house rules — by Offshorecpa on

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(Note: I really wanted a more subtle title for this post, but when I asked NS for an idea, he responded with, "Follow This or Die"...

JSS, CPA, MBA, LLC — by Offshorecpa on

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To get a job as an accountant on this island, you pretty much have to be certified. The accounting firms here seem to only hire CPAs (or CAs...

more joys of CPE — by Offshorecpa on

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Ugh. More training this week (this time all software and no muppets .) However, we had a fun afternoon snack yesterday. One of the partners ...

home slice — by Offshorecpa on

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I've mentioned before how easy it is to make friends here. It's kind of like going to a new college, where everyone is thrown into a...

party planning — by Offshorecpa on

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Apparently gender - reveal parties are not common outside the U.S., because I've had to explain them to my foreign friends - even Canadi...

running.2 — by Offshorecpa on

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I think I'm having a case of the Mondays. The last thing I remember about my dreams last night was a scene in which I way overslept my a...

CPE notes — by Offshorecpa on

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[ Warning: nerd alert. If all things accounting bore you, you should stop reading (this entire blog). ] This is the way I should start all ...

banking — by Offshorecpa on

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Grand Cayman has a stigma about it regarding fraudulent transactions. When I told a former client that I was moving to Cayman, he paused, an...

deal of the day. nay, lifetime. — by Offshorecpa on

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This is the picture of the eight large boxes of Kashi cereal I snagged at Cost-U-Less today for the grand total price of $7.60! Yep, saunt...

house hunters — by Offshorecpa on

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House hunting began long before we arrived on the island. NS was scouring www.ecaytrade.com daily after we accepted our job offers. We quick...

kitesurfing.2 — by Offshorecpa on

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According to the local kitesurfing community, the wind was ideal today, so after church, up to Barker's Beach we went. We arrived just...

autumn is here! — by Offshorecpa on

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We may not have any falling leaves in Cayman, but today I got my first taste of autumn: Our friend Paco gets in on the action: Happy F...

island natives — by Offshorecpa on

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I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason why Grand Cayman was originally called "Las Tortugas", but I haven't seen on...

island lingo — by Offshorecpa on

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This isn't actually going to be very islandy, since almost everyone we hang with is a fellow expat, and we're all required to speak ...

working hard vs. hardly working — by Offshorecpa on

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Since we've already finished hump day of work week two, I might as well comment on work week one. NS and I started work on the same da...

running (part 1 of x) — by Offshorecpa on

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I don't know if I speak for the majority out there or what, but I have a love/hate thing for running.  What I love: It's convenien...

kitesurfing — by Offshorecpa on

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Tropical Storm Paula is in town (Honduras, to be exact), so the wind picked up this weekend in anticipation. RL, from NS' firm, is a big...