1. I am now officially IFRS Certified! This means that I now know all about the new accounting standards (International Financial Reporting Standards as opposed to the current GAAP standards) that most of the world has already switched to. The US is in the process of switching with the approximate date of full conversion sometime in 2015... or thereabouts... it changes. Anyway, this is the future of accounting. Instead of every country reporting in different ways, pretty soon it will all be standardized, which is great, except that it means everything I've learned (all in accordance with GAAP) will soon be obsolete. Good thing I'm now IFRS certified! We accountants always like to be on the cutting edge of things.
2. Next apparently anyone who is a registered student can park in graduate parking during the Spring and Summer terms. Seriously!?!?! This was just confirmed today by Dave who called BYU police. Who knew? All this time (ok, really only the past two weeks) I've walking, what, and extra 200 yards for nothing!?! Well, you can be sure I'm going to live it up in graduate parking for my last day of school on Monday.
3. Another fun fact about Provo regulations, or lack thereof I suppose is this. Apparently anyone can walk into a jewelry store and, if you know which name to say, can pick up any diamond ring they please. I was charged with the task of picking up Becky's diamond ring from the jewelers today after it had been cleaned to take it to Salt Lake tomorrow for her and I just walked right in, asked for Becky's ring, signed my name, and walked out. No questions asked! They didn't ask if I was her, much less if I even knew her! I could have walked out with any number of rings!
4. Last thought. There is a duck pond at the south end of campus that I've walked past many times, more than I can count. For a year of my BYU education it was part of my commute to school so I'd pass it at least twice a day. Somehow it's true that I've never actually stopped to feed the ducks... until this week! We fed the ducks yesterday! It was so much fun! It was so entertaining to watch!
We'd throw a piece of bread and one duckling would grab it and run away from everyone as fast as he could, not even taking the time to eat! This happened every time... probably 20 times in a row.
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