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Back For Now

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:12:15 +0000

Ok, I'm fully aware that it's been a long time since the last time I updated this blog. I really don't have a precise idea how many of you, dear readers, missed me hehe. My most recent entry was written on October 23, 2008. A year had already gone by and STILL there was even no single entry popping out of this blog. And I seriously apologize for that. And you might ask what happened to yours truly. Well, many things have happened to me since the previous entry. But I could easily pick the most significant event that happened to me within that period of my relatively long blog hiatus. I already shouted out to the world that I passed the October 2008 CPA Board Exams. And since my jubilation for passing the board has long subsided, I would not go into details how I achieved such a feat. All I can say to those who will still take the CPA Board is to pray and most importantly, to become a little narcissistic like yours truly by believing too much in yourself. 'Cause you know what, it's always better to bring an EXTRA something to the table just to be sure hehe. So be EXTRA confident haha! At least be overconfident at the right moment in time. Just like those moments when I was applying for my first job. I just want to share that I really hate taking employment examinations hehe. Perhaps because I like job interviews better and bragging about what I can contribute to the company. Just know your strengths baby hehe. So unsurprisingly, I brought home the bacon at the expense (classification: personnel hehe) of one of the subsidiaries of the country's largest oil company. In other words, I got an accounting post at the retailing-arm of Petron Corporation. And now allow me to blab about my first job. I would try, as much as possible, to keep it a little exciting because I still stick to my conviction that Accounting is naturally boring hehe. YET I've enjoyed facing mental challenges ever since I stopped utilizing my sports prowess haha. And that of course, makes Accounting as an outlet for me to basically gauge myself how far I've gone as far as human potential in the mental department is concerned hehe. It's just like I'm a mountaineer and Accounting is my Mount Everest hehe. I just knew right from the very moment I signed the job offer that my climb was just about to start and it would not be a pretty one. Life, as we all know it, is full of sacrifices aside from boxes of chocolates. For God's sake, it was my first time to be away from my family on a New Year's Eve just to witness an inventory count at a gas station. That is one hell of a sacrifice, I've got to tell you hehe. Another sacrifice that I've surprisingly taken is the LESSER time I have to allot for writing, a hobby that I've enjoyed ever since. Consequently, that includes blogging. Work can really demand almost everything out of us. Life balance is a good thing YET it's like a weight that is sometimes difficult to maintain. And as a result, we tend to exhaust our energy to a thing that is not necessarily our topmost priority but rather to a thing that inevitably demands most of our time. It's quite sad but it's simply a fact of life that I can only do little about. Now let me start talking about what I do in work hehe.

I handle some of the Accounts Receivable accounts, credit cards and gift cheques to be specific but mostly gift cheques. Ok, I would not go into intricate details about my work which I'm still even trying to decipher simply because this blog is not made to sound as geeky as yours truly hehe. But what I've been doing, in simpler terms, especially in gift cheques is to send a BILL (not just to record an accounting entry) to our big customers containing the accurate amount of what they owe us. It does sound simple, doesn't it? WRONG haha! It doesn't mean of course, that even though you know the definition of Accounting as the language of business, you'll pass the CPA board. The same principle goes with work hehe. I so depend on the site accountants for the data as well as the gift cheques I have to first review before recording an entry to the books through an Accounting system (SAP) and ultimately billing the customers. Last Friday, I spent the entire day just finding out what caused a material variance. I mean, I could not make an entry to the books without knowing first where I would classify such an anomalous amount hehe. I started out examining a gibberish data known as WPUBON only to find out in the end that it could not solve the problem haha. At the end of the day, it was just a wrong tender by the cashier all along hehe. What I'd like to drive at is that don't expect that every established company has a flawless system even in a computerized environment. Even if I'm not an auditor, I still have to practice professional skepticism hehe. As an accountant of the company, a flawless system is a very ideal aim YET this is possible to achieve. An imperfect system poses as a challenge for every single employee. And just to give a sudden credit to what an auditor does, it's all up to the auditor to conclude that the schedules we make are reliable enough to finally construe that the financial side of the company is doing good or maybe not hehe.

So far, I'm being challenged by the backlogs. A collective sign of an imperfect system hehe. Of course, I don't have an idea how I'll do for the many days to come. But one thing's damn sure: I'll try my best to be good without slinging out WORDS hehe.

Stay Tuned

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:19:01 +0000

I'm originally a shy type of guy. But if there is one valuable thing that I learned from the streets during my ragged childhood days, then it was being OUTGOING. So it sort of nuked the introvert within me and most importantly, has developed my self-confidence over these years. Now you could imagine how unruly I was becoming when I wasn't permitted to play outside the house. I totally hated sleeping in the afternoon but if that was the only condition set by our house help for me to play outside at 4 PM, then I had never failed to meet that condition despite the fact that I was faking it most of the time hehe. Just staying inside the house was practically boring me to tears. But one of the saving graces of staying inside the house was our family computer back then. I used to kill time just trying to face Mike Tyson on a boxing computer game, Punch-Out but I was unsuccessful. And the other saving grace was my favorite board game, the Millionaire's Game (a variant of Monopoly). Basically, the Millionaire's Game is a highly-strategic board game wherein players compete in a virtual economic environment in order to create wealth by buying, selling, and renting properties using play money. Now you've just known how I basically held on a tough business course known as Accountancy hehe. As a child, I lived a dangerous childhood (just a bit dangerous). I used to climb trees, cross a river, and run my BMX bike at a ridiculous top speed. Yet at the same time, I found my sense of maturity quite prematurely by just staying inside the house playing Millionaire's Game with my father. Sometimes, I was asking him the meanings of some business jargons in the game that a typical child would not normally understand. But everytime I asked, his answer was always a predetermined, "You will eventually know it as you grow up." But still, I played the game as I was taught by him about the bare fundamentals. And my father mused one day, the day I became a CPA, that he couldn't imagine how little RC gradually transformed and ultimately achieved such an esteemed title. Ok, enough for too much drama hehe. Too much drama could freakin' kill. And take a look at me now, bumming my ass off hehe. I still haven't passed my resume to any company. I didn't even attend the job fair many months back. Thing is, aside from "writing" that made me thousands, my passion for anything about business is still alive and kicking. Perhaps, had I not discovered the Millionaire's Game, I would have soared my ass out of the dreadful Accounting course. It is, after all, the passion that keeps the fire burning, baby. But as I wrote here, no wonder, I've been a lost kid.

I vividly remember that night (I was in 1st year highschool I think) when I was tasked by my father to post the amounts to the ledger of a water refilling business. I mean, come on, a water refilling business?! Just imagine the immense volume of its transactions in a single day! From that night, I said to myself that bookkeeping s*cks crinkly balls. And I even made a promise to myself that I will never EVER take Accounting in college. And as you can see, I ate that up like the legendary Cookie Monster. You might not have an idea how that bookkeeping task bored the living daylights out of a dorky RC back then. So before I embark on a new journey, I still have some emo soul-searching escapades to do hehe. I mean, come on, once you get into a job, it would be tough to get your ass out of it in case you feel freakin' suffocated in a surrounding wherein dealing with different kinds of people is more stressful than the job itself. If you encounter, for instance, an RC-like in the workplace, well, that would be doubly hard if not excruciating haha. Especially if you're a hot girl hehe. Ok, I'm just playing. Well, what I've been trying to share all along is that even though I'm slacking at this very moment, I still have plans to practice my profession. So don't worry Logis hehe. Anyone probably has an idea how difficult it really is to hurdle the CPA Board. And I'm not crazy enough to never grab that opportunity. It would seriously take another entry to share what particular area in Accountancy I've been wanting to practice. But let me tell it once and for all that it's not going to be external auditing nor the academe hehe. Let us see, let us see...

I Deserve My Whole Entry

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:53:44 +0000

Last year, I devoted my whole entry to my friends especially to the readers of my blog who hurdled the CPA Board Exams. Again, Gold, are you still lurking on my blog hehe? Say Hi. My comment form is already functioning hehe. Anyways, I COULD HAVE been a CPA a year ago. But 2007 simply wasn't my time. I was still in college then. But it was a blessing though 'cause I did learn the true value of waiting. And now on this very day, this is my moment and what was that David Cook Song hehe? Ok, let me congratulate myself for passing the October 2008 C.P.A. Board Licensure Examinations. I could have never done it, really, without prayers especially those prayers that came from my relatives in Samar. Through God's unending grace, I've never failed to make my parents so proud. Dude Elaine, you're so right. Prayers do work! And I specially congratulate the new CPA who's been reading my blog, Lesley Sio. Did I miss someone hehe? That's it for now. I feel like dancing hehe.

Numb

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:57:17 +0000

Am I abnormal haha? Only two days to go before the actual board exams and I'm honestly not feeling as nervous as what I'M SUPPOSED to feel. Have I gone totally numb haha? Of course, I'm feeling a little nervous but my tension level has significantly dropped down to a certain point wherein what I'm feeling right now is just like I'm about to take the final exams in the undergraduate years hehe. Am I again becoming too confident? Yes, I could say that I'm the kind of guy who commonly oozes with overconfidence but I couldn't say, really, that I already have acquired the adequate confidence to hurdle the board. For one thing, I was NEVER included in the Top 100 in the two preboards. Yes, I've prepared decently to aquire the partial confidence I have now but I don't really know if my preparation would be enough. At this moment, no one really knows. Except the great God I've known.

Perhaps, the reason why I'm feeling this almost indifferent way is that I trust God so much. I'm not really a traditional-religious person. A Sunday Mass, for example, has never been my thing ever since. I sometimes go to a holy mass but it's never been a routine. But you might have noticed in this blog that I do mention God everytime I'm about to take something colossal and I praised Him when I achieved something I had never wanted yet I learned to somehow love it along the way. In other words, I do believe in Him and His grace even though I don't go to church every Sunday. And with regard to the board exams that I'll take two days from now, I've always had faith that He would still be with me. But I'm not necessarily asking Him to lead my pencil to the correct answer nor am I even asking Him to lead my pencil to the correct answers until it rightly shades the last item enough for a passing mark. I have no idea what my future would be but God had known it even before I came out of my Mama's womb. So now you can tell who owns my ass hehe. My plan is obviously grand but His plan for me is THE grandest. So no matter what the results would be, it would be God's path for me and I would walk on it gladly. Believe me when I say that both failure and success don't really spell a difference. If ever I fail, it doesn't necessarily mean that I would be relegated to the backseat of this civilized society. And if ever I succeed, it doesn't mean that I'll transform into an upgraded version of RC haha. I'll still be the same RC you probably know who eats footlong from the squatter's area, gazes fiercely at the tambays in the neighborhood, and genuinely smiles at people who suffer from mental retardation. Ok, you don't know that haha. My blog and I, as I've always emphasized, are different from each other. Ok, I'm digressing hehe. Where was I? Ok, I'm not necessarily demanding from God to give me the much coveted CPA title. I mean, who am I to demand that from Him like a freakin' PRC employee demanding payment for a mailing envelope hehe? Again, He has the grandest plans for me and I don't know what those plans are. What I'll simply do is to give the best I've got in His glory. All I'm asking from Him, despite the length of this entry, is surprisingly straightforward and that is a tip-top physical shape (I've been worrying about my eyes these past days but I'll tell about this in a separate entry) at the actual board hehe. That package, of course, includes the capacity to comprehend every item correctly as well as a retentive memory. After all, He was ultimately the one who molded my skills. And I believe that it would not be very difficult for Him to reward my skills a special overhaul at the time when I need it the most.

I can do everything through him that gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13 NIV

Just Winding Down

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:40 +0000

A few days back while I was sitting on a toilet bowl, trying to take a dump, and getting ready for another consuming day in the review school, I began generating another tiny question to self, "Why have I been doing this?" Ok, to make things clear between you and me, I'm not referring to taking a dump. So we're clear on that, aren't we hehe? I was actually touching on getting ready for another day in the review school. Ok, let me postpone my review for a while and blog a little so that I can slow things up as the pressure is gradually creeping up on me. So *coughs* really, why have I been getting up so early in the morning, positioning myself amid other commuters just to get a seat on a bus, and ultimately attending the review since the early days of June? So I was trying to goof off with my parents as I ordinarily do one day by revealing before them practically the synopsis of why I decided, at once, to take the CPA Board Exams. I said to them with feelings (remember I was goofing off hehe), "I'm doing this not necessarily for me but for you." And then I added, "It's very likely that I will not enjoy the job which an accountant usually (or routinely hehe) does so I'll just take the board and if ever I pass with God's grace which has marvelously worked on me, then my ego would be inflated enough to become a SINGER! Haha. And then my parents reacted violently (as if I were serious haha). I mean, WHAT?! A singer? I really like to goof off sometimes hehe. Perhaps every so often, my jokes, no matter how they appear to be blatant or obvious, are half-meant. Ok, I wasn't trying to say that I want to become a singer for the rest of my life. That joke is absolutely NOT meant hehe. I mean, come on, have you heard me sing? Please don't expect much hehe. Again, I hope we're clear on that, aren't we hehe? All I'm saying is that my joke was half-meant on that part when I said to my parents that I'm about to take the board largely for them and not necessarily for me. 'Cause if I were an extremely selfish kind of guy (which by the way, I'm not haha), I really would have NOT decided to take the board, at least this time around, for kicks and for financial reasons. I would have worked immediately, practically ANY work which would require my skills, to help the family. Yet they insisted that I should take the board now no matter what. And I just shrugged, "Alright." I'm not really a hard-head. My decision was, in fact, lightning instant. Contrary to popular belief, I've never been a reasonable person. I'm easily hauled by my emotions. If my parents say GO, then I would do just that for their sake. Remember the time when I passed the qualifying exams for the Accountancy major? So incidentally, yes, I'm easily hauled by my emotions. The reason WHY I MADE SOME HASTY DECISIONS AT SOME POINTS IN MY LIFE WHICH HAVE HAD A MATERIAL EFFECT ON ME BUT I'D NEVER EVER REGRET DOING. So that's it for now. Wish me luck.

Sporty Then & Now Dorky

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:56:19 +0000

I have loved sports ever since I was still a scruffy kid at age 6. I've loved the stimulating enigma that springs from it. But as I've continued to age, my fondness for sports, I believe, is dwindling into downward spiral. As you probably know it, my eyes had unusually elongated which has made me half-blind for roughly a decade now and so I had no other choice but to quit playing rough games like basketball. Perhaps basketball is the only game which I personally believe I could have been very good at had I continued playing it despite my lack of height. My eye doctor diagnosed my eyes and found out that I've got PVD. Then he said arguably the most heartbreaking phrase I've ever heard in my entire life (next to the phrase said to me when I was rejected hehe), "Do you play any sport? I advise you to quit playing it from now on if you don't want your retina to be detached!" And I was shattered. But as I've actually meant, my love for it didn't totally diminish as I still watch basketball, boxing, billiards, and even badminton from time to time. It's been a lesser degree, I know, that's why I've called it a 'dwindle' into downward spiral hehe. I used to play those games (except for boxing, of course hehe but when I was still a kid, I did challenge other kids to box with me haha) but now, I just have to watch professionals do their thing. At a very young age of 6, I still can recall that I was good at siyato, a local old game involving two sticks. When I took up men's softball for my PE in college while I was still wearing contacts, I also remember very vividly that I could bat the softball pretty strong despite the fat and muscular arm of the pitcher. But those were the good old days hehe. My reaction time is good enough to hit you with a jumpshot in basketball without getting blocked (no matter how tall you are hehe). And everytime I disrespect a defender with my Jordan-like jumpshot, I would never fail to remind him of his height hehe (that's what you call trash talk baby hehe). I could even go toe-to-toe in basketball with the workhorses from the squatter's area. My playmates even had this courage to gamble with the squatters as long as they (my playmates) had me as their teammate. But most of the time, we lost to the squatters so my playmates were charged (oh no don't ever include me, you were the ones who gambled but you could blame me for being rusty at shooting and not penetrating my ass into the basket that time haha). Oh that particular time when I gracefully drove my way into the basket near the baseline for what would have been an easy lay-up but I was badly blocked haha. I hadn't realized back then that those squatters could actually jump higher than me and with perfect timing. I mean, come on, they were just barely standing 5-feet tall. I'm taller by 5 inches, so how could I know hehe? I just couldn't handle their tenacity in the court and so I just settled for long jumpshots but I was rusty that day hehe. So in short, we lost to them haha. The kids in my neighborhood (but they are no longer kids) were even calling me "idol" haha. Ahh good times hehe. And I remember during one Valentines day way back in Elementary when we had some sort of a Valentines program in school, a classmate of mine named Herby gave me a relatively expensive Michael Jordan basketball jersey and I was dumbfounded and so I asked him, "Why do you have to give such expensive gift to me?" And he replied, "Because someone told me you're good at playing basketball." And then I was like, "Ouch, that is so sweet of you haha." Again, those were the good old days and I'm again being egotistical hehe. Among my present acquaintances, no one really knows that I used to play basketball far decently. I mean, with my dorky appearance? Come on hehe!

Yesterday was the end of the mentally-exhausting first 'preboards' and immediately after it, my friends and I went to a certain carinderia near CPAR to buy something to munch in an end to watch our very own UST play against the most defensive squad of Ateneo. Unfortunately, UST lost. Honestly, I went home a little upset both with the lost of UST to Ateneo and of course, my performance in the preboard exams...

The upcoming CPA Board Exams is a totally different kind of sport that I need to take seriously. It's a pure mental game, a battle royale as I always put it. Losing has always been a part of the game. Therefore, it's never been a surprising "trend" in the CPA Board Exams that 75 percent usually don't make it, making it really the toughest board exams in the country today. It's like a freakin' bar exams and the CPA Board is not EVEN an essay type of test, it's multiple choice! And don't even tell me that this 75 percent didn't work hard to reach for their dream. Sometimes, hard work is not enough. Believe me, I did try yet I still failed. The UST Growling Tigers is a team mostly composed of tall, lean, and athletic players. But do they still have the necessary skill to keep pace with the heated competition? If you ask me, my answer is a very optimistic YES. They are definitely workhorses or hard workers as seen through their aggressiveness and hustle in the court. Yet sometimes, it's not only a person's hard work that is deemed inadequate but also his skills only if clouded with doubts and indolence. I mean, your goals have always been there waiting at the top taunting you abundantly for you to get them. But there are just myriad of factors why, in the first round of eliminations, UST got beaten by 4 teams out of 7. One glaring factor that I've seen why they usually lost games is their end-game composure. They just can't execute their offense pretty well especially in the dying minutes of the final quarter. It seems like they're losing their calmness and disintegrating in the court and this is actually the reason why they tend to turn the ball over. It is therefore the end game that matters most. The first round of eliminations is a mere period of adjustment, a proverbial gauge. Just like in boxing, the first round is an essential round for the boxers to basically measure each other up. A boxer has to taste the punch of his opponent especially in the first round so that he could adjust his defense appropriately, to drop his shoulders, for instance, if his opponent is a terrific puncher in the body. The first round does have bearing but this is not actually the thing that matters most. Boxing has 12 rounds yet it is the 12th round that marks a lasting impression on the judges' mind. A basketball team may lead in points substantially in the first half but once they lost their composure in the end game, this is where they would get more chances to be blown away in the end. Just like my first preboards 2 days back. Definitely, those tests I took had bearing but they don't matter the most. Yet without them, I could have never known that I'm still sluggish even at this very point. So from here, I'd try to recoup. The end game is yet to come for me so I have to work effectively to be poised. So beloved few readers of this blog, I have to declare this hehe: I'm finally on a long HIATUS. Sorry for my long absence and I hope this entry has successfully filled the long gap hehe.

Stirred

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:01:35 +0000

Every single day in the review school is definitely worth my energy which is ordinarily consumed by my long standing on the bus. And just lately by a mild cramp which my right leg suffered due to closing the mechanical door of the bus by gently kicking it as I was seated, the whole travel time, on the bus' staircase. I'm definitely willing to take on whatever obstacles that might come my way just to attend a review class even though I live from a far-away place. I'm just stirred like that hehe. I'm not necessarily inspired just because a girl I find cute in the review suddenly smiled at me (for honestly I don't know why but it made my day) but because, I've been learning a LOT! And the jokes, damn they relax me hehe. Thank God for the small things in life hehe. I remember the time when my Law professor in my undergraduate years warned us about being ready for the CPA Board exams. He said that if there's something new infused into your mind during the review which you completely hadn't known in the undergraduate years, then you should start thinking twice about taking the Board. I don't know if this is a bad thing or not but the truth remains that since the day I started to attend the review class, I've been taking in many concepts and efficient techniques which honestly hadn't occurred to me during my college days. Learning, after all, is a gradual process. He seemed to forget that hehe. Yet, this only reestablished the fact that I was such a lackadaisical ass when it comes to academics in college hehe. But anyways, it's not yet late, is it hehe?

I still haven't started studying BLT (Business Law & Taxation). Honestly, I'm having a difficult time to begin in this subject. My plan in here is to read, read, and read. Even to the extent of going back to those Law books I bought when I was still in college as well as my father bought in preparation for his Bar. They would always say, "How can you go back to those?! There's no time for that!" I don't know but that's the most effective plan I have in mind as of now. Besides, I like reading rather than computing. I've always been telling myself that in order to give justice to my deceased dream of taking up Law, this would be my final drop of respect hehe. Yeah, dura lex sed lex - My law may be hard, but it is what it is haha.

Roughly three months to go before the Board. A month has already gone by and I had accomplished relatively LITTLE. IF EVER I become a CPA in few months' time, it's so likely that my mind would not be as "clear-cut" as others' as to where I'll go next. I've been a lost kid, remember hehe? But would it even matter? Let's see.

I would never know until I get there. After all, my operating philosophy is to let the wind do its will on me. No one knows, I may become highly successful in this field and the most exciting thing to look forward to is that I may enjoy an Accountant's job hehe. I mean, no one knows, right hehe? I guess what I'm struggling (hehe) to say is that you may be lost at a particular point in time but for the sake of achieving what they call contentment and arriving at your true destination for this matter, diligence should be applied for you to know how to read the directions on a map, I guess there's no point in saying you're lost if you know how, I mean, is there hehe?

Correlation between the CPA Board & Generosity

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:18:36 +0000

After my review class yesterday, Tope, Lud and I went to SM North Edsa just, you know, to kill time hehe. But seriously, we went to that mall for nothing but to unwind a little, you know, "chill" hehe. I guess to chill out sometimes is important especially if you are preparing for the board exams. I mean, it's definitely NOT advisable and even healthy to lock yourself in a room and review until your brain bleeds dry. This freakin' lock up is particularly not desirable for my case. You know, guys and gals, I think I haven't shared to you that I've had a very narrow attention span. I realized this just a few months back: I get bored easily. This is one of the symptoms of a narrow attention span. Most of the time, when I'm trying to answer (or what I personally call immunize) accounting problems for instance, I tend to answer only one problem regardless of its level of difficulty and then I'll stand up, watch TV, pat my dogs, fool around with my little sis or parents, play the guitar, surf the net, listen to hip-hop songs, and virtually anything else but answer the next accounting problem on the hand-out. It's sort of an interval hehe. So at the end of the day, I'd accomplish very little hehe. Basically speaking, I tend to use up most of my energy towards unessential things haha. There are roughly three months to go before the 'battle royale' known as the CPA Board. Of course, I know it's not that far away like the kingdom you'll find in a fairy tale (it does rhyme, doesn't it?). My personal maxim has always been, "Confidence is caused by preparation." Yet, I still have to catch up on many topics from different subjects. I haven't even started studying Law and I don't take up notes in this subject for strategic reasons *wink wink* hehe! What I'm trying to say is that you may do whatever you want in your life as a reviewee but if you badly want to hurdle a tough board like the one that I will take in October, it would all boil down to an effective plan composed of strategies. Now, I'm just applying Auditing Theory hehe. But who am I to talk like that, I'm still not a CPA!? You might hoot hehe. Well, I just tied up all the advices of those who already are ;) Based on those advices, I came up with my own summary hehe. Well going back, a plan varies from one person to another. My seatmate, Allen, yesterday saw the hand-outs of our fellow reviewees in front of us and he pressured himself by saying to me, "Look RC, they already have answers and we still have none." Of course, not in English haha. Then I said to him, "You know who you are bre, don't pressure yourself and don't be pressured by anyone." And he nodded. You know what guys and gals, whenever I speak, draw closer to me 'cause that would be of substance haha. Again, I'm egotistical like that hehe. Well seriously now, you know who you are and I know who the hell I am. If a little cramming works for you, then do that. Allen is a smart-ass, really. He can get really high grades, even way higher than the average even if he crams. That's why I said to him you know who you are. In my case, I do cram as well not because I'm as smart as him, oh hell no hehe. I've long convinced myself that I can never be as smart as him. 'Cause I believe that at least the mental aspect of an individual is innate. I usually cram because this works for my OWN standard and because I graduated with a BSA degree, I think my slacking ways somehow worked for the high standard of the program as well. Again, do whatever works for you. If my fellow reviewees have this tendency to answer the hand-outs in advance 'cause this tactic has worked well for them through the years, then believe me, it would definitely work for them 'til the end. 'Cause that's how strong my faith in them hehe. I think my point is pretty clear hehe.

At the end of the day, what would matter is not the results of the board exams. Pass or fail, it wouldn't really matter. Now let me be sappy for a moment through saying this: Generosity matters. Now, how the hell is succeeding in the CPA Board related to f*ckin' generosity? You might hoot coupled with a little fury hehe. Well, I guess you would fully realize what I said by the time you've already achieved something bigger than you'd ever imagined. You might top the board but if you wouldn't share your blessings, then this achievement would go to waste. I mean, what's the whole point?! Live a life that matters as the great Velayo put it when he spoke before us during our solemn investiture. Remember guys and gals this cliche: What we've done to ourselves would eventually die with us, but what we've done for others would live forever. Thanks to the old lady who broke in our conversation yesterday for giving us this great advice while the three of us were on the jeep on our way to SM North Edsa hehe. That's actually the point of this whole entry. Sorry for my long absence and I hope I somehow put a grin on your face ;)

Incredible Last Week

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:24:46 +0000

I could safely say that last week was the most remarkable week of my mostly droning life. I'm not even exaggerating hehe. Let me start from May 26 (Monday) to May 31 (Saturday). So here it goes and please check my coherence hehe:

Monday - This is the first day of my review in CPAR. And ever since this day, I've been having a great time. You might ask: Seriously, RC?! Damn, I'm sure hehe. Every single reviewer I've met has a decent sense of humor. This is the best reason I could give why I've been having a blast in the review school. You know what my dear guys and gals, humor, in any review school for this matter, is damn essential as long as the humor will not go off the topic/point. 'Cause you don't have to spend money everyday just to gulp an energy drink in order to be "lively" throughout the review session. Funny reviewers would suffice hehe. Also because of this, I've decided not to live in a dorm. I'm simply motivated enough to tolerate my grueling travel hehe. Besides, my long standing on the bus serves as my morning exercise hehe. So I don't mind. Since I'm talking about review school here, let me just share why I picked CPAR to help me tie up those vast topics I learned from my undergraduate years. My reason is actually not a strategic one. I picked CPAR just because my father used to review also in this review school 27 years ago. So that was in May 1981 and he was included in the 9th Batch who hurdled the CPA Board Exams. I'm presently 22 and my father was also 22 back when he was still a humble reviewee from the province of Samar. Now you might have noticed that I am indeed more sentimental than reasonable hehe. I believe more in twist of fate than mere luck. It could be my choice why I chose to review in CPAR but it was mostly fate that helped me graduate from the rigid course of Accountancy. You just have to know how to interpret the signs 'cause these are collectively the way of the Lord in communicating to us. And I hope and pray that I'll become a CPA just like my father. And now let's go to Tuesday.

Tuesday - Ok, I was absent on this day. Yeah, that was equally remarkable.

Wednesday - I went to Zirkoh, a comedy bar, at Greenhills to accept the invitation of a good friend who would be celebrating his birthday on the next day. And I could say that among the bunch, I was the one who had the most "blast" hehe. Why? 'Cause I was the only one among the bunch who was invited to the stage to goof along with the honorable members of the third sex. I mean, HOLY CRAP! Those stand-up comedians would diss you until they had nothing more to diss about you. But I was damn hyped-up that moment and so I accepted perhaps the biggest challenge my precious dignity could ever handle. Besides, I tend to believe too much in myself. TOO MUCH that I even believed I would still get the respect I've always known I deserve even from those stand-up comedians who are paid ridiculous amounts of money just to ridicule you before the mad audience 'til kingdom come. I'm egotistical, really hehehe. So how did it happen? Aside from the stand-up, there was also a karaoke. So when the comedians roll called every group in the bar, they also asked who among the group can sing. And as I had expected, my friends unanimously pointed me haha. So I went to the stage 'cause I'm too cool to decline. Again, I'm egotistical and now COOL haha. Of course, I was bashed at some points but I was cool on the stage all the way through and one comedian admired my sportsmanship. But good thing is that they didn't hit me below the belt. They just joked about my skinny appearance hehe. But overall, I wasn't really dissed in an aim to nuke my dignity just like what they often do every night hehe. And of course, my witty answers were loaded haha. That's probably the reason why they respected me in the end. And finally, they asked me to sing after a relatively long misery hehe. I sang Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are and I can say just because of the crowd's silence that they were liking my performance hehe. It's a good Pop song. I can admit that I'm really not into Pop songs but I just like to sing them hehe. One gay comedian even remarked that I've got a pleasant voice. Seriously now, that appreciation is what 'incredible' is all about hehe.

Thursday - I still went to the review school coming from a very measly one-hour sleep. I slept over Tope's place. We bonded a bit and most of the time, I just listened to his love stories hehe. I was sleepy all throughout the review this day but I could still catch things up. The flow of the discussion, I think, has been slow. Am I right hehe? Happy birthday, Kwebs.

Friday - This is the day when I gave thanks to the Lord for all the blessings He's bestowed me. This is when the Thanksgiving Mass organized by the college was held. The outfit is smart casual. Seriously, I didn't really intend to dress like a rockstar just like what my friends remarked hehe. Do I deserve to be called as a stereotypical rockstar just because I know how to dress haha? Again, I'm egotistical hehe.

Saturday - IS THE DAY!! Haha. This is when my graduation rite was finally held. The moment I had been waiting for. I became a bit emotional. In fact, I almost had a tear forming in my eye while I was singing the UST Hymn. Simply because, my college life had been a crazy yet fun ride. I didn't get the course I like in UST (Philosophy) since I was late to confirm myself. I went upstairs (to the College of Commerce) just to look for a vacancy. I hated Math but what can I do?! I still didn't have a college that time so this lost situation left me no choice but to take up Commerce. I was eyeing the Business Administration major (Economics, for some other reasons) just because this course has the least number of Math units. I took up the Accountancy qualifyings for kicks. And damn I passed and from this moment, my world began to tumble hehe. And here I am, a freakin' accountant (technically, not yet hehe). A profession I never dreamt to practice even in my wildest dreams.

Just wish me luck.