Quiz Results Rant

ARGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Nobody can say that I didn't study for the tax quiz last week. Seriously. You can say that I didn't study enough, but I still studied.

I flunked it!

I only got FOUR out of SIXTEEN! Only 25 percent!

I thought I understood RRSP Deduction Limits, Taxes Payable for Individuals enough to get those questions right. Not!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

Weird thing is, when I calculated what I should get in the final exam to get at least 50%, I discovered that I only need to get at least 38.57% to pass!

Guess I still have a chance to get this thing over with this year.

Do you think so, Heavenly Father?

Friendster and Blogging

Even Friendster has joined the trend. Can you believe it?

Three Years After

Three years. I can't believe it. It still feels like a week ago when I first stepped on Canadian land.

After three years of being here in Canada, several things in my life have changed:

• My faith - I became a Protestant on March 26, 2002. I proclaimed it to my church on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003.
• My career - I used to be a Statistics major, but I switched to Financial Management (Professional Accounting)
• My standards for the opposite sex - He should be H.O.T. [please refer to http://www.geocities.com/butterflykissesjc for more info; click "Bookworm" and go to "Christian"]
• My employment status - I'm working now!
• My choice of guys - I tend to like more white guys now... Hmmmm...

But some things still haven't changed:

• My choice of food - I still love Filipino dishes. Nothing beats tinolang manok and nilagang baka.
• My choice of language - Filipino for life!
• My love for my long-time friends - Especially for my best friend!

Next step? Take my oath as a Canadian citizen.

Next stop? Switzerland.

My Favourite GRAMMY Winners

47th Annual GRAMMY Award Winners

Song Of The Year & Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Daughters
John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
Track from: Heavier Things[Aware Records/Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Specific Harm Music.]

Best New Artist
Maroon5

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Heaven
Los Lonely Boys
Track from: Los Lonely Boys[Or Music/Epic Records]

Best Dance Recording
Toxic
Britney Spears
Avant & Bloodshy, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer
Track from: In The Zone[Jive/Zomba Label Group]

Best Electronic/Dance Album
Kish Kash
Basement Jaxx
[XL Recordings/Astralwerks]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys
Track from: The Diary Of Alicia Keys[J Records]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Call My Name
Prince
Track from: Musicology[Columbia Records/NPG Records]

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
My Boo
Usher & Alicia Keys
Track from: Confessions Special Edition[Arista/La Face/Zomba Label Group]

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Musicology
Prince
Track from: Musicology[Columbia Records/NPG Records]

Best R&B Song
You Don't Know My Name
Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
Track from: The Diary Of Alicia Keys[J Records; Publishers: Lellow Productions/EMI Music Publishing, Ye World Music/EMI April Music, Uncle Bobby Music/EMI Blackwood Music & A Dish-A-Tunes Ltd.]

Best R&B Album
The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
[J Records]

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Confessions
Usher
[Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group]

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Let's Get It Started
The Black Eyed Peas
Track from: Elephunk[A&M Records]

Best Rap Song
Jesus Walks
Miri Ben Ari, C. Smith & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
Track from: The College Drop-Out[Rocafella Records; Publishers: Konman Entertainment/Gimme My Publishing Co./Hip Hop Since 1978 & Mapleshade Productions.]

Best Rock Gospel Album
Wire
Third Day
[Essential Records]

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
All Things New
Steven Curtis Chapman
[Sparrow Records]

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)
[Reprise/WMG Soundtracks]

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King)
Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh, songwriters (Annie Lennox)
Track from: The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King[Reprise/WMG Soundtracks; Publishers: New Line Tunes/BMG Music Publishing.]

Hear Me

(Written by Kelly Clarkson/Kara DioGuardi/Clif Magness)Published by Smelly Songs (ASCAP)/K’Stuff Publishing (BMI) administered in the U.S. and Canada by ArtHouse Entertainment. Administered outside the U.S. and Canada by EMI Music, Ltd./Blue Iron Gate Publishing/EMI (ASCAP)

You gotta be out there

You gotta be somewhere

Wherever you areI’m waiting…

Cause there are these nights when

I sing myself to sleep

And I’m hoping my dreams bring

You close to me

Are you listening?

Hear me

I’m crying out

I’m ready now

Turn my world upside down

Find me

I’m lost inside this crowd

It’s getting loud

I need you to see

I’m screaming for you to please

Hear me

Can you hear me?

I used to be scared of

Letting someone in

But it gets so lonely

Being on my own

With no one to talk to and

No one to hold me

I’m not always strong

Oh I need you here

Are you listening?

Chorus

I’m restless and wild

I fall but I try

I need someone to understand (Can you hear me?)

I’m lost in my thoughts

And baby I’ve fought

For all that I’ve got

Can you hear me?

Chorus

Bebo

I have another online diary/photo album/ address book.

http://jclover27.bebo.com

Not to mention, http://www.zorpia.com/solitaire.

Harharhar...

What 2004 Hit Song are You?

Got it from a post in my Friendster Bulletin Board.

http://www.blogthings.com/2004hitquiz.html


100 Years by Five for Fighting
"Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live"

2004 was about thinking and reflecting - but isn't every year?

Wanted: The Perfect Job

I thought I wouldn't hate it. Initially, I liked the idea of having an office job as my first job after two years of full-time study.

By the way, I work for a company that specializes in converting litigation/legal documents (paper) into CD-ROM files for easier usage in legal proceedings (e.g. litigation, mergers, acquisitions, etc). Imagine scanning litigation/legal documents, coding them in Summation (sometimes), converting them to PDF, hyperlinking the PDFs to the index (if it's a closing book). Also, removing staple wires, paper clips, bulldog clips, and other fasteners, and then putting them back afterwards are not bad. The worst that I have done was numberstamp documents, because it hurts my arms - both of them! I actually suck at numberstamping.

The job isn't that physically demanding. But it's not intellectually challenging. Except when I see real (though not always original) financial statements, prospectus, auditor's report. But, you know, when I scan them, I can't analyze them because I have to be fast in scanning documents! So I can barely read them and compare them to the "theoretical" accounting and finance documents I studied in college.

Also, I want to experience working in my field (accounting). I may forget what I learned in college if I don't apply my knowledge.

I work in downtown Vancouver, though I live far away from the City of Vancouver. And I take public transportation to get to work and back home. It wasn't so bad in 2004, but the cost of the three-zone transit pass increased by $10 Canadian. So if I get fired this month, my January 2005 transit pass would be useless, unless I get hired by a new company immediately. Though I still take part-time courses in Accounting in my college, I only have classes on Saturdays (until April 2nd).

OK. So what is the "perfect" job for me? Here are my "criteria":

• accounting-related
• closer to home
• employers and colleagues as nice as the ones I currently deal with everyday
• accessible by bus and/or SkyTrain
• my own office space
• eligible bachelors (haha!)