Hello There :),
Yes, as you all can see, the title says it all I am safely adapting to my new life here in London, it has been my dream since i was in high school to come here and pursue ACCA :), and Alhamdulillah I am now living the dream, I have been here for a month now, it's all moving pretty fast though, my 2012 celebration was pretty much the same like my past new year's celebration except for the fireworks, I watched fireworks at the bank of Thames river, in front of the London's eye, it was spectacular :), full of colours and joy :). I've been missing home a lot lately, miss my mom, my dad, my brothers and sister not to mention my grandmother :'( , but nevertheless, thank god for the creation of Skype, OH! and I miss my car too! :(, however I must be strong and face the music, studying here was my choice and my life long dream, therefore I must make sure I work my ass off and succeed InsyaAllah~, my plans so far is to build my network here in London as big as possible, In fact, I am having dinner with Dato Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industy of Malaysia tomorrow night, quite a big event but I still have so much to learn though. Earlier this month, I met Dato Seri Johan Raslan, the Chairman of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Malaysia, it was a great honor indeed to meet a young and successful Certified Chartered Accountant like himself :), I even manage to get a few tips from the man himself on how to secure a job here ;), Oh ya, I forgot to mention my other plan here is to have an internship in one of the big 4 accounting firms or major investment banks in London next summer during my 2nd and InsyaAllah my final year of ACCA. Note to self: WORK YOUR ASS OFF! :).
A month in London has also thought me many things which enables me to open my mind wider and also brighten my views on certain issues, and I found out that many Scholar students fail to grasp the actual purpose of coming here to study, quite a big amount of our scholar students are often found in places which are not at all suitable for students while doing unspeakable stuffs, this is a bit sad, since it's the people's money that they are spending, thus they must keep in mind and take note on what they are spending the money for, and the foremost important issue is that I find some Malaysian students most of them are only book smart and not street smart, they do not have proper appearance, and their ethics and table manners are far beyond repair, I personally think that in order to succeed it is not only your results that counts, every aspect of yourself must be accounted for, employers do not want to see only good results, they want to see how you carry yourself which will indirectly show them how you were brought up, and job placement are really tough to secure these days because of the recent world economic recession, so it is really an advantage to have proper ethics , to be outspoken but knows when to listen and when to speak, as these criteria will definitely support your good results and thus giving you the lead when being interviewed by your future employers. Other than that, We as future generations of our country must throw away the habit of condemning everything that we are not satisfied with, for once if you are not satisfied with a certain issue, take the trouble to ask yourself "why did this happen?" "what is the reason for these action to be taken?". As for myself , I am not a government or GLC sponsored student, I came to London with my father's hard earned money, therefore I always kept in mind that whatever I want to do I must remember my purpose of coming here and that my parents sacrificed a lot so that i could come to London to study. Always keep this in mind, "where ever you go and what ever you are about to do, you are carrying your family's name and it is your responsibility to make sure not to tarnish it". I am not a perfect person myself but I always make it a priority to put my aims and goals of studying abroad in front.
Okay, enough about the serious matter, now moving on to the year 2012, in a blink of an eye January is already reaching to an end, and in a month's time I'll be 20, yes the big 2 0, you know sometimes it scares me a bit, thinking that in 3 years time i would probably be working and in 5 years time perhaps married? hmm speaking about marriage, yess I wish to end my single life earliest by 25 and latest by 27 InsyaAllah, "kalau ada jodoh tu tak kemana" :) . I like the idea of getting married early because I love having a special someone to talk to, having a partner to bring along with me whenever I travel, visiting historic and interesting places the world has to offer :), I mean I know I sound cheesy all over again but hey! marriage is something that is encourage in Islam, the earlier the better, so even though I don't have a special someone right now, I know the time will come soon. InsyaAllah.
OH! speaking of time, it's already 3:15am here in London, better get some shut eye, well until next time then :), Good Night London and Good Morning Malaysia!Cheers :)