Happy Easter!

My rabbit, Zippy (thought it was appropriate)

The Easter holidays have started and one thing I am definitely doing is applying for Summer Vacation Internships. Now that I have finally decided that I am staying an extra semester (see post below), that makes me eligible to apply for the internships because 2015 is now my penultimate year. So I haven't quite escaped the job seeking. Hopefully, lack of accounting experience won't hold me back too much with internship seeking. The process seems to be just as long unfortunately but I can really picture myself fitting in to these organisations (especially after what I've read on their websites). This Easter weekend I have been spending time learning more about the organisations and I really need to get moving with my cover letters.

Of course as any Easter, going to church is an essential part of our celebrations. Our family went to the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday and tonight we will be going to the most important mass; the Easter Vigil. There is also one more mass on Easter Sunday. Other than that, no other big Easter family celebrations this year but that has suited me just fine as I really need to get on top of these internship applications.

I have also started a Microsoft Excel course. It's with Shaw Academy, where I took my Diploma in nutrition. While I do know how to use it (not as well as I know Microsoft Word) from year 10 and in university assessments I thought it would be good to gain more knowledge about it. It is made up of 25 modules and after each module is an assessment. Should be able to fit this in my two week break whilst applying for everything. I was also planning to go to the Easter Show this Tuesday but the weather isn't really looking too good. It's going to be a busy day as after the gym, I will be spending the day with my best friend celebrating his belated birthday, then I will have to rush back to Macquarie University chiropractic clinic. Ideally, my GT application should have been finished before Tuesday as they close that day.

Found this on Instagram the other day, thought this was funny (and no, I did not lie, I know how to use Excel)

Thinking about all this is beginning to stress me out, but as long as I write everything down in my diary and form a plan, I should be able to get everything done. I can only imagine how stressed my other friends are, applying for all these graduate positions.

Also, I just found this website, Accountants Daily and spent almost an hour there. I've actually been looking for a website like this (and it happens to be Australian) because in the newspaper you find the Business and Finance section which I read from time to time but sometimes it's like the accountants live in a secret world. Unless there is a scandal or fraud. So when I get the time, I will try and post my thoughts on events that are relevant to accounting.