully she cheer up abit after the wiper incident.

At class, we learnt about computer systems. And the lecturer was explaining about how the CPU have a primary storage aka main memory. This primary storage is divided into two; RAM and ROM. She said that the RAM has volatile memory meaning that the contents of the memory are erased once the computer is switched off. We were joking that after the class, we likewise will erase all the memory.

All my plans for next week has also crashed with all the extra classes. AGAIN!! Mann... This is depressing. Oh well... *sighs*