Life in this fvcking Pandemic

Well, back to blog. Too lazy to write literally in my diary so here's my everyday tea.

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go-with-the-flow

2021 is not a good yr to me unlike last yr. I’ve spent soooo much money, waste soooooo much time and ended being a jack-of-all-trades master of none. And now for the month of August, I got injured and got allergy all over my body. I stopped working out because I’m recovering from injured left ankle, I feel like waking up to be obliged by the things I’m not happy to do. 

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welcoming the unwelcome

My last post was 2016 pa! hello tumblr. I’m back temporarily, Idk, haha I’m just too lazy to write in my secret journal. It’s been freaking 5 yrs and 2 yrs of that is fvcking pandemic -_- 

Anyway, since I’m so unmotivated, I’m not going to share what happened in the last 5 yrs. It’s all in my Starbucks planner and some journals. Maybe I need to sort things out in myself by the help of this. idk. 

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October 2015 CPA Board Examination

As requested by my co-admins. :-)

To be honest idk what this blog post should contain kasi sa pagkakaalam ko iba naman na yung exam ng next batch and last na kaming makakaranas ng 7 deadly subjects in a board exam. But then maybe this would help, somehow, hopefully. :-)

Before the board exam, there are actually rumors, actually a lot of them. Most of them sa mga items na lalabas daw sa board exam, kung saang review center kukuha, pero yung iba in general, like magiging madali raw yung exam kasi last na nga kami. Well, I would tell you kung alin talaga ang totoo at alin ang hindi later.

Let’s do it one by one,

1. Auditing Theory - Well, lowest subject to. 83 ako. Like wtf, favorite ko to eh. Anyway, this subject is not as hard as my result. Marami lang talagang hindi familiar like most examinees are expecting. Talagang concept talaga ang hugot dito unless taga RESA ka kasi sabi dun daw mostly galing which I can’t say kung totoo kasi taga CPAR ako. So baka nga kaya mababa ako. Haha! 

Difficulty: From 1 - 5, 5 being the most difficult, 3

Read this: For this subject, you can’t really rely on familiarity. Napakadaming pwedeng itanong at kaya nilang mag construct ng totally different question pero yun pa rin naman concept, so if you want this in the bag, better be sure na naiintindihan mo sya at hindi lang basta memoryado. Lastly, at least marunong kang umintindi ng English. Haha!

2. Theory of Accounts - See Auditing Theory. 

Seriously, magkamukha lang ang maipapayo kasi hindi rin talaga pamilyar yung mga tanong pero answerable sya. Valix lang naman kasi ang reviewer ng halos lahat sa TOA. So ayun, concept pa rin talaga. :-)

Difficulty: 2

3. Management Advisory Services - Okay, what can I say about this subject? Di mo kaylangang tapusin si Roque, Bobadilla, Agamata at Cabrera to pass this subject. Di ko minamaliit yung subject or what. Siguro masyado lang naging mahirap yung approach ko nung undergrad na parang killer sya tas pagdating mo sa actual, halos basic lang ang itatanong. As long as alam mo yung takbo ng mga problem, kaya mong sagutan. The problem with this subject? The theory part. It’s either alam mo o talagang hindi mo alam. Ganon naman eh. Haha! So try to focus din sa theory.

Difficulty: 1

Read this: Please, don’t underestimate the subject just because sinabi kong madali, syempre depende rin yan sa preparation mo. Siguro nakatulong din na batak ka sa problem nung undergrad para mas okay kapag basic na lang ang tanong. 

4. Practical Accounting 1 - The shocking P1. Haha! Dito na yung mejo napag-isip ako na, wait. Board Exam na talaga. Kasi the construction of the questions, hindi mo talaga aakalain. Why? Situational sya, consisting of 3-4 questions BUT independent problems. Yes, you read it right, independent. Pinagsama sama lang sya para may gulat factor pero iba iba yung company and iba iba yung topic. So para rin syang separate problems yun nga lang nakakalito yung pagkaka present. 

Difficulty: 3

Read this: Ito yung isa sa mga subjects na mukhang may mga na condi. Why? Kasi nga nakakagulat sya. Pero kaya naman basta may concept kang hawak and natapos mo kahit si Valix lang. 

5. Auditing Problem - Practically you would expect long problems and complicated na practical accounting 1. But the actual board exam is not what we are expecting. Syempre may mga kontrabida na tanong, yung feeling mo perfect mo na yung exam then may isa o dalawa kang problems na nag-struggle ka. Haha. Ayun yon eh. Pero mayron talagang mga pamigay na tanong. Sarap. Haha! Kaso may mga grammar question which is double-edged sya kasi kapag okay ka sa grammar, easy point yun and lesser problem ang sasagutin mo kasi may grammar question halos every after the problem. Yun lang kapag mahina ka sa English, yari ka. 

Difficulty: 2

Read this: Be prepared ano man yung lumabas. Mahalaga yung may mga natapos kang reviewers kahit isa nga lang eh. Pampalakas ng loob yon. Bakit? Kasi di mo naman talaga matandaan totally yung sagot eh or yung procedure, kakapit ka na lang sa lakas ng loob na kahit ano lumabas, kaya mo kasi praktisado ka. Also, kung itutuloy, mahalaga yung okay ka sa grammar. Di naman gagawa ng essay, madadaan naman sa kutob eh pero kung kaya mong aralin para na rin sa job interview mo. Go!

6. Practical Accounting 2 - Okay. This is it. Haha! Dito maraming bumagsak or na condi I think. Why? kasi mahirap naman talaga ang P2. Dahil na rin sa forex and buscom. Sabi nung previous daw, yan yung madaming lumabas so syempre most of the students, jan nag focus. Unfortunately, hindi kagaya nung samin. Nag focus sya sa basic, like partnership and installment sales. Oo IS! Dito maraming nahirapan. Dalawang mahabang problems on Installment. Akala nila di lalabas so hindi na naaral. Ayun, mejo nahirapan. Hay. Sayang.

Difficulty: 4

Read this: Yes, mahirap yung subject but don’t panic. Kaya naman as long as nakaaral ka ng basic at alam mo yung concept. Wag lang i take for granted yung mga topics na madalang lumabas baka kasi magsisi ka sa huli, masasayang lahat ng efforts mo kung sasabit ka sa P2. (89 pa ako dito kahit na hilaw ako sa forex. Haha! So don’t be afraid)

7. Business Law and Taxation - Another killer subject. But not during our time. Yes swerte kami. Eto talaga yung kabado ako kasi alam kong kulang ako lalo na sa Tax. Pero sige lang. Tapos ayun nga, basic yung Law. More on ObliCon and ParCor. Walang Sales! And konting Nego lang. As in maiiksi pa yung tanong, tricky lang din siguro sakin kasi di ako nagbalik sa ObliCon kasi akala ko di lalabas. Haha! Sa Tax, kalma lang din sya. May situational problems mejo di usual yung tanong dapat familiar ka sa BIR form pero kaya naman. Di rin masyadong beastmode yung examiner kaya simple lang yung mga requirement. Ang nakakatawa pa, may mga tax tables pati donor at estate tas di naman ginamit. Haha!

Difficulty: 3

Read this: Sa Law, basta matiyaga ka magbasa at marunong umunawa ng English, kaya mong makuha yung rationale nung Law. Then kaya mo na sya masagot. Though minsan terms lang yung tanong, continuous reading lang okay na. Sa Tax, practice talaga and be aware sa real world ng tax. Di pwedeng textbook approach lagi. Learn to imagine the reality. Waht. 

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I hope this could help you picture out kung paano nangyari nung October 2015 CPA board. And above all sana makatulong sa mga mag-take pa lang ng board. 

As promise, about sa rumors, yes totoo na marami kang maririnig na ganyan but practice professional skepticism. Mayrong mga items na sabi lalabas, which is ayun kahawig nga. Idk kung san ang source pero siguro totoo rin yung sinasabi nila yun daw yung mga pinapadalang tanong mga review centers but mind you, konti lang talaga yung lumabas. So wag kumapit dito. Mapapariwara ka. Haha. Kasi kami nakinig kami, Alam mo yung the night before the board exam, nag aaral ka kasi sabi lalabas daw tapos hindi naman. Mapupuyat ka lang. Kaya ako nun talagang antok sa board exam. 5 out of 7 subjects nakatulog ako. :( P1 at P2 lang talaga ako gising the whole exam kasi sakto lang yung oras. So please, get enough sleep. But I don’t recommend na one week or the day before wala ng aral aral. Haha. Kapag may chance ka pa, sige lang. Nakakataranta oo pero malay mo yun yung winning point mo, last minute nabasa mo. Minsan God’s will din kasi. Diba?

Last words from a CPA. Waht. Yes 1 week na akong CPA. Haha! :-)

The CPA Board Exam is not as hard as we think as a student. As you can see wala akong nilagyan na 5 as the most difficult. Kaya syang ipasa as long as mag-aaral kang mabuti simula undergrad pa lang and gagalingan mo pa sa review. Tiwala sa sarili. Iba yung magagawa nyan. At syempre makukuha mo lang yon kapag nag-aral at naghanda ka. Next, tiwala sa prof at reviewers mo. Tutulungan ka nilang maabot mo ang pangarap basta makikipag cooperate ka. And lastly, tiwala sa Kanya. Kasi Sya pa rin ang magdedesisyon kung ibibigay Nya ba sayo o hindi. :-)

Good luck future CPAs! Just like you, I was once a dreamer, but now I achieved it. Alam kong kaya nyo rin to. Bonus na lang ang mag top. Tandaan nyo lang kung para kanino nyo ginagawa yan at kung ano talaga yung goal nyo - to become a CPA, and you will achieve it. :-)

God bless tumblraccountants!

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Reblogging this. This is the latest blog post regarding Board Exam. Sana makatulong sa Oct 2016 takers.

Sana po may magpost ng experience nila nung May 2016 board exams. Dumaan ka rin naman sa panahong kabado at hindi ineexpect kung ano ang lalabas sa boards di ba? Sana po tulungan natin ang ating mga kakosa. #Hoping *wink*

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