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A free Sunday since I started working!

Not having to attend class today really felt good, since I had the whole day free and not spend half a day in class listening to lectures. Today was well spent relaxing with VC playing badminton with friends! I must admit though, I played really horribly. Having see the shuttle coming, I try to hit it using squash strokes (which obviously did not work!). Although I did not play well, but I managed to sweat quite a fair bit, which I am happy about considering I have not been able to play squash ever since I started work. Besides having a bit of exercise, I had a good laugh at how badly I played!

Besides fun, I had some time for some serious matters. The serious matters concerned my tutorial questions for the audit subject which I am taking for my ACCA course. Sadly, things did not run well. Having looked at the question and attempting the questions I found that I could not really answer the questions because the questions are structured in a way that it forces you to try to related what information are in the notes to the situation for the answer. However, it is easier said than done because I cannot really find a straight answer for the question, and I find that the answer is a compilation of information from different parts/chapters from the syllabus!

Conclusion, Having fun is necessary but I still need to get back to the drawing board to streamline my studies. Furthermore, I believe I need a better time schedule to divide work, play and studies.

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