This will be part I of my staind recommendations.

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I'm finally taking a break from tax, for now until when I meet up with the rest in school, and reading accounting + FRS has never been this enjoyable. (re: prev post on tax)

In tax terms, it means out of scope.

I feel zombified doing income tax computations, knowing that it's definitely wrong. The feeling sucks. Urgh urgh urgh. I can spend 4hours on one paper oh my god.

A list of company names that are found in the tax exam papers.

So-Luc-Ky Manufacturing Co Pte Ltd (SLK)

Duck King Burgers (DKB)

Beak 'n Feathers Restaurants Pte Ltd (BFR)

It's Chicken Feat Pte Ltd (ICF)

I've reached the zoned out time once again.

Tax has made me realised how fortunate I am, to be studying for accounting as well as company law. The latter never seemed so easy until I attempted doing tax papers. They are mind blowingly taxing I swear. (btw, i'm kidding about the other 2 being easy.)

So in taxing situations like these, listening to happy songs, or rather songs with a happy ring makes me happy. Then again, need you now isn't exactly a happy song but it has a happy feel and i feel happy listening to it. And i'm becoming slightly schizophrenic. Constantly reminding myself not to give in to that 42inch black monster just one metre away from me. And not to shun the tax treaty once I see it at q4 of every tax paper. Not to be confused with the millions of weird names that tax setters like to name those companies. I wonder if it's the work of poh eng hin, our beloved mildly eccentric tax tutor. Instead of naming companies like, company A (which i used to think was boring), there's millions of weird names i see in the tax paper now. Like Big Foot, Sasquatch, Yeti, omg. And in the tax papers, Singapore always has weird treaties with countries like baboosa or chikyuna or something in that line. It's bothersome even writing it down. And tax, is really, just confusing. I finally understand how chow felt when she whined about tax last sem. It's my turn now. I can really, just stone at one simple concept and take 20mins to flip through my tax notes to find that concept. Then i spend the other 40mins stoning cos I either used up too much energy finding the notes or tax is too taxing on my mind. On top of the whole chunk of shit that I've just typed, I've successfully created a tax cheat sheet, that is font size 6 probably? And plus my own handwriting that is font size 5. I wonder if i can read them during the exams.

Ok, congrats if you actually read that whole chunk. I guess only taxers who are studying tax this sem as well can understand my pain. Tax, I will conquer you.

Another paper, here I come.

More schizo conversations await.

Thanks to the exams, which would end by this time next week (OMFG CAN'T WAIT), my papers have devoured the huge dining table that can fit 6 people as well as my study table.

And I saw something interesting online which I reckon I should post since many should experience similar encounters.

Check this photo out. Taken in the Andes, reminds me of my long lost love: geography. Anyway, I got it from stuckincustoms.com. They have awesome photos there. Which reminds me of a DSLR that i'll be getting in a short while hehe. Awesome, I'm fantasizing about post exam life again. Did i mention, my holiday is so freaking long this time round? School only starts at Sept 2010. Hahahaha, awesome. Exchange would be awesome i hope.

OH MY GOD. LEASES is driving me NUTS!

Firstly, they have that test to determine if it's operating or capital lease.

Then, they split the test into 5 different categories. Transfer or risk and reward, bargain purchase option, recoverability of investment test, economic life test and specialised nature.

And then they went in depth into each of this test for accounting from the lessee's point of view. In depth, meaning, one page of example of a slight tweak in a factor of each test. And that god damn minimum lease payment in recoverability of investment test has the even more retarded residual value which can actually be divided into Guaranteed RV, UnGRV, and shared RV. Then, another one example of each of these scenarios. WHAT THE FISH WHAT THE FISH.

Okay, that's not the worse, i understand it's good to go in depth.

And then, i flipped over to the next page, after covering all the tests for accounting in lessee's point of view. When I saw the title for the next page, I almost fell off my chair.

Accounting from LessOR's point of view.

OH MY MOTHER.

Then, they went in depth into each of those 5 tests again, for lessOR's point of view. OH MY GOD. REALLY, DOES IT REALLY HAVE TO BE THIS COMPLICATED OH MY GOD.

And finally, when i finished both points of view, i figured this should be the end of leases.

Oh hell no, there's another 2 more types, sales type leases and Sale and Leaseback awaiting me. Oh my mother, how am I gg to finish studying. OH MY GOD.

I recall wenhui asking me what do we study in accounting.

Poof, here's the answer.

I think i'm gg to screw up my accounting this sem, ok not just accounting. I'm gg to screw up ALL my three cores this sem. Crap!

I hate braces tightening. They make me feel like ripping stuff, biting stuff and aimlessly whacking on the keyboard like this entry.

ARGH.

It's akin to experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions.

I weeped; I laughed to myself; I smiled; I teared again and the episode leaves you with a sweet lingering smile and teary eyes.

Ah, where can you find shows any better than that?

And my nose is still running from the sad scenes. Gosh.

Watching greys is the perfect break to take from studying dry company law, which I've been attempting to do for the past few days.

And there's the long awaited choir evaluation tomorrow. I can't wait. Hopefully our Sat night practice will be helpful for tomorrow's evaluation.

First exam of the sem.

More to come.

More greys to come. Awesome. I love greys!

P.S: The mentalist tonight was yet another great episode! Ahh, I cant wait to sit down, drink coffee, and watch some good American soaps. Sounds even better when I can watch it in America. I'm counting down.

About everything. Oh my god.

Over school work.

And over that whole truckload of stuff I've gotta settle for my exchange.

I'm stressed.

Nonetheless, just updated my running log again. Way to go.

I've had an amazing catching up plus singing session with the usual people on Thursday night. It was amazing to stay awake for 25hours, feels as if there's no school and no exams and no projects that are the contributing factors to a depressing November.

No photos uploaded yet so I'll only post them when the weeba decides to do so. Everyone's getting busy. The guys are finally nearing ORD, especially jerrold who's about to be done with this phase of his life in another two weeks. And the bai-ka yizha who isn't supposed to go back to camp until ORD but him being him, too caring and stuff, decides to head back to camp tomorrow to see his men. Haha! Hanging out with the usual people makes me feel as if I'm back into those vj days - significantly less troubles especially over work.

Was counting down to the number of time/s that I can meet the whole gang again. It's depressing school's choking such a huge proportion of my time. Okay, not exactly school, I gotta attribute some parts to fatigue and laziness as well.

Anyway, speaking of fatigue, I just spent 5hours yesterday and 4hours today editing the accounting report. I'm going mildly crazy from analyzing both qualitative and quantitative parts. So, it's time for a switch. Gotta spend the next 40hours or so studying for my tax quiz. I feel like my studies are going down the drain this semester, and that's probably why I spent so much time on accounting project, foolishly hoping that it might just cover up for that horrible accounting quiz that I had. Sigh.

Okay, no time for depression. I'm like 3 weeks away from exams. And soon, I'll be off to Georgia. Knowing that you can s/u subjects is a really awesome feeling. I felt that way when I took my spanish quiz on thursday. Hope i'll do fine!

Right, i'm out for now.

I never once thought I could experience the jogger's high consecutively. Well, I guess I can safely say that I'm lucky enough to do so for the past three jogging sessions in the gym on Sat, Sun and a while ago!:)

4km, 6km and now 7km. Way to go! The treadmill had a 35minute limit for running and forces to user to use the cool down function for the following 10minutes, so it ended up a bit troublesome trying to adjust my speed up and down, up and down. Guess I gotta run on the other treadmill, which has a limit of 60min, the next time I visit the gym. But the show on ch5 was awesome, my kind of show. It's called the mentalist, as I said, as sadist as it sounds, I like watching soaps where people kill people or people save lives. A good example would be Greys for the latter. I'm awaiting season 6 episode 6 from lee wen kai, I better pray that he's nice on thursday haha.

And the jogger's high is exhilarating, from the amateur point of view. Initially, when I started running or took a long break and revisit running sessions in the gym, I had to painstakingly force myself to avoid looking at the time on the treadmill, because basically from the time, I could estimate how far I've ran. But for today, I've ran for about 4k, before taking a glance at the distance ran. Felt amazing!:) The next hurdle, would be to run at East Coast Park, but running outside isn't really exactly as fun as what people say. True enough, you see the beautiful foliage, with the 'natural wind' (contrast that with a/c) breezing through your hair as you jog past the tranquil sea with waves lapping on the shore. Yes yes yes, but somehow or other, that doesnt really quite appeal to me as compared to a great television programme! Haha, oh well.

Alright, time for me to attempt company law after a shower. And I tried my best to memorise regular and irregular verbs for spanish today. It's no easy shit I swear. Anyoway, I'm gonna s/u it. I feel a bit sad though, initially I wanted to s/u it cos I felt like the tutor has something against me hahaha, cos I didnt erase the textbook scribblings and stuff from the past user of the textbook. And now, I find that she's gradually becoming a nicer person, generally. I like nice teachers, they're a good way to motivate me to study. Then again, prof lee is nice too, I send her loads of wordy questions, and she answers them well too, but somehow, I dont exactly find the motivation to study company law. Haha.

Ugh, ok loads of rambling as usual, after a great workout at the gym. I need to start toning my arms soon too. I was fiddling with the weights in the gym today, and my sister told me that this personal trainer (who's always there every night at the gym) was staring at my weird postures. Haha crap, I hate it when the pros look at the noobs and laugh at them secretly. Ergh!

Ok, time out!

Buenas noches!:)

You're stuck on me and my laughing eyes
I can't pretend though I try to hide - I like you
I like you.

I think I felt my heart skip a beat
I'm standing here and I can hardly breathe - you got me
You got me.

The way you take my hand is just so sweet
And that crooked smile of yours it knocks me off my feet

I can't imagine what it'd be like
Livin everyday in this life - without you.
Without you.
One look from you I know you understand
This mess we're in you know is just so out of hand.

Oh, I just can't get enough
How much do I need to fill me up.
It feels so good it must be love
It's everything that I've been dreaming of.
I give up. I give in. I let go. Let's begin.
Cause no matter what I do,
Oh (oh) my heart is filled with you.

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Two of the nicer songs from Colbie Caillat other than Falling For You which seems overplayed.

Spanish conjugation time, here I come:)

OMG, class rights, deemed interest in shares blablabla is giving me a huge headache and droopy eyes. I just can't stay awake to study this chapter despite popping down many strong mints and lots of self mental motivation. Oh my god, I dont want to do badly for company law but judging at current circumstances.. Sigh! I need help for this chapter! Any interested helpers?!

IM DAMN HIGH NOW! ITS THE JOGGER'S HIGH, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT, I THINK, I FINALLY FOUND FURNISHED HOUSING TO STAY AT GEORGIA FROM JANUARY-MAY 2010. OMFG!!!!:D:D:D

Okay, no more caps lock, I need to conserve some energy in case I run out of them later!

Anyway, today's awesome. I tried to study breadth not depth. I usually do the opposite, so I accomplish quite little usually. Today, I managed to briefly revise through 2 chapters of Tax, went through the Spanish chapter (Spanish quiz on Thurs), read through 1 chapter on company law, and recorded the music of most of the choir songs I'm supposed to memorise by Wednesday. Now, that doesnt exactly sound like a lot, but considering the fact that I woke up at 11:30am haha to my dismay, I'm pretty proud that I've accomplished this much!

AND most importantly, I managed to keep to my target of running thrice a week! I'm going to keep a little runner's log into my blog, which should be found under the profile tab! I WILL BE HEALTHY AND JOG AWAY MY USUAL TROUBLES! HAHAHAHAHA. I can do this. I've ran a... (check my log to see how far I ran this week!) Weehaaa!:D

The house that I MIGHT be staying in, together with lyn+rumi+company. Haha, can get 2 houses side by side. How awesome is that!:D

I'm not a saint
I'm just a man
Who had heaven and Earth
In the palm of his hand
but I threw it away
So now I stand here today asking forgiveness and if you could just please
Give me another chance
to write you another song
And take back those thing's I've done
Cause I'll give you my heart
If you would let me start all over
Again

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Lambert's new song!

And many more kilometres to go. I contemplated setting up a running log on my blog, just like what julie did in julie and julia. But, I can't find such a cool feature or rather, I'm too tired/lazy to find it.

I tried to make full use of my time today at home, after my really draining overloading espanol leccion. Once I reached home, I spent an hour playing the piano, learning up the 8 choir songs that I'll be tested in a couple of weeks' time, (note it's learning not memorizing since my attendance kinda suck), and I actually recorded the songs into my itunes so that I can listen to it when I'm studying. I am that desperate.

Why's that so?

There's an upcoming espanol quiz next thursday, the in-class scary ass shit test, the first one we'll be having for the course since it's always take home assignments that I google all day to do.

On top of that, my espanol conversacion with my companero a.k.a lyn (the girl with the fat tongue who speaks spanish and people mistake it for japanese) will be taking place on the same week as my lunchtime concert + evaluation for the choir elective where I managed to achieve a 50% attendance so far. In addition, let's top that splendid week with an espanol listening comprehension (where scoring 0/whatever is probable, not possible, since I can't catch up with the speed of the lingo) and an accounting presentation on an investment about SIA.

Dang! I finally feel busy for the first time in this sem, unbelievable but yeah, I'm taken aback by the load of stuff now. It was waay busier for the previous sem but somehow, I managed to cope with the never ending presentations which I usually dread. Now, it seems almost unimaginable to wait till 1st of December when espanol exam ends and exams for year2 sem1 officially comes to an end.

I can't wait.

Crap, I'm feeling hunger pangs. I shouldn't be eating at such a late hour, but argh, I can't sleep on an empty stomach.

She's called Barbie Gan.

If she is reading this, good luck for accounting!