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  Week 17 (28 July -  01 August 2025) Day 81:  W17 Day 81 of Nana's Internship Day 82:  W17 Day 82 of Nana's Internship Day 83:  W17 Day 83 of Nana's Internship Day 84:  W17 Day 84 of Nana's Internship Day 85:  W17 Day 85 of Nana's Internship

W17 Day 85 of Nana's Internship

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  Week 17 Day 85 (01 Aug  2025) Activity -  Continued verifying advertisement expenses, cost of cars sold, and sales transactions related to cars that had already been sold. This involved cross-checking supporting documents and ensuring all figures were accurately reflected in the accounts. Key Learning -  Understood how to match cost of sales with car sales revenue for accurate profit calculation. - Improved skills in identifying supporting documents tied to advertising and promotional efforts. - Strengthened awareness of how proper matching of income and expenses reflects business performance. Reflection Today's task was a continuation of reviewing car sales records and related expenses, but I found myself more confident compared to previous days. Matching the cost of each car sold with its respective sale value gave me a clearer picture of how gross profit is derived in the automotive industry. I also spent time verifying advertising costs tied to each vehicle whi...

W17 Day 84 of Nana's Internship

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  Week 17 Day 84 (31 Jul  2025) Activity -  Continued checking all the transactions with other files to verify whether my records were accurate or if there were any missing transactions. This included reviewing costs and commissions from car sales, advertisement expenses, and petrol charges. Key Learning -  Strengthened understanding of expense categories related to car trading businesses. - Learned to cross-reference documents efficiently to ensure complete and accurate transaction records. - Gained better insight into tracing advertisement and promotional costs back to specific business activities. Reflection Today’s work required high attention to detail as I continued the process of verifying and reconciling transactions, especially those tied to the car sales business. It involved reviewing cost and commission breakdowns as well as related advertising and petrol charges, which are often scattered across different files and formats. The more I handled these cases...

W17 Day 83 of Nana's Internship

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Week 17 Day 83 (30 Jul  2025) Activity -  Continued checking all the transactions with other files to verify whether my records were accurate or if there were any missing transactions. This included reviewing staff payslips, staff claims, the business’s petty cash, and costs and commissions from car sales. - Received a new urgent task from Mr. Lim to create invoices based on an example he provided, with a one-hour deadline. Key Learning -  Improved my ability to work under time pressure and prioritize urgent tasks without compromising accuracy. - Strengthened my understanding of how to prepare invoices correctly using provided references. - Learned the importance of multitasking and staying calm when shifting from one detailed task to an urgent assignment. Reflection Today was a mix of detailed account checking and high-pressure task management. While I was still deep into verifying staff payslips, claims, petty cash, and commissions, Mr. Lim handed me an urgent task to c...

W17 Day 82 of Nana's Internship

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  Week 17 Day 82 (29 Jul  2025) Activity -  Continued checking all the transactions with other files to verify whether my records were accurate or if there were any missing transactions. This included reviewing personal claims from January until May 2024. - Reviewed broker and commission, EPF, SOCSO, PCB, and the business owner's advances to the company for 2024. Key Learning -  Strengthened my ability to analyze and cross-check multiple accounts simultaneously. - Gained a deeper understanding of statutory contributions (EPF, SOCSO, PCB) and their impact on overall accounts. - Learned to manage time better while handling complex and detailed account verification tasks. Reflection Today’s work felt particularly detailed as I handled a mix of personal claims and statutory contributions, along with verifying advances made by the business owner. The variety of items made the process more challenging because each category had i...

W17 Day 81 of Nana's Internship

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    Week 17 Day 81 (28 Jul  2025) Activity -  Continued checking all the transactions with other files to verify whether my records were accurate or if there were any missing transactions. This included reviewing personal claims, petrol and toll expenses, costs of car purchases or maintenance claimed by the clients as the business owners, and office use claims from June until December 2024. Key Learning -  Improved my ability to handle detailed verification work with consistency and focus. - Learned to recognize patterns in expense categorization that help speed up checking. - Understood the importance of maintaining clear records for better accuracy and efficiency. Reflection Today was another intense day of reviewing transactions in detail, especially as the period I was checking covered the final six months of 2024. Some of the transactions were straightforward, but others required me to cross-check carefully with supporting documents to ensure the accuracy o...