AOD Welcome Remarks

My welcome remarks during the Accountancy Orientation Day, June 19, 2009. =)

 

Prof. Jofer Llave, Prof. Erick Quijano, my fellow JPIA officers and our beloved freshmen JPIAns, a pleasant morning to all of you!

On behalf of the Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants, your professional organization, I am pleased to welcome all of you on this Accountancy Orientation Day, a special orientation designed to inform you, our freshmen JPIAns about the different policies that are specially designed and strictly implemented in our department.

In your first week as an accountancy student in San Beda, you may have already experienced a sleepless night due to Prof. Alajar's welcome assignment, Laughed at Prof. Palo's jokes or was amazed with Prof. Filamor's animated teaching style.

Those are just the beginning of your roller coaster ride as accountancy majors. A life that is a little different from other courses. A life that will always hear the "ooh" and "aahhhs" from other students whenever they hear that you're a BSA major. A life that requires focus and determination to get the three most important letters beside your name in few years.

Life will be a little different for us, but never box yourself to the stereotyped boring life that they perceive about us. We still get to go to parties, bond with friends, watch movies, attend social gatherings and support our school in ncaa games. But everything comes with limits because accounting should be our priority.

It is true that in a few months time, you'll get to appreciate the simplest forms of rest. A couple of minutes of sleep inside the library is a prize for two hours of continuously solving problems. 4 hours of sleep is already a reward for studying overnight for a major exam. A day of not thinking about worksheets, calculators or the result of your latest exam is heaven. I am just exaggerating. Our life maybe difficult but it can also be fun!

Before I end, let me share to you my top three secrets in surviving this challenging world that we all chose to take. First is prayer, never forget to pray and ask for guidance from God to help you and never forget to say thank you after every simple blessing. Second is my reliable calculator which I'm using for three years now and hopefully until the board exam. And last but not the least, friends. Remember to build strong friendships. Friends are the one you'll be with to cry over a failing exam, copy undone home works with, spend sleepless nights studying, sleep over an accounting book you can't finish reading in the library, laugh at simple corny jokes, watch a movie after a tiring day of exam and most of all survive every single "hell" day still wearing a smile on your face. Friends will be your safe haven in hell.

On behalf of your JPIA officers, I welcome you all to Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants and to Department of Accountancy. We are hoping to see you in our future activities.

Thank you and God bless!