I could safely say that last week was the most remarkable week of my mostly droning life.  I'm not even exaggerating hehe.  Let me start from May 26 (Monday) to May 31 (Saturday).  So here it goes and please check my coherence hehe:

Monday - This is the first day of my review in CPAR.  And ever since this day, I've been having a great time.  You might ask: Seriously, RC?!  Damn, I'm sure hehe.  Every single reviewer I've met has a decent sense of humor.  This is the best reason I could give why I've been having a blast in the review school.  You know what my dear guys and gals, humor, in any review school for this matter, is damn essential as long as the humor will not go off the topic/point.  'Cause you don't have to spend money everyday just to gulp an energy drink in order to be "lively" throughout the review session.  Funny reviewers would suffice hehe.  Also because of this, I've decided not to live in a dorm.  I'm simply motivated enough to tolerate my grueling travel hehe.  Besides, my long standing on the bus serves as my morning exercise hehe.  So I don't mind.  Since I'm talking about review school here, let me just share why I picked CPAR to help me tie up those vast topics I learned from my undergraduate years.  My reason is actually not a strategic one.  I picked CPAR just because my father used to review also in this review school 27 years ago.  So that was in May 1981 and he was included in the 9th Batch who hurdled the CPA Board Exams.  I'm presently 22 and my father was also 22 back when he was still a humble reviewee from the province of Samar.  Now you might have noticed that I am indeed more sentimental than reasonable hehe.  I believe more in twist of fate than mere luck.  It could be my choice why I chose to review in CPAR but it was mostly fate that helped me graduate from the rigid course of Accountancy.  You just have to know how to interpret the signs 'cause these are collectively the way of the Lord in communicating to us.  And I hope and pray that I'll become a CPA just like my father.  And now let's go to Tuesday.             

Tuesday - Ok, I was absent on this day.  Yeah, that was equally remarkable.

Wednesday - I went to Zirkoh, a comedy bar, at Greenhills to accept the invitation of a good friend who would be celebrating his birthday on the next day.  And I could say that among the bunch, I was the one who had the most "blast" hehe.  Why?  'Cause I was the only one among the bunch who was invited to the stage to goof along with the honorable members of the third sex.  I mean, HOLY CRAP!  Those stand-up comedians would diss you until they had nothing more to diss about you.  But I was damn hyped-up that moment and so I accepted perhaps the biggest challenge my precious dignity could ever handle.  Besides, I tend to believe too much in myself.  TOO MUCH that I even believed I would still get the respect I've always known I deserve even from those stand-up comedians who are paid ridiculous amounts of money just to ridicule you before the mad audience 'til kingdom come.  I'm egotistical, really hehehe.  So how did it happen?  Aside from the stand-up, there was also a karaoke.  So when the comedians roll called every group in the bar, they also asked who among the group can sing.  And as I had expected, my friends unanimously pointed me haha.  So I went to the stage 'cause I'm too cool to decline.  Again, I'm egotistical and now COOL haha.  Of course, I was bashed at some points but I was cool on the stage all the way through and one comedian admired my sportsmanship.  But good thing is that they didn't hit me below the belt.  They just joked about my skinny appearance hehe.  But overall, I wasn't really dissed in an aim to nuke my dignity just like what they often do every night hehe.  And of course, my witty answers were loaded haha.  That's probably the reason why they respected me in the end.  And finally, they asked me to sing after a relatively long misery hehe.  I sang Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are and I can say just because of the crowd's silence that they were liking my performance hehe.  It's a good Pop song.  I can admit that I'm really not into Pop songs but I just like to sing them hehe.  One gay comedian even remarked that I've got a pleasant voice.  Seriously now, that appreciation is what 'incredible' is all about hehe.

Thursday - I still went to the review school coming from a very measly one-hour sleep.  I slept over Tope's place.  We bonded a bit and most of the time, I just listened to his love stories hehe.  I was sleepy all throughout the review this day but I could still catch things up.  The flow of the discussion, I think, has been slow.  Am I right hehe?  Happy birthday, Kwebs.

Friday - This is the day when I gave thanks to the Lord for all the blessings He's bestowed me.  This is when the Thanksgiving Mass organized by the college was held.  The outfit is smart casual.  Seriously, I didn't really intend to dress like a rockstar just like what my friends remarked hehe.  Do I deserve to be called as a stereotypical rockstar just because I know how to dress haha?  Again, I'm egotistical hehe.

Saturday - IS THE DAY!!  Haha.  This is when my graduation rite was finally held.  The moment I had been waiting for.  I became a bit emotional.  In fact, I almost had a tear forming in my eye while I was singing the UST Hymn.  Simply because, my college life had been a crazy yet fun ride.  I didn't get the course I like in UST (Philosophy) since I was late to confirm myself.  I went upstairs  (to the College of Commerce) just to look for a vacancy.  I hated Math but what can I do?!  I still didn't have a college that time so this lost situation left me no choice but to take up Commerce.  I was eyeing the Business Administration major (Economics, for some other reasons) just because this course has the least number of Math units.  I took up the Accountancy qualifyings for kicks.  And damn I passed and from this moment, my world began to tumble hehe.  And here I am, a freakin' accountant (technically, not yet hehe).  A profession I never dreamt to practice even in my wildest dreams. 

Just wish me luck.                                          

After my review class yesterday, Tope, Lud and I went to SM North Edsa just, you know, to kill time hehe.  But seriously, we went to that mall for nothing but to unwind a little, you know, "chill" hehe.  I guess to chill out sometimes is important especially if you are preparing for the board exams.  I mean, it's definitely NOT advisable and even healthy to lock yourself in a room and review until your brain bleeds dry.  This freakin' lock up is particularly not desirable for my case.  You know, guys and gals, I think I haven't shared to you that I've had a very narrow attention span.  I realized this just a few months back: I get bored easily.  This is one of the symptoms of a narrow attention span.  Most of the time, when I'm trying to answer (or what I personally call immunize) accounting problems for instance, I tend to answer only one problem regardless of its level of difficulty and then I'll stand up, watch TV, pat my dogs, fool around with my little sis or parents, play the guitar, surf the net, listen to hip-hop songs, and virtually anything else but answer the next accounting problem on the hand-out.  It's sort of an interval hehe.  So at the end of the day, I'd accomplish very little hehe.  Basically speaking, I tend to use up most of my energy towards unessential things haha.  There are roughly three months to go before the 'battle royale' known as the CPA Board.  Of course, I know it's not that far away like the kingdom you'll find in a fairy tale (it does rhyme, doesn't it?).  My personal maxim has always been, "Confidence is caused by preparation."  Yet, I still have to catch up on many topics from different subjects.  I haven't even started studying Law and I don't take up notes in this subject for strategic reasons *wink wink* hehe!  What I'm trying to say is that you may do whatever you want in your life as a reviewee but if you badly want to hurdle a tough board like the one that I will take in October, it would all boil down to an effective plan composed of strategies.  Now, I'm just applying Auditing Theory hehe.  But who am I to talk like that, I'm still not a CPA!?  You might hoot hehe.  Well, I just tied up all the advices of those who already are   Based on those advices, I came up with my own summary hehe.  Well going back, a plan varies from one person to another.  My seatmate, Allen, yesterday saw the hand-outs of our fellow reviewees in front of us and he pressured himself by saying to me, "Look RC, they already have answers and we still have none."  Of course, not in English haha.  Then I said to him, "You know who you are bre, don't pressure yourself and don't be pressured by anyone."  And he nodded.  You know what guys and gals, whenever I speak, draw closer to me 'cause that would be of substance haha.  Again, I'm egotistical like that hehe.  Well seriously now, you know who you are and I know who the hell I am.  If a little cramming works for you, then do that.  Allen is a smart-ass, really.  He can get really high grades, even way higher than the average even if he crams.  That's why I said to him you know who you are.  In my case, I do cram as well not because I'm as smart as him, oh hell no hehe.  I've long convinced myself that I can never be as smart as him.  'Cause I believe that at least the mental aspect of an individual is innate.  I usually cram because this works for my OWN standard and because I graduated with a BSA degree, I think my slacking ways somehow worked for the high standard of the program as well.  Again, do whatever works for you.  If my fellow reviewees have this tendency to answer the hand-outs in advance 'cause this tactic has worked well for them through the years, then believe me, it would definitely work for them 'til the end.  'Cause that's how strong my faith in them hehe.  I think my point is pretty clear hehe.  

At the end of the day, what would matter is not the results of the board exams.  Pass or fail, it wouldn't really matter.  Now let me be sappy for a moment through saying this: Generosity matters.  Now, how the hell is succeeding in the CPA Board related to f*ckin' generosity?  You might hoot coupled with a little fury hehe.  Well, I guess you would fully realize what I said by the time you've already achieved something bigger than you'd ever imagined.  You might top the board but if you wouldn't share your blessings, then this achievement would go to waste.  I mean, what's the whole point?!  Live a life that matters as the great Velayo put it when he spoke before us during our solemn investiture.  Remember guys and gals this cliche: What we've done to ourselves would eventually die with us, but what we've done for others would live forever.  Thanks to the old lady who broke in our conversation yesterday for giving us this great advice while the three of us were on the jeep on our way to SM North Edsa hehe.  That's actually the point of this whole entry.  Sorry for my long absence and I hope I somehow put a grin on your face