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Chapter 311: Milestones

Life has been treating me well lately. What can I say other than being grateful?

I am now officially an ACCA affiliate! 

I have been waiting for this moment since I started to decide that I would walk this path. It's been 3 years (and a few months) since the day I walked into the class for the first time. It's a good feeling to know that the effort you've put in haven't gone to waste.

But then again, I've been pretty lucky - lucky to have dedicated lecturers who are more than willing to help out whenever they can, lucky to have smart ass friends to go to when I have questions to ask, lucky to have family who support me 100%, lucky to have someone by my side who gets me food when I get hungry while I'm studying hahaha. Jokes aside, when I say I'm lucky, I really am. Because... I got 50 for P4 and 53 for P6 LOL.

It's still a pass of course, but imagine the possibilities??? I could have easily gotten a fail with that kind of marks. It really makes you wonder you know - What if? What if something else had happened? I would say that the bell curve saved me. I didn't have confidence at all in P4. No wonder they said optional papers are tougher than the compulsory papers even though it's only 2 papers.

Also, to follow up with my previous post, I got a job in KPMG, and will be starting in August. :)

I'm going to explain the interview process in another blog post. I hope it's legal. LOL.

See what I mean by being lucky? Some of you might think that these are normal things - nothing much to really celebrate, but they're all part of my milestones which I really appreciate being able to proceed smoothly. Not everyone has it smoothly, this I know.

I still have a month to prepare. To be honest, I don't really like long holidays when I am too free. My mind tends to wander, leading to over thinking, as usual. I would say that I am a huge worrier. I worry at a lot of things, from small to big, and tend to over exaggerate what could or might happen. It's not healthy at all. I get too anxious easily. Maybe that's why I like being busy, because it takes my mind off of things. It feels nice to be a slob for some days, but it gets boring and dull when you have nothing left to do.

Then again, I should appreciate the free time I have right now. I probably won't even have the time to sit down and blog when I start to work.

Life can be confusing sometimes.


x
Celine


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