March 29, 2009 • 4:13 pm 0
Studying for an accounting quiz tomorrow.
Monday: Accounting Quiz, Lesson, Go meet the Accenture people, Return to school for Project Meeting on Valuation
Tuesday: Lesson, Project Meeting for Markstrat (Decisions, Memo, and Final presentation)
Wednesday: No school, but probably meeting for Project Meeting (Company Law, and Markstrat)
Thursday: Company Law Presentation, and probably meeting for Project Meeting (Valuation)
Friday: Valuation Presentation, go home and sleep
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March 26, 2009 • 10:46 pm 0
My first real achievement for the semester: an A- for my advanced accounting quiz!
It’s been a subject I have constantly struggled with, as it is something that is really time intensive. With 4 core modules this semester, time is probably the last thing I can afford. The few days leading to the quiz had been tough, but I am glad my hard work paid off. Nothing pleases me as much as seeing how working hard for something translate to good results (relative).
It’s only a 12.5% quiz, and there is another one coming up on Monday. My time table for the next few days look ominous enough (no time!), but I do hope that I have the energy to pit in more hard work. And that said hard work will translate to good result once more.
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March 17, 2009 • 10:28 pm 0
Through out the time in school, one thing that I do often is editing my team’s report.
This semester a particular incident stood out. The job to compile an accounting essay fell on a team mate, who deemed my language to be too flowery. On her discretion, my intended ideas were given a major overhaul, losing all its original meaning. I disagreed with what was done, but decided to let it slide.
For some reasons, the responsibility to submit the report fell back on me. When I realised that the ‘finalised’ essay was in fact 2 pages short of content, I reverted back to what I initially wrote and submitted it half-heartedly.
The report was given a 100%. And beside my point was a comment. It says “Well said!” I can’t deny it felt good.
This post is not written with the intention of showcasing my writing ability, nor downplaying others’. It’s about this little thing called responsibility, or commitment, which I sense is increasingly missing in today’s people.
What are those glamourous lines on your glorious resumes if you can’t even get the basic things done?
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March 10, 2009 • 10:58 pm 3
Woke up this morning thinking that it is a weekend morning. I guess it’s my body’s way of protesting. After Monday’s quiz, everyone deserves a good rest. Really.
Life hasn’t been terribly exciting, but there are quite a number of things going on.
I have been invited to a students’ conference in Manilla sometime in April. Still waiting for the details to iron out- if it’s fully sponsored, I am packing my stuffs.
There is a JAL scholarship with a fully sponsored trip to Japan up for grabs. Countless disappointments have already put me in good stead. I am just going to apply and see where it brings me.
A management consulting firm is looking for people who speaks Japanese to help develop their business activities in Japan. I have to curse at myself for not having picked up the language already. I wasn’t the intended target they are looking for, but I applied anyway.
The waiting was enough. I enquired pwc if my scheduled start date for work has been decided. While the customary “it’s still in the process” was quite expected, being told that I am currently being placed in their first batch (July 13) is still great news. Some were told to start in January, some had their contracts rescinded.
Well.
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