Results Day Approacheth!

Monday 22nd February sees the next lot of ACCA exam results come out.  In December last year, I re-took one exam, Corporate and Business Law (F4), and took another exam, Financial Management (F9), for the first time.

The Law exam I failed first time out, in June last year.  Certain parts of it, particularly that regarding contract and employment law, I found really interesting and thus did quite well I thought.  And this time round, I was disappointed to find there was less of it!  But I did work a lot harder for this sitting, so failure will be that bit more disappointing.

The other exam involves things like debt management and value of businesses.  This is the sort of thing the bosses and the senior staff at my firm do, so I was keen to do well in it!

Because it was my first attempt at F9, I was allowed to go on a "taught" course, down at BPP Southampton.  That, coupled with the short, but intense, studying I did pre-exam, I am hoping is enough to earn me a first time-pass!

When I came out of the exam hall in December, I honestly felt that both exams could go either way.  Thus there is a 25% chance I will pass both but, equally, the same odds of failing both!  I answered every part of every question in both exams, from what I recall... let's just hope I didn't write a pile of crap!

Currently, I am one exam ahead of my three colleagues who started the ACCA journey at the same time.  Whilst it isn't a race, I will admit to being a weensy-bit competitive.  Therefore, I really want to keep my nose in front!

My sister-in-law has recently had some mixed results from her AAT exams.  They seem to be done way differently to how I did them, years ago.  I don't miss those exams, although these ACCA exams are on a different level (despite what my colleagues think!)...

I am proud to have my AAT qualification, easy though I found it... let's see whether come Monday I am any closer to getting the next one!

Cheats! Football Cheating Takes Many Forms...

I find myself incandescent with rage at the way certain footballers conduct themselves.

The particular incident that most pisses me off right now is the current complaint being lodged in the Farnham and District Football League.  Chawton Athletic, the team I play for up here, had got a very hard earned victory in the semi-final of one of the many cups we play.  This is the first cup final for the Yellows.  And it came after a penalty shoot-out, that I could not participate in as I'd been subbed.

So what do CSL Hartley Wintney do after they trudge off the pitch?  Fucking complain!  They couldn't take losing to a lowly team like us, so they lodge a complaint with the league using the very dubious reason that the referee only played twenty minutes of extra time, instead of the regulation thirty.  This, after it had been agreed before the extra time began!

I really hope they laugh at their sore-losing faces at tomorrow night's meeting.

Notice they play in green and white!  Okay, I'll stop about that...

Another thing that annoys me... DIVING!  And Niklas Bendtner bloody did it for Arsenal tonight.  Stay on your feet if possible, but never throw yourself to the floor like a dirty cheat!  Eduardo looked to have done it last season, Emmanuel Eboue has a reputation for it.  I wish Arsenal would just play their slinky football with out resorting to falling over!

And the fake card giving.  Why?!  Why the hell do you need to tell the ref how to do his job?  Are you a qualified ref?  No.  So stop trying to be one and just get on with the game.  They should dish out yellows to ANYBODY who flashes the imaginary card.  That'll stop them... or make games an interesting 7 v 7 affair!