Well it wouldn’t be without my sis’s push! #GoodLuck

I just love my luck! Its like the shining black knight soldier for me. So this is one of the stories of my lucky lucky good luck.

Our CA-IPCC exam was due in 3 months. And our classes had just about ended with a lot of portion just completed in the last month. It seemed a little insurmountable mountain to clear both the groups in one shot in just about 3 months to go and I had just about started with my studies.

We always had the option to give just one group and still nothing would be delayed and we could start with our compulsory 3 year training/articleship and get one step closer to getting our names prefixed with the two letters CA!

But I thought lets just give both the groups and I’ll be solely focussing on studying for the first group. What the Hell, max to max I would flunk Group 2 which I would definitely have to give again  if I gave just one group. So I set out giving all my studying time actually all my time to the 1st group. Exams neared/ I feared giving group 2, but then I thought I didn’t give a damn of flunking the Group 2. I had almost made up mind to prepare to give group 2 again in the next attempt i.e November 2011. 

Exams came and group 1 came and as far as those were concerned I gave it my all and was confident with clearing it.Now came the feared group 2!! I didnt want to give it by the time the exams came and almost felt relieved that group 1 went well. There were just 3 pprs in group 2.

The first paper was Advanced Accounts which I was pretty confident as Accounts was my favourite and had paid nice attention in class.It came, I panicked in the paper, tried doing something and just about managed it. The second paper Audit is all about writing good English and long answers. But I had not even opened the book and just about attended 50% classes. Spoke to a senior, she just told just understand what Audit is, and you can just about ‘thokofy’ in confidence. I did just that. Didn’t had any expectations on this one. Now the 3rd paper, the most dreaded!! IT and SM (Information technology and Strategic Management). It was the paper which had absolutely no connect with our curriculum and was about hard core IT concepts and management philosophies. I had no clue what was in it. And it wasn’t even like Audit where you could just blabber about and pass through. I opened the book and felt burdened by the very thought of it. I didnt want to appear for this exam!! I declared I am not going to go to this exam paper come what may. My sister just didn’t hear any of it and told whatever it may be I had to go coz I was the one who had the guts to give group 2 so why not see through it completely. I tried to study with some what easier things first. Couldn’t manage much but somehow with lot of breaks and coffee cups the exam day came. I again protested and didn’t want to come out of bed.

Nothing doing..My sister pushed me out of my forced fake sleep and told me to just get it done with. I told Chalo ok lets do it and end it. I came to centre almost joking to my friend I ain’t clearing this. Will just somehow get through this 3 hour shit somehow. I completely dreaded the 2.5 hrs I was in the exam hall. Wrote some bull shit worth 70ish marks which as per me won’t fetch me shit. I was relieved it had ended. 

So few days before the exams I had started preparing earnestly for the Group 2 because I knew If i cleared group 1 I would start with my articleship and won’t have much preparation time for the second group. The result day came, 8th August 2011. Was pretty much sure I would flunk in the group 2.

And 8 is my lucky number. All good things in my life generally happen on the 8th! Thats coz my bday is on 8th and I believe in numerology and till now it has worked. So the results came. Tensed I pressed submit! Holy shit I had cleared both groups. And had got 40 in IT and SM. The minimum required for passing. Couldn’t believe my eyes!!! It was right in front of me! Group 1 – passed . group 2 Passed. And luck was it I had got set off in group 2 i.e some extra marks in group 1 could be shifted to group 2! So this was my bloody good luck story! Hope you liked it. Thanks to my sister for having pushed me into exploring my good luck 🙂

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