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Earlier this morning, at minutes past midnight, the PRC posted a list of names of those who passed the May 2023 CPA licensure examination. I was one of them. Fun fact: During my review, whenever I check my phone for the time, I almost always come across the time "11:11", an angel number. And when you are in the middle of an endeavor as big as this, bisan angel numbers like 11:11, panghawakan nasad na nimo. And ang pinaka-naamaze jud ko kay frequently sd pag magcheck kog time, 8:44 ang time. Which is my number in the list of passers. I am 844th on the list. Truly, bisan unsa pa ka ka-rational, in the most scary points in our lives, mangita jud ta ug comfort from spiritual guides. This was 5 years in the making, and here I am, already a CPA. Isa jud ni sa mga endeavors na dili masukat ang kalisud ug ang mental (for lack of a better word) torture. Mao jud ni ang exam wherein ang imong pinakadako na kalaban kay imong sarili. This version of yourself who has been working hard for ...

Today is the second day after I finished the CPALE examination and honestly, I'm feeling kind of...useless? What a brutal word but there's just no other way to describe what I'm feeling.  Yesterday, I did nothing other than eat and sleep. Although, I did clean my study table. Regardless, it was a very, very, very different day--one that I am not used to. Today I woke up at 11am, with no reviewer to answer, no material to study, and no lecture to watch. It is of course very liberating to be out of the chains of the unhealthy CPALE grind but it's just weird to not be as productive as I was the whole past year when I'm studying the whole day.

Before I completely lose the memories I have of the past three years, I think it would be a great idea to do a recap and recall most of the things that happened during those points in my life. Let's begin in 2020. What a fucked up year that was. It was the year that took my dad from us.  Losing my Dad 2020 was the year of the pandemic, right? Because of that, we had to take our 3rd and 4th year of undergrad online. We had to take our exams online, too, study alone, review alone, with physically no other people who are going through the same tough exams as you.  Anyway, come October of 2020, we were bomb-dropped with the news of having no Prelims and no Midterms, but just one Final exam that will cover the whole semester which we are supposed to take in January of the next year. And so, it was very crucial for us to already start reviewing for that even if it was still October because it's a one-take, one-kill exam. It's your only chance to a good grade with no chance to eve...

I just got back from a 3-day straight CPALE exam. The last day was yesterday and it's D+1 today. My Thanks First of all, I have to say that I am really thankful to God for helping me survive not only the 3-day nerve-wracking exam but also the 1-year review and the 4-year formal education that needed to happen before I get to acquire that prestigious license. I also am very grateful to my Mama, who sacrificed a lot of things. Her support cannot be measured and she never fails to prove time and time again that she is a supermom and the best mom in the world. She just went home today after spending 4 days here in Davao with me and my sister to cook me my meals and the baons I brought to the exam. I could never do any of this if not for her. Her strength is what keeps me going and her support never stops me from making me think that I never have to worry about conquering the world if she is by my side.  My sister, who is a busy corporate girlie but is also there for me. In my months of...

Oh my gosh, I haven't been on this blog for so long! I was so busy building my career that I haven't written anything longer than a paragraph other than formal emails. Gosh, how I miss writing. I even feel like I lost the version of me who writes prose well. I noticed how when I try to write content like this, my sentences are shorter and my thoughts are so disorganized and, you know, just not beautiful at all.  And that is actually the reason why I am back. I want to write again, I want to redo my blog. In fact, if you've been here before, you'll notice I changed the theme of my blog. It's peach now! Just to help your memory and so that you won't forget, the theme before this one was red. The background photo was of red tulips. The font was red, and some buttons were red. I don't really know what's up with my obsession with red at the time. But yeah, I changed my theme. I guess I'm starting to lean on more mature formats, with my big age now at 23! ...