yesterday was a great day for me... hehe
Tot that i would only get $500++ AWS but in the end i got $1200++ hehe about 1/2 a month pay lor...
but after "distributing" it, not much left but it certainly help lor... cos i repaid all my credit card bills, use $300 for China trip and gave $100 extra to my parents... hehe and another $500 i saved it liao...
Think this $$ kind of "saved" me, cos there are still alot of unpaid bills ahead.. like SP services lah, the remaining sum owed to bridal elegance, and the lunch expenses after ROM(this one is a real headache)...
oh some "upgrades" have been done to "monkdees manor" liao hehe
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wow time really flies, I've been in SiemensVDO for 6 months already.. to be exact it's 6 months and 2 days haha...
still no confirmation letter yet, but according to my fren, it's becos the HR manager is not in office so no1 to sign the letter haiz
Actually my workload is still considered 'light' cos most of the time i am still surfing the net and toking to dd...hehE
Recently just got "drafted" into a project... just implemented a change in the modules, and solve some bugs all well within the planned schedule hehe so i can still relax now haha
but dunno why these few days suffered a minor pimple attack...too stressed over work? unlikely mah mabbe stress over housie and $$ thingy more likely or stressed cos need to find new ways to kill time in office? haha got a few pimple-lets underneath my ears and around my chin... ouch... just bought a tube of OXY10 yesterday hope can kill them all...
Been raining heavily here in Singapore ...wet wet
still no confirmation letter yet, but according to my fren, it's becos the HR manager is not in office so no1 to sign the letter haiz
Actually my workload is still considered 'light' cos most of the time i am still surfing the net and toking to dd...hehE
Recently just got "drafted" into a project... just implemented a change in the modules, and solve some bugs all well within the planned schedule hehe so i can still relax now haha
but dunno why these few days suffered a minor pimple attack...too stressed over work? unlikely mah mabbe stress over housie and $$ thingy more likely or stressed cos need to find new ways to kill time in office? haha got a few pimple-lets underneath my ears and around my chin... ouch... just bought a tube of OXY10 yesterday hope can kill them all...
Been raining heavily here in Singapore ...wet wet
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Rainy Sunday
today rain the whole day...
Morning went Bedok FC to have breakfast, dd wanted to eat wanton mee but uncle say no have liao so i bought prawn mee, but then dd say she dun eat big fat yellow noodles... haiz didn't know leh... but in the end she still ate abit lah...cos most of it in my plate ... hehe
dd yucky noodles
later watched "Eragon" at Marina Sq then started dd's shoe hunt, combed suntec, peninsula plaza and peninsular Shopping center, finally found a suitable 1 at Queensway shopping but quite ex, $150...(mine only $100 also columbia brand) hope can last long long...the rest of the shops either dun have dd's size or dun have the model dd like. one at peninsular Plaza lagi best, got 2 shoes of different sizes in same box... so dd cannot buy that cheaper one...
Had lunch at Funan center before setting off for Queensway...
food at funan
dunno wat's it's called liao
Morning went Bedok FC to have breakfast, dd wanted to eat wanton mee but uncle say no have liao so i bought prawn mee, but then dd say she dun eat big fat yellow noodles... haiz didn't know leh... but in the end she still ate abit lah...cos most of it in my plate ... hehe
dd yucky noodles
later watched "Eragon" at Marina Sq then started dd's shoe hunt, combed suntec, peninsula plaza and peninsular Shopping center, finally found a suitable 1 at Queensway shopping but quite ex, $150...(mine only $100 also columbia brand) hope can last long long...the rest of the shops either dun have dd's size or dun have the model dd like. one at peninsular Plaza lagi best, got 2 shoes of different sizes in same box... so dd cannot buy that cheaper one...
Had lunch at Funan center before setting off for Queensway...
food at funan
dunno wat's it's called liao
Saturday, December 16, 2006
always in the middle
dunno why but i/we feel i am always "in the middle"...
studies: average only (so in the middle)
Work : pay is not too high and not too low
dd's car: not very cheap but not the most expensive
flat price: not the cheapest, but not the most ex also
flat location and design: always average...
flat condition: bought a RP flat in the end, renovation is not that fantastic but neither is it tat bad yet, RP flat meaning it's the middle between a new and a resale flat also...
anymore middle?
studies: average only (so in the middle)
Work : pay is not too high and not too low
dd's car: not very cheap but not the most expensive
flat price: not the cheapest, but not the most ex also
flat location and design: always average...
flat condition: bought a RP flat in the end, renovation is not that fantastic but neither is it tat bad yet, RP flat meaning it's the middle between a new and a resale flat also...
anymore middle?
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
reformatted my computer
Reformatted my computer, downgraded my graphics card...
everything is gone...starting afresh... hehe
everything is gone...starting afresh... hehe
Friday, December 08, 2006
Is it possible?
Heard that my fren and gf managed to save $2000 every month... is it possible?
Here is the breakdown of his expenditures:
Fren:
take home pay : $2380
food during office hrs: $60
Transport : $100
Give Parents : $400
Personal expenses : $320
Saved : $1500
Fren's gf:
take home pay : $1680
food during office hrs: $??
Transport : $??
Give Parents : $300
Personal expenses : $??
Saved : $500
total $2000 every month... Wahhh i am so envious... try as hard as i can can only squeeze out $1200.. $1200 sometimes also difficult cos dunno why every mth sure got things to make me spend a few hundered dollars extra one... hard to budget...
I am trying to save as much as i can liao but cannot leh still cannot match him still so far behind... dd and i can only manage to save $1400 at most monthly... haiz
i feel so sad, worthless... sobz sobz
Here is the breakdown of his expenditures:
Fren:
take home pay : $2380
food during office hrs: $60
Transport : $100
Give Parents : $400
Personal expenses : $320
Saved : $1500
Fren's gf:
take home pay : $1680
food during office hrs: $??
Transport : $??
Give Parents : $300
Personal expenses : $??
Saved : $500
total $2000 every month... Wahhh i am so envious... try as hard as i can can only squeeze out $1200.. $1200 sometimes also difficult cos dunno why every mth sure got things to make me spend a few hundered dollars extra one... hard to budget...
I am trying to save as much as i can liao but cannot leh still cannot match him still so far behind... dd and i can only manage to save $1400 at most monthly... haiz
i feel so sad, worthless... sobz sobz
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
New Budget for 07
Haiz GST gg to increase again, MRT fares also increase, but my salary no increase...
next year is gg to be tough with extra expenditures coming in... here is my new monthly budget...
Total take home: $2159
Give parents: $300
Transport: $100
SCC : $80.5
Handphone: $50
dd's fund: $1200
Left: $428.5
if CPF comes asking me to repay study loan, even with min payment will be around $200... so will only be left with $228.5... meaning only can spend $50 evey week (dunno can make it or not)...
sorry dd i think resturant trips will be very rare in the near future...
next year is gg to be tough with extra expenditures coming in... here is my new monthly budget...
Total take home: $2159
Give parents: $300
Transport: $100
SCC : $80.5
Handphone: $50
dd's fund: $1200
Left: $428.5
if CPF comes asking me to repay study loan, even with min payment will be around $200... so will only be left with $228.5... meaning only can spend $50 evey week (dunno can make it or not)...
sorry dd i think resturant trips will be very rare in the near future...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
no UNI$
haiz didn't read the T&C of UOB credit card properly tot i can get UNI$ by charging to my UOB-Singtel VISA..turns out cannot grrrh.. wasted...
Monday, December 04, 2006
weekend updates...
Tiring weekend,This weekend did just a few things, but left me very tired... aches everywhere...
Main activity for the weekend revolves around house cleaning... The others 1st....
Sat: Afternoon, went to fetch dd back frm her rebonding session at orchard then went to Pasir Ris to look for Ronnie's kibbles but there too ex so didn't buy... happened to pass by ikea Tampines...wah there real packed man also never go in. Went back to
take ronnie walk walk...wanted to catch "Happy Feet" but cannot find a suitable time...
Sun:went for stanchart 10km run in the morn... gotta wake up at 5am to take the 1st train to CityHall...after run went to look for dd, Had Roti Prata at the coffeeshop in Ghim Moh, tot can eat wif dd but she said she eaten liao, then brought her to expo to work, told her if too sick then dun go but she insist on going, after that went home to had a quick Maggie Mee lunch, after that to my market area saw that the hardware store is still open to buy scrub and broom (those for water one) from the hardware store...
then went to finsh some unfinished biz at housie, went home to bathe and eat dinner then again went to Expo to pick dd back home, had 10 sticks of pork satay (org plan was 5 for dd, 5 for me but dd said she sore throat so i finished all 10), after that went home and then to work again today ... ...
tried to blog at home, but computer throwing tantrums keep shutting down after 10mins...Grrrr
House cleaning:
sat: started house cleaning activities, brought alot of barang barangs there but then didn't buy pails, brooms etc... cos intend to buy at JW, bought broom, and 3 pails (Small, medium, Big) at Pioneer Mall then carried a big pail of water up from the carpark to begin cleaning activies, then walked to NTUC fairprice at JP to buy cleaning solution (cos it's a little bit cheaper than at Giant cos of the offer),wanted to buy "ajax fabuluso" but ended up buying kiwi kleen cos it's cheaper but found that the fragrance is not lasting compared wif fabuluso (mum using it at home), also bought a scrub, sofix parquet care, and UIC softscrub... Also bought a camel active t shirt while at JP, $5 only... hehe
all this walking to and fro take up alot of time started cleaning at 1230, using only a rag+water wif kiwi kleen...clean until 2pm... then gotta walk back to MRT to fetch dd...only managed to clean a portion of the ceramic tiles at living room...
Sunday:
went housie again at 1:30... cleaned the floors of the following areas:
1)living room
2)all 3 bedrooms and study room...+ a layer of sofix parquet care
3)kitchen
4)balcony (worst!)
Took 3 big pails of water (so gotta go down 3x and carry 3 big pailful of water up)
yet to clean (floors):
1)2x toilets
2)service balcony
3)shelter (i call it storeroom) hehe
also fixed the window grilles in bedroom 3...
took me 3hrs to do all these...130-530..
stil got those small small things haben clean like window grills, doors etc...but those shouldn't be as hard to clean as the floors...5yrs of stains on the floors...
After nearly 5hrs (1.5+3) of cleaning later, housie is finally clean... not very clean but clean haha some areas.. arms and neck aching now but i think it's worth it ... the whole place do seems 'big' to clean for 1 person but i think it will be degrade into the same state previously (before sunday)... need to clean so throughly...
have some pics but gg to post later hehe (still incomplete)...
after the tough work, went to 'reward' myself wif some 'ice'(fruit cocktail dessert) at koufu pioneer mall...yum yum...
Main activity for the weekend revolves around house cleaning... The others 1st....
Sat: Afternoon, went to fetch dd back frm her rebonding session at orchard then went to Pasir Ris to look for Ronnie's kibbles but there too ex so didn't buy... happened to pass by ikea Tampines...wah there real packed man also never go in. Went back to
take ronnie walk walk...wanted to catch "Happy Feet" but cannot find a suitable time...
Sun:went for stanchart 10km run in the morn... gotta wake up at 5am to take the 1st train to CityHall...after run went to look for dd, Had Roti Prata at the coffeeshop in Ghim Moh, tot can eat wif dd but she said she eaten liao, then brought her to expo to work, told her if too sick then dun go but she insist on going, after that went home to had a quick Maggie Mee lunch, after that to my market area saw that the hardware store is still open to buy scrub and broom (those for water one) from the hardware store...
then went to finsh some unfinished biz at housie, went home to bathe and eat dinner then again went to Expo to pick dd back home, had 10 sticks of pork satay (org plan was 5 for dd, 5 for me but dd said she sore throat so i finished all 10), after that went home and then to work again today ... ...
tried to blog at home, but computer throwing tantrums keep shutting down after 10mins...Grrrr
House cleaning:
sat: started house cleaning activities, brought alot of barang barangs there but then didn't buy pails, brooms etc... cos intend to buy at JW, bought broom, and 3 pails (Small, medium, Big) at Pioneer Mall then carried a big pail of water up from the carpark to begin cleaning activies, then walked to NTUC fairprice at JP to buy cleaning solution (cos it's a little bit cheaper than at Giant cos of the offer),wanted to buy "ajax fabuluso" but ended up buying kiwi kleen cos it's cheaper but found that the fragrance is not lasting compared wif fabuluso (mum using it at home), also bought a scrub, sofix parquet care, and UIC softscrub... Also bought a camel active t shirt while at JP, $5 only... hehe
all this walking to and fro take up alot of time started cleaning at 1230, using only a rag+water wif kiwi kleen...clean until 2pm... then gotta walk back to MRT to fetch dd...only managed to clean a portion of the ceramic tiles at living room...
Sunday:
went housie again at 1:30... cleaned the floors of the following areas:
1)living room
2)all 3 bedrooms and study room...+ a layer of sofix parquet care
3)kitchen
4)balcony (worst!)
Took 3 big pails of water (so gotta go down 3x and carry 3 big pailful of water up)
yet to clean (floors):
1)2x toilets
2)service balcony
3)shelter (i call it storeroom) hehe
also fixed the window grilles in bedroom 3...
took me 3hrs to do all these...130-530..
stil got those small small things haben clean like window grills, doors etc...but those shouldn't be as hard to clean as the floors...5yrs of stains on the floors...
After nearly 5hrs (1.5+3) of cleaning later, housie is finally clean... not very clean but clean haha some areas.. arms and neck aching now but i think it's worth it ... the whole place do seems 'big' to clean for 1 person but i think it will be degrade into the same state previously (before sunday)... need to clean so throughly...
have some pics but gg to post later hehe (still incomplete)...
after the tough work, went to 'reward' myself wif some 'ice'(fruit cocktail dessert) at koufu pioneer mall...yum yum...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
yeah! i am a home owner
Yeah very happy, got my own house, gg to start to turn it into a home soon... hehe how i wish i can transform it into a nice cosy home immediately and live in it wif dd...
but cannot do this, no $$... also need careful planning... cannot gan cheong.. hehe
happy... happy...
but cannot do this, no $$... also need careful planning... cannot gan cheong.. hehe
happy... happy...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Updates...
some updates since my last entry...
1) my fren dun wan to tok to me and another other fren, why? cos he suspects us of sabo-ing him and his "target" gal (conclusion after discussing wif my 'other' fren)... I can swear i never do anything other than tease him...
after all, these are all part and parcel of guy's talk mah... dunno what he is angry abt.. the alleged sabo incident happened last weekend, last weekend i was damn busy where to find time to sabo him...?? siao one.. dunno when he will b angry up to...anyway heck care him... my brother dun wan to tok to me i also like that... i only scare dd dun tok to me.. other ppl heck care lah..
2) got the keys to my new flat at JW st 65 on saturday liao hehe...
3) Finished the "open door" session on sunday...
dd's mum dosen't seems happen dd say the reason are:
1) The flat not good
2) Location too far from city
3) Too big for the 2 of us
4) To rush to buy
5) Alot of things need to be fixed
In conclusion, her recommedation is to buy a smaller resale flat near town...
I think her comments are not fair lor, mabbe we were wrong not to consult them (and my parents) before we go make the booking cos we are after all a chinese family mah parents also protective. My parents were at 1st also unhappy but later they also accepted it and in fact became quite happy cos my dad was scare that the housing price keep going up dunno whether we can afford our own hse or not... but it has been proven we could(HDB had approved)but it also left us wif little CPF $ lah...
ok now my pt of view:
of all the pts listen i can only agree wif (4)... size wise i feel it's ok, alot of things to be fixed? got meh? HDB will fix most of the things for us liao mah.. so in actual fact there's not much stuffs to be fixed. some we can do ourselves also...except mabbe the kitchen cabinet lor...tat one mabbe need to rebuilt the top portion and add a drawer to the bottom part.. dun think that will be more than $1k lor...
dd mum wans us to adopt her 'recommendation' then she will be happy but have she considered our views? not everyone like to live near city or small flat...
me for example, I DEFINITELY won't like to live near the city, i would happily scarifice the convienence of city living to a cheaper and bigger space further away.. what's so good abt city? get closer to noise, jams, pollution? sorry lor i dun like to go city only go there when i have to...
i think dd's dream is to have a bigger living space, wif our financial powers now, i think at most we can only buy a small small 4rm flat (which is near city) which is abt wat we paid for our present bigger flat... wat for right? she wan us to listen to her, but did she considered our views? if she cannot agree wif our decision at least must respect ours..like we respect hers..
Jurong west is not bad also... alot of amenties can be found nearby and there are shopping centers which sell most of our needed stuffs. No need to go down city often and join in the "big squeeze". somemore flats in city area are so cramped together there's no much "natural breeze" and space between apartments... Furthermore in future i think our family size will increase one so the present apartment will not be that "big" anymore...
I think my future MIL shld learn frm my mum, wat she say is "we(my parents) like no use, wat's most important is te 2(dd and me) of us like". Don't try to impose ur ideas on us...
anyway i am an easily satisfied person, i am very satisfied wif the flat (bright, windy, suitable size). now my only worry is dd dun like... tat's why i ask her many times before key collection if dun like can back off and lugi $2000. I dun wan us to quarrel in the future of of these... if she dun like te flat, no pt buying rite? both of us must like...
we could have opted to buy one in sembawang,seng kang or other places..,flats more beautiful,newer and of cos less things to fix but we didn't cos that would be too far for either our our parent's place.. now JW is ok, cos it's relatively near to either of our parents place.. 25mins bus ride frm boon lay MRT to my home, 15min MRT ride from boon lay to dd's home... if seng kang or sembawang i think need at least 1 hr...
watever the case, i've decided to build up my new house into a home asap... hopefully by the time it's done up, it'll b a simple, nice and cosy place...
see my midas touch...
1) my fren dun wan to tok to me and another other fren, why? cos he suspects us of sabo-ing him and his "target" gal (conclusion after discussing wif my 'other' fren)... I can swear i never do anything other than tease him...
after all, these are all part and parcel of guy's talk mah... dunno what he is angry abt.. the alleged sabo incident happened last weekend, last weekend i was damn busy where to find time to sabo him...?? siao one.. dunno when he will b angry up to...anyway heck care him... my brother dun wan to tok to me i also like that... i only scare dd dun tok to me.. other ppl heck care lah..
2) got the keys to my new flat at JW st 65 on saturday liao hehe...
3) Finished the "open door" session on sunday...
dd's mum dosen't seems happen dd say the reason are:
1) The flat not good
2) Location too far from city
3) Too big for the 2 of us
4) To rush to buy
5) Alot of things need to be fixed
In conclusion, her recommedation is to buy a smaller resale flat near town...
I think her comments are not fair lor, mabbe we were wrong not to consult them (and my parents) before we go make the booking cos we are after all a chinese family mah parents also protective. My parents were at 1st also unhappy but later they also accepted it and in fact became quite happy cos my dad was scare that the housing price keep going up dunno whether we can afford our own hse or not... but it has been proven we could(HDB had approved)but it also left us wif little CPF $ lah...
ok now my pt of view:
of all the pts listen i can only agree wif (4)... size wise i feel it's ok, alot of things to be fixed? got meh? HDB will fix most of the things for us liao mah.. so in actual fact there's not much stuffs to be fixed. some we can do ourselves also...except mabbe the kitchen cabinet lor...tat one mabbe need to rebuilt the top portion and add a drawer to the bottom part.. dun think that will be more than $1k lor...
dd mum wans us to adopt her 'recommendation' then she will be happy but have she considered our views? not everyone like to live near city or small flat...
me for example, I DEFINITELY won't like to live near the city, i would happily scarifice the convienence of city living to a cheaper and bigger space further away.. what's so good abt city? get closer to noise, jams, pollution? sorry lor i dun like to go city only go there when i have to...
i think dd's dream is to have a bigger living space, wif our financial powers now, i think at most we can only buy a small small 4rm flat (which is near city) which is abt wat we paid for our present bigger flat... wat for right? she wan us to listen to her, but did she considered our views? if she cannot agree wif our decision at least must respect ours..like we respect hers..
Jurong west is not bad also... alot of amenties can be found nearby and there are shopping centers which sell most of our needed stuffs. No need to go down city often and join in the "big squeeze". somemore flats in city area are so cramped together there's no much "natural breeze" and space between apartments... Furthermore in future i think our family size will increase one so the present apartment will not be that "big" anymore...
I think my future MIL shld learn frm my mum, wat she say is "we(my parents) like no use, wat's most important is te 2(dd and me) of us like". Don't try to impose ur ideas on us...
anyway i am an easily satisfied person, i am very satisfied wif the flat (bright, windy, suitable size). now my only worry is dd dun like... tat's why i ask her many times before key collection if dun like can back off and lugi $2000. I dun wan us to quarrel in the future of of these... if she dun like te flat, no pt buying rite? both of us must like...
we could have opted to buy one in sembawang,seng kang or other places..,flats more beautiful,newer and of cos less things to fix but we didn't cos that would be too far for either our our parent's place.. now JW is ok, cos it's relatively near to either of our parents place.. 25mins bus ride frm boon lay MRT to my home, 15min MRT ride from boon lay to dd's home... if seng kang or sembawang i think need at least 1 hr...
watever the case, i've decided to build up my new house into a home asap... hopefully by the time it's done up, it'll b a simple, nice and cosy place...
see my midas touch...
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Working = rich?
Have not been happy wif my family lately... dunno why my parents always associate working with being rich... since i started working, they are expecting me to contribute more and more to family expenses... I am already trying my best.. but to my dad(esp) it always dosen't seems enough...it dosen't help that my 2 younger brothers are simply "bo chap" and use electricity (play computer games all day) like nobody's biz...I guess it's because they are not paying for it that's why they dun feel the pinch...My elder brother lagi worse..earn more than me but still very stingy... always giving excuses and trying to "siam"(run away).
I have no qalms if i give my parents some money, because i am wat i am now because of their efforts... but my mum always expect me to give $$ to my younger brothers which i dun like... like my youngest brother is gg philipines for some ODAC activites and the $200 airfare is paid by my dad, which leave the daily expenses there yet to be paid... my mum wans us to give him $$ for his trip... though she is not asking alot but i feel this is not right... cos he still receives pocket $$ although it's now school holidays...cannot use that $$ meh?? how come still must give him pocket $$? somemore whenever he wans to buy things my mum would ask us all the elder brothers to "help" him... if we refuse she will give him the $$ herself...problem is very often the stuffs he bought is those that he can do without lor... mabbe use 1x then throw 1 side... or those very extravagant stuffs...
why can't he use his own $$ for a change? i feel my mum is pampering him too much, he is rebellious, vulgar, childish and ill mannered and a bit "ya ya"... why have it become this way? all because of my mum pamper-ism. Throw him outside i dun think he can last for a month...
My mum will always say "he no work, so have to give him $$"... but tot he is still receiving pocket $$? so when it was our time who give us pocket $$ other than our parents? not fair right?
mabbe my mum(and dad perharps) also dunno the "burden" i am carrying now, cos she is not paying it and dunno the fees we gotta pay... The preparationg costs for ROM and other costs for the house all amout to quite alot... Since working, i've been living a very frugal life ... most of my lunch are of the $2 type... i think my brothers spend more on lunch than me most of the time... I've not had fast food for very long already... dunno when they can understand working doesn't always mean rich... working doesn't mean u ought to be milked dry...
I think my 3rd brother is already begining to understand working does not mean rich since he started working temp... after deducting this and that he can take home only around $500 every month.. (he tot he can take home $1k)
Haiz haiz haiz
I have no qalms if i give my parents some money, because i am wat i am now because of their efforts... but my mum always expect me to give $$ to my younger brothers which i dun like... like my youngest brother is gg philipines for some ODAC activites and the $200 airfare is paid by my dad, which leave the daily expenses there yet to be paid... my mum wans us to give him $$ for his trip... though she is not asking alot but i feel this is not right... cos he still receives pocket $$ although it's now school holidays...cannot use that $$ meh?? how come still must give him pocket $$? somemore whenever he wans to buy things my mum would ask us all the elder brothers to "help" him... if we refuse she will give him the $$ herself...problem is very often the stuffs he bought is those that he can do without lor... mabbe use 1x then throw 1 side... or those very extravagant stuffs...
why can't he use his own $$ for a change? i feel my mum is pampering him too much, he is rebellious, vulgar, childish and ill mannered and a bit "ya ya"... why have it become this way? all because of my mum pamper-ism. Throw him outside i dun think he can last for a month...
My mum will always say "he no work, so have to give him $$"... but tot he is still receiving pocket $$? so when it was our time who give us pocket $$ other than our parents? not fair right?
mabbe my mum(and dad perharps) also dunno the "burden" i am carrying now, cos she is not paying it and dunno the fees we gotta pay... The preparationg costs for ROM and other costs for the house all amout to quite alot... Since working, i've been living a very frugal life ... most of my lunch are of the $2 type... i think my brothers spend more on lunch than me most of the time... I've not had fast food for very long already... dunno when they can understand working doesn't always mean rich... working doesn't mean u ought to be milked dry...
I think my 3rd brother is already begining to understand working does not mean rich since he started working temp... after deducting this and that he can take home only around $500 every month.. (he tot he can take home $1k)
Haiz haiz haiz
Hot, hot, hot
Wah these few days Singapore's weather is terrible, morning VERY HOT, then in the afternoons become cloudy and then in the late afternoons/evenings, it will rains...WAH!!!... almost the same pattern everyday...
People out there pls drink more water and take care of urself...these type of weather will get sick easily...
People out there pls drink more water and take care of urself...these type of weather will get sick easily...
Thursday, November 16, 2006
nice lyrics?
歌曲：两个人
歌手：陈慧琳 专辑：你不一样
你说你要存钱带我环游全世界
我叹口气问那还得再等几年
你亲亲我我推开你说著讨厌
手却乖乖在你手里面
你说别的女孩你都不敢看一眼
我问你是不是怪我管你好严
你拉拉我我背对你假装冬天
又不小心笑成了春天
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
(music)
你说别的女孩你都不敢看一眼
我问你是不是怪我管你好严
你拉拉我我背对你假装冬天
又不小心笑成了春天
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
歌手：陈慧琳 专辑：你不一样
你说你要存钱带我环游全世界
我叹口气问那还得再等几年
你亲亲我我推开你说著讨厌
手却乖乖在你手里面
你说别的女孩你都不敢看一眼
我问你是不是怪我管你好严
你拉拉我我背对你假装冬天
又不小心笑成了春天
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
(music)
你说别的女孩你都不敢看一眼
我问你是不是怪我管你好严
你拉拉我我背对你假装冬天
又不小心笑成了春天
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
两个人的世界像个玻璃小宇宙
管它外面刮风下雨爱里有晴空
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
不看不听不问不管周围的种种
我只看见我在你眼中
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Just some tots...
Received news that my elder brother is job hopping again.. this time to Shell... Quite happy for him cos whenever he hops, his pay will increase (somemore shell is such a big oil corporation), hope that he can contribute more to them family (so that my my parents will not ask more frm me hehe and i can have more for my future house)... but i think it's gg to be difficult lah... though my brother earns much more than me he is damn stingy... he is only generous to the 'gals' he is interested in... always kena 'chop' by them...
can't help but envy him for getting such a high pay ( shld be around $3.5k-$3.7k) after only 3 years of working... but i think i shouldn't harbour such tots at least for now cos i am still only a fresh graduate, should b more down-to-earth and learn as much as i can else i would be like one of my colleague(freshie also) keep complaining how low we are earning and how much his frens are earning outside blah blah blah...
now is the time to learn as much as i can... later on in my working life the skills will be useful...but i do can do wif a bit of cash injection now... hehe
but i think god is fair lah... for my bro, his luck is in his job as for his love life, it's not that good... all his 'love' are gone one after the other.. as for mine, we managed to survive 7+ years together liao hehe gg to get married (ROM considered?) somemore... so in this sense i put one over him yeah! hehe wat i lose out materialistic-ly, i got it psychological(in my love life) so can we say we are even? same same lucky?
FOr me my luck is just average lah think just like the lines on my palms, an almost str line... not many big waves and such... cannot buy things at their cheapest(but not at their more expensive ), so-so academically (still manage to get my degree, at least never fail), so-so rank in army (not an officer but still a non-com hehe), have a dd (though sometimes we quarrel but i think we are still lovey dovey). average starting pay in my job ...
listed down so much i think i am not that unlucky also.. hehe
can't help but envy him for getting such a high pay ( shld be around $3.5k-$3.7k) after only 3 years of working... but i think i shouldn't harbour such tots at least for now cos i am still only a fresh graduate, should b more down-to-earth and learn as much as i can else i would be like one of my colleague(freshie also) keep complaining how low we are earning and how much his frens are earning outside blah blah blah...
now is the time to learn as much as i can... later on in my working life the skills will be useful...but i do can do wif a bit of cash injection now... hehe
but i think god is fair lah... for my bro, his luck is in his job as for his love life, it's not that good... all his 'love' are gone one after the other.. as for mine, we managed to survive 7+ years together liao hehe gg to get married (ROM considered?) somemore... so in this sense i put one over him yeah! hehe wat i lose out materialistic-ly, i got it psychological(in my love life) so can we say we are even? same same lucky?
FOr me my luck is just average lah think just like the lines on my palms, an almost str line... not many big waves and such... cannot buy things at their cheapest(but not at their more expensive ), so-so academically (still manage to get my degree, at least never fail), so-so rank in army (not an officer but still a non-com hehe), have a dd (though sometimes we quarrel but i think we are still lovey dovey). average starting pay in my job ...
listed down so much i think i am not that unlucky also.. hehe
Thursday, November 09, 2006
2 more wks... home ideas?
so fast 2 more weeks to Nov 25... the day we are gg to HDB to collect the keys to our apartment...
looking forward to that day hope there will be no more surpises(bad ones, good ones ok haha) nor hiccups ...
Alot of things to be done and decided...pondered over the activation of utilities but then after much deliberation decided against it.. cos activating it, SP services will start to collect the sanitary and refuse collection fees frm me liao even though i am not using their service...the monthly $80.50 SC&C fees is enough to kill already... Arghhhhh...
Anyway have been browsing through blogs/forums/websites looking for people who had renovated their houses..trying to get some home ideas mah... some renovations are indeed very nice but the price?? ah hem... for me i would be looking at something simple and nice... easy to maintain and at the same time save some $$ for other things... we are really on very tight budget...Haiz quite admire those rich fellas who seems to have tons of $$ for marriage..
I mean given a choice, everyone would like their homes to look best right?
but i think there's no pt in making ur homes look like posh hotels/resorts lor... cos in the end u are gg to be the one cleaning and maintaining it... too elaborate and complicated wah i tell u cleaning is a headache...
been thinking of false ceiling also.. actually see no pt to make 1 but then think again, those false ceilings bordering the sides of the ceiling then with those lights looks quite nice... (hehe) esp wif the TV below... haha
Next is the kitchen cabinet... the prev owner abandoned it to us ... not very nice i would say but it's still in good condition so in quite a dilemma whether to change it or not.. mabbe if got spare cash then change lor.... tentatively decided like this...
AH boss assigned me to the SYMC radio project... actually they still in the requirements stage now dunno whether will be busy or not...but i think soon gotta start working OT liao... just afraid that it will affect my china trip in Dec... No! anything but that!..Pray Pray...wun burn my shutdown...
looking forward to that day hope there will be no more surpises(bad ones, good ones ok haha) nor hiccups ...
Alot of things to be done and decided...pondered over the activation of utilities but then after much deliberation decided against it.. cos activating it, SP services will start to collect the sanitary and refuse collection fees frm me liao even though i am not using their service...the monthly $80.50 SC&C fees is enough to kill already... Arghhhhh...
Anyway have been browsing through blogs/forums/websites looking for people who had renovated their houses..trying to get some home ideas mah... some renovations are indeed very nice but the price?? ah hem... for me i would be looking at something simple and nice... easy to maintain and at the same time save some $$ for other things... we are really on very tight budget...Haiz quite admire those rich fellas who seems to have tons of $$ for marriage..
I mean given a choice, everyone would like their homes to look best right?
but i think there's no pt in making ur homes look like posh hotels/resorts lor... cos in the end u are gg to be the one cleaning and maintaining it... too elaborate and complicated wah i tell u cleaning is a headache...
been thinking of false ceiling also.. actually see no pt to make 1 but then think again, those false ceilings bordering the sides of the ceiling then with those lights looks quite nice... (hehe) esp wif the TV below... haha
Next is the kitchen cabinet... the prev owner abandoned it to us ... not very nice i would say but it's still in good condition so in quite a dilemma whether to change it or not.. mabbe if got spare cash then change lor.... tentatively decided like this...
AH boss assigned me to the SYMC radio project... actually they still in the requirements stage now dunno whether will be busy or not...but i think soon gotta start working OT liao... just afraid that it will affect my china trip in Dec... No! anything but that!..Pray Pray...wun burn my shutdown...
Monday, November 06, 2006
Luckless? u decide...
Was lamenting to dd abt my fren's appearant luck when he told me he got a q number for the Sembawang Green Ballot...
Thinking abt myself, i think i am not blessed wif much luck..., most of the things i've acomplished are mainly on my own effort,
1) No Rich parents to help wif wedding
2) Always cannot get Cheapest Deals (luckily not the most expensive either)
3) cannot get many As in my degree whereelse others just simply bleeze through (no luck or no brains?)
4) Failed in the JW 987/986 balloting?
not much help frm Mother Luck..sighz mabbe that explains why I am still so poor.. haha
mabbe the luckiest thing for me is to hav met and be wif dd..always very fun and happy when we are together
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10201p.nsf/WPDis/Buying%20A%20Resale%20FlatStatistics-%20Average%20Valuation%20by%20Town%20&%20Flat%20Type?OpenDocument&SubMenu=Statistics
see here... JW flat is among the less valued in singapore, on average an executive flat is around 320k.. meaning 40k more ex than wat we paid... meaning that what we paid is not the 'best' deal... it's the same wif the car car thing .. haiz..
Nevermind, as wat dd said, luck is not infinite, it will run out one day... i think god is fair, u have it(luck) now, u will not have it later... I believe our time will come...
I think the reason we go buy the house(even if it's not the cheapest and the best design) is that we are both desperate to move out and be together... At least that's the case for me lah..always dreamt of owning my own hse and be wif my love ones... so that's why when dd told me to go apply house, i went... hehe
Anyway i dun mind working harder and pay more $$, not getting the best deal all all these craps, nevemind we cannot get a house with the full-length window also.. what's most important is that the one sleeping (and let me hug hug to bed) next to me is dd.. the one who accompany me to watch TV is her...accompany me for every trip and holding my hands till old is her... I am contented...I feel i am one lucky guy already
Thinking abt myself, i think i am not blessed wif much luck..., most of the things i've acomplished are mainly on my own effort,
1) No Rich parents to help wif wedding
2) Always cannot get Cheapest Deals (luckily not the most expensive either)
3) cannot get many As in my degree whereelse others just simply bleeze through (no luck or no brains?)
4) Failed in the JW 987/986 balloting?
not much help frm Mother Luck..sighz mabbe that explains why I am still so poor.. haha
mabbe the luckiest thing for me is to hav met and be wif dd..always very fun and happy when we are together
http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10201p.nsf/WPDis/Buying%20A%20Resale%20FlatStatistics-%20Average%20Valuation%20by%20Town%20&%20Flat%20Type?OpenDocument&SubMenu=Statistics
see here... JW flat is among the less valued in singapore, on average an executive flat is around 320k.. meaning 40k more ex than wat we paid... meaning that what we paid is not the 'best' deal... it's the same wif the car car thing .. haiz..
Nevermind, as wat dd said, luck is not infinite, it will run out one day... i think god is fair, u have it(luck) now, u will not have it later... I believe our time will come...
I think the reason we go buy the house(even if it's not the cheapest and the best design) is that we are both desperate to move out and be together... At least that's the case for me lah..always dreamt of owning my own hse and be wif my love ones... so that's why when dd told me to go apply house, i went... hehe
Anyway i dun mind working harder and pay more $$, not getting the best deal all all these craps, nevemind we cannot get a house with the full-length window also.. what's most important is that the one sleeping (and let me hug hug to bed) next to me is dd.. the one who accompany me to watch TV is her...accompany me for every trip and holding my hands till old is her... I am contented...I feel i am one lucky guy already
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Credit Card Bills
Wah I think next mth's credit card bill is gg to be enomous for me...
Here's the breakdown:
1)$208 - Book ROM room
2)$26 - ROM Filing notice
3)$26 - NTUC income Travel Insurance
4)$113 - Winter Time
Future Expenditures
5)dd's P Ring - $800(??)
6)Wedding Bands - $1200 (??)
Total: $2373!!!
Still some more bills yet to pay
1)HP bills -$50(??)
2)SC&C Bills -$241.50
3)China Trip -$1700 (?? dd say she contribute another $500)
4)Cash to bring to china - $300 (??)
5)Dinner for Meet-the-parents session - $300(??)
6)rest of the $$ for ROM package - $288
KaoZ!!!!! *FAINT* how am i gg to get so much $$??????
hmmm...
Here's the breakdown:
1)$208 - Book ROM room
2)$26 - ROM Filing notice
3)$26 - NTUC income Travel Insurance
4)$113 - Winter Time
Future Expenditures
5)dd's P Ring - $800(??)
6)Wedding Bands - $1200 (??)
Total: $2373!!!
Still some more bills yet to pay
1)HP bills -$50(??)
2)SC&C Bills -$241.50
3)China Trip -$1700 (?? dd say she contribute another $500)
4)Cash to bring to china - $300 (??)
5)Dinner for Meet-the-parents session - $300(??)
6)rest of the $$ for ROM package - $288
KaoZ!!!!! *FAINT* how am i gg to get so much $$??????
hmmm...
Saturday, October 28, 2006
thinking.... gg to be quite poor this mth
Dilemmas, dilemmas
alot of things for me to think tis recently...renovations, ROM + actual day photography package..blah blah blah... now haben hold customary, just ROM already alot of things to consider liao
Been reading many forums on HDB renovations recently, think it has become one of my past-times liao... read quite a few horror stories of how things went wrong and the owner had no $$ to dismiss the present contractor & engage a new contractor. I think planning is very important...
Then also how much to renovate the hse? For me personally i feel that just simple simple can liao.. no need much renovations, just the basic ones will do no need to do until fancy fancy lah..engage wat Interior Designer (now commonly known as "ID") to design until got some theme(Zen, modern,modern Zen..) in this way, it's cheaper and easier to maintain also...but of cos simple and have to be nice also lahat least when i step into the hse, i will feel cosy and not puke... haha
dunno wat dd think... it's a good thing that our unit is already floored...cos i read from a few articles that the flooring alone cost almost $10k(dunno wat tiles) cos it includes dunno wat treatment with some chemicals... also dunno lah
but i think the actual thingy gotta wait till we got the keys then can decide..(then can have a better picture mah)
I mean everyone of us wans our own "perfect house" right? a simple design might not be "perfect" thus i think it also depends on how much we are able to compromise... Think there's gotta be a balance between dream & "reality"($$ of cos)...
hmm, now i think i noe why my dad prefers Bukit Batok, been observing the area(cos it is my jogging route now) hehe... i think Bukit batok is one of the rare places in singapore where u can look out of ur window and see hills, where else in most other HDBs, u see only the adj or opposite HDB flat... haha those wif good views have all been sold to pte developers and developed into condos(wise move by the govt right?)
not gg to be much scenic HDBs soon lor
Next is the ROM + wedding photography thingy... been thinking abt it for quite sometime, actually not very keen on ROM photography (cos it's just a 15min thingy) but then dd insist so if i can do it then just let her go take lor... i noe it's every woman's (almost) dream to be a mei mei xin niang... take pics on every significant occasion... Just thinking whether it would be worthwhile to take on a wedding package cos calculating it can save a few hundred dollars... but then there's also a risk that their service will not be as good in 2/3yrs time... or they make u pay deposit but they close shop or dun honour the package after sometime...
Haiz, life is full of dilemmas, lotsa decisions to make...
alot of things for me to think tis recently...renovations, ROM + actual day photography package..blah blah blah... now haben hold customary, just ROM already alot of things to consider liao
Been reading many forums on HDB renovations recently, think it has become one of my past-times liao... read quite a few horror stories of how things went wrong and the owner had no $$ to dismiss the present contractor & engage a new contractor. I think planning is very important...
Then also how much to renovate the hse? For me personally i feel that just simple simple can liao.. no need much renovations, just the basic ones will do no need to do until fancy fancy lah..engage wat Interior Designer (now commonly known as "ID") to design until got some theme(Zen, modern,modern Zen..) in this way, it's cheaper and easier to maintain also...but of cos simple and have to be nice also lahat least when i step into the hse, i will feel cosy and not puke... haha
dunno wat dd think... it's a good thing that our unit is already floored...cos i read from a few articles that the flooring alone cost almost $10k(dunno wat tiles) cos it includes dunno wat treatment with some chemicals... also dunno lah
but i think the actual thingy gotta wait till we got the keys then can decide..(then can have a better picture mah)
I mean everyone of us wans our own "perfect house" right? a simple design might not be "perfect" thus i think it also depends on how much we are able to compromise... Think there's gotta be a balance between dream & "reality"($$ of cos)...
hmm, now i think i noe why my dad prefers Bukit Batok, been observing the area(cos it is my jogging route now) hehe... i think Bukit batok is one of the rare places in singapore where u can look out of ur window and see hills, where else in most other HDBs, u see only the adj or opposite HDB flat... haha those wif good views have all been sold to pte developers and developed into condos(wise move by the govt right?)
not gg to be much scenic HDBs soon lor
Next is the ROM + wedding photography thingy... been thinking abt it for quite sometime, actually not very keen on ROM photography (cos it's just a 15min thingy) but then dd insist so if i can do it then just let her go take lor... i noe it's every woman's (almost) dream to be a mei mei xin niang... take pics on every significant occasion... Just thinking whether it would be worthwhile to take on a wedding package cos calculating it can save a few hundred dollars... but then there's also a risk that their service will not be as good in 2/3yrs time... or they make u pay deposit but they close shop or dun honour the package after sometime...
Haiz, life is full of dilemmas, lotsa decisions to make...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Point for Better Relationships?
found this in "today" newspaper so copying it out to share wif all on cyberspace...
abstract from the article:
I have known my husband for 25 years and many people have asked us the secret of staying in love for so long.Like Zoe Tay, I too swallow. Not any pills that will keep my skin smooth forever, but my pride, so that our relationship will be smooth-sailing. Too often, it is tough for us to accept that we may be wrong when our spouse or partner corrects us. Some of us like to have the last word. But many women do not understand that winning an argument might make us lose the battle to keep the marriage alive. Always try to consider if what our spouse says has a grain of truth. Instead of asking what Javier Rigau sees in an older woman after being with her for 22 years, we could reflect on how they have managed to keep this relationship alive for so long.I am sure it is not based on looks alone, even though Gina was once considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Some might say that he's in it for the money, but I would like to suggest that we apply Ockham's razor. After shaving away all the unnecessary assumptions, the simplest explanation for this unlikely couple is this: Love conquers all things, even warts and saggy skin.
Some Truth in this??
abstract from the article:
I have known my husband for 25 years and many people have asked us the secret of staying in love for so long.Like Zoe Tay, I too swallow. Not any pills that will keep my skin smooth forever, but my pride, so that our relationship will be smooth-sailing. Too often, it is tough for us to accept that we may be wrong when our spouse or partner corrects us. Some of us like to have the last word. But many women do not understand that winning an argument might make us lose the battle to keep the marriage alive. Always try to consider if what our spouse says has a grain of truth. Instead of asking what Javier Rigau sees in an older woman after being with her for 22 years, we could reflect on how they have managed to keep this relationship alive for so long.I am sure it is not based on looks alone, even though Gina was once considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Some might say that he's in it for the money, but I would like to suggest that we apply Ockham's razor. After shaving away all the unnecessary assumptions, the simplest explanation for this unlikely couple is this: Love conquers all things, even warts and saggy skin.
Some Truth in this??
DD's Dinner wif my family and bro come back frm BangKok
Yesterday, my dad invited dd to have dinner wif us... hehe me also very surprise also by his gesture.. anyway dd i think was very tense trying to behave like a good daughter-in-law haha but really that was uncalled for lah cos my family is a very simple one.. no need for all these hehe... but in the end everyone(except my 3rd brother, cos he dun like seafood and there is 3 out of 7 dishes he dun like i.e the fish, sotong and the you tiao wif the sotong inside) was happy haha..
daddy seems happy wif dd also, also no complaints from him after the dinner... seems to be in high spirits although he was rather angered by the resturant boss... (considering he is such a err... conservative and unfriendly person)
My elder brother also just came back frm Bangkok bought me a few gifts hehe
1x non-authentic(i think) T-shirt
wooden figurines: (L-R) Turtle, buddha, elephant, monkey(3x)
The long depavali & hari raya holidays gg to end soon gotta start work again soon haiz sianz..
managed to finished another "project" during the break... here it is
Peugot 307
daddy seems happy wif dd also, also no complaints from him after the dinner... seems to be in high spirits although he was rather angered by the resturant boss... (considering he is such a err... conservative and unfriendly person)
My elder brother also just came back frm Bangkok bought me a few gifts hehe
1x non-authentic(i think) T-shirt
wooden figurines: (L-R) Turtle, buddha, elephant, monkey(3x)
The long depavali & hari raya holidays gg to end soon gotta start work again soon haiz sianz..
managed to finished another "project" during the break... here it is
Peugot 307
Saturday, October 21, 2006
dd & me
was flipping through some old keepsake that i've stored, memories of the times dd and me had together... hehe Those were happy times indeed hope that can continue forever...
Thought back of the times in SP when we 1st met, do project together...
Some memorable incidents:
1) dd lost her chain, hug me & cried and cried in front of borders (then later found her chain)
2) dd ran out of her house to hug me at the lift landings in our last meeting b4 I go army
3) the little notes dd handed to me after I booked out
4) she came to my passing out parade wif my mum..surprise surprise...
kekeke
Seems we have been through quite alot liao...long long time already...
Thought back of the times in SP when we 1st met, do project together...
Some memorable incidents:
1) dd lost her chain, hug me & cried and cried in front of borders (then later found her chain)
2) dd ran out of her house to hug me at the lift landings in our last meeting b4 I go army
3) the little notes dd handed to me after I booked out
4) she came to my passing out parade wif my mum..surprise surprise...
kekeke
Seems we have been through quite alot liao...long long time already...
Graduation Pics
Finally got the pics after pestering my fren ... hehe didn't bring my own camera to my graduation (tot mummy dun like to take pho...
Me & mummy
My friends: Roger,YouYi, Weilun & me
Me, Weilun & Roger
Roger & Me
My Yr2 classmates (all prev frm poly) and their partners
Youyi, roger me & weilun
Taken @ EEE dinner @ Merchant court Hotel, Weilun, Adeline & me
Me & mummy
My friends: Roger,YouYi, Weilun & me
Me, Weilun & Roger
Roger & Me
My Yr2 classmates (all prev frm poly) and their partners
Youyi, roger me & weilun
Taken @ EEE dinner @ Merchant court Hotel, Weilun, Adeline & me
Friday, October 20, 2006
Need to work harder... ... ...
Wah found out yesterday that my fren roger and his gf are planning to save $2100 a mth(combined)...
even though they are only applying for a 4rm flat in sembawang costing only around $150k... and i tot i am saving alot already.. No need to work harder to save more... Jia You Jia You...
Gambatte!
even though they are only applying for a 4rm flat in sembawang costing only around $150k... and i tot i am saving alot already.. No need to work harder to save more... Jia You Jia You...
Gambatte!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
thinking...."the true luxury is space"
All tat was in my mind now is the incoming house.. ya haha can't help it afterall it's a big thing right?
although realised that it may be abit lugi to buy it now cos we have to pay the insurance, this tax,that fee all all the crap even though we are not gg to stay in it... but i think i shld b able to cope lah...
very anxious to accumulate the estimated $50k for marriage, thinking of stocks at 1 pt but i think the risk is still far to high for me... so i guess i have to honestly save lor...no choice my target is to move into the house in 2 years time frm now... seriously hope to do do ...Gambatte!!
the more i think of it, i think it's right to buy a house now, espeically because of dd.... ya because of her spending habits, i think even if 2 years frm now, her savings will still remain @ current position, think not much change frm 2 years ago.. u see, after working for about 4 mths, i've already saved $5k... which is more than the amt she can save in 2-3yrs (using current standards). Think if there's nothing for her to save for, she will just spend all her $$.. thus making her save for the house is a good excuse haha hopefully this can motivate her... even though the car thing is a fiasco... *sigh*
nvm i gotta lugi $2000++ in the process
hopefully can get a pay rise next year else when the study loan comes in even harder for me to save the $1200 liao...maybe gotta frop to $1100
I think the best thing now i can do is not to think so much lor, just dun anyhow spend my $$ and just let nature takes it's course..
Been thinking also, whether we have been too greedy to buy such a big house which cost abt 2x the price of a 4rm in sembawang... maybe it's too big if there's only 2 of us + 1 dog.. according to the views of a reader in today, "true Luxury is space"(this guy was commenting on the people who bought small small condos thinking they are buying luxury), i think perharps we are paying for the luxury...another important factor is dd, i dunno why i have a soft spot for her, i will always try to do watever that pleases her, i noe she wans to stay in big house(mabbe it's cos she's been staying in a small 3 rm one all her life, so she wanted a change).. thus if it's within my means i usually will give in to her... dunno she realised it or not.. from Net MD player, handphones to cameras..even tours.. haiz think i shall be under her manipulation for life.. hehe perharps this is love?
didn't go running today cos the PSI hit 105 in the evenings.. better be safe than sorry..
be a good good boi, according to dd... hehe
although realised that it may be abit lugi to buy it now cos we have to pay the insurance, this tax,that fee all all the crap even though we are not gg to stay in it... but i think i shld b able to cope lah...
very anxious to accumulate the estimated $50k for marriage, thinking of stocks at 1 pt but i think the risk is still far to high for me... so i guess i have to honestly save lor...no choice my target is to move into the house in 2 years time frm now... seriously hope to do do ...Gambatte!!
the more i think of it, i think it's right to buy a house now, espeically because of dd.... ya because of her spending habits, i think even if 2 years frm now, her savings will still remain @ current position, think not much change frm 2 years ago.. u see, after working for about 4 mths, i've already saved $5k... which is more than the amt she can save in 2-3yrs (using current standards). Think if there's nothing for her to save for, she will just spend all her $$.. thus making her save for the house is a good excuse haha hopefully this can motivate her... even though the car thing is a fiasco... *sigh*
nvm i gotta lugi $2000++ in the process
hopefully can get a pay rise next year else when the study loan comes in even harder for me to save the $1200 liao...maybe gotta frop to $1100
I think the best thing now i can do is not to think so much lor, just dun anyhow spend my $$ and just let nature takes it's course..
Been thinking also, whether we have been too greedy to buy such a big house which cost abt 2x the price of a 4rm in sembawang... maybe it's too big if there's only 2 of us + 1 dog.. according to the views of a reader in today, "true Luxury is space"(this guy was commenting on the people who bought small small condos thinking they are buying luxury), i think perharps we are paying for the luxury...another important factor is dd, i dunno why i have a soft spot for her, i will always try to do watever that pleases her, i noe she wans to stay in big house(mabbe it's cos she's been staying in a small 3 rm one all her life, so she wanted a change).. thus if it's within my means i usually will give in to her... dunno she realised it or not.. from Net MD player, handphones to cameras..even tours.. haiz think i shall be under her manipulation for life.. hehe perharps this is love?
didn't go running today cos the PSI hit 105 in the evenings.. better be safe than sorry..
be a good good boi, according to dd... hehe
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Another Saving plan, this time it's gotta work
Planning to start another joint savings plan wif dd... but this time it's a little bit different, it has gotta succeed cos why? house is arriving dunno wat fees we gotta pay in the end... so gotta be prepared and quickly be able to move into the house, else we will just b like paying for nothing ,something we don't use, just left there...Lef dd off for a few years liao (cos of her constant reluctance to save) but this time really cannot let her have her way liao cos really it's gg to b OUR house, not my house... monkdees manor, NOT sunboi's nest ..watever really hope she can see the point..
ok my plan...,
"monkdees manor fund"
my part : $1200 every month (no change)
dd's part: $200 every month
total: $1400
going by this calculation we can only save $16800 every year (provided we are disciplined enough and there are no other costs like travelling, this tax, tat tax...)
so at this rate, bascially the earliest we can move into the house and get married is 2 years later... which we will have $33000 + the $10k i have now it will barely b $50k(the min estimate we need)
For dd's part $200 is actually very little but then she still wan to bargain somemore... not gg to let her get her way because he actually PROMISED to contribute at least $200 every month to the monkdees manor fund..not gg to let her break her promise this time... cannot always let her b a untrustworthy person...I think with some effort she should be able to do it lah... Reasons to make her save
1) it's OUR house
2) must think of after marriage, the money she earn she spend on herself then wat's the point of having OUR house? both must contribute right? $200 i dun think it's enough to buy our monthly groceries (she still say the groceries she will contribute, if cannot even contribute $200 a mth now, how she's gg to contribute to groceies?), now must start to TRAIN, and adjust, be acustom!.
3) if cannot save even $200 a mth how to start a family??? no sense right?
why I think it's highly possible for her:
1) she had a pay rise of $100, before the pay rise she was paying for our hp bills, now i am paying for it and most of the weekend eating expenses, in the end she just need to fork out an additional $150 if her spending habits have not changed
2) if she can save and go for tours once every year(almost) which cost her $1500, i dun see why she cannot save $200 every month.
3) i can save $1200 every month, asking for $200 which is 6x less is not much right?...
4) I understand her difficulties, she got a dog, a car and a family to help feed...thus i am also not asking much frm her... (now can see why i m opposed to her buying a car last time, hey Hazel, now u see my logic?, who is more flawed? that's why i say must be long sighted and forsee problems!!!)
now got another problem, still got the monthly conservancy fees to pay (even if not actually living in the flat) if wat the documents they sent me was accurate that means the conservancy fees is $80++ a month... wah, not $20++ as claimed by dd.. think this have to be squeezed out from my personal expenses lor...no choice(means got less to spend)
haiz
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Hazy Singapore...Blogging... Me
Think i've been blogging quite alot lately... think it could b because there are many significant things happening around me like the house, papercraft and the lastest they hazy Singapore..
Recently Singapore have been shrouded by haze ( i call it smoke) , dunno why those indonesians wouldn't learn.. keep burning their trees.. However I believe that the main culprit behind the burnings may not be the indonesians themselves lor.. could b an international coy or something like tat... the indonesians are mere lackeys... clearing by fire is a cheap and fast...
Ok enough of these, this morning the PSI was 126 and i didn't noe it, i still went jogging... no wonder there is hardly a soul this morning... haha now it's worse 143... think if it worsen, there will b school holidays...haiz but not for workers like us... I think i am also begining to feel the effect also... nose feeling abit itchy and it seems warmer...
yesterday was mid autumn festival, tot would spend yesterday nite wif dd...but then nothing happen anyway she also not busy ..heard that her ah ma have been hospitalised... nvm still got many such festivals in the future where we can celebrate together...
TOday nothing to do, so stayed at home and finished my 5th papercraft, haha a peugot 206, prev also got a monkey (called saru), .. see below
My colleagues are also quite impressed wif me that i can keep my relationship wif dd for so long and so far, while theirs lasted at most 1.5yrs... Nothing much to comment here, i think it's really the effort of both of us and not either one alone... Over the years we do have our fair share of quarrels and disagreements but i think the times we were happy far exceed the times we were unhappy... there are bound to be quarrels between couples..because ultimately they are 2 different persons, just dun let it carry on for 2 long, learn to give and take lor, that's all based on my "experience" hope this can help those who are having difficulties in their relationships oh yah most important thing is that the couple must really love each other and enjoy each other's coy only then can it fan the flames of love haha...
to dd: I am very happy whenever I am wif u, I really hope the one who will accompany me for the latter part of my life would b u. though sometimes i may seem abit naggy, but it's all because i really wan to make u a part of my life(although u already are) sooner, legally...
My 3rd brother commented that I am a "pussy" aka sissy yesterday because I applied medcine and dress the wound on my knee... my reason?: apply medcine, cos my wound has pus, apply dressing: cos the pus sticks to my pants but i only did it for 1 day, cos the dressing also sticks to the pus and removing it argh was painful.... quite upset over his comment, but i am not gg to dwell over it, he's entitled to his own comments.. I am just being cautious...oh he also dun understand why i cannot do a interbank transfer via internet every month... ->I will move $$ from my POSB(salary goes here) acct to UOB joint(savings goes here) acc every month mah.. wah cautious he also got things to say..watever i think the army training has not do him many good... he still cannot analyse and still expects ppl to do things his way, then he can see eye-to-eye...
One of my colleagues commented that blogging is just write online diary...yes i agree (see i changed my title)... my blog records down everything i experienced...including happy n bad times wif dd.. I really hope this site can survive the years so that when i grow older i can have some reminisce hopefully wif dd by my side...
Recently Singapore have been shrouded by haze ( i call it smoke) , dunno why those indonesians wouldn't learn.. keep burning their trees.. However I believe that the main culprit behind the burnings may not be the indonesians themselves lor.. could b an international coy or something like tat... the indonesians are mere lackeys... clearing by fire is a cheap and fast...
Ok enough of these, this morning the PSI was 126 and i didn't noe it, i still went jogging... no wonder there is hardly a soul this morning... haha now it's worse 143... think if it worsen, there will b school holidays...haiz but not for workers like us... I think i am also begining to feel the effect also... nose feeling abit itchy and it seems warmer...
yesterday was mid autumn festival, tot would spend yesterday nite wif dd...but then nothing happen anyway she also not busy ..heard that her ah ma have been hospitalised... nvm still got many such festivals in the future where we can celebrate together...
TOday nothing to do, so stayed at home and finished my 5th papercraft, haha a peugot 206, prev also got a monkey (called saru), .. see below
My colleagues are also quite impressed wif me that i can keep my relationship wif dd for so long and so far, while theirs lasted at most 1.5yrs... Nothing much to comment here, i think it's really the effort of both of us and not either one alone... Over the years we do have our fair share of quarrels and disagreements but i think the times we were happy far exceed the times we were unhappy... there are bound to be quarrels between couples..because ultimately they are 2 different persons, just dun let it carry on for 2 long, learn to give and take lor, that's all based on my "experience" hope this can help those who are having difficulties in their relationships oh yah most important thing is that the couple must really love each other and enjoy each other's coy only then can it fan the flames of love haha...
to dd: I am very happy whenever I am wif u, I really hope the one who will accompany me for the latter part of my life would b u. though sometimes i may seem abit naggy, but it's all because i really wan to make u a part of my life(although u already are) sooner, legally...
dd, I love u
My 3rd brother commented that I am a "pussy" aka sissy yesterday because I applied medcine and dress the wound on my knee... my reason?: apply medcine, cos my wound has pus, apply dressing: cos the pus sticks to my pants but i only did it for 1 day, cos the dressing also sticks to the pus and removing it argh was painful.... quite upset over his comment, but i am not gg to dwell over it, he's entitled to his own comments.. I am just being cautious...oh he also dun understand why i cannot do a interbank transfer via internet every month... ->I will move $$ from my POSB(salary goes here) acct to UOB joint(savings goes here) acc every month mah.. wah cautious he also got things to say..watever i think the army training has not do him many good... he still cannot analyse and still expects ppl to do things his way, then he can see eye-to-eye...
One of my colleagues commented that blogging is just write online diary...yes i agree (see i changed my title)... my blog records down everything i experienced...including happy n bad times wif dd.. I really hope this site can survive the years so that when i grow older i can have some reminisce hopefully wif dd by my side...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Some Updates
Ahh how time flies, Today is Oct 5th aleady...means wat?
Oct 3- 6th aniversary of my enlistment
Oct 4- 1 yr since i got my driving lic -> i dun need to hang the triangle sign anymore haha
Fast right? very soon my martial status might b "married" also ... ... ...
Can't help but keep thinking of the JW eflat we are getting. Did another comparison wif a similar new flat.found out that it's exactly $13k more expensive... Worth it? err.. frankly speaking at the rate we are gg i think the reno is not worth $13k lor.. somemore i think dd is not happy wif many of the renovations so i think in the end they all have to go... perharps it would be more worthwhile to get a new one... But then now it's too late to think of this now.. Now I am psyching myself that we pay that little bit more because we wan to stay on the "better" side ofthe block(more sunlight ->brighter) and "8" is a lucky number.. watever... dun think of the worthwhile thingy...dunno y no matter wat we always cannot get something cheap... always get something at "normal" price(but usu turn out quite good, hopefully this unit will b the same)..
I think once we decided on something liao then mustn't get distracted and think of others lor..very bad... dun go think of "if i get this other flat, will it be better?" something like tat... waste time and will make urself feel miserable..
HDB launching a new exec condo at Tampines called the "Primere @ Tampines"... Price range from $308k-$450k.. i think everyone was quite hyped up abt this... anyway the price includes aircon and renovations (meaning u gotta accept the developer's renovations)... Did some interesting calculations... if get a unit at middle floor cost abt $379k..if got rebate = $349k
total sum gotta pay a month(including 2.6% interest)=$1220++ a mth. meaning the CPF ordinary acc will have $0 for the next 30yrs...
Worth it? depends on ppl...dd seems to be excited abt the word "condo" ... hmm mabbe she is trying to get her last "C"? mabbe but to be honest, it does not appeal to me...
Been thinking abt th words "dreaming" and "ambitious" also... I think there's also a thin red line between these 2 just like "good" and "bad"... after some tots, finally come out wif some definitions(my own). Dreaming - Think of "wants"(sometimes mateial gains) but not how to achieve it, not being realistic. Ambitious - think of realistic targets and also the plans to achieve it.
also have been thinking whether I am very odd for my age... at present, colleagues of my age group are out enjoying themselves wif massages(decent ones), Karaoke, dancing, clubbing etc (even my elder bro)...as for me? no, nothing mabbe some sports once in a while and most of the time saving $$.. some of my colleagues are also saving $$ lah, but for me it's for marriage, for them it's to get their dream car...
Am I really the odd one out??
Oct 3- 6th aniversary of my enlistment
Oct 4- 1 yr since i got my driving lic -> i dun need to hang the triangle sign anymore haha
Fast right? very soon my martial status might b "married" also ... ... ...
Can't help but keep thinking of the JW eflat we are getting. Did another comparison wif a similar new flat.found out that it's exactly $13k more expensive... Worth it? err.. frankly speaking at the rate we are gg i think the reno is not worth $13k lor.. somemore i think dd is not happy wif many of the renovations so i think in the end they all have to go... perharps it would be more worthwhile to get a new one... But then now it's too late to think of this now.. Now I am psyching myself that we pay that little bit more because we wan to stay on the "better" side ofthe block(more sunlight ->brighter) and "8" is a lucky number.. watever... dun think of the worthwhile thingy...dunno y no matter wat we always cannot get something cheap... always get something at "normal" price(but usu turn out quite good, hopefully this unit will b the same)..
I think once we decided on something liao then mustn't get distracted and think of others lor..very bad... dun go think of "if i get this other flat, will it be better?" something like tat... waste time and will make urself feel miserable..
HDB launching a new exec condo at Tampines called the "Primere @ Tampines"... Price range from $308k-$450k.. i think everyone was quite hyped up abt this... anyway the price includes aircon and renovations (meaning u gotta accept the developer's renovations)... Did some interesting calculations... if get a unit at middle floor cost abt $379k..if got rebate = $349k
total sum gotta pay a month(including 2.6% interest)=$1220++ a mth. meaning the CPF ordinary acc will have $0 for the next 30yrs...
Worth it? depends on ppl...dd seems to be excited abt the word "condo" ... hmm mabbe she is trying to get her last "C"? mabbe but to be honest, it does not appeal to me...
Been thinking abt th words "dreaming" and "ambitious" also... I think there's also a thin red line between these 2 just like "good" and "bad"... after some tots, finally come out wif some definitions(my own). Dreaming - Think of "wants"(sometimes mateial gains) but not how to achieve it, not being realistic. Ambitious - think of realistic targets and also the plans to achieve it.
also have been thinking whether I am very odd for my age... at present, colleagues of my age group are out enjoying themselves wif massages(decent ones), Karaoke, dancing, clubbing etc (even my elder bro)...as for me? no, nothing mabbe some sports once in a while and most of the time saving $$.. some of my colleagues are also saving $$ lah, but for me it's for marriage, for them it's to get their dream car...
Am I really the odd one out??
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
New Running Route
Finally the abrasion on my knee cap had recovered to a stage where i can go jogging again haha
Tried a new running route today ... which is abt 2.4km longer than the previous one...
Previous: abt 6km
New: abt 8.4km
took around 28mins to run the 1st route but 45mins to run the 2nd... mabbe it's cos I 1 week nv run liao so quite slow.. anyway i also deliberately controlled my speed today lah cos trying new route mah... the new route quite shiok cos it's like 1 big round compared to the old one which is basically linear. But after come back legs a bit light... mabbe it's cos 1 wk no train liao...
gotta train more...
anyway going to stick to this one 1st... gg to increase the distance to 10km gradually... haha hopefully by the end of this way i will be able to run from my coy back to my home (abt 14km) hehe
Mabbe this would b my "mei mei xin liang" training? kekeke
Tried a new running route today ... which is abt 2.4km longer than the previous one...
Previous: abt 6km
New: abt 8.4km
took around 28mins to run the 1st route but 45mins to run the 2nd... mabbe it's cos I 1 week nv run liao so quite slow.. anyway i also deliberately controlled my speed today lah cos trying new route mah... the new route quite shiok cos it's like 1 big round compared to the old one which is basically linear. But after come back legs a bit light... mabbe it's cos 1 wk no train liao...
gotta train more...
anyway going to stick to this one 1st... gg to increase the distance to 10km gradually... haha hopefully by the end of this way i will be able to run from my coy back to my home (abt 14km) hehe
Mabbe this would b my "mei mei xin liang" training? kekeke
Monday, October 02, 2006
Another Completed Project
Another one of my completed papercraft project... hehe another panda... Nice?
gg to be assigned to a project soon, dunno how my fellow colleagues are gg to "torture" me... after relaxing for so long(almost 3 mths) dunno can pick up or not... hehe
My neighbour downstairs came up to create some little trouble on Sunday say we purposely create noise for him... Wah in day time leh how can got no noise? u noe lah my house 4+1 guys super active one sure alot of noise (most of the time), somemore got 2 like those high bass music ..but i tot such things are quite common in HDB flats right? mabbe he old liao a little noise also canot tahan so bcome quite eccentric... anyway he complained to HDB liao...so let them investigate lor we didn't purposely make noise to disturb them wat.. the other neighbours can vouch for us...
dd started gg into fengshui lately cos of the impending house... aiyoh actually i am not tat superstitious but i also went to look at some of it...
http://www.geomancy.net/default-spore.php
hmm quite interesting but I am not gg to be obessed with it... mabbe some of the things I can do then do lor (those that can be easily done one) ..but not follow everything strictly lah...see finance more impt...
Utimately i think it's just between the 2 persons lah... in our case: me and dd, i believe that if we can work together united hand in hand, we will b able to overcome all obstacles...
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Crushing me
Some big things happened lately...
Recieved a mail on Thursday night from HDB saying that they have approved our application for the JW flat... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Then Friday dd went to took for a China Trip to Yunan Area (Dali, LiJiang...)... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Strange feeling, at one end was feeling happy cos getting a house is always wat I've been thinking of and gg on a tour is something i've never done before, Ive never taken an airplane all my life (too bad there are gg to be 5 VERY BIG lanterns who will b tagging us Grrr dunno whether dd purposely witheld this info when she called me @ NATAS or not)...
at the other, got a feeling of being CRUSHED ...
it's like suddenly there's a HUGE rock being dumped on my shoulders... The money problem comes again... If I spend too much on my tour, will it leave too litte for the house? How am i gg to find so much $$ for the house renovations?
I think I am gg to need around $2000 for the tour(though I hope it could be done within $1000) this is about my 2 months savings and mabbe a year's savings for dd... Haiz
It's doesn't help that dd wans to change this and change that cos she feel that they are "ugly"... If u refer to my earlier post, I already mentioned tat we are buying a repurchased flat sort of same with a resale ... it's about $12k more expensive than a empty unit but the advantage is if u can accept the prev owner's renovations, there's not much to be done already... if u are gg to change everything, for sure, the total cost will add up to be more than the $12k and in that case, u might as well get a empty unit... it's cheaper in tat sense and i think this is wat the HDB staff is trying to tell me earlier when I went to make the flat booking...wat i propose is to build stuffs around the orginal reno so that we can sort of hide the "ugliness"... Of cos I can understand tat everyone wans their home to be the most perfect home for them, but mabbe sometimes we ought to be a bit more realistic and strike some balance...
Sometimes I really admire dd, i think she can spend w/o much qualms, it's totally different for me, whenever I wan to buy something, I need to think of alot of things... Sometimes I really hope I can have the "spend 1st, Think later" attitude ... I only buy things that I really need now(or those dd ask me to buy) ... Perharps it would be better for me to think less don't u think?
I really dunno how to save alot of $$, seriously i dun think i can do it alone... if it's only me saving and dd spending, sooner or later i'll be disgusted again and lose my motivation...
I think it's a MUST tat both of us work together in this area...
Now looking fwd to the Guizhou trip after tat dunno whether we still can have enough $$ or not... haiz
Now for some light hearted events..I've finally completed my "Himeji castle" after slogging it out for almost 5 nites... not ery well done but if u dun look closely u wun find the faults ...
I'm gg to re-arrange my room, since i am not sleep inside mabe i will take away my bed so tat the room will be more spacious...
Suffered abrasions to my knee since last week playing soccer till now still not yet recovered ( I swear that I am stronger than them if they play fair and not resort to sly tactics to push me).. haiz 1 wk no go jogging liao...getting fatter n lazier...Knee quickly recover k?
Recieved a mail on Thursday night from HDB saying that they have approved our application for the JW flat... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Then Friday dd went to took for a China Trip to Yunan Area (Dali, LiJiang...)... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Strange feeling, at one end was feeling happy cos getting a house is always wat I've been thinking of and gg on a tour is something i've never done before, Ive never taken an airplane all my life (too bad there are gg to be 5 VERY BIG lanterns who will b tagging us Grrr dunno whether dd purposely witheld this info when she called me @ NATAS or not)...
at the other, got a feeling of being CRUSHED ...
it's like suddenly there's a HUGE rock being dumped on my shoulders... The money problem comes again... If I spend too much on my tour, will it leave too litte for the house? How am i gg to find so much $$ for the house renovations?
I think I am gg to need around $2000 for the tour(though I hope it could be done within $1000) this is about my 2 months savings and mabbe a year's savings for dd... Haiz
It's doesn't help that dd wans to change this and change that cos she feel that they are "ugly"... If u refer to my earlier post, I already mentioned tat we are buying a repurchased flat sort of same with a resale ... it's about $12k more expensive than a empty unit but the advantage is if u can accept the prev owner's renovations, there's not much to be done already... if u are gg to change everything, for sure, the total cost will add up to be more than the $12k and in that case, u might as well get a empty unit... it's cheaper in tat sense and i think this is wat the HDB staff is trying to tell me earlier when I went to make the flat booking...wat i propose is to build stuffs around the orginal reno so that we can sort of hide the "ugliness"... Of cos I can understand tat everyone wans their home to be the most perfect home for them, but mabbe sometimes we ought to be a bit more realistic and strike some balance...
Sometimes I really admire dd, i think she can spend w/o much qualms, it's totally different for me, whenever I wan to buy something, I need to think of alot of things... Sometimes I really hope I can have the "spend 1st, Think later" attitude ... I only buy things that I really need now(or those dd ask me to buy) ... Perharps it would be better for me to think less don't u think?
I really dunno how to save alot of $$, seriously i dun think i can do it alone... if it's only me saving and dd spending, sooner or later i'll be disgusted again and lose my motivation...
I think it's a MUST tat both of us work together in this area...
Now looking fwd to the Guizhou trip after tat dunno whether we still can have enough $$ or not... haiz
Now for some light hearted events..I've finally completed my "Himeji castle" after slogging it out for almost 5 nites... not ery well done but if u dun look closely u wun find the faults ...
I'm gg to re-arrange my room, since i am not sleep inside mabe i will take away my bed so tat the room will be more spacious...
Suffered abrasions to my knee since last week playing soccer till now still not yet recovered ( I swear that I am stronger than them if they play fair and not resort to sly tactics to push me).. haiz 1 wk no go jogging liao...getting fatter n lazier...Knee quickly recover k?
Thursday, September 21, 2006
kindness and concern
How should kindness & concern be given? wat are they? how often should they be given?
wat constitutes kindness and concern?
is it the gift of $$? the care and concen shown?
how often should they be given?
constantly? or once in a while?
I think men are by large ungrateful, many a time we take things for just for granted... in the case of kindness and concern, we dun really stand up and take notice of the kindness and good that are always around us, instead when someone shows some once in a while, we will stand up and and take notice of it...
just like the air and water around us, we always expect them to be there, to be clean day in day out... readily available, we never stop for a while to value their existence... not even a single moment
search ourselves, how often do we stop to see what others are doing? very often, a little to u may mean big to them, to lift a burden off someone, means to put the load upon themselves... so is this a show of affection?
so which is a better way to show such affections? perharps it's appropriate to treat someone cold all the while, then once in a while, treat them better perhaps there's a better "contrast" this way and it would be more noticeable...
constantly showing it, people would tend to take it as "natural" just like the sun should rise and set everyday ... nothing special already... tat affection just become "worthless" though in fact, it's much more valueable than anything...just because we treat it as natural, we dun feel anything abt it...
mabbe we should all do it this way, treat someone so-so for majority of the time, then once in a while treat them better perharps it would make u feel more important to that person...don't u think?
wat constitutes kindness and concern?
is it the gift of $$? the care and concen shown?
how often should they be given?
constantly? or once in a while?
I think men are by large ungrateful, many a time we take things for just for granted... in the case of kindness and concern, we dun really stand up and take notice of the kindness and good that are always around us, instead when someone shows some once in a while, we will stand up and and take notice of it...
just like the air and water around us, we always expect them to be there, to be clean day in day out... readily available, we never stop for a while to value their existence... not even a single moment
search ourselves, how often do we stop to see what others are doing? very often, a little to u may mean big to them, to lift a burden off someone, means to put the load upon themselves... so is this a show of affection?
so which is a better way to show such affections? perharps it's appropriate to treat someone cold all the while, then once in a while, treat them better perhaps there's a better "contrast" this way and it would be more noticeable...
constantly showing it, people would tend to take it as "natural" just like the sun should rise and set everyday ... nothing special already... tat affection just become "worthless" though in fact, it's much more valueable than anything...just because we treat it as natural, we dun feel anything abt it...
mabbe we should all do it this way, treat someone so-so for majority of the time, then once in a while treat them better perharps it would make u feel more important to that person...don't u think?
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Pressing On
I think the last few weeks have seen alot of blog entries by me... mainly focus on 1 topic - impending House haha... very excited cos it's something that I've been thinking abt for a very long time liao to be able to own my very own home... yeah!
Though we haben got the keys yet, but i believe the "deal" is 60-70% through because
1) HDB is trying very hard to sell off JW flats (esp exec)
2) I believe dd and me meet the criteria for them unless they don't wan to approve someone who hav just started on his career ( still shaky). but that's quite impossible, cos i got a fren who applied (and got) a house in SengKang before he started working...
Now then still got alot of issues to settle... to many people, buying a house now is a very rash decision, actually to me also this way... i guess I was pretty much affect by my own desire then tat I did not think as logically and comprehensive as I should. But now since everything is almost concluded, i think it's time to just carry on wif other things...
Main problem is even we have the flat we have no $$ to renovate/furnish it, so it will be just lying there collecting dust, depreciating (mabbe not)...Haiz also can't marry so early too, haben marry how to live in it? marriage need hell lot of $$....
buying a repurchase flat i think the main reason is cos of the previous renovations lor, save $$ mah thus when buy tat time really need to consider living wif some of the "ugly" existing renovations...else just buy a new one and renovate from scratch right? As wat I always said, it would be more expensive to knock down everything and rebuild rather than build up from scratch...
Had a idea abt renting the flat out once we got the keys (not sure whether we can do it or not under HDB ruling)
Logically speaking, it's good because a whole unit can be rented out for $1000 a mth (should have alot of people fighting for this price) and if we rent out for a year we could have extra $12000 (twice the amt of of my savings) for other stuffs...
but then if we rent it out, we cannot slowly build up our little nest... dd and i can't visit it as and when we like... to just walk walk and do some work here and there to "decorate" and furnish the house.
Also the tenant might not take care of the house after returned to us it becomes err... in a different state
it's not very nice to chase the tenant out after a year also(cos if i wan to rent, i would only rent for a year after that gotta start renovations and prepare to move in liao)
Monday, September 18, 2006
Eventful Week
I think last week was a very eventful week for me... mabbe not alot of events happened but a major one really lifted my spirits...
Took up a new hobby papercraft making haha...
it's abit like my model making but it's much cheaper hehe cos u only need to print out the "parts" on paper and assemble them... ho ho
here's a good site if u'll are interested:
http://www.3dpapermodel.com.tw/
some of my completed projects:
Friday
went to view the unit which most likely would be our(me and dd's) new house...
but had a small fight there, cos she was late bcos of her wakeboarding(again) and that made me feel that her attitude towards the house was bad but i think tat is settled...
Saturday:
spent the whole day building my "suzuki swift" model... finally complete it at 12pm so happy then went to sleep...
Sunday:
woke up very early @ around515am cos promised dd to go wif her to eat b'fast then to the terry fox run for hope @ sentosa... dd came to pick me up then we went back to her home to pick her bro up then went eat b'fast together...
Rained throughout the whole event and dd walk the entire distance...
Then we went back to dd's home to take a shower, had lunch and she took a nap... after that I woke her (sort of pester) up cos she said wan to go temple @ waterloo st to pick divine lot for the house... She finally set her mind at ease when she drew a good lot... for me I prefer not to think abt it... sunboi's words of wisdom "sometimes things are best untouched, some stuffs are better to stay unknown"
Wat really perk me up:
dd ask me to put the $1000 she give to me last time (she said for the china trip initially) into our dd's fund... yeah, so happy finally see some contribution from dd, not a lot but at least better than nothing right? hope that there's more to come (though not much hope)... but at least it's a begining... I put $1100 into monkdees UOB acct already ($1000 + $85(from sale of crumpler bag) + $15 top up from me).. now monkdees acct got $6600 liao...
dunno why always cannot save beyond $8000(in fact $7500) always got something to make me spend away... tat time got $7000 then give dd $2300 for car car, then slowly save back till $7500, then give HDB $2000 for option fee... haiz...
this month could have $7800 if i could put my usual $1200 into bank, but then promised dd to go china wif her this december so no choice gotta allocate funds for it...so mabbe this month can only save $400-500 mabbe?
got 2 bday's this mth, my youngest bro and eldest bro..bought a bossini shirt for my youngest bro and a pendant for my elder bro... and a hdd casing for myself...total cost: $18 + $55.90 + $9
$82.90... for personal things...
anyway tat's a slight digression, very happy today so spend alot..(cos of the rain also, can't go to cheap food center) had a $3.20 meal (2 vegies+1meat extortion!), $1.5 green apple juice and $1 for ice milo (tea break) - lunch 1 chk wing , breaded chicken and cheese stick (all from BBQ express) additional for dinner cos i went to BP to save the $$ mah...
dunno why when I am happy I spend alot, when I am not I also spend alot... haiz
must try to save more for house and dd...
nv buy much personal things last mth.. but still end up wif less $$ then expected...
Took up a new hobby papercraft making haha...
it's abit like my model making but it's much cheaper hehe cos u only need to print out the "parts" on paper and assemble them... ho ho
here's a good site if u'll are interested:
http://www.3dpapermodel.com.tw/
some of my completed projects:
Friday
went to view the unit which most likely would be our(me and dd's) new house...
but had a small fight there, cos she was late bcos of her wakeboarding(again) and that made me feel that her attitude towards the house was bad but i think tat is settled...
Saturday:
spent the whole day building my "suzuki swift" model... finally complete it at 12pm so happy then went to sleep...
Sunday:
woke up very early @ around515am cos promised dd to go wif her to eat b'fast then to the terry fox run for hope @ sentosa... dd came to pick me up then we went back to her home to pick her bro up then went eat b'fast together...
Rained throughout the whole event and dd walk the entire distance...
Then we went back to dd's home to take a shower, had lunch and she took a nap... after that I woke her (sort of pester) up cos she said wan to go temple @ waterloo st to pick divine lot for the house... She finally set her mind at ease when she drew a good lot... for me I prefer not to think abt it... sunboi's words of wisdom "sometimes things are best untouched, some stuffs are better to stay unknown"
Wat really perk me up:
dd ask me to put the $1000 she give to me last time (she said for the china trip initially) into our dd's fund... yeah, so happy finally see some contribution from dd, not a lot but at least better than nothing right? hope that there's more to come (though not much hope)... but at least it's a begining... I put $1100 into monkdees UOB acct already ($1000 + $85(from sale of crumpler bag) + $15 top up from me).. now monkdees acct got $6600 liao...
dunno why always cannot save beyond $8000(in fact $7500) always got something to make me spend away... tat time got $7000 then give dd $2300 for car car, then slowly save back till $7500, then give HDB $2000 for option fee... haiz...
this month could have $7800 if i could put my usual $1200 into bank, but then promised dd to go china wif her this december so no choice gotta allocate funds for it...so mabbe this month can only save $400-500 mabbe?
got 2 bday's this mth, my youngest bro and eldest bro..bought a bossini shirt for my youngest bro and a pendant for my elder bro... and a hdd casing for myself...total cost: $18 + $55.90 + $9
$82.90... for personal things...
anyway tat's a slight digression, very happy today so spend alot..(cos of the rain also, can't go to cheap food center) had a $3.20 meal (2 vegies+1meat extortion!), $1.5 green apple juice and $1 for ice milo (tea break) - lunch 1 chk wing , breaded chicken and cheese stick (all from BBQ express) additional for dinner cos i went to BP to save the $$ mah...
dunno why when I am happy I spend alot, when I am not I also spend alot... haiz
must try to save more for house and dd...
nv buy much personal things last mth.. but still end up wif less $$ then expected...
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Reflections
Very often people forgot all the good other people did, the only thing they will remember is the bad the others did, or the things they didn't do. In life, many things that are done are not obvious, it's gradually overlook and taken for granted whether it's a person, or a good someone did... it just get forgotten...
I should be getting a house in the near future, some one once asked " how commited are u to the house"? I replied "about 80%" which in fact is quite a conservative answer... Fact is it has always been on my mind ever since we moved into the 2nd/3rd year of my RS. Ever since, i've been working hard to save every penny I can because $$ is the most important thing to make my so-call house dream come through ... I dun dare say that I have done all i could, there are time where I do buy on impulse, but the times that I do think is certainly much more greater than the times I don't
If u'll have been following my blog, I used to have a quite expensive hobby, model building. A scaled plastic model doesn't come cheap, and the paint I have to buy as well... but for the sake of saving money, that have to go...
Someone exclaimed that I am a very anti-social guy, cos I always dun follow my fellow frens to do wat youngsters always do, Go karaoke, pub, disco watever ... in fact i hardly go out wif them until they dun really ask me out anymore, just going out cost $$, so my socialisation is kept as minimal as possible.
"Everyone have to own an levis jeans", an ad once said, but I don't, i can't say I dun wan one, I've never worn a levis jean, man studio shirts or anything that costs more than $50. Look into my clothes cupboard to verify, there are all cheap stuffs, even most of the tshirts are 2-3yrs old...although such stuffs are well within my means (esp now) ... but i am still not gg to do it...
conscientiously, i've taken pains to ensure my monthly spendings does not exceed $360 a mth so tat I can comfortablely save $1200 ++ every month. it's not simple, considering my transport alone cost around $100, and another $50 for hp bills, leaves me with just around $200 every month for food and personal stuffs... have to make sure I spend less than $3 every afternoon.
not to mention all the stuffs every guy wans, cars, credit cards and other ex entertainment... did i go for it? if there was no commitment from me, with the level of my savings, I am quite certain I can easily go for a car and live a more interesting and entertaining life at the expense of little or no savings at all...
For wat purpose, do I constantly nag? to incur people's wraft?
How often have I been given empty promises? Though I HATE empty talks, most of the time I overlook them and took all the $$ savings upon myself, frankly it has not been all smooth sailing...
Graduation trips? Almost all my frens have went on holiday either before or after graduation? me? I NEVER went anywhere at all... wat for again?
how many times have I resisted investing in a new computer? people around me have all started using PCI-E, 533/800FSB, DDR-RAM, sata hdd.... even sec school students are using more powerful computers, some have even changed 2x.. sometimes I really want to change the computer seeing the yellowish casing of mine... I am still stuck wif my SDRAM, 133FSB n my 4x AGP... even my bros outside are using newer computers... Haiz
my shoes have started to open it's mouth to "talk" but i did not go for a new one, instead i bought a $2 contact glue to "zipped" up it's mouth... wat's all these for?
Digicams, $400(coolpix), another $300 (ixus) and then $600 (and more) for SLR... all these was done while i was still in NTU, no income at all.... all the pennies are slowly saved from where? from the allowance(except for the SLR) I get frm my mum every week. this does not include the $10/20s for meals etc...All these from $200 a month...
I admit that I am a poor lover, I dunno how to sweet talk, or do romantic things, but I am 99.99% commited to dd... look through the whole blog history... I am not a very great person, neither can i boast of great looks nor achievements. But I am doing all I can to save the most amt of $$ in the least possible time... this is my commitment, I am not NATO (No Action Talk Only), neither do I talk alot abt wat I am doing... but sometimes I think i need to speak up more so that others would start to notice me more before they judge me.
All these are not commitments?
one of my female frens asked me why am i doing most of the savings, y dun I just go out and enjoy like the rest out there... but can i simply heck care? common sense would tell u the consequences.. think again perharps I should enjoy myself more, i've been living this lifestyle for so long, mabbe with some difference others could more easily see the contrast?
my present life is indeed boring, it revolves around my family, my work and dd only perharps it really time for me to change my lifestyle...
Now i am seriously contemplating looking for a PT job where I could work at nights and weekends... just to generate more income.. but I dun think my job would permit me to do so...
sometimes all a guy wan is to be recognised and appreciated, he doesn't need much fanfare or praises... if u dun doubt him it's enough
I should be getting a house in the near future, some one once asked " how commited are u to the house"? I replied "about 80%" which in fact is quite a conservative answer... Fact is it has always been on my mind ever since we moved into the 2nd/3rd year of my RS. Ever since, i've been working hard to save every penny I can because $$ is the most important thing to make my so-call house dream come through ... I dun dare say that I have done all i could, there are time where I do buy on impulse, but the times that I do think is certainly much more greater than the times I don't
If u'll have been following my blog, I used to have a quite expensive hobby, model building. A scaled plastic model doesn't come cheap, and the paint I have to buy as well... but for the sake of saving money, that have to go...
Someone exclaimed that I am a very anti-social guy, cos I always dun follow my fellow frens to do wat youngsters always do, Go karaoke, pub, disco watever ... in fact i hardly go out wif them until they dun really ask me out anymore, just going out cost $$, so my socialisation is kept as minimal as possible.
"Everyone have to own an levis jeans", an ad once said, but I don't, i can't say I dun wan one, I've never worn a levis jean, man studio shirts or anything that costs more than $50. Look into my clothes cupboard to verify, there are all cheap stuffs, even most of the tshirts are 2-3yrs old...although such stuffs are well within my means (esp now) ... but i am still not gg to do it...
conscientiously, i've taken pains to ensure my monthly spendings does not exceed $360 a mth so tat I can comfortablely save $1200 ++ every month. it's not simple, considering my transport alone cost around $100, and another $50 for hp bills, leaves me with just around $200 every month for food and personal stuffs... have to make sure I spend less than $3 every afternoon.
not to mention all the stuffs every guy wans, cars, credit cards and other ex entertainment... did i go for it? if there was no commitment from me, with the level of my savings, I am quite certain I can easily go for a car and live a more interesting and entertaining life at the expense of little or no savings at all...
For wat purpose, do I constantly nag? to incur people's wraft?
How often have I been given empty promises? Though I HATE empty talks, most of the time I overlook them and took all the $$ savings upon myself, frankly it has not been all smooth sailing...
Graduation trips? Almost all my frens have went on holiday either before or after graduation? me? I NEVER went anywhere at all... wat for again?
how many times have I resisted investing in a new computer? people around me have all started using PCI-E, 533/800FSB, DDR-RAM, sata hdd.... even sec school students are using more powerful computers, some have even changed 2x.. sometimes I really want to change the computer seeing the yellowish casing of mine... I am still stuck wif my SDRAM, 133FSB n my 4x AGP... even my bros outside are using newer computers... Haiz
my shoes have started to open it's mouth to "talk" but i did not go for a new one, instead i bought a $2 contact glue to "zipped" up it's mouth... wat's all these for?
Digicams, $400(coolpix), another $300 (ixus) and then $600 (and more) for SLR... all these was done while i was still in NTU, no income at all.... all the pennies are slowly saved from where? from the allowance(except for the SLR) I get frm my mum every week. this does not include the $10/20s for meals etc...All these from $200 a month...
I admit that I am a poor lover, I dunno how to sweet talk, or do romantic things, but I am 99.99% commited to dd... look through the whole blog history... I am not a very great person, neither can i boast of great looks nor achievements. But I am doing all I can to save the most amt of $$ in the least possible time... this is my commitment, I am not NATO (No Action Talk Only), neither do I talk alot abt wat I am doing... but sometimes I think i need to speak up more so that others would start to notice me more before they judge me.
All these are not commitments?
one of my female frens asked me why am i doing most of the savings, y dun I just go out and enjoy like the rest out there... but can i simply heck care? common sense would tell u the consequences.. think again perharps I should enjoy myself more, i've been living this lifestyle for so long, mabbe with some difference others could more easily see the contrast?
my present life is indeed boring, it revolves around my family, my work and dd only perharps it really time for me to change my lifestyle...
Now i am seriously contemplating looking for a PT job where I could work at nights and weekends... just to generate more income.. but I dun think my job would permit me to do so...
sometimes all a guy wan is to be recognised and appreciated, he doesn't need much fanfare or praises... if u dun doubt him it's enough
1st entry into parking idiot yeah!
captured a toyota Corolla altis in a(actually 3) motorcycle lots, saw that pic was quite interesting so sent to http://parkingidiots.blogspot.com/ ... and it just got posted haha
will keep a lookout for more of such pics ... yeah yeah
will keep a lookout for more of such pics ... yeah yeah
Friday, September 15, 2006
Once Bitten meant twice shy?
Suppose to meet dd to view the unit today, little do i noe she went to wakeboard again. And u noe wat? she is LATE again.... she was suppose to pick me up to go to the unit together, because I sneaked out of office... not through proper channels->still on probation, no leave to take. Grrh... in the end i had to spend $9.90 to take cab n rush there from office... very risky cos i might b spotted taking cab, and that will send tongues wagging, that's why i suggest dd come fetch me... reduce the risk..
I was VERY ANGRY then, not because she was late or wat, but because i just dunno wat she's thinking in her brain, if made promise, MUST keep it... else DON'T make at all... I am sure many people dun wan to hear empty promises...
Anyway I also find it hard to deceive myself that WAKEBOARDING is more any more important than house viewing... I dun mind taking a risk just to see the unit...
Frankly speaking, I am starting to dislike the WAKEBOARDING thing. I don't see any fun in it..
firstly, it's boring, -> u hold on to a string and let the boat pull u ... u just try to keep balance
costly, pls this type of "sport", u need a boatman, boat and the gear... will NEVER be cheap
USELESS, i don't see how this can qualify as a sport, trying to keep ur balance is a sport? then u might as well try to balance on a giant ball, more effective right?
anyway i was so angry just now that i was contemplating the idea of withdrawing the application. dd's attitude, it seems to be that she uninterested like tat... wan to buy also she but looking at her lax attitude, i m very worried tat in the end, i will b the only one keeping the whole idea afloat. rather hurt now then b sorry later... though she promised that she will help me make the house work but u see from today's episode her promises to me are seldom fufilled...
There are many tivial things (to me) that i can compromise but not important things...
1st time during the application i can excuse, but i told her sternly that time liao that this is not the right attitude, nv did i noe she will repeat this again.
My views:
If want house then play less, else just continue to play forget abt the house
Promise people only things u can do it don't make promises u can't keep
Plan before u act/speak
When u are in the wrong, don't act/speak as if u are right, it just make people more angry
so difficult to say "sorry" than to speak harshly meh?
Get ur priorities clear, decide on wat's more important and wat's not
Show some remorse when u noe u are wrong... and not try to defend urself wif funny logics
worse, the stupid HDB agent is 45mins late... Grrr... wanted to tell her off, but then later think deeper, she will be handling the "defects" for us so had to give her some "face" and spare her now...
The whole house thingy is making me so tired....so much things to think, so much things to decide
Tell off dd just now, dunno whether she can LISTEN or not... Need to sit down and trash out many things, find out wat she wants and not waste anybody's time, effort and money...
else i really dunno wat to do... really very very very tired already...
went to geylang after that, just to eat wif my colleagues lah...cos some of them gg Germany for training soon...had dim sum, beef hor fan, tou hua and you tiao and bitter guilin gao... all in small portions... nice to eat leh...then jalan jalan there a while come back liao...
took some pics of the place...
I was VERY ANGRY then, not because she was late or wat, but because i just dunno wat she's thinking in her brain, if made promise, MUST keep it... else DON'T make at all... I am sure many people dun wan to hear empty promises...
Anyway I also find it hard to deceive myself that WAKEBOARDING is more any more important than house viewing... I dun mind taking a risk just to see the unit...
Frankly speaking, I am starting to dislike the WAKEBOARDING thing. I don't see any fun in it..
firstly, it's boring, -> u hold on to a string and let the boat pull u ... u just try to keep balance
costly, pls this type of "sport", u need a boatman, boat and the gear... will NEVER be cheap
USELESS, i don't see how this can qualify as a sport, trying to keep ur balance is a sport? then u might as well try to balance on a giant ball, more effective right?
anyway i was so angry just now that i was contemplating the idea of withdrawing the application. dd's attitude, it seems to be that she uninterested like tat... wan to buy also she but looking at her lax attitude, i m very worried tat in the end, i will b the only one keeping the whole idea afloat. rather hurt now then b sorry later... though she promised that she will help me make the house work but u see from today's episode her promises to me are seldom fufilled...
There are many tivial things (to me) that i can compromise but not important things...
1st time during the application i can excuse, but i told her sternly that time liao that this is not the right attitude, nv did i noe she will repeat this again.
My views:
If want house then play less, else just continue to play forget abt the house
Promise people only things u can do it don't make promises u can't keep
Plan before u act/speak
When u are in the wrong, don't act/speak as if u are right, it just make people more angry
so difficult to say "sorry" than to speak harshly meh?
Get ur priorities clear, decide on wat's more important and wat's not
Show some remorse when u noe u are wrong... and not try to defend urself wif funny logics
worse, the stupid HDB agent is 45mins late... Grrr... wanted to tell her off, but then later think deeper, she will be handling the "defects" for us so had to give her some "face" and spare her now...
The whole house thingy is making me so tired....so much things to think, so much things to decide
Tell off dd just now, dunno whether she can LISTEN or not... Need to sit down and trash out many things, find out wat she wants and not waste anybody's time, effort and money...
else i really dunno wat to do... really very very very tired already...
went to geylang after that, just to eat wif my colleagues lah...cos some of them gg Germany for training soon...had dim sum, beef hor fan, tou hua and you tiao and bitter guilin gao... all in small portions... nice to eat leh...then jalan jalan there a while come back liao...
took some pics of the place...
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Trip to Sim Lim
Went to Sim Lim square yesterday ..cos dd's uncle wanted to buy a new PC... seems that he change PC mroe freq than me hehe anyway i was in the area to collect my "digimate III" ...it's a portable HDD casing with a card reader which is very handy when u go overseas cos memory cards got limits mah and cannot bring too many(ma fan)
I saw one at Yahoo! auctions selling $70, and PPCP (online camera shop) selling $75 while i bought mine at $55.90 also at a online shop but i gotta go there collect... then i went "tour" around sim lim found a shop willing to sell at $65, mabbe with abit more bargain can get @ $60... grrri tot i bought cheaply...but not too cheap also haiz...
anyway back to the sim lim square tour, found that i am quite "outdated" in terms of computer technology n equipment... i m still using SDRAM, 133 FSB, now already got 800FSB, PCIE blah blah blah and so many casings...quite tempted to upgrade my computer to these newer ones...
nvm gotta bear with it... the time i move house will b the time i upgrade my computer unless my computer chose to die before it sees the new hse hehe
something(i think it's a grain of sand) got into my eye, tried getting it out with many methods but failed..slept with "it" until this morn... think it just got "flushed" out, so uncomfy!..
my digimate III
I saw one at Yahoo! auctions selling $70, and PPCP (online camera shop) selling $75 while i bought mine at $55.90 also at a online shop but i gotta go there collect... then i went "tour" around sim lim found a shop willing to sell at $65, mabbe with abit more bargain can get @ $60... grrri tot i bought cheaply...but not too cheap also haiz...
anyway back to the sim lim square tour, found that i am quite "outdated" in terms of computer technology n equipment... i m still using SDRAM, 133 FSB, now already got 800FSB, PCIE blah blah blah and so many casings...quite tempted to upgrade my computer to these newer ones...
nvm gotta bear with it... the time i move house will b the time i upgrade my computer unless my computer chose to die before it sees the new hse hehe
something(i think it's a grain of sand) got into my eye, tried getting it out with many methods but failed..slept with "it" until this morn... think it just got "flushed" out, so uncomfy!..
my digimate III
Friday, September 08, 2006
New Chair
Yeah got a new chair, a 2nd hand office chair... too bad it's red in color but it's bigger than i expected... haha looks kinda odd in my room cos already very cramp, now with this big chair even more cramp haha... anyway for $20 it's a very good buy orginal price i think it's more than $80 for this type of chair...
as long as it's worth the $$ i dun mind 2nd hand stuffs hehe
mummy scold me say why i always like to buy 2nd hand stuffs... daddy defended me saying that it's a virtue that i noe how to save $$ haha... oh ya daddy fetch me n new chair back... and he nv scold me for making him come all the way to pick me up(at depot rd)... hehe
brother even boasted that $20 is ex, cos he nv buy chairs before, wait till he started buying his own stuffs...
big chair so comfortable... arghhhh....
some pics of the chair:
as long as it's worth the $$ i dun mind 2nd hand stuffs hehe
mummy scold me say why i always like to buy 2nd hand stuffs... daddy defended me saying that it's a virtue that i noe how to save $$ haha... oh ya daddy fetch me n new chair back... and he nv scold me for making him come all the way to pick me up(at depot rd)... hehe
brother even boasted that $20 is ex, cos he nv buy chairs before, wait till he started buying his own stuffs...
big chair so comfortable... arghhhh....
some pics of the chair:
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