The CFA Challenge

Yesterday night I have successfully registered for my Level I CFA exam for 7th of June 2009. If you wonder what CFA is, well it is supposed to be the gold standard of professional credentials within the global investment community.

I guess this is one of the biggest educational challenges for me... but also excited about the fact that I am back to learning again. Why is a challenge? Check the pass rates for this June for the different level exams:

Level I Pass Rate: 35%
Level II Pass Rate: 46%
Level III Pass Rate: 53%

But i like the challenegs and I am looking forward to get my books to study :):):) It requires lots of discipline and sacrefice, but I am really hopeful that I will get it and I am looking forward to your support in doing so.

Planning my Christmas trip :):):):)

So happy that I bought my ticket back to Europe this week for Christmas/New Year :):):) I have been home last September and I really look forward to go home this winter, especially that I haven't been home for Christmas since 2004.

Here is my brief plan:

20th of December - Fly out from Saigon to Vienna

21st of December - Vienna

22nd of December onwards at home

2nd-3rd of January - Hungary/Budapest

3rd-4th of January - London

4th of January - Flying back to Saigon from London

I am also happy that this time I fly with Qatar Airways, should be cool with them... Still not Singapore Airlines... but hope that next year I will get back to flying with SQ again....

I plan to spend my new year's eve in Romania/Hungary so I if you have any cool plans for an awesome party, then please let me know:):):) The ideal would be to have all my friends in one place and throw a big party but that is hardly possible as all my friends are all over the country:(:(:(:(

Yah, one more thing, I booked ticket for one person... so no Vietnamese girl joining me, okies? No more teasing! :)

Simple things that make me happy

I am happy that I discovered a shop here in HCMC where they sell all kind of imported foods (introduced to me by a client from Singapore!!!). Now I can buy stuff that have no MSG in it and brands that I can't find in supermarkets. I just bought Hungarian salami, Gouda cheese from Netherlands, Hungarian champagne, French pate, etc :).

But the bonus for me is that I found my favourite choco drink: Nesquik :):):) I used to always bring to Singapore from Romania, but now no need for that anymore. I paid an incredible 11 USD for a pack of 450g....but now I am slurping my chco drink and I am happy :):):) Sometimes simple things make me happy and life enjoyable. Today that simple thing is Nesquik!!! What is yours?