Culture

My work place- McMasters is full with all sort of people from different background

1. the Aussies- Italian borned Australian (my manager), Russian (my team mate), Greek (the receptionist who drives a Kompressor), Polish (director's PA), local OZ (one ex AFL football player with Sydney team, another one- Mr.Australia 10 years ago, one Sibu mixed OZ which makes up another Wong in the office, the GOD in the office who knows everything, driving a Merc now too)

2. Mainland Chinese- 4 in toal including Shang Hainese (my team mate), Hokkien, ......, .......

3. Malaysians - 6 of us (Sibu guy who stayed in Melb for more than 10 years, the rest- newbies who started working after graduate, one studied high school in Perth before)

4.Indonesians - Jakarta 6 of them (one of the smarties who can speak and write fluent Mandarin, learned Mandarin in Bei Jing for a year)

5. Singaporean - one and only Indon grown up in Sing (who is a typical SING now)

6. Indian - one and only

7. Kiwi - just joined the firm

8. Vietnamese- uncountable due to local Vietnamese+ staff in Vietnam

With people from all different background, I really enjoy working with where I am now, or at least, I have no other experience to compare with for now...... :P

Round the world trip!~

is me........... the travel freak I called myself.
I like travelling a lot and a lot..... dunno when I started to pick this up as a hobby, probably when I went on 2 rounds of road trip to Thailand..... back in 2000 and 2002 with family to Hat Yai (after the massive flood), Ao Nang, Koh Sa Mui, Phi Phi Island, James Bond Island, Phuket, .....
My journey travelled so far
1998- Gold Coast, Brissie
2000- Thailand
2002- Thailand
2003- Hong Kong/Shen Zhen
2004- China- Shang Hai, Wu Xi, Nan Jing, Su Zhou, Hang Zhou(3 Jiao Zhou)
2005- Bangkok, United Kingdom, Taiwan
2006- United Kingdom 2nd time round, Barcelona & Bali (not Paris, sadly)
2007- NIL .......... sigh
2008- Hong Kong 2nd time round, Macau, Singapore
2009- New Zealand

Heaps of places and plans in my mind...... I will fulfill my childhood dream to Disneyland, any one will be good except for the 1 in Hong Kong.
Places that I REALLY wanted to go.............
1. USA
2. JAPAN
3. FIJI
4. EGYPT
5. BEIJING
6. EUROPE, not UK though
7. KOREA... Japan rank before that
that's all for now........ I will come out with more soon~~~

Conclusion: I need to plant money tree......... or maybe become air stewardness to fulfill my dream, but I guess my ambition back in standard 3 will not be fulfilled.... :P

McMasterian!!!~~

Job title: Tax Accountant
Company name: McMasters
Website: http://www.mcmasters.com.au/Home
Travel time to work: 45 minutes one way
Gross salaries: to be announced
Tax withheld from salaries: approximately $ 6,500
Tax deductions: not much anyways, Monthly donation to AMNESTY $ 15, unsubstantiated 3,500 business kms travelled @ $0.69/km, out of pocket expenses $ 300
Private Health Insurance Provider: Australian Unity (AUF)
Industry superannuation: Care Super
Categories of clients:-
A. Star client(favourites)-Clients that pay your bills, and listen to you
B. moderate clients- so so
C. Hopeless client- but still nice, just dunno what is going on when you talk to them and ask for information
D. Pain in the ass/bottom/neck client- nasty and perdentic, have to go round and round explaining how you get such figures, always trying to maximise tax deductions and enjoy maximum tax savings

I am enjoying my work as I think when I finish a set of accounts especially tricky and hard jobs, my sense of satisfaction is higher. When I look back, yes is done and out the door!!!


Nasty, dodgy accountant

J. H. Wong

am bak!!!

1st blog in 2009 financial year. I just realised I haven't been blogging since April 2008.
Time flies.......... and is now almost half 2009 year gone already.
Just after my CPA Taxation paper........ hope I do fine seriously......
nothing exciting coming up, but looking forward to my breakwaySSS......
1. Sydney..... meeting Yi Mun in Melbourne airport and flying to Sydney together on the 6/6/2009
2. New Zealand trip with Haur for 9 days and 8 nights, 11/07-19/07/2009
3. what is coming up next ??? I am looking to go to some nice and beautiful island in OZ... i.e. Mackay, Cairns.......... just anywhere as long as is nice and I am having fun, who cares????
Life is too short to enjoy anyways.....
afterall , I think I still got to buck up at work and back on studying my 4th paper of CPA, Financial Planning and Super.
and slowly making my way to become a qualified CPA and earning $$$$ and then Honolulu next probably, :P