I was planning to go home in November.
If I go around Thanksgiving time, I would be leaving when the office is not as busy and also I could save a couple days of my vacations on those holidays.
I thought the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam would be in December, so I presumed that November must be the perfect time.
I was chatting with Ersa, and somehow, I found myself checking the FRM website, and guess what...
the exam is on the Saturday after Thanksigiving.
Great.
Just f-ing great.
Now, I have to plan everything,
and I might even have to feel guilty that I am to leave office for a long time when things could be busy, too.
I just hate the feeling of guilt.
I sometimes slack off at work, but I try to get things done as needed, and when I have less work to handle, I feel uneasy.
Now, to take a long break, I feel the guilt that I should find the perfect time - although my boss said that there is never a right time for a vacation, work-wise.
But there is no choice when I have not gone home for 3 years, and I haven't seen my dad for 2 years now.
I really, really want to go back home this year.
I've been wanting this since late last year when things were not working out.
That's why when my boss said okay about my 2-week vacation on November,
I got so excited that I sent email to all my close friends.
Well, now I can't.
I have the following exams in plan:
1) CFA - June 5, 2009
2) Society of Actuary Financial Mathematics exam - August 15, 2009
3) FRM - November 21, 2009
and I would be going to Boston for the American Society of Appraisers Business Valuation Conference on October 19-21.
And I would hate to go to the Philippines during December, and even for logistic reasons with the US consulate office in Manila, I can't go home in December.
So, the best time to go home would be sometime between August 16, 2009 and September 15, 2009.
FRM is a very intense exam, and I wouldn't be able to study when I go home anyway.
July is also an option, but I am afraid that it's before my Actuary exam.
I need to plan and think well over this long weekend and tell that to my boss.
Sigh...
I hate this...
But I really, really want to go home.
If I go around Thanksgiving time, I would be leaving when the office is not as busy and also I could save a couple days of my vacations on those holidays.
I thought the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) exam would be in December, so I presumed that November must be the perfect time.
I was chatting with Ersa, and somehow, I found myself checking the FRM website, and guess what...
the exam is on the Saturday after Thanksigiving.
Great.
Just f-ing great.
Now, I have to plan everything,
and I might even have to feel guilty that I am to leave office for a long time when things could be busy, too.
I just hate the feeling of guilt.
I sometimes slack off at work, but I try to get things done as needed, and when I have less work to handle, I feel uneasy.
Now, to take a long break, I feel the guilt that I should find the perfect time - although my boss said that there is never a right time for a vacation, work-wise.
But there is no choice when I have not gone home for 3 years, and I haven't seen my dad for 2 years now.
I really, really want to go back home this year.
I've been wanting this since late last year when things were not working out.
That's why when my boss said okay about my 2-week vacation on November,
I got so excited that I sent email to all my close friends.
Well, now I can't.
I have the following exams in plan:
1) CFA - June 5, 2009
2) Society of Actuary Financial Mathematics exam - August 15, 2009
3) FRM - November 21, 2009
and I would be going to Boston for the American Society of Appraisers Business Valuation Conference on October 19-21.
And I would hate to go to the Philippines during December, and even for logistic reasons with the US consulate office in Manila, I can't go home in December.
So, the best time to go home would be sometime between August 16, 2009 and September 15, 2009.
FRM is a very intense exam, and I wouldn't be able to study when I go home anyway.
July is also an option, but I am afraid that it's before my Actuary exam.
I need to plan and think well over this long weekend and tell that to my boss.
Sigh...
I hate this...
But I really, really want to go home.
