tq tq.. and u r jealous of me? haha.. u know what ar, i got a fren.. she's pretty,slim,(no not pork chop, she's really pretty) and smart.. younger than me 1 yr,thus start later than me more than 1 yr.. she also affliate now... i also jealous!.. LOL

anyway ur questions.. uhmm..

1.i dont.. i rarely practice questions except for doing the exercises with my lecturers together during lecturers.. at home i barely touch my books etc.. they got dusty after awhile .. i never have do past yr questions.. the only paper i photocopied past yr q was 3.2 and after i photocopied i din even touch it.. then after i pass, i give to my fren and he scolded me.. bcos it is very very new.. bcos i din even flip tru the past yr q.. LOL

2.advance corp reporting is what paper? i assume it's 3.6?.. not all lor.. ur lecturers will tell u the major ones.. dun worry.. but u have to know roughly for most of the standards bcos many questions mix couple of standards together...

3.PwC already called me, i forwarded my results to them yesterday.. so practically i'm just waiting for them to call me again to confirm whether i'm shortlisted.. instead of the Big 4, except PwC, i would rather join BDO Binder.. lol.. my fren is there and he told me it's good pay n much more relaxing compared to big 4. plus, BDO also easily accessible by lrt... so actually if PwC turned me down, i'll go to bug BDO to hire me.. hahaha

4.i dunno.. i already set my mind towards this since i was like form 3? .. i guess i planned quite early age LOL.. probably bcos i luv money


btw, chow kim tai dun teach 2.4 at FTMS liao i think

21.. going to b 22 end of this yr..

wah happy to hear PAAC is among the famous ACCA tuition provider hehe

haha.. i direct go CAT then ACCA after SPM ma(but had like bout few months break.. started my CAT in march actually.. so my CAT took longer than it was suppose to be.. usually ppl use 1 yr, i use 3months for part A,6 months for part B and 6 months for Part C plus 6months just to pass my C4-tax.. and yeah the syllabus changed after that).. so i took 1 yr n 9 months to finish CAT. and then 2 yrs to finish my ACCA.. fast meh? i got a fren started with me, he graduate 1 yr earlier than me.. a fren of mine graduate this sitting with me n she's 1 yr younger than me?.. i think i'm average lar.. bcos got so many ppl faster than me

i started in PAAC and ended in PAAC.. only 2.4-2.6 i took in FTMS

examiners are paid well.. but not as well as famous ACCA lecturers.. if u r a famous lecturer, u definitely can earn more than the examiner

bcos PwC is the biggest ma.. and the best lor haha.. other big 3 got nothing wrong lor.. EY & KPMG i dun really feel like joining.. malaysia's deloitte is like, not really big.. i rather join BDO which is relaxing and pays ard the same amount of money..

i know i know.. audit it tough n boring.. commercial is so much better etc etc.. but trust me dude, everyone i met through my studies told me that audit firm is the way to get a fast successful career.. this is bcos the training and the pressure and also all the exposure u get when u r doing audit... especially in big firms.. the OT u work and exposure u get.. is many many times fold.. u work audit line 3 yrs to get ur membership, when u come out to go commercial at that time, u probably have experience that is equivalent to 6yrs.. LOL..

audit also open our mind to see how ppl do things in real life.. how ur clients hide, treat their accounts etc etc.. plus, u can easily build ur contacts for ur future career purposes..

YUP.. but big 4 u join for sure specialized liao 1 lor (not sure bout deloitte LMAO).. but u can rank u choice then they allocate lor.. for me, i definitely willl rank banking n finance as last options bcos they r really specialized.. i'll try to take service or manufacturing.. my 1st choice probably will be energy n communications tho.. imagine petronas,shell and maxis.. the prospects in the future talk so big now, later i fail the interview hahaha.. or maybe not even short listed for interview haha.. paiseh paiseh

@irresistable.. u ask me i answer lor.. i dun have a big brain lar.. i dun mean to be lanci 1

core paper revision.. 3.5 must go michael mainwaring.. 3.7 must go steve lumby! cheers


@yhtan, yeah i took almost 2 yrs.. hahah.. thanks to my wild teenage years.. too muc partying back then


ICAEW need working experience lar.. i think we only need to think bout it after working couple of yrs.. i probably will take MBA instead of ICAEW..

if u didnt get 100% dun be too sure to get prize.. my fren got 96% for some paper before.. however, she didnt win any prize bcos someone else got 98%

nope.. they only come for IRC.. last sitting, mcOrange was the one who brought them here..

3.6 keith farmer for irc isnt too bad ler.. bcos his teaching style is actually lazy 1.. just focus on the important part.. if unlucky, some other parts come out, sure die! LOL

@xcrue.. rm450 is cheap for 5 days.. i attended michael mainwaring class.. 4 days=rm450... steve lumby class rm450 for 3 days.. haha..

i dunno .. coolly say rm450 ma.. i never attend CKF class 1.. i was merely pointing out that got other more expensive classes hehe

go ask ppl for CKF's tips lar.. so senang.. lol..

if u dun go for 3.5(micheal mainwaring) n 3.7(steve lumby) revision.. u r really making a huge mistake man.. these 2 fella is really really really *infinity good.. too bad u already register at FTMS.. good luck then!

they r london based lecturers.. only come for IRC.. last sitting they were here arranged by McOrange..

hehe i heard my nick so many times :

anyway, if u r sure what u want to do and dont have much financial difficulties.. pls do consider CAT-ACCA route.. u'll be more prepared for the ACCA higher part exams considering u start from basic with ACCA styled exam..

CAT will normally take ard 1 yr.. although i have heard ppl finishing in 8 months.. since that the CBE is not time restricted to be twice a yr.. if u fail, then.. i duno how long u gonna take lar .. haha

@erxier, yes in fact i have heard bout ACCA in nilai .. but the one i heard is INTI Nilai right? not Nilai College? lol..

hmmm, didnt do OBU.. din plan to either.. haha a bit lazy

btw, i'm hired by PwC i think XD yay for me!

hehe the interview went terrible.. 2.1k i think.. that's standard isnt it? havent got the offer letter yet.. they gonna mail it to me.. i'm going in as Assurance Asso... which industry i also duno.. she say will be mentioned in my offer letter...

understand the syllabus, understand the key areas and most importantly, understand the question

yeah no more presentation session adi.. now everything done in 1 day.. last time got 2 days(2 sessions)..

well yeah there's english test..

1st thing is essay writing, then it's IQ test then it's personality test.. in between the test got a partner talk bout PwC lor.. then after that we all wait for our interview.. the batch is very small only.. like 20+ only.. the HR manager said it's bcos she shortlisted a lot already n have it only in a day session..

my interview gone bad bcos i wasnt prepared for it bcos i tot it's only pre-q.. not interview yet.. i couldnt really answer the technical questions likestandards etc.. haha.. but i still made it.. yay!! i'm going to start april 3rd if my medical test went well..

basically he ask very general.. like "what standards u know well".. then i cincai shoot 1.. then he say,"explain them to me" then i go .. then i cincai shoot also lor.. haha.. then i say i dun really know..

then he ask me.. what is MASB latest developement and what's the impact on companies.. then i also duno lol..

it's okie gua.. since i got tru it anyway hahaha

kasturi is quite popular among ACCA students as they have quite a few famous lecturers like andrew pang n alan yeo.. however, i must tell that if u r those kind of students who need lots of attention from lecturers, dont go to kasturi.. if u need only minimal attention, kasturi is not a bad place at all...

company wont pick u based on ur college if u r an ACCA student.. bcos this course is external not internal.. however, u do have to disclose where u took ur ACCA and they might ask.. dunno for what reason

most non-ACCA student will not know about Kasturi College.. bcos Kasturi r more on ACCA n CFA courses.. normal degree people will know nothing bout them.. please do not ask people who dont understand ACCA course to tell u which college to go..

i can tell u i studied at a lesser known institute than Kasturi, yet i'm already working.. so dun worry too much.. it's ur results and effort that matters more..

hey .. just started like 3rd april..and just finished my training today... now i'm waiting to get booked.. met a manager to discuss bout a possible job tho... n it requires travelling to east malaysia every now n then.. that's y she talked to us in advance to let us know bout the job.. now just wait for news lor..

i'm in PwC/Assurance/EUMI .. and there's plenty of sunway ACCA grad in my batch.. i think there r 4 of them..

EUMI=energy,utilities,multimedia n info-communications

the working environment ar? so far so good gua.. just started i also dunno haha..

actualy now is not peak ler.. peak=Jan-Mar.. now is like kinda off peak.. can see many ppl in the office with no jobs..

yeah i just got booked this morning.. gonna go Miri for 1 month.. early may to early june.. thx for ur wishes