The Path of Time

affiliate program Continuing from yesterday's reading, I covered about 3/4 of the syllabus. Not too bad I guess considering I kept getting distracted by other things (i.e. anime, newspaper, tv, etc.....) As I read it more often, I highlight more stuff I read along the way and sign post my way through the notes. That should be a good sign telling me I am getting a better understanding, and I am seeing more things that I never did before. :) Time sure flies and it is already the closing of day 6 of my revision. Everyday I am moving closer to exam D-Day.... God have mercy on me....  affiliate program

Day 5 of mission P3 definitely turned out better than yesterday. Concentration was more acute and I am pretty sure the picture of the syllabus is getting clearer. :) I completed reading the syllabus yesterday, day 5's objective was to re-read the syllabus and try gain a stronger grasps of the syllabus. At the same time, look through questions and answers I have done in class to get the mindset of pulling together the right concepts and models for the relevant case studies. In terms of confidence, I dare not say I am confident since it is so unpredictable in terms what to expect. I haven't relied on spotted topics or targeted questions and neither do I intend to. No point risking myself by focusing on a few selected topics. Like everything else, even exam requires some sort of risk management. My thoughts on day 5 - has been fruitful and I am satisfied. ;)

affiliate program Progress today was absolutely slow. For the better part of the day I found it difficult to concentrate on reading my lecture notes. My mind was easily wandering and I kept dozing off in between my readings, not forgetting I kept getting distracted by animes...........  Today's goal was to finish reading up the remaining syllabus. As at this time, I have yet to achieve the goal but I intend to make sure I finish reading before I allow myself to sleep. After all, I have to take responsibility for failing to concentrate during the day! :) Always the problem with study leaves - makes me feel like I am having a holiday due to the fact that I have never taken leave from work.  Anyhow, guilty as I am for failing to read up before bed time, its time to get serious and read up!!!!!!  affiliate program

affiliate program 4 weeks back, I tore my hamstring playing squash for the 4th time in my life time. All in all, I have injured my knee and hamstring 4 times now. Makes it even eh? Sounds funny, but no, it is far from funny. A person my age in my early twenties should be healthy and running around enjoying youth.  Being of young age definitely have many ups - faster recovery is one of them, but as one advances in age the quick healing eventually will slow down. This brings me to one very important point - allowing the body to recuperate.  My point is clearly expressed in the story below: How I Spent My Surgery Vacation I had big plans for my postop time off--shopping, writing, cleaning. Unfortunately, I didn't actually include recuperating. By Eileen Mitchell I'll confess: I did a hap-hap-happy little jig when my surgeon told me I'd have to take six weeks off from work to recuperate from maxillofacial surgery. I seriously questioned how a simple little procedure, like real

3rd day of my study leave - progress is pretty good in terms of digesting lecture notes. Probably due to the constant mind maps I have been doing over my free time for the past 4 1/2 months since the start of the semester. Although I must admit, the time used for mind mapping cost me heaps of time from my anime, reading and music time. I guess such sacrifices are necessary if I am going to have even a slightest chance of passing this paper. P3 is all about analysing businesses and giving recommendations on improving - filled with business models. Studying and knowing the models is merely the tip of the iceberg, since the bulk of the paper will be highly dependent on how one applies the models to the case studies of the questions. Day 3 of my revision, I am feeling slightly more comfortable because I am getting a better picture of the models and sub-consciously able to tie the models to what a business may go through. Thank God! Let's see what day 4 brings...........................

After 1 year and 8 months in audit, I am finally making a move into a new field - tax advisory. Definitely a bitter sweet sensation to it. Not so much about missing my colleagues or anything like that since I am just moving to another department.  One thing i'll miss will be the special non-audit engagements I did for a specialised client. After all, it was specialised industry and not something everyone got to do. Got to admit, although the clients were not really nice in most cases but the engagements really gives a good experience to do engagements that are not audit related.  In terms of advantage, I can't exactly say it gives me any advantage in any way since it limits my scope of work since it is too specialised. The fact that I was doing non-audit work so often, I often had problems doing audit work. Guess, I can't have the best of both worlds. But heck, I still enjoyed the time I spent working on those engagements. :) After all, every learning experience is a learni

Just like that, we are already coming to half a year of 2008. Fast eh? Another exam paper on the way. Ask me if it fun and I'll ask you whether you are mad. Once again, I am thrown into a state of confusion and demotivation.  Just like the last paper I took in December, this paper sure isn't easy. What is it about this paper that makes it tough for me? This paper is called 'Business Analysis', like it's name questions revolved around the idea of students being profession accountants in the consulting field analyzing positions and strategies of companies based on a certain scenario.  Most of everyone, and myself thought it was going to be easy. After all, you'd probably think it's just common sense when it comes to understanding a business and trying to put things right for a company. Apparently it isn't as simple as that because the course requires us to apply business models when answering the case study. Next problem is, even I successfully remember th

In the olden times, Phoenicians used to store drinking water in silver vessels for which many of us would think that it was for the aesthetic properties. Actually it was hardly for aesthetics but because they discovered it was healthier than storing it in other types of vessels. Research today has unfold the reason why it was healthier to store water in silver vessels - silver has antimicrobial properties.  Researchers armed with that knowledge are now trying to concoct a more potent bactericide by coating products with silver nano-particles. In the USA, many manufacturers now coat their products with nano-particles ranging for soap to chopsticks claiming they destroy germs. But over time, silver can accumulate in the environment and become toxic at certain levels. It is undeniable that silver's natural germ-killing properties stems from its extremely slow release of silver ions (electrically charged atoms, or groups of atoms). Problem with using silver nano-particles  is that it

Superficiality is what I would call today's society. All too often, many of us are just all too concerned about how we look, picking on the imperfections of our physical attributes. There are some who even spend thousands of dollars going for treatments to improve or uplift their looks. Necessary? If you ask me - nope, absolutely unnecessary and a complete waste of money.  I once had a friend who had a pretty scarred face from a motorcycle accident. Even with a scarred face, he eventually got married and to a fine young lady I must admit. Bottom line is, who ever said you need to have good looks to attract a beautiful opposite sex individual? That friend of mine, had a good heart and people always like who he was - honest, down to earth and never letting the bad scar just rob him of his happiness and freedom. He ignored the scars knowing there was not much he could do about them. It is always easier to accept how things are and move on. This inspirational story explains about beaut