End of the Interdisciplinary Studies Module

The end of the 2007 IS modules has marked a threshold in life where I have acquired new skills to use.

Firstly about Spanish class. The Spanish class is really enriching in the sense that I had a taste of the Spanish language and bits of the culture. Now, I'm able to communicate in Espanol with my uncle, such as Como estas (How are you), Bueno dias (Good day), gracias (Thank you) and Adios (Bye Bye). Someday, I hope to go to USA maybe with somebody to visit my uncle and maybe I can really experience the spanish culture there.

Secondly about my photography class. I have learnt many shooting techniques and lens settings effects of the camera to produce different impressions. My CCA, Catholic Youth Apostolate in NP will definitely benefit from my skill and competence as I produce good quality photos for them. It has also taught me to appreciate the different aspects of photography and allowed me to understand the impression that the photographer wants to make.

I think I am rather fortunate in taking these two classes as these classes are my preferred choices which I made in the module preference ranking exercise few months ago before module enrolment. Some of my classmates and coursemates failed to secure their places in their preference during enrolment.

According to my photography tutor, he said that the demand for this module is increasingly significant during the module preference ranking exericise. My cohort is rather lucky to have the module as a hands-on class. In previous semesters, only the theory principles are taught and students had to use film cameras.

Exams for Year 2 Semester 1 Coming!

The examination for year 2 semester 1 is coming. This time, I'll be seating for Business Law, Finance of International Trade, Taxation 1, Cost Accounting and Intermediate Financial Accounting.

According to my tutor for Business Law, it will be an open-book exam. However, I still doubt the calmness and time-management during the business law exam. I think it's better to memorise the harder ones and refer to the book for the easier ones.

For taxation, there's a lot of memory work to do. All the Tax reliefs and conditions must be in my human hard disk drive. From past experience of Taxation common test, time-management is very important. Not doing so can results in lots of rush work and careless mistakes can happen.

For cost accounting and intermediate financial accounting, I'm not that worried as it's just the statement format and some theory principles to remember for the exam. The statements are the parts of the exams that make it tedious. But by getting the format correct may give me some sympathy marks just in case careless mistakes do occur.