Dolce Vita ♥

Have you ever felt like you're not good enough? That you're not DOING enough? I don't always feel that way. But I do now. So it's the perfect time to jot down everything on my mind now. I'm the type of person who always feels like the world is against me when a lot of shit piles up on me. Sure, they can be solved - but when everything comes at you at once, you just don't really know what to do. My problems are probably minute compared to kids starving in Africa, or people stuck in war. In fact, my problems may not even be called a "problem" at all. I am a very emotional person. I understand that a lot of things are not under my control, and that I shouldn't blame myself for it. But sometimes the burden is just too much to handle - not everyone can understand what you're going through. Even so, other people have demons to fight on their own. They're going through the same, if not worse issues than you. Who are you to even utter a word ...

In all honesty, I have forgotten how much I loved blogging, or even writing in general (other than audit documentation... totally different things.), so much so that I nearly forgot the URL of my blog. I keyed in xdolcevita and got a shock of my life when I saw that it isn't mine. LOL. I thought my life's work was gone. I had to calm the fuck down and in the end I managed to remember the CORRECT URL. And that is why I am here. It's almost the end of July now, can you believe that? I can't say that my life has changed drastically. It's more or less the same. Boring and mostly routined. I guess that's what work does to you. But off peak always makes me excited because of the events happening. I definitely picked the right time to start working HAHAHAH. Speaking of work (probably all I can update for now), I have worked for almost a year now, but I still feel like I haven't learnt a lot??? It's weird. I'd really like to take on the senior role but...

I know I haven't been diligent in updating this space even though there were times that I wish I did when I had something on my mind. Year end reviews have been something I do on a yearly basis so I don't wanna leave this out for 2017! I'll just merge this together with my life updates in this post. And as usual, I'm gonna use my instagram as a guide wtf I'm that lazy. 1. I Graduated and Became an ACCA Affiliate *Please bear with the super low quality pic I regret not bringing my DSLR okay?? This is something I feel extremely lucky about. Anything could have happened to my last paper. And I was intimidated from the stories I heard about failing ACCA, sometimes more than once. I took the leap of faith and just did it, at the same time giving room to myself for maximum 1 failure attempt. I can't believe I completed it without any failures, something I owe it to my lecturers, family and friends. I know it's not the end, and I have so many more things...

I have not posted something so raw in my blog before, but here goes nothing. We met on the court, started off as friends, tennis mates, nothing more. It's funny because prior to that, we always missed meeting each other. When I was there, he wasn't, vice versa. A few months later, we started talking to each other more, and the rest, as they say, is history. Side story though - I actually rejected him once because I wasn't sure if I was ready for a relationship, but he persisted on. I'm glad he did. He is the kind of guy who is witty without even trying, always making me burst out in laughter without fail. He is generous and helpful to everyone, even to strangers. But it's a different story after knowing him HAHAHA no la joking. I'm glad that we have the same interests, and the same kind of humor. We have an imperfect relationship, but he never once raised his voice at me. He taught me that love isn't merely spoken words, it's the actions that make ...

Helloooo, I've been waiting for the 14th to come so that I can blog something HAHAHA Time flies. I've already been in KPMG for a month now. And from Day 1 until now, I've definitely learned a lot of things. Here's a few, including life in general, not in sequence. 1. Being blur in the beginning is perfectly normal. I panicked a lot in the beginning because I just wasn't sure. Like when they asked me go down to ITS to pass/get stuff, I got lost so I had to ask around. Now the ITS is like my second home HAHAHAHAHA ok just kidding. And I also learned how to print letters, despatch items, bind documents, scan and photostat documents etc. These are pretty simple tasks but it's the foundation of everything we're going to do. I feel very accomplished when I manage to do something, at least, to contribute to the firm LMAO. 2. Almost everyone is good in presentations.  I realized this during our trainings. We were asked to write down our opinions and present ...

Hey hey. Just to jot down something before I head to Penang tomorrow for a short trip. So, KPMG interview. I admit, I'm rather a kiasu person. Even before finals - okay, a month before finals, I already submitted my application forms for a job in the Big 4. No, I didn't apply for all of them, only 3. One company was fast in rejecting me, as I'd mentioned. The other didn't even bother replying my follow-up emails. KPMG didn't respond until I sent them a follow-up email right after I finished my finals. I was glad to have received a link to complete an online assessment a few days after. It consists of 3 parts - however, only 2 parts are actual tests - Verbal and Numerical, the other is just a test of your Work Behaviour. The Verbal and Numerical tests are exactly the same as the ones I did for Maybank Scholarship , so it was okay for me. I received another email a few days after to notify me that I'd passed the tests. And then, the HR in charge, Ms Dharsh...

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 ...