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*REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG POST ahead!!*

It's been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time since I really blogged. The last post was more like a notification rather than a blog post. But still, it yielded my highest single-day page visits and views:
*I knows it's not the WORLD RECORD but maybe if I do that more often, I can generate enough views to attract nuffnang and/or other ads. =P


That story aside, to compensate for the previous lack of posts, I'm going to do a long post, a really long one. Don't ask me 'how long' please. It's longer than that. =.=~

And so, the semester began...with the CPA Passport Undergraduate Conference, fair enough. I was not the OCP but that does not mean I can hang my boots up and shake my legs. The multimedia video I did for the opening of the conference is a satisfaction , a BIG satisfaction for me =)

Then comes the first peak of the sem:
Of all times, FA2 assignment, FP assignment, TUC Mid-Autumn Festival, Business Plan Semis written submission and presentation have to done within two weeks.

1. BP submission: other than researches for two full days, there is nothing much to do actually...just copy+paste previous bp, alter relevant parts and tada! That was what i thought before submission. then i realise the financial model has to be rebuilt T.T...but seriously, I enjoy making a financial model. I dare to say it looks semi-professional (close to professional =P) even though it is not the exact kind of model that will be build by real financial modellers!
2. FA2 Assignment - Seriously, have to thank Datuk Hong and P***** for allowing us to have a look at the past assignment. If I were to start the assignment from scratch during this time, I think I wouldn't have time to sleep throughout this 2-week period. Also, thanks yi qian for her meticulous nature in checking every single detail =)
   
3. FP Assignment - I thought it was supposed to be an easy assignment....and yes it was! the easiest among all 4 assignments =.=. Thanks to kx, datuk and shireen, we managed to pull it off, yielding 'excellent!' from ms lisa. Or was it the grammatical phrase of 'very excellent!'?
   
4. TUC Mid-Autumn Festival - I was not big-time involved in this. Really have to say sorry to those who had expected me to help a lot in this event. At the beginning of the sem, I really thought I could contribute a lot, but ... sorry I was really bad to turn off some of your calls in asking me to help =(... Anyhow, I was the emcee of the night, and I would rate my performance with a 5/10. A fair mark for the constant hesitation :S
5. BP Semis presentation - copy+paste previous slides, the proposal, the model...some rehearsal and tada, a good presentation from 3 of us.
   

The stress that I have got during this period was not merely completing the asgts/event/bp with quality, but also the stress of working with people. Thanks YQ, kx, datuk, shireen, li san, yee leng for not rushing me like hell.

*But at least I told you a dateline that I will be able to finish waaaay before it right? lol

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If that's not enough, here comes the second peak!

But this time with pictures la...(to reward u if u have read this far =P)

...ICBM. Not exactly very hard for calculation part. But for the essay, we never what's the requirement and most of the time are spent judging what's important and what's not. It would be easier if s* is well though, as she is so resourceful, attentive to detail etc.
(@s* - No worries though, it has been taken care of...get well soon!)

...and next:



Without her, I think we wouldn't have joined this competition again!




No doubt, the feeling of winning is good though it is not as intense as last year! Great working with you, san & leng! Lets' rock HSBC next year, with a new name?

(but I'm kinda attached to this name already...right? Power Up!)

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... and finally CPL 'Cari Pasal Lagi' (Chow 2008)
finaaaaaaaally finished it laaaaaaaaaa! but I am still wondering how could li san & yee leng have finished CPL q2 before the BP final presentation?! they should be busy what?! or maybe i was just exaggerating? XD

lol....

p/s: 2-3 days for me to breathe before I study for exam =)
p/s: @ Everyone: good luck in revision and exam!

*Photos courtesy of Vi-vian, Suet Yen & Hui Jing!
*I noticed that I used a lot of =) , =P and ;)....=.="

But to end this post: Let's have a look at ...

... the trademark smile that I have been teaching my cat all this while! =D

For those who asked me about q1, apologies for providing the wrong info:

Please check this out:
http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml

Think in this way: If
spot rate: domestic currency/Rand = 1
PPP : domestic currency/Rand = 2

common sense says that rand is undervalued (should worth 2, but only 1 in spot rate),
thus DC is overvalued (+) if PPP>spot rate! CHECK THIS!


p/s: I slept for only 2hours+ in the past 24 hours, and going to have a sleep of around 2-3hours tonight. so my vision and brain capture less things now, and sorry if i seem to ignore u.

good luck!