July 31, 2016

Okay, so I just finished Capstone 2 module course. It was great! I'm on the subway right now as I write this.

My capstone 2 location was in toronto at the metro convention centre.

I'm pretty sure all the value I got out of the Capstone 2 module was the day 1,2,3 passwords. Andddd

The real life writing scenarios. There were a few times where they would ask us to write a response or an outline.

Most of the time I had trouble writing a response or an outline. Some of these Assessment opportunities are really hard to identify when you don't have your technical skills down! In fact a large majority of the Day 2 case was like that. I haven't yet started to study for Day 2, because I've been busy mastering Day 1. I still haven't done all the quants...

I felt that my facilitator kinda drew us off course a few times. One time today she was like "Do your quantitative analysis first! And then we would have to do financial reporting issues first which is qualitative in nature. And then only when it was convenient she would say : "See!! Remember how I told you to do your quantitative analysis first?!" I was like -_- oh brother.

I suppose I'm the type of person who thinks he knows it all. I dunno. I'm not trying to overestimate my weaknesses. I know I have weaknesses. I just think I knew a lot of stuff that had been covered in terms of case approach. I actually didn't like the outline process that they gave us. I applied the outline process only once to the first case that was given to us.

I'm also starting to doubt the need for peer reviews. Don't get me wrong. Reviews are quite necessary! But Capstone 2 is full of people that will be reviewing your work. It's actually a really good prep course for the CFE. I'm soooo glad. I feel like CPA didn't go out of it's way to screw us over. They're genuinely trying to help people pass. And I will put in the hours to make sure I do.

I also feel like I have all the resources possible. In week 7 I won't have anyone reviewing my work as per Capstone 2. This is when peer reviews from fellow candidates or mentors will be essential!!! That being said, I think I should team up with anyone I can to make sure that the week 7 case gets reviewed.

I think since I asked my mentor and he has told me that he's willing to help. I should e-mail him today.

OH OH OH! Another thing: I really need to use every hour of today. Today SHOULD be the last day I have to study Day 1 material. Because after today is August, and then it's septemeber. So basically 1 month and 3 weeks left (i.e. 7 weeks <-- length of the Capstone 1 program)..

I truly feel ahead of everyone else in terms of day 1. There was also a neat book that I saw from Densmore. Anything else? Yeha I have my friends wire. He'll probably contact me on facebook

I'll message him when I get home with my address, and he can come pick it up anytime he likes. Hey, I can't deliver it to him lol way better than having to go downtown to pick up the wire he forgot lol!

I'll try not to take my ex SUPER seriously. like if she pulls a fast one on me and says you know what. I want to date the guy I was dating before I'm sorry. I'll be like fine. Fine, fine, fine. Because I still need to maximize my focus on the CFE. Awwww so cute. super cute, there's a baby on the train

Damnit, I want a kid. That is a huge motivation for me to doing well. I think me and my ex would make SUUUUUUPER cute babies.

What else?

Some more reflection from today. There is a lot of stuff I need to cover when I get home.

All the workshop material needs to be looked at thoroughly. Because it looked incredibly tough. I don't understand why they didn't make it available to us a week ago.

 I can see why people fail this program now.

Here's my plan:

By 2:55 AM on Monday, August 1st, I'll want to have all the stuff for day 1 from the workshop stored in my brain. <-- plan not accomplished at all. Need to follow back up plan.

By 2:55 AM on Tuesday, August 2nd, I'll want to have all the stuff for day 2 from the workshop stored in my brain. <-- plan still available for accomplishing.

By 2:55 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd, I'll want to have all the stuff for day 3 from the workshop stored in my brain. <-- plan still available for accomplishing.

But what about the past CMA case exams, am I totally done with them? I... don't think so lol. crap... So maybe I should push my schedule ahead?

crappppp, the worst part is: there is still a bunch of stuff for week 1 to do.

Yikes... Okay... I understand why I'm freaking out. The best way to deal with a big issue is to break it down into it's smaller parts. <-- at least usually .lol sometimes it can require a big solution. For example, two ways to move a big rock, break it in small pieces and move the pieces by hand. Or have a big solution like taking more than one person (Or some sort of equipment) to move the rock. 

I think I should just keep it simple stupid. Follow your plan. If it doesn't work out, spread it out over other weeks. For example:

Maybe all the weeks in capstone 2 have a X amount of work (i.e. an equal amount), it would be logical to spread each of these day 1, 2, 3 in between 3 weeks. Or maybe there's a capstone 2 week with less work than usual. It would be logical to use that week to use for studying these module workshops.

I'm tired... I should start working now loool. While I'm on the subway. Like my use of punctuation? That's going to go great on the CFE. So, we performed a net present value analysis LOOOL, and we found that the project had a +$4234.34 NPV... lol. <-- I'm trying to be funny, it's not going so well XD