Mandurah Weekend Getaway

chill, relax, distress, those words were on my mind as I headed off to Mandurah last weekend for a relaxing one night stay at this huge house facing the canal where the river was flowing to the sea. I just wanted to get studies out of my head for one day because I felt like I just needed a breather.

honestly, I am still trying to balance between my work and my studies. even though it has already been 2 months since I started my first CA module, I am still struggling to get back to my study mode. I mean not studying for one and a half years after I finished my masters at Curtin was cool because all I had to do was just go to work and come back everyday.

those days I was a full time student, thats why I had so much time on my hands but now is simply not the case. I only got night times during weekdays to study and thats like what 3 hours tops after you have your shower and dinner.

anyways, enough said about my studies, lets talk about the trip. yes there were about 23 of us who went down. some stayed for 2 nights while some stayed for just a night. we had to stay 2 nights minimum so all of us had to share the costs for 2 nights even though some of us only stayed for one night.

had fun eating, sleeping, watching Dont Mess With The Zohan which seriously is like a really stupid movie, suppose to make people laugh but no, that was not the case for me. I found it silly and a no brainer movie kind of way. ya I also enjoyed the fellowship with my YA cell members, it was a good trip. I really enjoyed myself and I was telling Sue Anne, hey lets make it once every 3 months.

I reckon it would not be difficult because the trip only took 3 days to plan so ya I reckon it was really good. if everybody cooperates, I am sure we would go down to Mandurah again. really nice place hey. below are photos I took from the trip, enjoy the photos guys! :)

Left to right : Me, Shin Woei, Leona and Genesis

The whole group who went for the trip

My beloved cell leader: Mr Jack Chia, doesn't he look cool in the photo? I reckon hey.

The 2 monkey "wannabes": Stanley (left) and Genesis (right). aw, they look funny!

Me and Leona in a black and white photo, boy I look awesome! so cool man the photo.

The whole gang going crazy!

The Chartered Accountant Program

chartered what? CA? what does that mean? it means the Chartered Accountant program, one of the most prestigious professional courses in the world. Why am I writing about it? well, thats because I am currently doing it and studying my first module as well. easy course? nah, I would say the opposite. know what is even not helping?

i talked to En and John who are 2 senior graduates in my company and guess what they told me. well lets just say they told me things that are not very encouraging. John is a CA and CPA graduate and he told me he took 11 days off from work and still barely just pass his last module. gosh that must really have told me something huh?

it is true though because ever since I enrolled for my first module, all I have been doing is just working and studying, working and studying. thats basically my life for 80% of the week, week in week out. hey, i expected something like this to happen since i started my first module but I did not expect it to be that bad until I do not even have the time to update my blog.

how long has it been?? well lets see now, one month. yes, one month, 30 days! golly, that is long. I felt like posting something today because its been so long and I miss my blog very much.

so many things have been happening over the past month. the US elections, financial crisis, friend's 21st birthday.

so many things until cannot even believe that it is already November. I am thinking of taking 1 week off to study for my MAA308 module final exam which is on the 9th of December. still thinking about it cause I plan to go back to visit my family during Christmas and I need to know how long I can take my annual leave for.

guess i just have to work it out, don't I. Below are photos of various events that happen recently, the most recent one would be Jia Huei's 21st birthday on Tuesday. Hope you had a wonderful birthday girl. cheers!

The birthday girl giving the 2 thumbs up, well done?

The 3 girls in green:(Yih Jia, Jia Huei and Yee Fang). gosh they look funny! what is Da Yong trying to do with the spray cleaner? clean Jia Huei's hair?