menchu paningbatan CPA

last 102008, the result of the CPA Examination was released... according to the PRC records, the national passing rate is 36.65% ... mataas na yon compared to previous passing rate... but the highest was last October '07, wherein the passing rate was 37%...

as we searched for the board passers, i felt the tension... the tension of passing the board exams and the tension of passing the exam for the first time (since my other two siblings passed their licensure examinations at their first take) natatakot akong bumagsak... pero dapat akong pumasa... kailangan kong pumasa...pero para pumasa, hindi ko dapat iasa lahat sa Diyos, kelangan, may gawin din ako... kailangan kong mag-aral... madibdibang aral...

kailangan kong maging positive thinker... magiging CPA ako... alam ko papasa ako...

recommended: mely's sisig

before i tell the story of the mely's sisig, i would just like to share with you that today, 101808, i saw kris aquino's sons - joshua and baby james at addidas store (trinoma)... hinihintay ko nga makita si kris, pero feeling ko wala siya kasi walang masyadong taong dumudumog sa store... neither her husband james is no where to be found, kasi kung nandun sya, madaming nakapalibot... ang nakita ko lang ay ang yaya na may karga-karga kay baby james...

well back to the main topic, if you love to eat sisig, come to mely's located near dolores junction, city of san fernando, pampanga... it is in front of party place... i recommend their sisig because of the following reasons:

1. malinamnam
2. hindi masebo kasi hindi siya sizzling sisig katulad ng sine-serve ng ibang restaurants... pinaghalo lang cya na tinadtad na inihaw na baboy at sibuyas...
3. puros laman ang sahog... walang masyadong halong taba...

and as far i know, ganito ang luto ng authentic sisig... kahit nakatikim na ko ng sisig na galing sa dencios (lasang chicharon), gerry's grill ( medyo malalaki ang hiwa), lurings (sizzling sisig - masebo), almers-ust (sizzling sisig din - masebo)... iba pa rin talaga ang gawa ng kapampangan- mely's!!!

sweet and sour...

because i love food and cooking is like a therapy for me, i decided to cook pork sweet and sour for dinner... and thanks to my mother's cookbook... and to the person who invented it, imagine i'll just choose from the numerous recipes the writer compiled, and viola!!! a good and yummylicious dish!!!
but i did not imagine that cooking sweet and sour would take me two hours because aside from the main cooking part of the dish, i should boil the meat until tender, make a batter and fry the battered meat, then combine the remaining ingredients with the sauce... but as others say, all the hours spent and tiredness will bear good fruits... my first ever sweet and sour dish turned delicious... the pork is okay and the sauce tastes good... happy eating...

more break up issues...

as of 101508, 24:55, mike and i are in a complicated situation... we're on a "break" status... actually ang babaw lang ng reason but i guess it is badly needed to have a lasting relationship...

respect what your partner wants especially if it is the right one

but by the end of next day 101608 21:35, alam ko hindi ako matitiis ng aking my loves - nagbalikan kami ulit... parang mga bata noh... well, to just add spice to the relationship...

the reason???

breaking up with your special someone would normally be a heart-breaking part of a person in-love, but for others, they would take it as a challenge, a new life for them... sabi nga, life must go on...

but what the reason of your break up is that your other bitter half told you that you are "boring, an obligation and pabigat" - what would you do?

i can't blame him for saying those things, because that is his opinion... but i should take into consideration that i cant be with this person for the rest of my life because this is my profession and i love it... ano pa ba ang pwede nyang sabihin kung nagpakasal kami at in the future ganito ulit ang feeling nya? and diba dapat sa lahat ng tao sya dapat ang masnakakaintindi ng trabaho ko at sya dapat ang unang sumusuporta sa mga ginagawa ko kasi in the first place, these things are for the both of us and will benefit us both in the near future...

guys, if you're told that you are a boring person, come to think of it... there is something fishy going on... you are compared to another person... how can your bitter half tell you that you are a boring person if your bitter half does not have any basis?

what if you saw the blog of your bitter half and wrote there how close your bitter half with the best friend of the opposite sex - what would you do?

well, para sa isang babae, trust in your instinct girl!!! if you are in a relationship, act like one... and bear in mind that your partner is not blind nor manhid... okay given that your partner is understanding... but please, put in mind that your partner is still a human being and would be jealous seeing you and your best friend super duper mega over close to the max...

OB-Gyne visit...

since i'm already 25 years old, it's high time to pay attention with my health, of course sino pa ba ang unang mag-aalaga sa akin diba...

last 100908, i had my unplanned visit to the OB-Gyne (sorry my forever friends, nagkataon lang na wala akong ginagawa, next time i'll come with you na lang) and have my first ever pap smear ... syempre natatakot ako baka anong matuklasan ng doctor sa akin pero kailangan kong lakasan ang loob ko at walang mangyayari kung matatakot na lang ako... so i went to Dra. Lansangan - actually, sya rin ang OB ng nanay ko at siya din ang doctor na nagluwal sa akin mula sa nanay ko (what a connection!!!)

maybe for a first timer like me, it feels awkward knowing a stranger could see your private part and it feels more awkward knowing that she is inserting something in your private area, but i should forget all about it to know if im okay - you know i don't have some deadly and contagious disease (hopefully wala diba!!!)

well after two weeks ko pa malalaman ang result... sana maganda...

cpar or resa???

yesterday 100708, selected accountancy students together with ma'am fines visited the reviewees for the upcoming CPA Board Examinations... the purpose of the said visit is for them to take a break and relax for an hour or two from their busy and full of tension world (CPA Board Exam will start on October 11).

we took our lunch at kfc-morayta and shared lots of stories starting from the current happenings at AUF, what's new about my classmates and some tips about review school and to do's when in the reviewing mode. the conversation was somewhat helpful because they gave us tips because in less than a year, we will be experiencing the same thing. here are our pictures taken at kfc...

after the yummylicious lunch, we went to different review centers to get some brochures for us to have some background on what's the best review center that could help us become a CPA...

honestly, im still not decided on where to go -- CPAR or Resa? at first, i want ReSA because i want to learn different techniques on how to solve the question because my teacher once said that if you want to learn techniques on how to approach the questions, go for ReSA, and if you want good materials, go for CPAR... and since CPAR caters the upper class (brainers), i would go for ReSA because im afraid that maybe i cant catch up with the discussion when i chose CPAR...

but waren and leo influnced me while we're eating at jollidee, that i must choose CPAR because passing rate wise, CPAR is higher than ReSA and since brainers are there, it would be a challenge for me to study harder and it would be an advantage for me because they are there to help me if im lost (i hope so)... last reason they gave me is that some reviewers (specifically, the Roque brothers) are far better off than their counter reviewer at ReSA..

since they convinced me with their reasons, i'll go for CPAR and they promised me that if i cant understand something, they would help me... hopefully i made a right choice with CPAR, hopefully...

sayang naman...

as tatay, donna and i drove papuntang store, binalita sa akin ni tatay na break na daw ang kuya ko at si ate joy... actually di ako masyadong nagulat kasi yung inaakala kong mistake by incidence pala na single status sa friendster account nya ay totoo pala...

napatunayan ko na kahit matagal na pala kayo sa isang relasyon (they are on their 9th year i suppose), hindi pa pala ito kasiguraduhan na kayo na ang magsasama sa hirap at ginhawa... kaya ngayon napaisip ako kung bakit at ano ang dahilan kung bakit sila naghiwalay, na sa tagal-tagal nila nagsama, ay ito pa ang naging dahilan kung bakit sila naghiwalay...

kaya habang pinag-uusapan namin ito ng kapatid ko, naitanong ko sa kanya kung bakit ka ba pumapasok sa isang bf-gf relationship... ito ang naging conversation namin...

kapatid: para may magmahal sa akin

ako: hanggang kelan... hanggang magsawa ka na

kapatid: hhhmmm... parang ganon na nga...

ako: diba kaya ka nga nagboboyfriend kasi eventually gusto mo sya na ang makasama mo for life...

nakikita mo na sya na ang aasawahin mo

kapatid: ay hindi din....

in the end, wala ding ending ang usapan namin...pero nalulungkot ako para sa kanila, kasi ang tagal na nila tapos mapupunta na lang sa wala ang 9 na taon... nakakapanghinayang...

Lord, sana tulungan mo ang mga matatandang iyon na mag-ayos para happy na silang dalawa ulit and sana kahit mahigit isang buwan na silang magkahiwalay, hindi pa huli ang lahat para pag-usapan ang mga nangyari at ibalik ulit sa dati ang relasyon...