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Asterisk,i no big partner or anything like that.Just a small fry.
Eastonbay,yes my time was big5.let me see---AA,AY,PW,C and L and EY.yep,big 5.
I goreng like hell to get the job cos i am ordinary grad.--no first class or 2U.
Are u in accounting or IT profession now?
Hi j3r0m3,
That'll be great but which part of Europe r u going? Eastern as well?
Hi Eastonbay,
That's a great suggestion, thanks! Was thinking of perhaps renting a car in Prague cos there's some very nice castle outside Prague so maybe can visit this place as well.
Geojam, given your age it should big8, not even big6. How can be big 5
?
Geojam, yes I learned that very well too. It's especially a pain when you really have nothing to do. Keep filling 'training, training', there wasn't a code for 'nothing' etc. Besides filling in time sheet, I'm also very good at filing, laminating, photocopying, you name it. Any low level job that on the surface do not require any brain juice.
When I became got promoted, I delicated these tasks to those newbies, not to torture them (like mother-in-law torturing daughter-in-law , in olden days, just to get even). For me, it shows in all these small tasks if a person meticulous, the attitude towards work etc. If they are sloppy in such mundane task, they are most likely to be sloppy in their really work. So, there is learning value in everything we do. Just how you perceive it.
Eastonbay
I also once worked for the big5.Not sure i am proud of it but i become very good at filling in time shit (oops) sorry i mean time sheet.
asterisk, during peak period, you wouldn't have time to go to the Gym!! However, it comes in handy during low period because there's not much to do, except taking part in Inter Big4 games.
Anyway, you would have gotten an offer months ago, if you are graduating? It is usually done b4 the final exams, isn't it?
Geojam, Big4 got prestige mah.. if you can get into a Big4, why choose a medium size one? If one is using the Big4 only as a stepping stone, then it doesn't matter if you are from Audit or Tax. (what I thot only). Up till this day, I'm proud of the fact that I once worked with one of them.
definitely, godpa. kinda like, i asked for that kid's mail once via SJ admin, since i thought family mah, must be friendly to the young ones. plus, never know where you can help him and he seemed bright enough to learn. but he made the fatal error of not responding.
Too bad. could have gotten him into one of the big four on my word alone.
ah well, missed is missed.
k, nites, got a long, long day tmrw and day after; won't be online. can't even monitor market. erk.
ha. asterisk. if it's the big four you want, then realise that the most important thing in working life is networking. Esp for something as 'prestigious' as those companies, esp if you have no lobang to go in.
NTU accountancy? what are ya graduating with, 2nd uppers or 1st? or perhaps you have some strings to pull in by yourself; alt did the internship with them in your final year?
asterisk
good luck to ur career choice.
I was once with one of the big 5.
I am playing a "cat and mouse game" with the share price during the initial buy phase. Let me explain.
Case 1
I averaged up on ASL Marine from 90c to $1 (consolidation phase) a few months ago. But instead of taking off from $1, it turned back down to 95c. So what I did was sold off 25 lots at 95c so I get a profit from the earlier lots I bought earlier. Those 25 lots are meant for me to cover my positions and see where the share price wants to go. If it goes to 85c, I buy 5 lots, if it goes to 80c, I buy another 5 lots. But notice during the market crash, ASL Marine only went all the way to 88c. It is now $1.24. Although with margin account, I don't need to sell off those 25 lots, but it is important to exercise discipline and play around with the stock price from only the lots you accumulated from 90c to $1. I will only buy more when the share price crosses $1. That is why I have the habit of buying share price at a higher price. The reason is to cover my positions I bought earlier.
Case 2
I averaged up on Swissco at 59c, 66c, 72c and 74c. It then went all the way to 77c but I stopped averaging up already. Then it went down to 74c during the recent market crash. I decided to sell off those lots I bought at 74c. If it had gone down to 72c, I might let go those I bought at 72c. It is "cat and mouse" game. Swissco is now 85c.
If you analyse Case 1 and 2 carefully, I am actually a very careful investor. It is not easy trying to time the market. But I know a margin account gives me a lot of room to corner the share price with my cat and mouse strategy during the initial buy phase.
But once the share price decides to fly off, I don't do anything else.
So you are the mouse and the market is the cat. You can build many holes in the wall until the cat does not know which hole you are in. With margin trading , you can build so many holes that the cat is confused.
Hi Asterix,
I'm just a small small retail player... I don't think I can move a pebble, not to say mountains!
fortunegal
Let me have some almond oat cookies for take away.
fortunegal, Here's the recipe for Almond-oat cookies.
Beat 8 oz butter with an egg
Add 1 cup flour and 4 oz sugar
3 cups quaker oats (instant)
2 tablespoons chopped, toasted almonds
Mix well. Drop by teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet.
Brush with egg wash.
Bake 180 degrees C - 12 to 15 minutes or until nice light brown.
Enjoy.
Hi livermore
It is ok---if i know the answer to margin lending qn will always share.
How is ur cat and mouse strategy?Hm...have not read it yet.....on which thread?
Hi Geojam,
I prefer to lead discussion on my "cat & mouse strategy" which I posted a few weeks ago:).
choohian, u baked good almond-oats cookies? can teach ..hee. I make good famous amos cookies...but lots of work n quite expensive ingredients, give up doing for sometimes liao.