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Gimme the advantages for being an ACCA grad (Affiliate)...

2009-04-27T22:17:00.004+08:00

Able to complete faster?
- Australian Uni Accounting students grads at 21 years old too....

Greatly appreciated?
- Western countries like degrees better...
- Each country usually appreciate their own local professional professional body better
- CAs and CPAs are usually better appreciated than CCAs
- Australian CPA is as good as ACCA in many countries outside Australia, including Malaysia.

Networking?
- Had u ever been in any networking function by ACCA before?

Gimme some advantages of ACCA grads....
Any reason at all...

Work-a-holic? Or just being lazy??

2009-04-16T13:10:00.002+08:00

Does anyone has a clear guideline on how to determine if one is a work-a-holic?

There are quite a number of my colleagues seems to enjoy working quite a bit. I heard them complaining that they have nothing to do at home when they were forced to take leaves. (consider it paid leave, as it is time-off in lieu). I don't really seeing them complaining when they have to work around the clock. For me, it seems that they really enjoy working. What do you think?

If we see eye to eye on this conclusion, i need to ask you something. Do u think they are work-a-holic?

If yes, shd we call them work-a-holic simply because they dun complain and probably enjoy working that much? Isn't it a good thing to enjoy doing something that is good for yourself and society?

If not, don't you think that they are some what obsessive compulsive?

Pchycologist says it is considered a problem if it adversely affect your social relationships. Err... Quite a vague statement. To what extend is it considered "affecting" you social life? When you don't have a time to listen to a friend whining? Or when you don't have time to accompany your wife to shop? (I think that is the main reasons someone become work-a-holic. Haha...)

Ok, then another scenario. Ben always give time to the family and friends + and exercise a bit and keep himself in good shape + keep everything else organised. But he don't really spend any time pampering himself. He has no desire, other than working, of course. Is that the best scenario that can be?

Shakespeare: To be or not to be, that is the question...

(Gimme some input on this. And please help me to develop the scale if you guys have any comment, idea, revelation or anything resembles that. Thanks in advance...)

Un-named Scale (Pls help me to figure out a name for this)

2009-04-16T12:23:00.005+08:00

Sub-Zero: Parasit (Maybe i am too harsh....)
The value of life is about the enjoyment that you get out of it. If my life is spent on dealing with the jerks, then how should i enjoy my life? By the way, there are so many successful people around me. As a friend and family, it is natural that they should help me out, right? I treated them so well all the time...

Ground Zero: Lazy
Dun enjoy working at all. There are so many jerks out there. Office politics, ridiculously demanding boss and the list goes on and on. Only if i can stop working...

Level 1: Moderate
Well, working can be quite fun sometimes. Besides, we must work for the resources we enjoy. We cannot just be a parasit to the society, right? It is very boring sitting at home and do nothing at all. However, working can sometimes be boring too. The boring repeating jobs and demanding bosses. Overall, it is ok and acceptable to work. Things are not any better if i were not working. I just want a stable and moderate life.

Level 2: Hardworking
The whole meaning of life is about what you can achieve. Pure enjoyment is a waste of life as it does not helping the society. If everyone do not contribute to the society, the civilization will not develop, not to mention the possibility of regression. I enjoy the fact that i am achieving something good for the society and get rewarded with money, power and status.

Level 3: Work-a-holic
Life sucks. There are so many people out there who are just too difficult to understand. Working is in turn simpler. You will get rewarded for what you have contributed. People recognise your hardworking and achievements.

My hiong hiong colleague...

2009-03-25T19:48:00.002+08:00

I have a colleauge who is taking ACCA, just like me. Has one more paper to go, just like me. Joined the firm that i am working for in July 2008, just like me. But why do i specifically mention this colleauge?

That is simply because, this colleague is HIONG!!!

Actually it is not this colleague being hiong, just that i am lame nia...

I am taking this colleague as comparison simply because this colleauge has a very similar study and career profile as i do. So, my dear frens, those of you guys taking different career profile than me, e.g. engineerings, and especially life science courses, please don't compare you all to me to avoid undesired consequences, ok? Thank you for your c0-operation.

OK. Now that u all knows that i am just at the same stage of life as my colleague, i am telling you guy the difference between us...

1. This colleague is one year younger than me... (Me Stupid X1)
2. This colleague took a study path that shd take 1 year longer than me... (Me Stupid X2)
3. This colleague passed the paper i failed in first attempy, although this colleague is working while taking the paper... (Me Stupid X3)

Wei, you expect more ar? What kind of people are you? Are you sure you are a fren of mine?

Haiz...

I tend to go ahead of myself too...
Divertion by expectation...
Haiz

I am feeling bad for myself. I am being too irresponsible for my frens and myself.

Guys, i really appreciate what you all had helped.
Fetching me here and there when i don't have transportation, encourage me to do the right things, warn me ahead so that i will avoid bad things to happen, instill good quality & value inside of me, share your life to me so that i can learn from it, and the list is too long to list it down here...

I know that i am a lucky person. I met a lot of "expensive people" （贵人, hahaha...) (Btw, it also means the third lowest rank among Emperor's wives. Hahahahahahaha...)

They had helped me in many ways. However, it seems that i had wasted their efforts...

Haiz...

I am also being not responsible of myself..
My had not grow strong enough to meet all my obligations...
Not to mention my obligation to myself, i.e. to make my own life a happy life...

Haiz...

I want this to be my bottom. I don't wanna go south anymore. (As there are no polar bear in south pole. Hahahaha...). It is time for me to rebound already.

My life, is my own responsibility.

Desperation = Motivation

2009-03-16T21:08:00.002+08:00

I was told that all motivation usually comes in two general form, desperation and motivation. I kinda agree with that.

I saw a lot of tv interviews. I am not so sure if they are bragging + making themselves look great or what, it seems that desperation is the more effective form of motivation. By desperation, i don't mean the crave for something that they want really badly in their life, not the basic needs that you cannot live without.

So, my dear friends....
If you are feeling kinda contented about what you have right now, i am sorry to tell you, you won't get far from here. So, we must complain a lot about what we don't like whenever we meet. We must make ourselves feel miserable for not having something good.

Again, i just have to say, IT IS A CRAZY WORLD OUT THERE!!!

Right vs Wrong?

2009-03-15T23:21:00.002+08:00

It is quite obvious that different society has different say on what is right (acceptable) and wrong (not acceptable). So, wat is actually right and wrong?

E.g. Is polygamy acceptable?

Pro - Wei, if i like it and the other partIES can accept that, why cannot har? Actually hio, i think law is not fair one you know. The laws har are made by those politicians who are everything but endau, pretty or attractive. So hio, they purposely create all this kind of law to punish attractive people like us! You know har, actually it is not good for the population one you know? You see har, the gender ratio is roughly 1G:1.02B (G= Gang / male, B= Bo / Female). So hio, the losers don't have to work hard, as they will still get a partner under monogamy anyway. This does not encourage healthy competition. Society as whole won't work hard. So hio, curse the politicians. Btw, it is also because Allah said i can do so.

Skeptic - There are valid reasons behind the installation of the monogamy. The society is more prosperous than ever. We have more food, better shelter, more + better entertainment and etc now than ever. This is simply because people had been able to constraint their greeds and channel their creativity, energy and thoughts to society improvement. Just imagine, a briliant person had created some value for the society and that person is quickly surrounded by a number of spouses. Then that person will be distracted from the making more contributions to the society. Is that a good thing for the society? I think the answer the very obvious.

(Disclaimer: The above article is extracted from Ah Beng Daily of 14 March 2009. The opinion remains the author's and the author's only. The website will bear no obligation for any inconvenience, dispute or casulty as a result of publishing this article. Viewer's discretion is advised.)

(In plain english: It is not my fault! I dunno! I dunno!)

So, is polygamy right or wrong?

Wat, you can right & wrong? Ok lar, let's put it this way. If you have one guy/girl you love the most, and another guy/girl you love 70% of the first one. Then will you marry both? or just the one you love the most?

People said Islam is bad. They have that crazy "Jihad" thing that encourage people to fight + allow guy to marry to more girls but not a girl to more guys. But i really wonder, if they would know that Islam granted women voting rights 1500 years ago while the modern only consider this in 1900s? Or do they realised about the Crusades that Catholic Church had initiated, simply because they want to capture the Sacred City - Jerusalem. I wonder why they never say anything when they are still under the islamic sultanate for the last 500 years.

(Rumours has it that suicide bombers will granted 12 beautiful virgins in the heaven. Jeff Dunham raised an interesting question though. Why don't asked for 12 slutty women who knows what they are doing?)

I am not pro Islam. What i am saying is nothing is 100% evil nor good. Evils come in all forms. They are good in disguising themselves. What is right now might actually be wrong. What most people does might not necessaily be the right thing! Just looking at what happened in the Indonesia riots of 1998. So, what is the right thing to do? For me,

IT IS JUST A CRAZY WORLD OUT THERE!!!!!

Men cannot be house-husband ar?

2008-10-14T20:23:00.003+08:00

Hey girls, i need your contributions...

Today i had lunch with my colleagues. Female colleagues talked about maybe will sacrifice career for family. Then i said that i can be a house-husband. Then suddenly all the guns are pointed to me! They started to scold me...

The followings are the few that i can remember...
If my bf tell me like this, i will slap him till death!!!!! (-_-b)
I find bf to take care of me mah, now wan me to take care of him back ar???!!!! (-_-!!!)

I think i may exaggerated a bit (just a bit nia!), but the question is guys not reli allowed to be a house-husband in an oriental society?

Some more i feel wronged as i was saying i will give queenie a chance to choose to be a career woman or a house-wife nia...
(T-T)
Pity lor...

I am too immature...

2008-10-11T18:49:00.004+08:00

This is a post corresponding to the previous post named "are we too young to handle the life that i am having?" as i think i found a conclusion on my own situation to the question.

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.

Lately, there is just too many problem, too short of time for me. Of course, my life is even more miserable with all the restrictions that i have at the current stage of my life. Haiz...

Work...
Study...
Family...
Dance...

I have to juggle everything. Maybe i am not so prepared for all this, but i will never be really prepared if i don't do it. Haha...

What don't kills us, makes us stronger...
I wanted to be man that can handle everything thrown to him. That is why i may be sad. I may be puzzled. I may be angry. I may be mad. But i will never back-off...
If not, i will never be the man that i wanna be...

Luckily, those friends that have to face similar, if not identical problems as i am are doing pretty well. It makes me more confident that i will get through these and learn from these...

God helps those help themselves!
May god bless me with the strength that will help me to go through this toil and troubles, on my journey to become a complete man, who will shine care and comfort to those around him, contributing to the community...

What is the right life?

2008-10-03T23:16:00.002+08:00

Today, i talked a long-time best friend (a guy), about how our life is different from the majority of age.

The major difference we can tell is that majority of my friends going to far far places for vacation + go out for activities (lately paint ball very popular) + clubbing + karaoke + etc...

While they were doing that, my fren n i are typically reading novel / sleeping...
swt...

From there, we extended our discussion on how this may impact our life.

My fren is a single bachelor. We are saying this will affect his market big time. As nowadays the pace of the society is getting faster n faster. We are in a microwave era, where everything has to be faster n faster. This is easy to understand from here why the majority is trying to experience whatever they can in the shortest of time possible. Therefore, we this kind of couch potato is very unfavourable in the market. There might not even have a reliable market! Hahaha...

Well, for me, we conclude that i am a bad bf + Queenie is VERY unfortunate. Haiz...
I am not bringing her good time as i should. I know she like to get to a lot of places + like surprises. I didn't really accomplish that. Haiz...
This is something tat i will look into though...

The biggest problem we have in the discussion is that we don't really know should me flow the crowd or stand the point that we are now. We really enjoyed what we do (being couch potato) when we do it. We don't really enjoy the travelling that much. However, we really worry that our enjoyment is at ( shd i use "in" instead of "at" here?) the expense of other people.

So...
We are puzzled + lost + wondering...

The best thing tat could happen now is tat someone give me a list of measurement of life achievement as in "The Sims". Haha...

《天净沙·秋思》 - 马致远

2008-09-28T16:44:00.002+08:00

枯藤老树昏鸦。
小桥流水人家。
古道西风瘦马。
夕阳西下，断肠人在天涯。

《月下独酌》 - 李白

2008-09-28T16:25:00.003+08:00

花间一壶酒，独酌无相亲。
举杯邀明月，对影成三人。
月既不解饮，影徒随我身。
暂伴月将影，行乐须及春。
我歌月徘徊，我舞影零乱。
醒时同交欢，醉后各分散。
永结无情游，相期邈云汉。

Hin's last day

2008-09-24T20:22:00.002+08:00

Today is this fellow's last day in the firm. (Although he is in substance taking a long unpaid leave). Those of you not in the firm have NO IDEA how popular this guy is. They wanna go to JAPANESE RESTAURANT to celebrate his "leaving". C? People compare people, cake she people lo. Haiz...

The most unacceptable thing is that there are 10 - 20 people having lunch with him and he keep saying my statement about his popularity is purely craziness!!!! Blind people also can tell that this is not craziness, it is envious. Haha...

All the best for Leng Hin for his exam n hope to able to work with him soon.

Walau eh....

2008-09-23T19:18:00.002+08:00

Yesterday i skipped my breakfast as i was about to be late to work. I don't really know why but the air-cond was much cooler that usual. At first, i was only feeling the coldness. Not long later, i realized i wasn't feeling well. Then, i started to feel my fever...

It had been worsen since after the lunch. I couldn't really think. I was practically an oven.

When i get home, i immediately take my bath and started my long sleep...

I woke up at around 8.30 to take my lunch + a packet of chinese medicine. The medicine is in powder form. I was told to add in some water and salt. Haven't really heard such strange remedy though...

The second and last time i woke up was around 10.30 when i took another portion of my chinese medicine. Then i slept till 6.30 a.m....

Thank god that i was better in the morning and good enough to go to work. Maybe because i saw Leng Hin and Ching Wen who has been on field, i was fully recovered before lunch. Haha...

I believe this a message from god to ask me take better care of myself.

My laziness is too obvious already...

Haha...

Perseverance

2008-09-19T23:54:00.003+08:00

Will power is like a muscle. The more you practice it the stronger it gets. I think almost everyone understand that. However, why does people like me like to keep postponing things that should be done?

I guess it is because I don't really see the consequences of my actions every time i make a decision. I forget my "missions" and "visions" almost immediate after declaring them.

Life is just like a company. You have your missions, visions and objective. Then you will find your ways to reach the objective, i.e. strategy. The last vital component is control. Without controls, you are very unlikely to reach the places that u wanna reach.

"In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
- Theodore Roosevelt, President of US

金缕衣

2008-09-17T22:44:00.005+08:00

劝君莫惜金缕衣，
劝君惜取少年时。
有花堪折直须折，
莫待无花空折枝。

I would advice you not to appreciate beautiful clothing,
I would advice you to appreciate your youth.
You should pluck the flower when it is there,
don't wait till the time when you can only pluck the branch as there is no more flowers for you.

Benchmarking

2008-09-15T19:58:00.002+08:00

Today i feel like talking about a senior in my firm. He was just promoted to manager. I don't really know how old is he, but i guess he is just 27 years old.

I was told that he is an Australian university grad, thus i suppose he join EY at the age of 22. I was also told that he got promoted every review, thus i guess he is with the firm for 5 years. Yes, you heard me right, i heard that he get promoted every review, non-stop! Therefore i think he is 22 + 5, 27.

The thing i wanna discuss here is his non-stop promotion. He is a very bright guy. I am trying to learn a thing or two from him, so that i can be a better person.

I don't really know the industry very well yet but i think non-stop promotion to the position of manager is really something astonishing. These are few of the good quality that i can tell.

1. He is a very bright guy. He really understand his things and seems to consistently bring up quality works to the table. Me on the other hand, don't seems to really carry out my job well. I guess this dates back to my slacking study life. Haiz...

2. His presentations are always informative and enlightening. I can understand what he is trying to transfer quickly and stay interested. I will just pretty much read the script. Chalk n talk. Moreover, i think most of the people won't be able to get what i am trying to convey. This happens all the time, even when we are talking one to one. The worst is, it happens no matter i use Chinese or English. Haiz...

3. He is also very sociable. He can always get into a conversion with someone and keep the other party interested or entertained. He will try to know more people in every function. He will definitely be too shy, like me to start a conversation with a stranger. I also find it hard to keep the other party i have conversation with entertained all the time. I run out of topics quite quickly. Haiz...

4. He also contribute to the firm a lot in may ways. He joined and support the sports club, literally support every sport that we have. He will turn up at the practices of all kind of sports and cheer for our team in almost every competition.

I think he had prepared himself well for everything in advance. I really admire him and hopefully, after trying real hard to change myself, i learn up all this good qualities. Haha...

My friends, let's work hard to improve ourselves together and hopefully we can sit down and tell our grandchildren about this process one day.

Bitchiness is the way to go???

2008-09-13T18:33:00.003+08:00

I went to service my mom's car this afternoon. Since i was so bored there, i tried to find a magazine or something to read. I don't really understand why, but there are only female magazines there. I don't even see car magazines there.

Hmm....
Maybe they have more female customers i guess. Haha...

Anyway, i took female magazine and started to flip through. A topic just caught my eyes instantly. The topic is "Bitchiness".

The magazine seems trying to promoted bitchiness among girls. They rationalize it with the current environment where girls now valued by their career and their appearance. (I hope i get it right. I don't really understand girl stuffs.)

I don't really know if it is the right thing to do, but it does really concerns me. I am shock by the examples and the "bitchiness" they gave in the magazine. For me it's quite unimaginable. Tricks to win over a boy friend (and someone's boy friend), trying to make the colleagues to look bad, and those things that i thought only exists in movies...

I am know am quite kolot and apart from those city girls, but i didn't realize the gap is actually this huge. I was thinking maybe i wanna work in big cities next time. Now, i really wonder if i can survive that. City girls do follow the magazines and really believe in them. I am really worried if i will have to deal with this kind of people shall i be working in big cities.

I think my life is very different from typical city life. I don't really go out that often, nor clubbing, nor flirting, nor one night stand, (Wei, why do u look at me like this? I really don't , ok?), and followed by a long list.

I guess i enjoy a peaceful life while they enjoy colourful & exiciting & fast pace life.
It does makes me feel kinda kolot though...
Haha...

"Are we too young to manage the life that we are having?"

2008-09-13T02:14:00.003+08:00

In a meet-up with a bunch of frens, a guy asked a question.

" Are we too young to manage the life we are having?".

I think what he means is are we mature enough to handle the current life we are living. Although the question wasn't further discussed as it was not the centre of discussion, it had keep me thinking...

I don't reli have the answer for that question. What i know is i didn't manage my life well.

I was always rushing here and there...
Everyone around me is always not happy...
I didn't accomplish what i should have...
I didn't know what i thought was at my finger tips...

I may not be mature enough, but one thing is for sure, i.e. I am trying to be a better man. I will pay attention to what i did wrong and rectify it. Hopefully, i can kill my bad habits one by one. Although it may take me a long long time, at least i keep pregressing...

《易经》
天行健，君子以自强不息；
地势坤，君子以厚德载物。

I WANNA PASS ALL THE PAPER I TAKE IN DECEMBER 2008HE

2008-09-11T19:10:00.000+08:00

I am sick of failing my exams. Am i just this good (or bad)? I wanna better and refuse to be just worth this much!

I was a full time student. A full time student with no other obligation. A student who didn't have any other career to pursue. Yet, i come to today as someone who failed 4 times, 2 times on the same paper.

I know i was a better student back in secondary school. Was my academic achievement merely a result of my relentless helps from my teachers?
It seems that it is. It is time rectify that. My teachers helped me to get a better starting point. I had wasted some of their effort, but i promise myself that i won't do that again.

This is my statement: I WANNA PASS THE PAPER I TAKE IN DECEMBER 2008!!!