IP MAN

Have you watch Ip Man? He's not Iron Man's brother or Internet Protocol(IP) Man..Ip Man(Yè Wèn) is adapted from the life story of Ip Man, the grand master of the Wing Chun style of kung fu and sifu (master) of legendary kung fu superstar Bruce Lee. This movie will be the first important record of the master's life. Ip's persistent devotion to Wing Chun is a classic example of the love and respect shown to wushu and the freedom and spirit it represents. Ip Man is a concept, a spirit, a way of thinking - and it represent a new peak in Hong Kong's wushu movies. The speed of his fist is the main attraction of the movie and most of my friends are infected with Ipmangasm after watching it..haha! Well during the movie, some of my friends also shouted Zai Xi's name as he resembles some traits of Donnie Yen(Ip Man). Oh yea, his wife is so pretty in that movie, lol.. Neways it was fun hanging out with about 17 people that day.

How I Met Your Mother

Currently watching How I Met Your Mother...the most awesome series ever!!! It's LEGENDARY!!!

P/S: There are 4 seasons available =)

Chinese Traditional Wedding

~just married~

Congratulations to my newly wed cousin, Nelson Chang & Susan Siah...

In conjunction with that, I'm gonna post about the whole process of a chinese traditional wedding. A bachelor night will be held 1 day before the marriage where friends and relatives get to get the bridegroom drunk.

Firstly early in the morning, the bridegroom's friends and relatives will gather at his house. Then, the bridegroom will pick up the bride from her home with a wedding car(preferably a Merc or a BMW) driven by a driver followed by a fleet of cars(this time round my cousin wanted those cars to be either a Merc or a BMW). As the bridegroom reaches the bride's home, all the cars following the wedding car will honk on their horns to alert the bride's relatives and friends that they are arriving.

The bridegroom won't get to see the bride once he reaches her place. He will have to go through a process called 'Love Test' which will be carried out by a group of bridesmaids(girls who are either the bride's friends or realtives). This includes paying the bridesmaids in form of angpau which the figure would be an absurd amount. The bridegroom will then negotiate with them the figure and he would be subject to the 'terms & conditions'. He and his bunch of friends will be given some hardship like eating sandwiches full of wasabi, pumping, ear squats, signing contracts which is in favour of the bride, etc. Finally, after passing all the tests, he will be given a key to the bride's room and then takes her home with him.(sorry i don't have the pics in this part of the process as i woke up very late that day)

Upon arrival back home, he will be greeted with firecrackers and someone is supposed to carry some oranges and open the car door for him. He will then get off the car with the bride and is welcomed by al the friends and relatives.

He will need to bring the bride to their wedding room which is nicely decorated. Normally, the couple will get a small kid(about 3yrs old) of an auspicious zodiac, say a dragon to roll on the couple's bed and to pee on a pail(chinese kind). If the bridegroom was a second child and the elder brother is not married yet, the elder brother must hang his shorts for the couple to pass through(this was the case of my cousin but he forgotten about it and he regarded that as too superstitious). After all that they will have to go through a praying process which the sequence is quite common and can be recalled by any chinese.

1st bow is to the God
2nd bow is to the parents
3rd is the couple will bow to each other

After that, there will be a serving tea to the elder relatives ceremony which starts with the bridegroom's parents, the bride's parents, and then grandmothers & grandfathers followed by uncles & aunts. This is some sort of blessing from the elders to the couple. After drinking the tea served by the couple, the elderly will give a token of blessing such as jewellery or cash in the form of angpau.

After the ceremony, the couple will get the blessing from the younger generations too(like me =P) but this time they will be giving us angpau instead of us giving them something.

The whole morning process will end with a photograph session of all the friends and relatives of the bride and the bridegroom.

The next session would be in the night where friends and relatives are invited to dinner(normally in chinese restaurants but in modern times people prefer ballrooms) where invites were sent out 1 month before the wedding ceremony.

Guests are greeted by relatives who will deal with the invitation cards sent out earlier which is now accompanied by some cash to show some gratitude & to acknowledge their attendance by signing on a piece of paper

Guests get to enjoy a slideshow of how the couple met, pictures of them when they were young, the wedding process, etc.

Guests are being entertain while the bridegroom and the bride serves guests at the entrance of the ballroom

Guests will then be served with a 8-course meal and liquor. During the whole dinner, the couple will go around all the tables and drink with everyone there with the famous Ya....mmm.....Seng.

My brother was one of the attraction there..lolz

People go around and take photos especially the younger generation. The main attraction would still be the couple and i also did took a photo with the couple but my cousin is yet to sent me the photos. It will be up soon once i received it. Hope this brief introduction will help those who are making preparations for their wedding.

Mum appeared in News Straits Times lately with my sis..

(l-r) dunno who, sis, mum

My sis like damn proud because she appeared in the newspaper for the 1st time..well i rejected the offer first only she got to go =P

A friend of mine, Rebecca juz got this new phone, SonyEricsson Xperia X1...It's a damn good phone but according to her it carries a hefty price of RM3,100( jaws drop down). When i saw it that day, I juz can't get my hands off the phone..damn!! Plus i'm not going to get it after all...it's just too pricey!! Edmund said, " I'd rather get a laptop because you can't play DOTA with this phone" LOL

~front view~

~after sliding down the qwerty keyboard~

~posed with the phone too XD~
(P/S: edgar did pose with the phone too..when you gonna send to me so that we can have a Xperia posing competition..haha)

whispers: i practically screwed up tax..how it feels when u are actually good at something and eventually screwed everything up T_T

The moon was smiling at me!!~
-there's actually 2 stars on top of it so thel real pic woud be :) i'm serious!

Tips for ACCA F4 Corporate and Business Law (Eng)/(might be useful for MYS according to seniors)

There are fourteen of them even though there are only ten questions.

The number’s in brackets behind the topic are the question numbers from the BPP revision kit.

1. Judicial precedent / delegated legislation ( 4, 7, 8 )
2. Terms, conditions, warranties, innominates ( 22 )
3. Redundancy ( 41, 42 )
4. Consideration ( 19, 20 )
5. Exclusion clauses ( 24 )
6. Breach ( 28, 29 )
7. Tort and auditor negligence ( 35, 36 )
8. Partnership compared with limited company ( 52, 53 )
9. Company names ( 65 )
10. Capital terms ( 68 )
11. Meetings and resolutions ( 78, 79 )
12. Statutory duties of directors ( 83 )
13. Corporate governance and directors ( 95 )
14. Money laundering ( 100 )

Tips for ACCA Paper F5 “Performance Management”

Question 1
Budgets / Learning curves

Question 2
Decision making under uncertainty (maximin etc..)

Question 3
Mix & Yield variances

Question 4

Financial ratios / Non-financial performance measures / transfer pricing

Tips for ACCA Paper F6 Taxation (UK)

F6 is very predictable so no tips as such

Practise as many exam standard questions as you can.

Make sure you do to time. After the 15 minute reading time you have 1.8 minutes per mark. If a question is split between part (a) 10 marks and part (b) 10 marks then only spend 18 minutes on part (a) and then move on to part (b).

Look at all the requirements of the question, can you answer an easy parts first, for example one part maybe standalone and on something very straightforward, so do this part first
You do not have to answer the questions in the order they are set, if question 5 is the easiest do this one first.

Question 3 will be the hardest so leave this until last but make sure you leave 36 minutes to answer it.
Do not panic if you can’t remember something in a question, don’t spend too much time trying to remember it, have a go or even guess. Then you can move on to other parts of the question.

Above all you need 50% to pass, so find the marks you can do. There will always be more than 50% of the question which is examining core areas of the syllabus, only a few marks will be fringe areas, but you do not have to worry about these as you can find the 50 marks you need to pass

Tips for ACCA F7 Financial Reporting (INT)

Question 1

Consolidation, probably Statement of Financial Position, with subsidiary
( full year ) and Associate ( part year )

Question 2

Preparation of financial statements from a trial balance or draft set of
accounts with 6 or 7 adjustments to make - beware the accrued loan interest

Question 3

Cash flow, with or without an interpretation section. Probably with
interpretation so ….a relatively straight-forward cash flow for ( say ) 12
marks and a report interpreting the results for 13 marks

Question 4

15 marker on some lesser examined topic. Construction contracts would be
my guess - but it could be anything - EPS, Leases, Contingencies and
provisions ….. )

Question 5

Could be absolutely anything! Any part of the question Mrs Harper from
the BPP revision kit would be a good Q5 - or part (b) of Q5

Tips for ACCA Paper F8 Audit and Assurance (INT)

30 Mark question:

The audit of non-current assets, including final audit work and expected internal controls.

10 Mark question:

Audit risk or audit committee.

20 Mark questions (3):

CAAT/sampling Audit reports

Letter of representation,

Post balance sheet events,

Liabilities and contingencies.

Tips for ACCA Paper F9 “Financial Management”

Question 1

Foreign exchange:
Forecasting exchange rate
Managing risk (forward rates / money markets)

Question 2

WACC calculation / discussion of ways of raising finance

Question 3

Receivables management / cash management - Miller Orr

Question 4

Capital Rationing / discussion of limitations

Disclaimer:The examiners deliberately try to avoid question spotting. Use the tips as areas to have a good look at, but remember that no-one knows what’s in the exam except the examiner. Your safest bet is to achieve good syllabus coverage in your revision, as the examiner aims to do in the exam.credits->ACCATIPS

Hope the tips will be helpful..Goodluck to all!! =)

Yesterday in the foyer...

We're making hell of noise in the foyer while playing "chor dai di" when 2 fellas from the table behind looking at us and, "Sshhhh" with their annoyed look on their face...

Ivan(smiling at us): Hey guys..you're suppose to be quiet in the foyer...

Well..the 2 fellas got so "zha dou" with a sweat look (=.=")

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Bro got a new piano..busy practicing everyday..i think he's pretty determined to be Lee Hom..

check out these videos taken 3 years ago when he was about 5 yrs old..

Fun in College At Night...

As you can see, we fill in the positions of senior management at night

Part time? Su Ting & Ivan(Waiter), Elaine(Bell Girl)
P/S: Elaine, so coincidence u stand there..LOL

Magic tricks with Chris(sorry don't hav his pic)-me & Chun Hoe sign on each card then he jz glue them together into 1 card in 1 sec..wonder how he did that!! + turn a 50sen 5X bigger & many other stunning magic tricks..it's kinda enjoyable though after being so stressed studying =)

EDC starts next week and i'm still chilling with my 1 week holiday...30 days more to FINALS!! Sort of addicted to DOTA recently...went gym once only this week-felt so lazy...All this must come to an end!! Anyway Happy Halloween!!

HAPPY DEEPAVALI

& DOTAVALI XP
-27/10/2008-

TVB Drama Review

You may wish to be a famous socialite.
You may wish to have fame and fortune.
But is that really what you will wish for at the end?

The Gem Of Life

Synopsis:

In PAK SIU-YAU (LEE SZE KEE, LOUISE)'s eyes, her three daughters are just as perfect as diamonds. She believes that the greatest blessing for a woman is to marry a wealthy man. To guarantee a better life for her daughters, she has started training the girls since they were young, hoping that they will marry into the richest families when they mature.

YAU's first daughter HONG NGA-YIN (SHIU MEI KI, MAGGIE) does not agree with her on her values. Yet when she sees that the man YIN is going out with is KO CHEUNG-SING (LAM, BOWIE), who is very well-off, she decides to let YIN go with her choice. YAU's second daughter HONG NGA-TUNG (LAI CHI, GIGI) is hopelessly romantic but does not seem to have much luck with men. To make it up to her, YAU seeks to match her up with HO CHIT-NAM (CHAN HO, MOSES), the son of Hong Kong's most powerful business tycoon HO FUNG (YUEH HUA). Being the youngest in the family, HONG NGA-SZ (CHOI SIU FUN, ADA) is well aware of YAU's concerns. Having recovered from divorce, SZ now decides to pin all her hopes on FUNG.

YAU's persistence pays off and her daughters have all found a wealthy husband. But money does not really bring them happiness and the sisters are gradually losing themselves in vanity.

80-episode drama, starring Lam, Bowie (林保怡) Chan Ho, Moses (陳豪) Choi Siu Fun, Ada (蔡少芬) Lai Chi, Gigi (黎姿) Shiu Mei Ki, Maggie (邵美琪) Wong Chung Chak, Bosco (黃宗澤) Chung, Linda (鍾嘉欣) Wong He (王喜)

For a limited period, free 5 episodes on ch 923 (ep 1-4), ch 921 (ep5), don't miss it!!

Download?

Even trough tough times, courage, determination & a lot of love, can give us wings to fly. Happy Deepavali!

Once upon a time...

Far far away in Pearie Land, there was a man who had four sons. He sent them each on a quest, to go in turns, to take a look at a particular pear tree. This pear tree isn't magical, nor is it unique. But it stands out in its own way. A very distinguish way indeed.

He sent the eldest son in the winter.

The second one went in spring.

While the third headed off in summer.

And the youngest son, in fall/autumn.

When the four of them had all gone and came back, he called them together to the meeting room, to describe what they had seen from the quest they were sent on separately.

The first son said, "The tree was ugly, bent, and twisted."

The second son said, "No, it was covered with green buds and full of promise."

The third son disagreed & said, "It was the most graceful thing I've ever seen.
It was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful."

The last son disagreed with all of them while he said,
"It was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment."

The man then explained to his sons that they were all correct, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, as well as the fulfillment of your fall.

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches, and better times are sure to come some time or later. =)

*credits to Michelle Ng*

New family member!!

HELLO!!

GOODBYE!!

My new baby(or wife-quote Edmund) arrived last week after a long wait for the number plate, delivery time, etc. It's like a dream come true for me =) My sis however will officially take over the Myvi..It's really a nice ride though- light steering, powerful pick-up, and most of all it's a sedan(my favourite all along) but i have to control myself not to over-rev the car for the 1st 1000km which means not more than 3000rpm...hmm..it will be a hard task for me!! Mock's next week..hopefully the car will motivate me=)

satisfied =)

Worth Waiting?

New Honda City should be hitting Honda showrooms in January 2009!!

~can it beat the Toyota Vios?~

~side + rear view~

~honda always impress with its interior~

Hui Jeat's 19th @ PD-1/9/08

PD Trip-3 cars-14 people-Yiin, Zen, Tat, Arnold, Kean Wei, Choe Houk, Jen Sern, Hui Jeat, Chai Ping, Yiing Chyi, Beng Sing, Brian, Zai Xi & Me

~on the way~

~Beng's car got a blunt tyre~

~blur TAT~

~swimming competition~

~the gang (zai xi holding the cam)~

~the guys~

~the galz(where's Hui Jeat)~

~(there she is) Happy Birthday =) ~