E-Day has finally arrived...its official

The smell in the air is familiar. I smell it at least twice in a year. Fear, anxiety, tiredness from 2 or 3 hours of sleep. Yeah, exams can do that to you. Its the first day of exams in Monash, I could tell that from the early morning atmosphere. Not only was it harder to get parking, it was also harder to find a place to park one's bottom. Accountants around every corner because the first paper was Accounting Theory. No surprise there. Met Yong Ting and Tze Lin, no doubt all ready to put the examiners, who's lack of imagination in setting questions, to shame.

By 8.30, all was quite for the moment as the brave test-sitters marched off into the exam halls. The peaceful scene in the foyer would not last for long as the next wave would arrive for the afternoon paper. Kat arived at 9.30. Rather early I must say considering that she mentioned that she would only come by 12. Better early than late. Had to help her unload her books while she drove her car to Elephant Walk.




Studied at the foyer until around 11.15 to grab a meal from the cafeteria. It wasn't long before the rest of Kat's gang showed up. Overcrowding the small table. Clearly, everybody was very caught with their work. Blasting out accounting terms left and right. Though very out of place, I remained glue to my seat in amazement. I've never heard any of them really talk about their work until today. Guess its as good as any day to blurt out all you know.



Of course, with time ticking away, it was only a matter of time before their time was up. Some have unfortunately, cracked under the pressure.




Spent 3 whole hours trying to study as much as I can. With some measure of succes I managed to get some info into my head. Met an old friend, Irwan, today as I went down to grab a bite. Seems that he's at KPMG working as an auditor. He was apparently back in uni to savour the study environment. He's got a CPA exam on Thursday. All the best of luck to him. He was relating his experiences in the working world. None were too encouraging in describing what awaits me next year.

Sigh, looks like its time to get back to work. Study study...