1. Rockpool
Few weeks ago went to Rockpool to celebrate's Ryan's birthday. All of us 'belanja' him dinner, as whoever birthday all of us would have to treat that person dinner. Rockpool was one of the 'atas' restaurant in Melbourne owned by Neil Perry, one of Australia's top chef! Of course, the price is pretty 'atas' too! And the bill came up to $400+ or was it $500+, since 1 serving of steak costs about $70+! The restaurant was pretty dark, dont know what concept they are trying to practice here, however there is an open kitchen concept!
2. Lucky Days,Unlucky Wrong decisions due to greed
As I write this blogpost, I am pondering whether did I make a right decision, since the current market situation is way much worser than last night peak's, and my profits were reduced severely from last night peak of $100 (after capital of $250 and prior losses of $110) to a mere $5! When you are trading, your worst enemy is emotions, as when you see that its rising you would think that it will continue to rise and rise and rise, without thinking that it could fall in 1 straight line slump!I have succumbed to my emotions a few times during my CFD trading and its not good. The key to succeed in this trading I think is not to be greedy, and dont make wrong decisions.Perhaps luck plays a role too! Anyway I will continue to monitor the prices and profit and make rational decisions, so that history wont repeat itself!
Moving on, last few I picked up another $50 on the street (In your mind you will be thinking WTF!). What happen that day was after consultation with lecturer, there were still sometime left so I went to TAb for pokies (Disclaimer:Im not a crazy gambler). Tried my luck with my last $20 in my wallet! Lady luck apparently wasnt on my side, unsatisfied I wanted another go so went to Commbank ATm to withdraw some $.On my way, before I cross the road, I saw something that looks like a $50 note lying near someone's car, it was a bit drenched n I picked it up to confirm its a $50 note! Feeling lucky, I took the $50 for another round of pokies, at 1st there wasnt much luck but when I was about to cashout, I hit the bonus game not once but twice for a total of 50 free bonus games which turns the situation around to a total gain of $7, so in total I earned $37 after deducting the lost $20 earlier!
Earlier this month, went to Crown n tried my luck, quite lucky won my 2nd biggest win $55! This rarely happens though, as usually I lost due to greed or break-even or at best win $5-$10! Pokies are fun, but if you cant control yourself the machine will control your life!
3. Exam update
This sem, I must say Im pretty surprised! At 1st I was complaining and freaking out about Auditing, but it turns out to be pretty good, so Im expected a high C to a low D. Since its the subject that I scared the most, I put the most effort here!
Next up, Corplaw. I think I underestimated the level of difficulty of this paper! However, I think I did get all the principles correct, so my hope is for a low C to high C!
The last paper is Tax law, I think I did ok with it. Hoping for a low C to low D!
In conclusion, this sem average WAM is expected to go up or at least maintain at the 70 level! Since next sem is my last sem, Im predicting its not a walk in the park so its better that I firm up this sem WAM,in the unlikely event of a very terrible results next sem! I have done what I need to do, now its up to the lecturers and tutors to decide if my answers deserved the grade that I wanted!
4. Whats up soon
Going forward as my graduation is looming, I have to plan for my future. I have planned to continue studying not Masters/Honours (I hate research/present papers,etc) but my ACCA or CPA. Then its time to search for work!
On a lighter note, I am going to enjoy this LONG holiday,but no idea how! LOL
See ya real soon, bye.
