A new semester

Have you ever caught in a dilemma?


The choice is simple, that's the typical answer you will get from an outsider. Somehow, I still pondering whether I had made the right decision to give up the opportunity for taking up ICAEW especially when I was questioned by others. I couldn't utter a good excuse, probably because I don't even know the reason to do so. All I can do is to convince myself that it's over and I have to focus on my studies in ACCA. Don't look back and pretending that nothing happened before,I told myself.

I have a mixed feelings when embracing the first semester of ACCA (although it is only a two weeks gap from CAT :P). Firstly, I lose a few friends who continue their studies in ICAEW. Then, I am quite worried about my previous semester's result which will be known in 10 weeks time. Thirdly, I don't know how to answer the queries of my friends and lecturers should they enquire the reasons why I declined the offer from BDO. Haiz....

I certainly hope that I can sail through everything without a hitch and the choice is right.

A visit to BDO office

This Thursday, I had the opportunity to visit BDO office, the fifth largest auditing firm in the world, at Jalan Sultan Ismail together with my friends. Prior to the trip, I was expecting to see a very hectic office environment with many staffs walking around. However, the true working environment of an audit firm surprised me. The office was very spacious but only a few staffs were around. We were told by Human Resource manager that auditors will spend most of the time in clients place and seldom hang around in the office. Hence, it seems like no one comes to work and yet they are actually working very hard outside the firm.

After the office visit, BDO had a group interview to select some of us to join the ICAEW programme. The group interview was quite relaxing, maybe because I was not interested in the programme as it requires us to half-work half-study. Nevertheless, it was a great experience to me. I actually received an offer from BDO to join that programme later in the evening soon after the interview!! It was my first successful interview ever since the tragedy of JPA interview.^^ It shows that I am capable enough to attract my potential employers' attention.

Hehe...But as I said earlier, I was not interested in the programme so I had to reject it politely and give the chance to others who really needs it. However, I would really like to thank BDO for building up my confidence and I will try my best in my future endeavour.

My condolences...

PEKAN: Five members of a family were killed and three others badly injured in an accident between a multipurpose vehicle and a trailer lorry at Km87 of Jalan Kuantan-Segamat Thursday.

Pekan police deputy chief DSP Amran Sidek said the dead were Roland Wee Seng Hock, 56, senior assistant of a secondary school in Muar, Johor, his son Joash Wee, 23, two daughters Jasinth Wee, 18, and Jelyn Wee, 16. The other was Seng Hock's mother-in-law Lim Kim Boon, 79.

Those injured were Seng Hock's wife, Chew Chin Loi, 54, and their two other children, Jemima Wee, 17, and Josiah Wee, 13.

That was my neighbour, such a sad tragedy. Hope Mrs Wee and the younger children are all right....

Solo all the way~

Yesterday was the first time I went to Bukit Jalil to take a bus home since they closed Puduraya bus station. Initially, I planned to go home with Marvin and Daniel but they wanted to go back in the afternoon. Thus, I took my bag and solo all the way to Bukit Jalil. I don't know whether UDA made a right decision to shift all the buses to Bukit Jalil. There was only RapidKL shuttle bus which brings passenger to and fro from Puduraya. Hence, once the bus reached Bukit Jalil, all the ticket agents surrounded the bus!!! They were so desperate to pursuade people to buy their tickets. Phew, I spent so much energy to get through them.

p/s:I missed out so much fun just because I had a stomachache last Friday. My friends went to sing karaoke and watch movies.:(