the busy + stressed actuary-to-be.
life’s REALLY hectic these days. i work my ass off in the day to meet deadlines for our system integration, major project of the yr which will form 60% of our company’s appraisal and 50% of my individual appraisal this yr end.
u must be thinkin i’m someone frm IT dept, but no, i’m frm Actuarial Dept so i check the actuarial aspects of the integration and data conversion.
Actuarial? havent heard of it and dunno wat it means? haha.. i seriously have tried all kinds of answers when ppl ask wat we do at work. well, the most cool ans i can think of is that we design insurance pdts, takin into account probability of the policyholders dying or makin claims, come up wif the features of the pdts and a set of premium rates that will more or less guarantee the company a certain profit margin at the end of the day.
in other words, helpin the co to make money at ur expense! hahaha.
well other ppl like jeremy n junli do reporting, so they report to the regulators like MAS and LIA aka Life Insurance Association. i think reporting is SUPER boring, and pricing is cool. there’s some technical aspects + some mkting in it which i like! i requested to be in Pricing when i went for my interview, but i noe that there’ll come a day when i have to undergo job rotation and do reporting. oh well, that’s life isn’t it?
so other than work, there’re still exams to take. we’re studyin for a fellowship at the IOA aka Institute of Actuaries UK. the pressure to pass is definitely there, firstly becos everyone in the office has passed at least 8 out of 9 of the ‘100 series’ paper. each ‘100 series’ paper that we pass coincidentally gives us a 100 bucks increase in our salary! jeremy is alrdy taking a ‘300 series’ paper this sept! eeky..
and if i dun pass my paper this sept, not only am i not entitled to pay increment, i’m not reimbursed my $500 exam fee. and if the next time i wanna buy notes for the same paper that i’m re-taking, i’m not reimbursed that $450 either. argh.. this is a very expensive hobby!
to make things worse, the passing rate gets lower the higher the exam level. at last april’s sitting i think 10 ppl frm singapore sat for jeremy’s paper n NONE PASSED! omigod. i’m fainting.. but hey i’m not at ‘300 series’ level yet wahahaha!
gosh.. i’m stressed. every mornin i think of wat i muz complete at work, n every nite i think of the chapters i muz study. and every time i get all determined to study, sthg jus has to crop up. surprise visits frm aunty, uncle’s bdae dinner, family dinners et al.. everythin’s jus workin against me n my IOA. =(
i needa be more focused!!
think of the money and study, candy!!
* YES, SIR!! *
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should i put my entries in bold or non-bold?
just wanted to say hi…and i really have a crush on you…this is the only way i could tell you…im a bit of a shy guy…and dont worry abt work…you’ll get rewarded anyway…=) … - candyshy_2005
p.s. i see you at work "sometimes"… (just a clue) =)
Woah! Eh Candy your blog happening sial. You have a secret admirer!
who’s that? wahaha the only shy guy i noe is jeremy boey but he’s so shy, it can’t be him who left such comments! plus we see each other everyday at work. so who do i see at work ’sometimes’? =|
hi candy, im not from your department…i saw you the other day (thursday)…you really make my heart skip a bit… =) too bad, didnt see you today… =(
oh then u’re frm IT.. no? u’re not singaporean?
heh playin some guessin game here eh..
IT eh? hehe…maybe…maybe not… =)
can i buy you lunch or somethin? =)
i think u muz be mingyao tryin to play prank rite..
no im not the person who you think i am… =) … im just really shy walking up to you and ask you out maybe just for lunch or dinner if im lucky…just wanted to ask if you have any crushes at work not from yr dept..anyway, i really really like you though i havent gotten to know you better yet…geez…just sayin these makes me blush..
…??
tell me who u are then.
well…im not from ur floor eh…i like you so much it hurts… =(
right..
i do hope im not a joke to you…i saw you yesterday with a burgundy/dark red blouse/shirt…and today…wearing a green colored blouse…id really like to meet you on a more personal level…but i dont know how…
sure or not? i was wearin black on 30 aug.. *raise brows*
i seriously have no idea who u r.. but keep my blog to urself!
dont worry…ur blog is a secret…
i saw you had lunch at zion rd the other day with most of the actuarial department…u even took the table where the IT guy and the lady from agency svcs sat down (cant mention their names, but i think u know who they r)… =) … well, i cant help it but i feel like u like the IT guy eh? well…just curious…
kk i believe u now.
but WHICH IT guy? i dun rem any IT guy or agency lady..?
well..let me put it this way, who from the IT guys do you think r cute?
none. i have high stds wahaha!
gee…i think the theory still works in this century, and that’s BE BOLD! GO FOR THE ONE YOU LIKE! OR LIVE TO REGRET LATER….otherwise, you really sound like a stalker!
hahahaha. that’s really funny. abt the stalker part! =)
does he sound like he is one of the IT guys or izit i’m too suspicious?
beats me.. that’s wat i thot too initially. haha. anyway he’s gone missin alrdy, cant guess who he is. =|
hi candy, been busy lately at wrk…winnie thinks i myt be one of the IT guys…initially, candy thought of that too…hmmm…i wonder who she might have thought i was? =)
i have no idea seriously. i dunno who’s attached, who’s married n who’s single n available, so how to judge? there aint many other guys ard in other depts if u realise. ok anyway stop addin comments here. it’s wayy too long. post it in my latest post! =)
geeweezz.. dont u think dat secret admirer of yours cn be 1 of ur closest fren, who is just trying to trick or smthn? wat ya think?
yeah man.. my close girl frens r not so boliao so i thot it’s one of the guys. but then again this guy can really point out wat i wore n wat i did, so i believed him. =|
and who’s snowhite? spelt wrongly leh. =P
i agree with you!