The bar results has been given out and all my friends passed! Congratulations to all those who went through the four years of grueling work! For those who did not make it.... there is always hope next year.
I couldn't sleep last night, so I read my email (haven't really been doing that either). My good friend Ays finally gave me a contact number in SNG, so I decided to call her and catch up. (Thank God for night shifts!) We talked about our friends who passed the bar and I wondered... had we gone to law school, would our names be in that list too? Could I have endured the late night till morning studying? Could I have withstood the pressure of thesis making? (As most of you guys know, I really hate research work) Or would I have quit like some of my friends who thought that law school was not for them?
A decade ago, I had the ambition of being a CPA Lawyer. Now, I'm only a quarter of the way through. Being a CPA here in Oz is very different from the system in Manila. In Manila I would have to take the exam after uni to be a CPA and (thinking that I would pass after the first try) then you can get your license after the results are posted. Here in Oz after uni (in my case after my Masters in Accounting) you would have to apply to the CPA or CA as an associate and then take modules every semester. Depends on you really how many subjects you want to take each semester (max of 4) then you could be finished within a year to three years. On top of the modules, you have to be in a Mentoring Program with a qualified CPA or CA who has been practicing for at least 2 years. The program takes about 3 years to finish. Then after that you can get your CPA or CA.
Looking back, I took the very long route to my dream and I'm not even sure I want to take law anymore. However, my plans are not written in stone. It can still change or it can mutate to something close to what I originally wanted.
But remembering that I once wanted to be a part of that list makes me realize that I was very ambitious back then and willing to work for it too. But now, earning my own money and being independent makes the ambition a bit surreal for me. The focus has been diverted to my career and just live as I have been these past couple of years.
The journey is not yet done, I actually still have a long way to go. Let's see where I would be a decade from now.
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