My Life After October 2019 CPALE
I'm writing this 5 days after taking the Certified Public Accountant Licensure exam. I won't talk about the exam proper as we have signed a disclosure agreement. I wanted to write this prior to the results so I would have a neutral narration of my life after taking the board exam.
As soon as I went out of my room, I tried to check how much Grab or Angkas (ride-hailing apps) costs to go to my review center (for the send-off party) and alternatively checks how much it would cost me to go home. Thankfully, the ride home is so expensive so I decided to simply ride a jeepney going to my review center. Since there are a lot of examinees in my testing school, I had to walk maybe 5 blocks to get a ride. It rained hard while I was in the jeepney but thankfully I was able to arrive at the review center safely.
Actually, the party was jampacked. As I would describe, the examinees looked like sardines. When I came, there was only few food served left but that didn't matter as long as I was able to eat (Got tired from the exam and commute)
I looked for my friends and thankfully found them despite being in a huge crowd. I met new friends that was introduced by my friend. We asked for selfies with our reviewers and we had some few shots to drink.
Our new friend treated us milk tea and I had a good conversation with them (or rather, I had simply listened because I was too tired to talk)
We went back to our review center at 9PM. It felt nostalgic and ununsual since weeks before the exam, it was open until 11PM but that night, it was already closed.
The following day, despite being tired, I had to wake up early since we'll be going to my niece's 1st birthday. We left the house early since the location is out of town (2-3 hours travel time) We went to Padre Pio Shrine in Batangas, attended the mass to give thanks and went off to the party afterwards.
It was nice to see my relatives again after so long. I had my first experience of being a face paint assistant (to my cousin) that day.
That revitalized my love for the arts.
Second day after the board exam was my 1st actual rest day. I moved slower that day than usual. There was some body ache, but it was bearable. The only thing on my mind is to achieve what I wanted to do: to clean the bathroom. It has been quite dirty for a while (as I didn't have sufficient time) I know a lot of people doesn't want to do this job because they say "it's gross" or "disgusting" but for me it helps me calm.
All of the days after the board exam, I have consistently woke up at around 4-5am. I can't sleep again so I cleaned my study area/desktop. I wanted to sort out all of my handouts but I was still tired so I went back to sleep.
For a change I cooked for my family's lunch. I don't have the skills as compared to my brother who is studying Culinary. But that was enough achievement for the day.
It was probably the highlight of my break. I went out early to meet my friends. We went to St. Jude first and afterwards, they ate their breakfast in Jollibee (I already ate at home) and we went to Rizal Park. We visited Planetarium, National Museum of Natural History and Anthropology. Afterwards, we went to Binondo Church, Divisoria and Ongpin. It was a fun day appreciating the arts, photographing with my friends and eating different kinds of food. At the end of the day, my brother waited for me and we went home together. It was so tiring yet to fulfilling.
I prepared some documents for my dad and we went to his office afterwards. After accomplishing all the things we needed to do in his office, my dad and I hang out in 7-Eleven while waiting for our ride. I tried YumYum (Instant Tom Yum) but I guess it wasn't for me. Earlier, I started to sort out my handouts per subject. I planned to continue it tomorrow. I'm planning to give my study materials to my friends who are studying Accountancy.
I did some little catching up with friends I haven't talked in a while. I backtracked everything I missed with EXO, SB19, other groups I stanned, read webtoons and watching vlogs. I was supposed to watch Kdramas and anime but I haven't started yet.
I don't know what the future holds for me but I am enjoying my break so far. Soon, I'll be preparing to look for a job so I should maximize everything I want to do now.
