the job i have

raditya dika once said in his post that one of the first rule in writing a blog is to write about what you feel.. well so here i am.. trying to write what i feel right now..

well, to be honest, i feel very tired.. due to the long working hours i have (i'm using present tense since it's still happening).. well, i had this project with a two-month-deadline, which deadline will be on November 30, 2009.. meaning, next monday.. which explains why i'm spending too much time in the work place.. i even have to work this long weekend.. i'm not complaining, by the way, i'm just telling a situation.. it's like the story retelling test during the english class haha..

huumm... yesterday i collapsed again.. it's been the second time i got sick since the project began.. during my past projects, i never got sick twice.. but then, the past projects give a little more time.. like i said before, i'm not complaining.. i hate it when i tell a story about my job and people started to think that i'm complaining.. well, i don't.. again, it's a story retelling..

i'm an auditor, if you haven't noticed.. i got paid by getting the assurance that client's financial statements is fairly stated in all material aspects (audit for dummies).. how am i getting the assurance? well, i performed several procedures needed to ensure that the assets are not overstated and the liabilities are not understated.. we usually add a little fun by reducing client's net income (haha.. kidding.. hope the client doesn't read my blog).. well, this job seems difficult and it got a lot of risks for the auditors.. some of you may notice from the enron case..

in my case, i have the same procedures done for the same account in each and every audit.. i'm quite familiar with those procedures which made my work a little more easier these days.. however, for auditors in Indonesia, we do not only work to get the assurance, we also had to ensure that all the numbers stated in client's financial statements are all true, including all the adjustments and reclassifications we proposed to correct the errors occurred.. how to we check the numbers? well, we basically edited the financial statements prepared by client and replaced it with our numbers..

now, this is the most tiring parts.. let me tell you first,  that our works will resulted in a book.. this book includes the auditor opinions, audited basic consolidated financial statements (balance sheet, profit & loss, changes in equity and cash flows), notes to financial statements and we usually add the attachments of parent only audited financial statements.. the hardest part is ensuring that the amount in the basic is tied up with the amount stated in the notes.. then ensuring we have inserted the necessary disclosure.. we have disclosed the newest regulations.. then ensuring that the amount is footed (we make the financial statements in million of Rupiahs).. ensuring that there are no typo.. ensuring that the indonesian language version is in line with the english version (yap, we provided the bilingual version).. and it's no as easy as it sounds (or read) remembering that it's a 150-page-report.. you have to turn around the pages all over.. actually, we have all of our team to check, but usually the reports had never got right until it's binded.. and even after it's binded, we can still find some mistakes here and there..

okay, i've never wrote that much about my job.. my job requires me to work a lot more than the normal working hours.. and most of the time i would have to go to the office during holidays and weekends.. i used to be very complaining about this.. by the way, have i told you that i have witnessed the sunrise from the window of my office? and it happened not only once.. 

now, it's been more than two years for me to work in this company.. to be fair, i do have learned so much from this job.. i learned to talk with clients, presented in front of the bosses, meet the client's board of directors.. this job had taken too much of my time.. but now i have learned to be thankful.. i learned that this is the job i got with God's permission.. moreover, since the past few months i have learned to pray more to God to overcome the tension and stress i had in this job.. 

i'm sure that i will find a new job, sooner or later.. but for now, i'm trying to enjoy what i've got.. you know, by sitting a while in the midst of the thousands of working papers and excel worksheets, then thanking the Lord for this beautiful day and the job, i can feel that this job is not that bad.. it may not be the perfect job but this is what i got and i'm thankful for it.. then by looking at the friends i've got, all the laughters we had, the stress we've overcome together and a hand holding my own hand, i know if not because of this job, i won't had these great friends and a wonderful boyfriend..

so, it's so right what the Bible said.. God has a plan in everything and He knows the right time to give it to me..

now.. between the not-so-healthy body, the thousands of works to come, the long working hours ahead and a report to be released.. i can still say that i'm so lucky and i'm thankful for these..