and the results are...

And the results are…

I thus become the bearer of news – good and bad – for my friends who have recently taken their CPA Board Examinations. I thus become the excitement that enveloped myself a year less a day before. I thus become the mask – the cheerful glee of victory, that triumph after bruises and the almost disgrace; and the melancholic sarcasm of sorrow, of that unwanted news.

Announcing the board results to my friends equated to being Saint Peter on Judgment Day or the self-assured host on your reality show’s grand finale.

It was insane. It was glorious. It was terrifying.

There run the anticipation – then, the sudden outburst of “he made it through” and the quick relapse of “are you sure this is the list?” It was like a year ago, only the list surmounts to the victory and defeat of a new batch of accountants – only that I delivered the news instead of anticipating it.


The good part.

My three batchmates gladly received their delayed blessings today. Arianne, the David Beckham fanatic, managed to juggle her workload with her review schedule.
Cyndi, who couldn’t take the exams with us due to health reasons, knew this blessing was a long time coming.
And to Charelyn, my Kaibigang Charelyn, you know we have won the battle together. God has been our ally.

Accountancy Batch 2009 garnered 82% passing rate, an outstanding feat for my alma mater Silliman University. Congratulations guys.

The bad part.

But with the passing rate comes the remaining 18% of the population – the lesser self-explanatory side of the coin. I choose not to mingle on this ratio knowing that faith will recalculate the results and turn this percentage into that ‘delayed blessing.’

And the sad part – the saddest part, really – of the ratio is my brother, my best bud for all these years, did not make it through. I know God has written the better purpose for why He has chosen him not to experience victory today.

Therefore, why should not be the connecting question – but weren’t our prayers not enough? Has He become tone-deaf of requests and hymns for successful battles?


And then I ponder on Faith and how He magically threads life into an amazing web of blessing, on how He utters viola and you become enchanted on how He fixes all the illusions the black cloud created – and yes, the prayers are answered; He indeed sings the requests and hymns for successful battles.

Maybe not now Dave, not today. Just remember, it’s not about having the comma on time – it’s about having it on the right time. And when it’s the right time, it’s God time.

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Become the bearer of the news – click on the link provided below:

http://www.picpa.com.ph/announcements/2009-2010/ncpa_oct2009.pdf

CONGATULATIONS!