My first 30 Years

The guy name Juo Yen

I was in my office and suddenly Ms K intercom me. Hey there is a person by the name of Jonas Tan Juo Yen looking for you. I replied ok where is this person? Ms K reply said nope it is by an email let me forward to you!

It really caught me by surprise; in the mail it stated that

To customer services department From Jonas Tan, the contents are something like this:

I am looking for a person by the name of laymankt, please forward this mail to him and do contact Jonas at…………..

Wah what a shock man? Ah long looking for me? Nono I have not borrow any money from the loan shark, wow who is this guy? But Juo Yen sound familiar, will it be him?

I took up the phone and called the number cautiously I introduce myself and yes yes yes it was him Tan Juo Yen 陈若源。 I don't think we have met since mid 90's. Good I am glad to get in touch with my best friend again. We were Kindergarten and primary school mate. We met and I really wonder how he got me. He not only emailed to my office but also to ACCA to look for me. Wah Lau brave guy!

How? How you manage to get my contact? He replied it was Google! Ha-ha I laughed, how?

He said he just key in my name in google and he manage to get me. Wow what a surprise to me too.

It was a long night that we chat and from there the journey to look for other class mate begin!

ACCA Examination Series

Time Constrain! What can I do?

Well I remember during the last post of this series I mention about Time Management.

However due to time constraint on your side I will skip lot of other unrelated stuff for the time being.

Now let's focus on how to rescue the situation now since time resources is limited now.

There are three very important resources that you need to beware of now

1. Your Lecture Notes/Text Book
   
2. Past Year Question and Revision Kits
   
3. A good and reliable Intensive Revision Class(IRC)
   

How would the above three resources help you to achieve your objectives?

First your lecture note. If your lecture note is comprehensive and complete it is better to depend on the lecture note than any other text book as text book will always be "too much to digest" for all students. You should start your revision as soon as possible. Revise once and make sure you highlight the area which you do not understand. Get a quick grap about what the subject is all about. However if your lecture note is not complete please do not depend on your lecture note as you will miss a lot of important facts that will really affect your preparation. You will then need to depend on your text book or alternative go "find" another lecture note.

Secondly Past Year Question, this was always the key to my ACCA study success! Now why PYQ is the key? Practice makes perfect this is the first factor. Secondly you can have a feel on your lecturer style. Thirdly avoid surprises during exam? How and why? When you practice past year question you experience what type of question is being asked, therefore since you have experienced it, the questions become a common thing to you. If you have not seen similar question before during exam it will be a surprise to you and the shocks will make you more pressure in exam. Therefore go find your past year question as many as possible (my recommendation June 1994 till last sitting)

Thirdly Intensive Revision Class (IRC). How would IRC helps for your examination. To me a good IRC will have the following 5 elements:

1. 50% of PYQ practice
   
2. 25% of revision
   
3. 15% of examination and answering technique
   
4. 10% of special highlight
   
5. 0% of "BS" and no nonsense
   

An IRC which does not focus on past year question in my opinion will never be a good IRC.(just my personal opinion)

Get yourself prepare yourself with the above and I shall get my next post ready: How to utilize the Past Year Question to the fullest for your exam

If you have any queries or any topic you want me to share with you, do leave a comment or email me! Stay Tune for the next post

One Night in Bangkok- Add on

Well received an email that recommend me to include the price for those accommodation.

I didn't do that at the first place as i wont want to commit on the pricing as the Hotel might change their pricing.

However you can log on to some web in my link which you can search for some good bargain there

That is the least i can do

enjoy if you are in Bangkok Cheers

One Night in Bangkok

Part 2 Food 好吃又便宜

Ok as promised we now talk about Food.

I actually lived in Ratchadapisek area. I have gain not less than 5kg thanks to food offer at Ratchadapisek.

Hmmmmm what type of food you like? Japanese Food? Chinese Food? Thai Food?

Let's start with those places within the hotel vicinity.

First let start with some Thai Food. There are three places that I will recommend

1. The Soi (Lorong/small street) after Huay Kwang MRT station (recommend for dinner and supper only-"open till early morning")
   

   Walk towards the Huay Kwang MRT station, when u reach the traffic light turn left (you can see the Indian Temple from where you stand)walk along the street you will see lot and lot of Thai food restaurant along the street. Those are not "High" class restaurant but there serve first class Thai Food.
   

   At night this street is also a good place to hang around as you will see lot of "Beautiful girl" around. Ladies you will be humbled(don't get jealous) and guys don't get too excited about that. Sometime you will also see elephant walking along side with you. Don't believe! Try it! One more thing which I find exciting about this street is that there is a "Unisex" saloon that offers 24 hrs services. I am serious 24 hrs. If you are bored 3am in the morning why not go for a hair wash………….
   

   Ok, now look on your left, choose one which you think can give you the best offer (own judgement applied) and try your luck there.
   

   What is good? Try the TomYam Kung (prawn), Barbeque Prawn (big prawn), Fresh salad oyster (Thai style) and lemon grass bake fish and maybe some friend rice (with seafood )
   

   Of course there is many other type of great food there trying those I recommend and explore the others?
   

   Guess how much you need to bring for the meal (assume for 4 persons)? You will be surprise!
   

   
    

2. Get into the MRT(Huay Kwang station) go to Sutthisan Station Exit at MuangThai Phatra Exit
   

   Now if you are looking for some local hawker foods come to this dry market in the heart of Ratchadapisek.
   

   Time Monday to Friday for breakfast and lunch
   

   Daily for Dinner
   

   You will find variety of choice! So what would I recommend:.
   

• Phat Thai (Thai friend koey tiaw)
  
• Yen Tau For (Thai Koey Teow soup)
  
• Thai Chicken rice-must try
  
• Som Tam (Thai Salad) and many others
  
• And many other choices that you will be surprise with!
  

1. Thai dessert.
   

   Get into the MRT again go to the Thailand Cultural Center Station. Follow the Carrefour exit and go into Carrefour. You will see a stall within Carrefour selling Thai Dessert. Go for it!
   

   
    

   Japanese Food
   

It sound weird to have Japanese Food in Bangkok but I can assure you that Bangkok is one of the place that offer quality Thai Food

Opposite the Pallazo Hotel there is an Emerald Hotel go to the second floor which offer Japanese Buffet. They offer great choices for buffet and at very affordable price.

You will enjoy sashimi. Special request for the salmon belly, you will not regret to be there. There also serve good variety of Tepanyaki.

Some of the choices there you might not see it in Malaysia. For Jap food lover you will not regret.

ICHIBAN

I am hungry now got to take a break and look for my Kit Kat …………………BRB

it looks more like a...............

Well, maybe she is right that the blog look more like a tuitorial blog, eh....for the time being, yes

I am just too busy to write and upload other contents. I promise you that there will be different type of post and also series that i will post in future for this 4 days old blog

On the other hand, lecturing is what I like to get involve. I am sharing this with my students as the exam date is approaching got to give them the priority.

Thousand apologies to others especially those waiting for the new series...............sorry!

Therefore still the same message "stay tune" i will get you more..................

Getting them to come back

Got this from a friend ....enjoy

An elderly man in Mumbai calls his son in New York and says,'I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a divorce; 35 years of marriage... and that much misery is enough!''Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams.'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says.'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her!'Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.'Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this.'She calls Mumbai immediately, and screams at the old man, 'You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow.

Until then , don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and she hangs up. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay', he says, 'It's all set. They're both coming for Deepavali and paying their own airfare!!'

MORAL:No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days.The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dear ones.OFFICE WORK IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE and MONEY MAKING IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE. Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God.

ACCA Exam preparation series:

Part 1 Time Management
Since Year 1999 I have conducted several seminars on ACCA Exam and study techniques in various cities namely KL, Penang, Johor, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. Al though for the past four years I have not conducted any of them but I believe it is useful for students who have attended.

It is now near to exam and I hope the creation of this series will help all ACCA students in their preparation. I would like to start off with time management as I believe this is the most important area now for student whom has yet to start their preparation and also for those part time students where they will certainly face this problem.

Now let assume that ACCA exam is on 1st December 2008. So basically you have 34 days more to go. Since you are a potential accountant let illustrate it in mathematical form.

Let assume you are a Full Time Students so no excuse you study full time!
So from tomorrow onwards you have 816 hours before you ACCA exam begin and for a full time student you should on an average basis take 3 subjects.

So do you actually have 816 hrs before the exam? The answer is obvious “No”

Why then?

You need to sleep, right! Let assume you need 6 hrs of good night sleep per day. In total it will take up 204 hours

You might attend 3 revision classes in November as part of your preparation. Each IRC will at least take you 18 hrs so it will be 54 hrs in total

You need to have your three meals per days let say half an hour for each. In total it will take up 51 hours.
You need to entertain yourself each day say 1 hour (you can’t have more than that). It total it will take up 34 hours.

Let assume miscellaneous matters will take up 1 hour per day. It will then take up another 34 hours from you.

So how many hours for actual revision that you have before your exam date? Bingo, it is 439 hours. So if I were to divide by 3 papers you will be let with approximately 146hrs for each paper.

146 hours sound a lot right! Let measure it in no of days. Bingo it is about 6 full days that you have for each paper!

For a part time student assume you are taking two subjects. You will have about 303 Hrs. divided by 2 subjects you will have 152 hours per subject and 6 full day for each subjects

It is sufficient? Answer is Yes and No. How could a student manage such constraints? Stay tune for part 2!

One Night in Bangkok

Part 1 Accommodation

I worked in Bangkok and personally I enjoyed my stay in Bangkok.

Whenever friend would like to visit the amazing land, the will ask some “tips” from me.
Therefore it prompts me to start this new series One Night in Bangkok.

For a start let see where should you be put up.

I will always set certain criteria in choosing the right accommodation. How would I evaluate that?

First the price must be affordable and value for money (Kiasu).

Secondly it must be convenience for transportation purposes

Thirdly nearer to those location that I wanted to go. In simple “Ratchadapisek area” in Bangkok.

There are several hotels that I would recommend:
1. If you need five star experiences I will recommend Sofitel Le Concorde
2. If you need four star experiences I will recommend Emerald Hotel
3. If you need three star experiences I will recommend Pallazo Hotel, Hip Hotel and may be Siam Beverly.
4. If you really go for a low budget, try 13 coins or Wattana Mansion

These hotels located near to each others. There are, to me within walking distance. My first choice will always be Pallazo Hotel(to show my independence and objectivity I am not a shareholder of any other hotel above nor have any personal interest ).However since there is a new Hip Hotel which is beside the Pallazo worth trying that.

I have yet to have a chance to stay in Hip Hotel before but since it new and if anyone tried it let share with us your opinion then.

Within walking distance from these hotels you can access to MRT, great food around at very affordable price Chinese food Thai food Korea food Japanese food is all within the area and trust me Value for Money, good shopping areas around and you can’t miss those good Thai Massage at local price!

Ok stay tune for part 2 where I will talk about the Food which you can’t miss when you are in Thailand.

ACCA Intensive Revision Class F8 Audit and Assurance

ACCA Intensive Revision Class F8 Audit and Assurance for December 2008 Exam
By Laymankt

Date and time:
7 Nov 2008 1830hrs to 2130hrs
8 Nov 2008 1400hrs to 2130hrs
9 Nov 2008 0900hrs to 1830hrs

Venue :Kolej Kasturi, KL

Objective: To score this "Killing Paper"

For details please contact Kolej Kasturi or click on the link of KSA City Campus. Look for IRC timetable!

Dont miss our date!!! as we only offer limited seats for this special revision class! Limit to 60 Pax. Hurry !

Welcome

Welcome!欢迎欢迎

For the past hours I was trying to get the new blog ready and finally the blog is ready to meet all of you。

Why? Trying to make myself famous by becoming a “BLOGGER”? Well that not the main objective!

Layman” the man without professional and specialized knowledge” just wished to have a channel of communication with my fellow friends, students and have avenue to share my thoughts with all of you.

I hope I could make every subject mentioned become simple as the word “LAYMAN TERM” suggested.

This blog will serve as my personal diary and avenue to share my thoughts, my view, and my opinion on various subjects with the entire viewer

My fellow friends have always complained that it was hard to get hold of me and to know the latest news of mine. This will also now be the avenue for us to keep in touch and get to know my latest development.

For my students both past present and future, this will help to keep us in touch disregard whether I will still provide lectures. Due to work commitment I am not able to take up those lectures as frequent as I wished.

Never mind I will continue to provide tutorials through this blog. Stay tune and I shall bring you lots and lots of tutorial sessions in a very simple manner. For all potential accountants out there this should be good news as the online blog tutorials will be Free of charge! Just log in I will share those subjects with you and at the same time do introduce to your friends.

I will focus mainly on auditing and financial reporting. However might include other subjects for your viewing.

As a start I have included the cheeky quote and the I-lyric for your entertainment purposes. I quite like those quotes and for those Chinese song lovers you can actually search for your favorite song lyric through the I-lyric.

I shall try my best to make this interesting and I do welcome your feedback。

Oooops before I end: HAPPY DEEPAVALI and Happy HOLIDAYS