2 days to forgot the suffering

It had been a hell of time for most of us who work as auditor. The peak period had just ended but for us in BDO, we never feel there is a fullstop. Once the end of peak period, again another task will come on hand making it impossible for us to even have a good rest.

For me who been locked one day, I am looking forward to be free and enjoy to the max...Mind you, when I say max, I can go as crazy as going for bungee jumping and riding to the roller coaster...

As planned we are going to have a sudden farewell party by having lunch at Imbi Noble House. We have a RM 39++ buffet lunch which come with Shark Fin. Basically it wasn't a farewell but more to have a outing together with some of the colleague.

Here are some of the photo...I would said the buffet is value for money as the variety is a lot...We decided to go there after we saw
Kampungboycitygal...I couldn't take any nice photo at the serving table since it was crowded with people...
















We ate until 2.30pm and we decided to go shopping after dropping soh kuen who is worrying about her work even before she start the first bite of food...Haiz..
During the journey of going to th LRT station we chat about having a trip to Genting. chat chat chat, chit chit chit, chat chat chat, we decided why not go today...and when it was today, it mean now lo....without any preparation, we headed our way to Genting. 2 hour later, where we suppose to be shopping at Pavillion, we are instead shopping at The Pavilion, First World Plaza, Genting...

Enjoy the following photo....I am tired of typing yet another long story...

True Merdeka this yaer

Date:31 August 2008

Time: 00:00:00

While the whole country is celebrating the merdeka, here I am locked in the house waiting for my "friend" to rescue me...Promise to come back at 10pm but now the soul also not here yet...

This year merdeka really meaningful for me...A feel of no freedom, starvation, no connection with outer world...The true merdeka is freedom, independent and after 50 years I believe another meaning of merdeka should be success...

This year merdeka theme "Perpaduan teras kejayaan" or English we call it "Unity the base of Success"

This should be the theme since long ago as Malaysia, a country full of races, religious and skin color we all have been staying so united. Years we have hear that there is break in races in Malaysia but yet we are still strong...Do not be fool by some minority of people or small group of people...

Don't care who will govern our country yesterday, today or tomorrow, Malaysia is place for everyone. If anyone say Malaysia is for one race, I believe Malaysia will die.

51 years ago, if no Malay we don't have rice and administration, no chinese we don't have business and commerce, no Indian we don't have argiculture...Now 51 years later, we see people are still strong on unity. Since then we no longer have seperation of race according to the jobs scope...

You see, the richest man of Malaysia is Indian...The most CEO are Malay and chinese...So our country is build with this 3 major races supported by hundred other races and ethics.

Merdeka...

We should treasure Merdeka and make sure we do not lost it again....

51 years....not long, not short...we are developing....

MERDEKA....MERDEKA.....MERDEKA....MERDEKA......MERDEKA...MERDEKA....MERDEKA

A feel of been jailed

Today I wake up at 1pm...Very late, i know...

I saw a lot of sms....I reply each of them...

I on the computer, msn and chat till I forgot the timing...

Is dinner, I call Jamie to go baskin Robbin since I hutang her for 1 ice cream treat...All my friend got their own date...So basically the whole day i starred at the computer...

After some chat, I decided not to go since got countdown there which will be very jam...So i decided to go out and tapau since my stomach is drumming whole day...

I change my cloth, prepare to go out, take wallet, take key and.....and.....and...............................

WTF, I am locked in the house!!!

I left my key in the car after supper yesterday. Thanks to myself and thanks to my friend la....

I wake up at 1pm, the whole house is empty...All also go back hometown this weekend and Nicholas is out to convo and then super makan makan again la...U know nicholas is live to eat and not eat to live de la...

So 7pm, I notice i am locked in a jail....
Wanna cook maggi mee also kesian, egg also rotten dy...my food all dun have dy...really feel like jail

I pray only 1 thing, please make sure the house not in fire....or not die...

So i prepare 2 things, I go find hammer, in case fire ma....(wtf, house no hammer)

second find food to eat lo....(wtf no food!!)only left rotten egg and oat...

I am fortunate got 2 very good colluegue chatting with me and Jamie to keep me entertained....Though my colluegue ask me eat grass since I always tease her as a moo moo...

So what can i do now is boil water, make oat, add milo, add honey and that is my whole day food...Damm kesian...

Now I feel the oat that I hate the most is my soul saver....Amithabha

3 lesson i learn :

1. never sleep till so late

2. stuff the house with more food

3. freedom and also starvation is really a huge issue...No freedom can die, no food also can die....So friend, today i accidentally fast 18 hours.....Another 12 hours and I can actually fast like those in Famine 30 hours...

Gathering

Sorry guys, this post should be here millions years ago and I just post it today...Sorry for being such slow due to my work...

Anyway, this gathering suppose to be a grand lotsa people gathering which i expect at least 20 of people but it end up to be 9 people...Ok, put the blame on me ya because I didn't call everyone out because again I am too busy...

So we plan this gathering as updating each other about our life since we have not been seeing each other since our convocation. So plan plan they change place from Yuen steamboat to Asia Cafe to mamak to Italianes....oops did I speal it correctly..Oops...is Italianies...

i thought I can have a grand entrance whereby everyone is waiting me with the food..You know la, busy man like me deserve some waiting for those gals...Too my horror, I am not the late comer but I am early....yoyo...

The food is ready on the table and my hungry stomach still need to suffer 20 minutes because awaiting those gals from dunno which planet to arrive...


Here come some photo because this bunch of people say i never blog about them...har, now I blog about you, dun you dare say I didn't....Just a bit slow la...You know, busy man deserve some waiting ma...hahaha...



Wai Siu Po

Wah, never know I am a good story teller...How come everyone listen to me!!


Black Team

vs

White Team


What make us laugh ya

Neglected....

I have been neglecting this blog for the pass 10 days...

Frankly speaking this few weeks, I am busy with work, study and nothing else...

Basically I do write something on the blog but get nothing posted up as it was either not suitable for public, no mood to post or extremely no added value in posting it...It seem so impossible for me not to post anything that is out od my work...

Why?? Because now my time occupancy rate was 65% for work, 25% for study and 10% for sleeping...

Today I wake up extremely late because it was a long holiday...

3 days continue of traffic jam due to the rehearsal of merdeka celebration making me so tired. Most of Kl people hate it so much that they said Merdake suppose to be a celebration but it turn out to be another hectic day...

So what to write beside job?? Nothing much neh....So I decided to write something near to job but not to mention much...

For friend who didn't saw me for long time, I want to say that you might not recognize me because I am now fatter....Haiz...I put a blame on my unhealthy lifestyle whereby I missed my dinner for the pass 3 week and substitute with supper most of the time...





Bad Food at bad timing is equal to FAT FAT FAT

I have been strong supporter to fast food since I start working...Almost every week, I will spent once or twice for fast food...That is crazy....

Another good thing I find good about myself is I am good in making a barrier bewtween tables using files...Yeah...Working with lot of files so no choice I have to arrange it around me ya...So I am surrounded with files....Haha..




Last week I also become the first person to arrive office, and this week i become the last person to leave the office....Haiz...what a job!!



My Yong Tau Fu experience in Ampang after my very last try 10 years ago...Not as good as 10 years ago but still number 1...



Seem like I lum sum all in 1 post....Really dunno what to write dy...So rojak...

A free mind, A celebration, A sorrow depression...

After disclosing my deepest concern, deepest worried and my sadness to someone who had been there listening to me, I at last have a free of mind.

Today I do something stupid. I rejected a job offer which paid me crazily...No doubt I like the $$$, but I don't like the job. Imagine earning money which was like few thousand higher than my current suffering slave earning job. Arrr....No use to regret over something that I had rejected.

Today ACCA result out. 6 months from now, I will be same as those who waited their result today. Nerve craking...hand shaking... ACCA had been one of the most quality exam and also most suffering exam. 20-30 years ago, to pass ACCA exam, one have to lock himself in the room for one month just to pass the exam. Nowadays, thought it was much easier to pass and much flexible for the student, ACCA remain one of the most suffering, struggling and nightmare for future chartered accountants.

The result either convey happiness, celebration, relieve, OR sadness, sorrow, disappointment and moodless. Nothing come easily and thus to get the professional certificate, scarified is needed.

Congratulation to those who pass...Those who failed, don't be too sad. Failing is very very disturbing but life still need to go on...I did fail exam before..Some paper which I never thought I will fail. It was also the reason why I started to blog because I use my blog to release my sadness at that point of time.

I am also the same human who have difficulties facing failure. I still remember how I fail my advance tax paper in university and I was in Malacca doing my thesis. The bus journey alone from Malacca to KL was the most painful time where I cannot forgive myself for failing the unexpected paper. However, the painful journey is how I learn my most valuable lesson.

Since yesterday, I release what I had been keeping in my heart for months, my mind was really blank and peace. Now, I just hope to continue with my life and enjoy every single moment.

Anyway, this is will be my last blog posting about my work. I will no longer post anything about my work. Not even great news happen in office like "Oilcorp Audited by BDO"...Thanks for one group of reader who purposely read my blog to know what happen in real life of audit. I believe I have been giving a bad direction of auditing in some posting. Whether audit is suitable for anyone, it would be depend on each individual.

So today I learn my lesson...Today we celebrate success of ACCA, achievement, Olympic, and what ever good in ourselves...Today we also mourn for sadness and failure... Don't take long time to delete those sadness, stand up, walk again.

To all UTARian who pass in ACCA, congratulation... Those who fail and still have hope to continue ACCA, my advice, try again and again. ACCA is everything you need...Let suffer for a short period for a good, enjoyable long period.

Olympic Spirit in office

9/8/08 about 12 hours after the opening of Beijing Olympic Games, here I am in the office blogging while finish up my poor little job...

Yup...8am in the morning, I arrive office with a shock. There is no car in the parking lot, nor there any people at the office lobby. I take the lift up to 13th floor where my office is located and what in my mind, I am 100% sure that there will be somebody in the office...

I know that yesterday evening, everyone is back early for Olympic and even the management had come and ask the staff to go back to give support to the games opening. I didn't know that the olympic spirit are so strong that there is still no one else in the office...

Yes....I am the first...Getting the opportunity to open the door of my office is .... erm.... I can say...."quite memorable"....hahaha...

Yesterday opening was excellent but not to the extend where I will cry for...I remember when Malaysia host the Commonwealth Games in 1998, I can feel the joy, proud and spirit of the game. Maybe I am too far to China or because my poor classic TV is not clear enough to make me fell the excitement.

It was now 8.20 and one by one colleague is coming in... Is Saturday today so not all people will be back office... Saturday is more like doing charity or voluntary work for the company. Maybe in another perspective, I will said it was Responsibility that bring us back to the office.

Ok la....Time to kick start my work...Let celebrate for Olympic and hope Malaysia will get the very first gold medal this year...

Expensive Lifestyle

Petrol is expensive and same goes to our food....Everything seem expensive nowadays...

However, one things that I notice is that more and more expensive restaurant opening their door and it is always full of human....I am curious....

Think about new food in town, first thing pop up in our mind will be the donut...It seem like nowadays, there is new trend...and it is everyone is holding either a half dozen or a dozen of donus. Yup yup yup....J.Co donut and Big Apple donut seem successfully to kick Dunkin Donut away...hehehe...My friend tell me J.CO stand for Jakarta Company...tak percaya le...betul ke ne??

Talking about Japanese Food, there is my favourite Yuzu at The Garden
Ice cream...yum yum yum, baskin robbin is no longer famous lolx...Here come New Zealand brand new ice-cream and lot of gelato stall...Not forgeting Haagen Dazs

Asian Food we got new Ole~ole Bali, Absolute Thai, Madam Kwan, and wide range of sushi...

Western food, I believe Tony Roma's, Jack's Place, TGI Fridays, Chillis and San Francisco Steak House can give you a headache to choose which one to go to..

Fish? Erm Fish Manhanttan Market??

Steak...we got Angus House that serve RM300 steak (for god sake...I didn't eat beef...RM300 can buy me lunch for whole month)......


Chinese Food...Dragon I and the new taiwanese food in the garden (damm...forgot the name...the queue is damm long)

Ermm...what else...paddinton house of pan cake...

Ok la...continue next time....brain rusty dy...need sleep...continue update next time...hehe

Thanks

Thanks guys for all the concern...

I know I have been very emotional, very sad and frustrated. Thanks to all the concern, it make me stronger.

Those who know me well, know I not good in keeping my anger, my sadness or my frustration.

Among the worst thing I have done when I angry is to bang client door, throw pen, shout at annoying people and....erm...ermm.....Ok....i do that not on purpose K...I didn't bang the door but the wind did...haha....Ok I am lying...I did bang the door...

Ok....justify myself...about all the shit...

Firstly working life is getting me nowhere but a lot of sadness...I been scold kow kow by client which is not under me for no reason...I help to clear shit and yet kena scold for the second time because of someone fault. Workload increase with another shit on hand...no people helping except senior...all this crap just have to stop before I get crazy...

Anyway, thanks to all the consulting...now i change my mind....it was not shit....Let me try to brainwash myself ya...

Scold by client is good because I learn to socialize with them...They are human not alien...Scold by client for other people fault, why should I be angry? not my fault, just enjoy them singing only ma...Although those F~~~word are so difficult to digest but nevermind la, waste my effort to angry them right...

Get shit assignment, nevermind la...can learn how to clean the shit where other people don't have the chance...Helping a sick company is like doctor....cure them....Helping shit assignment is like police and lawyer, investigate and defend them....Good Good...

Why should I make myself angry...It make me feel sorry to my soul...Sorry my soul...Now we should be happy...Who care the shit...If the shit themselves didn't care why should be care...I am not shit cleaner, I am just myself.....

Good Good.....now I sound happier and other will think I am crazy....hahaha..

Anyway friends, thanks for the concern....I will be the same Eddie and might be stronger than ever....I will survive....Trust me....

From Rubbish to Shit

Imagine I am a worm....normal worm...

I use to live in rubbish bin.....now, I in toilet bowl

I use to eat rubbish.....now, I eat lot of shit

You know what the feeling of this worm?

Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Fucccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Buuuuuuuuusssssssssstttttttaardddddddddd

......................................................................................................................

Aihhhhhhhh.........Now i feel better......

Friends keep me moving on

It had been a long 7 months for me in audit. Like it or not, I would said I am still surviving in the arena. But how long will I survive? It remain a question...

4 years ago, when I make my decision that I am going to Accounting line, I had set a goal for myself. You might think I am dreaming but I dream way big and I am ambitious. I want to own my own firm and one secret way to make this firm the best firm is .... secret ..... I still strongly think it was possible and my secret way had not yet been leak out. Never would you know...

4 years now....My dream remain a dream though I already get the feel of audit. My dream seem near but the nearer it is to me, the more it fade away. I would said my spirit fade away. My heart were no longer the 101%...it is just now 99%

Today, arriving office, I was totally shock that I need to go to client place alone without early notice. It was quite isolated but i manage to call a taxi shark that charge me crazily to go to that place. My job is simple, making sure I finish 13 company review in 5 hours...It was possible I know...I have done that many times...Once I arrive the meeting room, putting down the bag, the client come in and without giving me a chance to even greet her, I was scold for as long as 5 minutes. It seem unreasonable for her to scold me as I was totally working under senior instruction and yet I dunno what the hack is she scolding. I work as it was statutory for them to be audited and because their account was so bad, it is drag till so long....

The travel was long and rush. Half and hour after my arrival back to office, the client wanted the account ready. It is possible I know....because we are train to be fast....Bullet will never pass through us because we know we are faster than the bullet...

Today dinner was superbly the best one. Lot of talking, lot of misunderstanding and lot of laughter. Seem like all of us was infected with audit disease. A new disease that can make auditor laugh non stop and yet be sad anytime...We were all workaholic, working until we forgot the shape of TV because we never even bother to see the TV...but worst, worst enough that auditor think chicken have 4 feet...weird enough that rabbit only have 2 leg, weird enough that mice have 2 leg...

What is leg gotta do with audit....Do we audit legs?? We are having dinner at Chow Kit road, the road full with yellow chicken...I was joking with my friend who wanted to eat KFC so much....I said "Hey, you want eat chicken, so many chicken behind...Duck aslo got"....She reply "Hey, I don't eat chicken with 2 leg"... Sure enough she work till forgot that chicken only have 1 pair of leg...

Life is getting tougher. Office politic, a bit or more will affect the mood of work... Demotivation, tiredness, laziness have all pouring in and it really affect productivity...Sometime, in any point of time, there is a feeling of throwing all responsibility, throw a letter and just walk out...But I do not have such a guts...Yes..I am chicken when come to this issue...

My life goes on despite is was hectic and so does millions of other auditors in the world....My only motivation is friend...Friendship at workplace....True enough there is no 100% friendship in workplace compare to in University...but it was enough to have a bunch of friend, joking, having lunch, having dinner, go to class together, walk to LRT, and wave goodbye when the train arrive at the respective station.

Sound emo? It might be....But it will be more emo if I found the guts of walking away....It will never be so soon or might never happen, but it was unsure when will the guts visit me...

1.32am...Alone, listening to repeated songs, I update this blog. Is because of you all, friends, I am surviving now. Friend and family are my biggest motivation. Thanks...I will continue to survive till the day I lost my spirit...

How Green are you?

An apple might seem nice, shinning and attractive. It was when we bite it we will know whether it was sweet, sour or bitter...

Is same as human or a company. The outer side might look beautiful, adorable, stable, attractive enough for you to fall in love or invest in. It was when you know the internal side, would you then know the secret of it.

A company might look fresh, healthy and green....profit is reported high every year, return on investment seem attractive and management board seem honest enough to the shareholders... However, we do sometime suspect that there is worm inside. Those people who greed and take care of self interest more than the other stakeholders. This is the worm that one day may causes the fresh apple to be rotten...

Since Enron case, people are more aware that green apple might not be as green as it was. It was then audit become extremely important and auditors as well as other regulatory body is seem to be the watchdog of the company...

Watchdog, bloodhound, scapegoat, wistle blower.....all this jargon was hardly been use in business world before Enron scandal happen...So who are we?

Nowadays, all student need to take ethics paper whether it was degree or professional paper. This show, how badly was the ethical issue in business world nowadays...

So did you still think it was possible to have fresh green apple among businesses in the world...It may if there is no worms in it...What you have to say?

Audit..Do it add value?

Is now 12am and I am here in front of my desktop blogging. I just arrive home from work...

It have been a tough day and it really frustrated me a lot. I log into thestar to see any business news which is hot...and yeah, the audit issue pop up again. The oilcorp saga continue although today EGM had seen Horward been appointed the new auditor replacing Baker Tilly Monteiro Heng.

Very seldom had we seen an auditor giving out qualified report or disclaimer report stating that they are unable to form true and fair view about the financial position of a company. It was even rare case for a public listed company as huge as Oilcorp.

Since working as auditor, I have been discussing with some of my friends and also colleague regarding how much contribution are we as the auditor toward the financial report? Are audit been perform because the company need to perform or the company want to perform? Why do company wanted to fork out portion of the money for audit services? and Did audit really add value or it simply incur another extra expenses toward the company?

Firstly we were all known that auditor is to be there to perform verification, testing and and proving the financial statement of the company are free from material misstatement and error. As part of the responsibility of the auditor is to form an opinion whether the account was prepared in true and fair view... However, human are always creative and innovative, this is why, regulation and guideline is given to prevent any misstatement or window dressing been done in the account.

Been auditor in another part is full of responsibilities. ALthough the responsibility of auditor is to report our opinion to the member of the company, but it was largely affecting the whole company. If auditor were to form an qualified opinion or disclaimer, the company is in a grey of bad reputation or decrease in share price. Thus, auditor must be capable enough to perform the job accurately, carefully and most importantly independently.

Independent on the other hand is so difficult to be measured. How did you measured independent? Even the basis of audit, which is true and fair is not clearly define...Auditor itself are nowadays getting younger and younger...It seem like audit work suit for youngster rather than experience staff. So could we really expect the youngster to know more than the company accoutant?

Moreover the audit fees are paid by client and it was norm that auditor will try to please the client. Audit is consider service line and is norm also that we always said client always right...But in case of audit, the world seem to be rounded up. Although the client paid the auditor, the nature of this transaction is client must take in the opinion of auditor. So if the auditor claiming something which was not favourable to the company, the client will not be happy and it was time the client will show power by kicking away the auditor.

The reality is the truth now...and thus this will never change. I would said, to be a good auditor, we just act professionally, do what we suppose to do and just be brave...For client or company, remember that ethics, transparent and honesty is the best policies...Company survival are not on the hand of auditor, management or shareholder but more to the mindset of all parties...If management have intention to confuse, convince, con or control the auditor, I believe they may and they also have the power to destroy the company.

No matter how good the management are in hidding the secret, it will one day end up like Enron. Audit may not add value, but it is at least there to prevent the management from expressing their creative talent in cheating the shareholders...

CSR? Responsibility or Hidden Truth?

So many company are now venture into Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainability businesses or some call it triple bottom line... We are truly happy to see more and more company are willing to set a side portion of the company profit for the development and sustainability or their own businesses and bringing goodness to the society as the whole...

The question that normally people are asking is how since is the corporate social responsibility? For company which potrait bad image from their business, how far can CSR potrait them as good company? WHy would a company do something that might bring harm to their own company?

Weird is the truth...truth is the weirdest part....Why would British America Tabacco encouraging youngster not to smoke? Why would Genting try to reduce gambling addiction among the customer? JTI also had try to urge people to know the different between smoking legally and health...

Bottom line for this, I would believe they want to be view as good company, try to inform the public that even they are in business that might cause danger or addiction, the company are itself clean and legal...

BAT open its business as there is demand for cigarette and their aim is to make money out of it...They didn't force people to smoke, but people itself who wanted to smoke. Genting open its door with casino. They didn't force people to go in to gamble but yet people are going in...

Business is tough...Main reason for company to exist is to have profit...mean survival beside capital is the revenue and income is enough to cover all expenses....So if the company is to fork out big portion of money for Corporate Social responsibility, that will affect the profitability of the company and reduce the return on investment....Thus, shareholder unhappy....

However world change and now people are looking on stakeholder more than shareholder...Everyone is sstakeholder....creditor, debtor, bankers, government, consumer, public, and sometime arguable the animal itself...Earliest 90's, the green peace and other NGO had actively come out and shouting for greener business and more environment friendly businesses...Talking about animal as stakeholder, there is once KFC in US been boycott for animal torturing. It was said, that KFC is accountable for chicken that they are the stakeholder of the company...Sadly to said, now we have to wider our perception of stakeholder as to anyone or anythings that is affected by the company decision...

On the same time, an ethical and "good" company is proven to project "healthier" income to the company. So what you think? Did CSR and triple bottom line improve business in term of reputation and profitability? A good question....I do believe there is a point why ACCA are so keen in promoting the CSR and even the new requirement by the regulatory board in making a mandatory for all public listed to list down the CSR activities that hey have done...

CSR...Corporate Social Responsibility....The new age of business...

ACCA started

ACCA class started two weeks ago and it means there is no longer weekend for me to enjoy. I spent 12 hours sitting in the same lecture hall in Sunway listening to two lecturer. Life is so bored!!!

Basically my life is so bored that I don't have anything to update in my blog...Almost everyday, I sit at one isolated corner of the office with bunch of seniors and stare at the laptop for hours waiting for lunch time to come. After drafting and drafting, correcting and correcting, casting and continue casting and cross referencing for 4 hours, it was time for lunch. 1 hour break seem the best time in work as I can at elast open my mouth to talk...You know, I am those who cannot close my mouth for more than 1 minutes...wahahaa

After lunch, it was time to do the samething again....photocopying, cross referencing, casting, checking, correcting, typing, aligning and all the 'ing' thing... The life in finalizing audit is so so so bored....Suddenly feel like 8 hours is so long and it was dragging.

Anyway, I already work for 6 months time did flyzz. Almost 4 months after our convo and here I am still stuck in the office working. Haha...

Now with ACCA, I have more reason not to sleep early...Trying very hard to enjoy every second of my life although I arrive home from work just to be on bed to sleep... I try to enjoy and I do hope I enjoy...

My feeling now? total empty...Still asking why I am here...My answer is like what the previous posting said, I still have faith on accounting that it will brighten my future...Someday, oneday, mightbe today...

Why Accounting? Why Audit?

When I move from science stream to take accounting courses, everyone was shock. My mom was shock, my friends were shock,and even myself was shock by my decision. For me 2 main reason that change my mind; I hate chemistry, the main subject in science and secondly accounting future is brighter.

When I become the accounting society chairman, everyone come to me and ask why accounting? Why not economics, why not banking, why not business administration?

When I join audit, people ask me why audit? why not commercial? why not venture own business? Why would I work in "underpaid" sector?

All this questions, I personally have think it over and over again. In the middle of hard time during studies, where time I almost give up all my hope, I pause for awhile and rethink. Why would I divert my path from science to accounting? In the middle of working, where stress and disappointment, I pause and ask myself, why should i troubling myself working hard, taking full time class and making my schedule full?

My answer was easy, Accounting path is path for everyone. If you undecided where to go, Accounting can guarantee prospect in almost all line and all industry. Accounting is a profession that include all businesses. All business need to maintain account. All business to ensure cash flow and financially sound.

My answer of why auditing is audit is a never ending learning work. Everyday is new, everyday is a new day, a new learning, a new life. No doubt life in audit is suffering, suck and sometime you just want to give up your career and go for long holiday. But was make us stay is the valuable experience. The opportunity to see various industry operating, the reason why company making losses, the operation method that guarantee success of a company, the socialize opportunity with directors and manager.

Seeing friends in different industry, earning much more than me make me happy for them as well as some envy feeling. Nowadays when we saw each other, our custom will be shaking hand and changing business card. Life had enter into another stage. Another new life...

Everyone was born to be the same. Each one future was on our hand. Is on us to choose the path and make the path as the best path as what you wanted. For me, accounting is my line, audit is my field. How long will I stay? As long as i perceives I worth working as "underpaid slave" for my "overpaid millionaire"...

Happy Birthday Yen Thoong...

It was Yen Thoong Birthday, another buddy of mine....

Since we all are busy man, working day and night so we didn't plan for any surprise or grand celebration. Just relax at a cafe and ask the singer to sing birthday song for him...Simple yet meaningful...

It have been tradition for us to celebrate birthday with a tortoise or turtle on it. Why? Because tortoise symbolize longevity and we call it "chin nie kuai" or thousand years old tortoise...Of course we are not so "oldies" la....Tortoise symbolize our friendship journey in TARC and UTAR. It was due to our English assignment group which was named as "Shaolin Tortoise". See my birthday also got tortoise on my cake...hehe

Our trademark at that moment was "No Meat, No Sex, No Entertainment...Amithabha"
We have done a lot of crazy stuff in English class and always create laughter and noise. We never get high mark for our assignment but we always get high mark for able to get audience attention and creating laughter.

One of our biggest project is of course the "Tak Nak" Campaign and "Product creation". Our special 3+1 underwear "Shaolin Tortoise" Brand manage to capture the biggest market share. I guess all guys in our class would like to own one of the the underwear if it was available in the market.

Anyway...stop crapping about Shaolin Tortoise...Yesterday beside chit chatting and update about our life progress, we have stupid idea of playing domino falls and Uno Stakco...Of course again using the shaolin tortoise rules lo...

Saying about shaolin tortoise rules, it remind me about "Shaolin Tortoise 18 level swimming challenge". Anyone who knows us will also know that we always mis used our condomedium swimming pool for some idiot game like hunting for coconut, sotong swimming, jumping dolphin and so on. But what the worst thing about Shaolin Tortoise 18 level swimming challenge is each individual have to undergo water torturing from our 2 water masters and involve crazy stunt, torture and even bravery and silly act. I was the first victim to take this challenge and I pass 8 level. Remaining level seem "IMPOSSIBLE" to complete....haha

Though it was 6 months since we left our university or even worst 3.5 years since TARC, our friendship still going strong and I do hope our friendship will be like the "chin nien kuai". Oh by the way, Shaolin Tortoise comprise of 5 members, lead by Senior Master Chou Chee Wai and Master Cho Liang Bing and with the help of Assistant Senior Kan Zhe Quan, Chua Yen Thoong and of course me la....haha...Nowadays our Master Chou is too busy so he dun have time to come out....Sooner I will post out his photo...haha

By the way, before we leave we notice that someone is looking for sex partner...So since he so desperate then I help him publish lo...wakaka....look like Niholas is the one who is promoting lol...haha ... Shoulin Tortoise....No SEX, NO Meat, No Entertainment, Amithabha"

Happy Birthday dude....Hope you get whatever you dream off....Stay young and handsome ya...hehe

2 fun day at work

As auditor, it was very difficult to have a day full of fun and enjoyment. Everyday is stress and full of burden.

Everytime when the date in the calender coming to 30th or 31st, we would either be scare or happy. Why? The salary is out....yeah....

Ok..not just because the salary but month end is also time for stock take. Yup...2 reason to celebrate for this month end, one is we get to travel, second we get to see different things.

Ok....there is also 2 reason to be sad...one you get to stock take lousy thing like "shit", i mean fertilizer....and second reason is the place is far away and we are on our own to think of the transportation...Sometime the warehouse will be hot and stuffy.

So I consider very fortunate. Thanks to my prayer...I pray everyday to be bless with great stock take...haha...

Monday I wake up early and drive to PJ to count wood...yeah...wood and door panel...It was also the most clean factory I ever see. The factory manager will ask the worker to collect even a small paper on the floor. Not forgeting dry leaf as well...The boss also very nice and treat us very good...

Tuesday, i go count luxury iten in pavilion. I won't said the brand due to confidentiality but I can tell you a bag can cost RM 32,000.00 That was really eye opening for me... The staff are also very friendly...

Life good and today also quite a nice day. LRT move like snail today so lot of people late to work. Luckily i wake up early and arrive lrt station early...Normal journey will take 20 minutes but today I take 45 minutes to arrive office...Is the government try to encourage us to drive again...Is time to improve our public transport....

Anyway, the more I write the more I link to our country situation. Sadly to say, our country look like in the middle of chaos...Hope everything will be settle down faster. As long as we are willing to give way, more considerable and able to cooperate, i believe our country will be more harmony and unity. Throw away our selfish attitute...