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Ecija-Vizcaya border was literally up in the clouds đ (kunwari di ako giniginaw dito đ ) (at Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya)
Bucket list #22
Make friends with 50 random people.
To the friend I was with in this journey
I might be entirely wrong to say that I know why you are like that now and how you are feeling, but I would like to believe that somehow I understand you and what you're going through in some ways, because I know you are still the person that I knew before.
I hate to see you drift away, but if that is what's going to make you feel comfortable I would oblige because heck, I've been there and distancing myself worked for all of us.
I guess I just want you to know that I am still here and you can choose me, even though you would prefer another friend to tell what's in your head. I want you to know that I was genuinely hoping --I was pretty confident even-- that you and I will come of that battle victorious together, and that I was as devastated when you did not make it.
I haven't heard from you since, but I am hoping that you will never stop fighting, never stop chasing that dream. And when you've finally conquered the battle, know that I will be one of your proudest friends even though I probably wouldn't matter as much.
Years of downfalls, heartbreaks, frustations and lots and lots of willpower for this piece of pla... gem. For this piece of gem. â¤đđ #CPA2017
CPA 2017 is real mga paa whoo! Pawer!
I am one of the 4,511 successful examinees of the October 2017 CPA Licensure Exam. Eto, konting tips para sa inyong mga future CPAs out there.
1. Gumawa ka na ng summary mo sa bawat topics sa lahat ng subjects habang nasa undergrad ka pa. I cannot emphasize this enough, sobrang helpful ng mga summaries pag dating mo sa review school pramis, kase mahirap na talaga balikan lahat ng textbooks âpag nagrereview ko na for the boards. âWag ka na humirit ng dami ko pang school works, busy ako, dami ko pang deadlines na mini-meet, friend, gawan mo ng paraan utang na loob. Mas maganda simulan mo na yung summary na yon nasa first year college ka pa lang hahaha o kaya pag nagkaron ka na ng Financial Accounting na subject (saâmin 2nd year yon). Kunin mo lang yung importante, usually formulas ganyan, sa FAR yung mga initial and subsequent measurements, etc.
Nung ako, nakagawa lang ako ng summaries nung nasa review school na âko hahaha tapos yun na lang binabasa ko nung mga 1 week before the board exam. Gawa rin kayo please, and start it today.
2. Manage your time wisely sa review. Di ko alam sa iba a, pero gusto ko kasi may direksyon yung bawat araw ko. So ang ginagawa ko, nililista ko lahat ng dapat kong i-accomplish sa isang araw, tapos saka ako mag-a-allocate ng oras sa bawat âgoalsâ ko for that day. Kung katulad kita, malamang-lamang gagana saâyo yung mga self-imposed deadlines, kase sa ganun mas marami akong natatapos, na dapat sa ganitong oras tapos na yung handout na âto, ganon. Sabi nga ni Sir Roque, gawa ka ng schedule, at respetuhin mo yung schedule na âyon, meaning kung sa oras na inallocate mo hindi mo natapos yung isang handout, magmove on ka na. Pero ako âpag gumagawa ako ng schedule usually flexible hahaha meaning sa isang araw, may isa o kaya dalawang oras na free (usually pahinga ko âto), so kung yung isang hand out hindi ko matatapos sa oras na nilaan ko for that, babawasan ko yung free time ko para matapos ko yung hand out na yon. Diskarte lang mga kaibigan.
3. Focus, focus, focus. âYang CPA board exam (board exams na rin in general) not only tests your mastery of the accounting concepts e, mate-test ka rin talaga mentally and spritually. 4-5 months lang ang review, tiyagain mo na bes, tanggalin mo muna lahat ng pwede mong maging distractions kasi you have so many ~subjects~ to think about already. The review itself can be toxic na, âwag mo na dagdagan. Know your priorities, kung natatambakan ka na ng handouts âwag ka na um-oo sa kaibigan mong nag-aaya manood ng sine.
4. Ang naniniwala sa sabi-sabi, walang bait sa sarili. A week or two before board exam marami, as in marami, kang makikita at maririnig (hahaha baliw lang?). Maraming maglalabasan na kung anu-anong materials at âspecialâ handouts kuno, at maraming haka-haka kang maririnig na yung mga tanong âdawâ kukunanin sa handout na ganito, ganyan.
Sinasabi ko saâyo dinedemenyo ka lang ng marami sa mga âyon HAHAHAHA. Bes, sa mga panahon na yon magFOCUS ka lang. Tanungin mo sarili mo, âConfident na ba âko sa mastery ko sa bawat topics na dapat kong i-cover?â Kung oo, go, sagutan mo lahat ng quizzers and preweek lectures galing sa ibaât ibang review centers na kaya mong sagutan. Pero kung katulad ka ng marami sa atin na medyo nakakalimut-limot pa ng standards and concepts a week or two before the board, again, wag ka na magpadistract. Kung ako saâyo siguraduhin mo muna na confident ka na sa mastery mo ng concepts bago ka magsagot ng kung anu-anong handout. âWag ka na masyado makiuso HAHAHAHA.Â
Andaming nakarating saâkin na mga handouts nung preweekâyung notorious na airplane notes na yan, star notes, gwapo notes (lol)â halos wala akong sinagutan sa mga yan. Halos, kase sinubukan kong sagutan yung airplane notes dati, 150 questions ata yon pero tinigilan ko rin pag dating ko sa 30th question. Pati yung mga tsismis na yung subject na âto kukunin sa quizzers ng review center na to ganyan, ganyan, halos wala rin naman akong sinagutan sa mga yon. Halos uli, kasi sabi nila yung audit daw marami kinukuha sa quizzers nung isang review center, so sinubukan ko magsagot-sagot ng handouts nila no. Kaso di ko rin naman tinapos kasi sobrang dami as in, feeling ko nagsasayang na lang ako ng oras. Pumasa naman ako guys ;) di mo naman kasi madadaan sa familiarity yung pagpasa mo sa board (lalo na sa board exam namin, kasi andamiiiiing bagoooong topiiiiics). Nung ako nagfocus lang ako sa mga preweek materials na bigay ng CPAR. Okay naman e, kaso yung Law talaga huhu I was not prepared for those questions 3
5. Humble thyself. Medyo sine-stress nung ibang reviewers sa review school na kapag nakapasok ka raw ng Top 100 sa preboard e sure pass ka na ng actual board. Not true. May mga kilala ako na nasa Top 100 nung mga preboards who did not make it sa actual board. Ako personal experience a, masaya malaman na pasok ka ng Top 100, gives you the confidence that somehow you are ready na for the actual board. Kaso nung ako (after 1st preboard to a), it kind of gave me too much confidence nung first few days after release of results hahaha na sumasagi sa isip ko na mag-chill na ng konti kasi nga malakas na daw laban ko sa actual board di ba? Pero willpower pa rin mga paa, kaya sandali lang and I was back on track again. âPag nakapasok ka rin sa Top 100 ng preboards, at sigurado akong makakapasok ka, âwag mo hayaan na it will get in your head at magtatamad ka na sa review, (in Baby Valixâs tone) okay?Â
So ayon, good luck sa inyo mga future CPAs! Chicken feet out, peace HAHAHAHAHAHA charot XD
Naniniwala kasi ako sa kasabihan na nothing worth having comes easy. Kaya call me choosy pero as long as I can take it hindi ako maga-apply sa mga "D'yan ka na lang/Doon ka na lang, madali ka makakapasok kasi may lisensya ka" kind of jobs. Gusto ko ng struggle (pero onti lang ne hahahuhuhu) kase it makes the whole process more fulfilling, di ba?
Call It What You Want. Midnight Eastern.
Lord sana kontakin ako ng BSP pangarap ko po don đ
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I was struggling with my faith.
It all started when I failed our Incoming 5th Year Qualifying Exam. I was devastated, and after reading testimonies from some of my batchmates sobra akong nagtampo, tinanong ko Sâya if He was playing favorites? Haha. Nakakahiya, kumbaga dun sa Parable of the Sower (?) ako yung seed which fell on the rocky soil. Sobrang tampo ko, I stopped praying altogether, I stopped reading the bible, I stopped listening to and singing worship songs.
Buti na lang 2-strike policy pa sa batch namin kaya eligible pa âko for a retake, pero struggle kase ayoko na sana magreview uli. Nakakababa ng morale, and many times during my review for the retake gusto ko na lang sumuko, and talagang susuko na âko dapat. Pero know what, not once lang na nangyari na just right when I told myself na ayoko na mag-aral and binitawan ko na libro ko biglang may magtetext ng âGalingan mo, Iâm praying for you.â As in, nakaka-amaze, at alam ko Sâya yon, pero during that time ayoko yun irecognize. Yung retake naipasa ko, pero yung faith ko talaga di ko naibalik sa dati.
Nag-5th year ako na halos hindi ko Sâya kinakausap, sobrang dalang ko magpray. Dumating sa point na sobrang hina na ng faith ko, I was starting to doubt His existence. Feeling ko at some point of 2016 sobrang lapit ko na maging atheist, na suddenly all these bible verses did not make sense to me. Sobrang scary, sobra. The night na narealize ko yon I prayed hard to Him to save me from that dilemma, to not let me drift that far away ever again, kase gusto ko isalvage yung relationship ko sa Kanya. Di ko kasi alam, siguro naghahanap ako ng validation? Gusto ko Sâya mafeel pero baât parang di ko Sâya mafeel?
Pero iba nga talaga sa review school, ano. Sa review, di lang susubukin saâyo kung gano mo na-master yung mga accounting concepts, matetest ka rin talaga mentally and spiritually. Pero sobrang stubborn ko, I pray intently lang every Thursday sa St. Jude, kapag nahihirapan na âko sa sarili kong review, hanggaât maaari di talaga ko humihingi ng tulong.
Around two to three weeks before board exams ngarag na âko, andami ko pang dapat icover na topics pero yung utak ko ayaw na mag-absorb huhu. At dahil ang stubborn ko talaga, di pa rin ako nagppray. Pero that verse âyung âCome to me all of you who are weary and Iâll give you restââit kept repeating in my mind, hanggang sa hindi ko na talaga kaya yung pagod and pressure, nagpray ako. And in an instant, I felt peace. Nakaka-amaze. Alam mo yung feeling âpag nasa dagat ka, tapos tahimik, wind blowing on your face, and thereâs no other sound but the water crashing on the sea shore. Alam mo yung ganung klaseng peace of mind? Ganun yung feeling. Pag binabalikan ko ngayon nakakaiyak T.T sobrang stubborn ko, pero when I finally prayed He immediately answered. That was Wednesday, 2 days before board exam. Sa sobrang at peace ko ata nagmukha akong chill, kase tinanong ako ng ka-dorm ko non kung hindi raw ba âko kinakabahan? Kase mukha raw akong chill. And to be honest hindi na âko talaga kinakabahan.
Yung peace na binigay Nâya saâkin nung Wednesday na yon abot hanggang release of results. Hindi ako kinabahan, hindi ako nagworry habang naghihintay, although every time na magpopost yung PRC ng âResults are out!â nagsskip ng beat yung puso ko hahaha pero hanggang dun lang. Laging nagrerepeat sa utak ko na that battle has already been won, kase it was not me who fought, it was Him. Huhuhu.
You know what? Looking back, I realized na I actually needed to fail. That Incoming 5th Year Qualifying Exam failure was a slap in the face, that I was not as good as I think I am, that I was overestimating my capabilities. Kung hindi ako bumagsak sa exam na yon, baka hindi ko ibinigay yung klase ng effort na ibinigay nung review for the board exam. Baka andun pa rin ako sa mentality na âkaya ko na yon, madali lang naman yun eâ. This is so clichĂŠ na to say pero you really just have to trust the process, no? God really wouldnât do anything that will hurt you, and in the end everything will make perfect sense. And it all makes sense to me know.
Muted two persons na toxic sa twitter. Officemates sila, pero mukhang may misunderstanding kase yung isa raw pushes her friends away. Tas napaisip ako, kase ganun din ako e, I low-key push anyone who comes too close. I keep everyone on a certain distance away from me. Minsan napapaisip din ako baât ako ganto e hahahuhuhu. Tas narealize ko, ayaw ko kasi ng commitment. HAHAHAHAHA. Legit. Number 1 manifested sa katamaran ko magreply.
Napapagod kasi ako mag-maintain ng relationships. Ayaw ko nang makulit (hahahahaha) ayaw ko nang araw-araw mo dapat nakakausap. Tsaka ayaw kong nag-o-open up. Di ako kumportable pag yung life story ko na yung pinapakinggan.
Sana one day, makanap ako ng tao na I will never get tired talking with. Sana hindi ko s'ya itulak palayo. Sana kung ittry ko man s'ya itulak e 'wag s'ya mapagod na magpush forward, pabalik. Hahaha.
Sana one day, makahanap ako ng confidant. Somebody with whom I will never, ever felt the constant need to hold back. Somebody I can really, truly be vulnerable with. Somebody with whom I can share all these thoughts, without me worrying na nagiging abala na âko. Hahaha. Someday.
Paano kumuha ng NBI Clearance
How to get an NBI clearance?
Ayan. Sana lumitaw âtong text post na âto next time na may magse-search kung pano kumuha ng NBI clearance. Kung nahanap mo âto congrats! Bibigyan kita ng walk-through kung pano ba âto kuhanin. Letâs go. (lol)
Ia-assume ko na beginner ka rin, kasi di ka naman pupunta dito kung alam mo na pala gagawin mo, di ba? Kung medyo nagresearch ka na dati, alam mo na na yung step 1 e pupunta ka sa nbi-clearance.com tapos fi-fill up ka ng form don. Kung di ka pa nagresearch e, well, now you know.
Ia-assume ko rin na millenial ka, so kahit papano marunong ka na mag-fill up ng forms sa internet.
Fill-up-an mo lang âyang Register as New Account para makagawa ka ng account mo (duh?). Parang facebook lang din, after mo dyan mag-sign in ka na. Tapos kabukas mo ng account mo eto makikita mo.
Ayan. Fill-up-an mo lang uli tas save. Tas pag okay na pwede ka na mag-apply for clearance.
(covered personal info in the middle okay.) pagclinick mo yon may lilitaw na Set Pincode. Bahala ka na anong pincode mo basta dapat 6 characters lang no more, no less. After mo ma-set pincode mo may lalabas na ganito
Since fresh grad ako, wala akong ibang ID bukod sa Alumni ID ko. Yung voterâs ID ko m.i.a. Ngayon kung may voterâs ID ka na o kaya driverâs license o kung ano pa mang uri ng valid ID mas okay, pero di naman yon titignan hahahaha ewan ko sa ibang branch a, pero dun sa pinuntahan ko di man hinanap alumni ID ko. O yon, click mo lang yung I Agree tas mapupunta ka na dito
You know the drill naman na siguro nyan no? hahaha basta fill-up fill-up lang tapos mamili ka na ng payment option mo. Di lang nahagip ng print screen ko pero may 7 11 na payment option dyan (no joke) pero âwag mo na yun piliin kase magkakaaberya rin naman pag dating mo ng  7 11 sayang lang effort. (ewan ko lang in the future a baka maayos naman nila yung system pero ewan, kayo na bahala kung gusto nyo i-try).
Pag katapos mo dyan pwede mo tinigna transaction mo sa transactions tab.
Ayaaaan oks na assuming nakapagbayad ka na, punta ka sa branch na pinili mo on your appointment date (duuuuuh?).
Now everything youâve read so far, you can basically look up online, pero ang di ko nahanap online e kung anong gagawin mo pag andun ka na sa NBI branch. Maswerte ka kase eto, sasabihin ko saâyo ano bang ganap don hahaha char.
Wala silang pinamimigay na line number, ang gagawin mo lumapit ka dun sa window ng staff, may lalagyan don na may strips ng papel, kumuha ka ng isa. Ganito itsura non
Fill-up na naman, bes. Pag nafill-up-an mo na âto ibigay mo dun sa isang staff tas hintayin mo na lang matawag yung pangalan mo for biometrics and clearance printing. Wag mo pala kalimutan resibo mo nung nagbayad ka kasi kukunin nila yon (deposit slip in my case).
Kanina nakarating ako dun sa branch ng 1:05pm. Tinawag ako ng 1:30pm tapos at 1:33pm I was already back in my seat. My clearance was ready at 1:34pm. (Inorasan ko talaga!) Ambilis lang beshie.
So yon, sana nakatulong tong post na âto saâyo kahit papano. Babush.
Running on Air
Lyrics: It's been a long time running 'Cause I had some things to see I had to meet some people Who were there to believe in me I'm taking all that struggle Reminds me what I'm fighting for I'm living it up, I ain't gonna stop Till I make that final score And I'll keep running as fast as I can I'll keep running I won't stop, I won't stop, no no Hey now, if you push me down I'll get up again Hey now, if you let me drown I'll swim like a champion I'm sure there'll be good times, there'll be bad time But I don't care 'cause I'm running on air (Running, running) Yeah Give me a million reasons But my answer stays the same You can try to put me in a box But I'm doing it my own damn way See I can stand them talkers All pretending that their lives' a mess 'Cause whatever you want, whatever you need You gotta get off your... And I'll keep running as fast as I can I'll keep running I won't stop, I won't stop Hey now, if you push me down I'll get up again Hey now, if you let me drown I'll swim like a champion I'm sure there'll be good times, there'll be bad time But I don't care 'cause I'm running on air Hey, I'm running on air Running, running on air (Oh whoa... oh whoa...) Running, running Now I don't care Hey now, if you push me down I'll get up again Hey now, hey now Yeah... (Oh whoa... oh whoa...) You can push me, push me down (Oh whoa... oh whoa...) Hey now But I'll get up again I'm sure there'll be good times, there'll be bad time But I don't care 'cause I'm running on air
This is one of my faves in Eurovision! Nung unang beses ko 'tong pinarinig sa bunso kong kapatid sabi n'ya, "yhh di ko gusto" ganyan-ganyan tas maya-maya lang kinakanta na n'ya hahaha pati live versions pinapakinggan. Good luck, Nathan Trent! Good luck, Austria!
I shouldn't have gone to that blog, it just made me feel down. Made me remember may own frustrations and regrets I've long tried to somehow bury.
Yung mga hinaing ko sa buhay andito lahat, pero yung highlights ko di ko man lang maikwento, unti-unti na naman tuloy nagiging toxic 'tong blog na 'to. Who cares? *shrugs*
Alam mo yung pakiramdam na gusto mo umiyak kaso walang lumalabas na luha? Yung feeling na... wala, ewan, you're empty. Yung wala ka nang pake, wala ka na namang gana gawin yung mga bagay na nilu-look forward mo dati. Parang ganon. Hahahaha drama langya naman Ewan ko. Bad trip. Bad trip.
I hate this life sometimes.
CPA MMXVII