Some updates, these week i'm the karang guni man,..
SOLD!
Dad brought back some old PCs frm his office, 1 P3 1GHz and the other a 500Mhz celeron..ask me to tear them apart and sell them..well sold the 2 MBs and processor + abt 256MB + 128MB SDram to some guy (who look like a mad professor hehe) for $35.. eh abit on the low side but at least it's better than throwing them away... hehe
Sold my Samsung D500C away yesterday also... to a lady, very funny, she didn't even want to check the phone.. she just took it.. Prevously got 1 malay guy complain my fone the rubber corroded lah, one button not sensitive lah blah blah blah and in the end didn't take it..
going to sell the coffee maker also on Friday(tml)..hehe given free by a seller when i bought a juicer frm them .. i buy juicer(+coffee maker) for $20, gg to sell the coffee maker for $12... hoho means the juicer costs only $8?? hehe hope the buyer dun fly me aeroplane...
Bought!
a Nokia n80 hp.. well my samsung D500C still working but sometimes abit cranky ..and one of the button got some probs, must press harder ..some cosmetics prob also..so decide to quickly sell it while it's still working else when it's dead then cannot sell liao right? finally dd and i got the same fone model again... hehe but mine 2nd hand lah..dd one is new one..
Got a unused juicer + coffee maker (the juicer a couple of years old but can see that it has not been used at all) hehe. Now i can make juice for dd and me... yeah..
Digital scale for dd(new one).. this one is for dd to bake cookies...well actually can save quite alot if i get the mechanical one but aiyah i think must give dd the best whenever possible mah so got her a digital one.. i feel more easy to use...
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
More young married couples in S'pore going separate ways
More young married couples in S'pore going separate ways
Sheralyn Taysheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg
AS PART of a worrying trend, divorces among those aged 20 to 24 have seen the sharpest increase in the last 10 years compared to that of all other age groups.
But the largest number of divorces is still among males in the 35 to 44 age bracket and females in the 25 and 34 age group — on par with 2005 figures.
Altogether, there were 7,091 divorces last year, compared to 6,909 in 2005.
On the other hand, the 23,706 people saying "I do" in 2006 was a 3.1-per-cent increase from the previous year, but is still lower than the annual average of 24,800 recorded in the 1990s.
These findings on marriages and divorces — released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday — also revealed an increase in the number of inter-ethnic marriages, especially among Muslims.
Some 30 per cent — or 1,199 — of Muslim marriages last year were mixed matches, up from 21 per cent 10 years ago. However, this was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of divorces among Muslims in inter-ethnic marriages, which rose from 12 per cent in 1996 to 20 per cent last year.
According to National University of Singapore sociologist Dr Paulin Straughan, "this could be due to more inter-ethnic marriages, so it might be a corresponding trend".
Mixed marriages require a lot more work, Dr Straughan said.
"While there is the assumption of shared traits within the same ethnic group, for inter-ethnic marriages, there must be other commonalities such as education or religion. For marriage, the notion of 'opposites attract' is a misnomer; it does not always work like that. In most cases, there needs to be shared identity." But not all couples may understand this, she said, leading to problems in married life.
On the whole, Singaporeans are marrying later than in 1996, with the median age for first-time grooms at 29.7 and brides at 27.
The percentage of marriages between couples with an age difference of more than 10 years has also increased, from 7.2 per cent in 1996 to 9.6 per cent in 2006.
In general, Dr Straughan noted that the statistics did not buck the trends of high divorce rates and later marriages.
"For divorces, the trends have shown that young marriages are at risk. What alarms us is that it's gone up even higher, so marriage preparation is more critical. These figures show that people are not entering marriage fully aware of the commitment, requisite roles and responsibility involved."
Sheralyn Taysheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg
AS PART of a worrying trend, divorces among those aged 20 to 24 have seen the sharpest increase in the last 10 years compared to that of all other age groups.
But the largest number of divorces is still among males in the 35 to 44 age bracket and females in the 25 and 34 age group — on par with 2005 figures.
Altogether, there were 7,091 divorces last year, compared to 6,909 in 2005.
On the other hand, the 23,706 people saying "I do" in 2006 was a 3.1-per-cent increase from the previous year, but is still lower than the annual average of 24,800 recorded in the 1990s.
These findings on marriages and divorces — released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday — also revealed an increase in the number of inter-ethnic marriages, especially among Muslims.
Some 30 per cent — or 1,199 — of Muslim marriages last year were mixed matches, up from 21 per cent 10 years ago. However, this was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of divorces among Muslims in inter-ethnic marriages, which rose from 12 per cent in 1996 to 20 per cent last year.
According to National University of Singapore sociologist Dr Paulin Straughan, "this could be due to more inter-ethnic marriages, so it might be a corresponding trend".
Mixed marriages require a lot more work, Dr Straughan said.
"While there is the assumption of shared traits within the same ethnic group, for inter-ethnic marriages, there must be other commonalities such as education or religion. For marriage, the notion of 'opposites attract' is a misnomer; it does not always work like that. In most cases, there needs to be shared identity." But not all couples may understand this, she said, leading to problems in married life.
On the whole, Singaporeans are marrying later than in 1996, with the median age for first-time grooms at 29.7 and brides at 27.
The percentage of marriages between couples with an age difference of more than 10 years has also increased, from 7.2 per cent in 1996 to 9.6 per cent in 2006.
In general, Dr Straughan noted that the statistics did not buck the trends of high divorce rates and later marriages.
"For divorces, the trends have shown that young marriages are at risk. What alarms us is that it's gone up even higher, so marriage preparation is more critical. These figures show that people are not entering marriage fully aware of the commitment, requisite roles and responsibility involved."
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
HDB launches new flats in JW again
HDB launches new JW flats!!!
http://www69.hdb.gov.sg/bp13/bp13005p.nsf/BEJul07JW5R?OpenPage
includes the 989 that we enquired last time... now they launch..Grrr
http://www69.hdb.gov.sg/bp13/bp13005p.nsf/BEJul07JW5R?OpenPage
includes the 989 that we enquired last time... now they launch..Grrr
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Singapore Traveller D1
Travelled almost 1/2 the circumference of Singapore today hehe... Traveller D1
Journey starts frm 1145am today from the bus-stop outside blk 25, Teck Whye Lane...
- Took TiBs Svc 187 to woodlands via BKE (Blue Line)
- From Woodlands, SBS service 161 to SengKang via SLE and TPE (Blue Line frm woodlands MRT)
- From Sengkang, took NEL to Dhoby Ghaut, change to NS line to City Hall then EW line to Bugis (Green Line)
- From Bugis, took EW line to Boon Lay (Brown Line)
- From Boon lay took TIBS service 180 back to Teck Whye again alighting at same bus-stop(purple line)
Friday, July 20, 2007
inspiration
wah this is a good site... full of meaningful quotes abt life
http://www.pravsworld.com/new/xperience.htm
http://www.pravsworld.com/new/xperience.htm
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Price increase!!
shit, vhive bookcase have increase $10 to $79 each... should have bought them earlier when they were $69... grrrhh GST only increase 2% leh
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
STUPID CARREFOUR!
STUPID CARREFOUR, did not deliver my bike as promised, and nv contact me either.... grrrrh...
***Updates:
They delivered my bike at 11pm... but still unacceptable service, nobody call to inform me of the late delivery, i pity the delivery guy though...gotta work until so late...
anyway i wrote an email to scold them liao... at least feel better haha
***Updates:
They delivered my bike at 11pm... but still unacceptable service, nobody call to inform me of the late delivery, i pity the delivery guy though...gotta work until so late...
anyway i wrote an email to scold them liao... at least feel better haha
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Mattress + bed
hohoho...finally ordered our mattress and bedframe hehe...
quite a tiring process although i think for our mattress, we only visited 4 shops in total (2 in IMM + star furniture ) and mattress center. quite hard to choose for me, cos i've been sleeping on the floor (virtually) for 4/5 yrs (since ORD), now every bed seems soft and comfy to me.. hehe luckily got dd so let her choose the bed is the best... haha..after lying on a few mattress, slumberland,vono, 4-star?, and simmons...she finally decided the simmons Maxipedic /w mem foam is the best among the rest so finally decided to get that one... mabbe it's cos her auntie also using this brand?? highly recommended? or because her auntie say it's good then it's good? haha anyway i dun really care cos like i said every mattress seems comfy to me... haha
got the queen-size mattress + 1 single mattress(promo) + 2 mem foam pillow at $1326 from the mattress center
dunno consider cheap or not... mattress listed price is $1209 then i requested for additional 2 pillows to make it $1300 but cos we ask to deliver in Dec then + 2% additonal GST becomes $1326...
then for the bedframe we got from hommage a platform bed haha..zen style black black in color... we didn't visit other furniture shops, just see price right, design ok then buy haha ...like wat dd said, the bedframe is just to hold the mattress, as long as the mattress is comfy and the bedframe is not too ugly can already.. haha
total damage= $1326 + $950(bedframe + dressing table) = $2276
i think we are quite sui pian..did not visit alot of shops just to find the perfect and pice-right beds haha.. we see we like then we buy.. also didn't compare different shop prices... hehe...
then some hiccups happened to our mattress, the boss and then the lady boss of mattress center called the same night and the next day respectively to say that the salesman put the wrong price tag on the mattress, the org price is $1309 not $1209 so ask me to top up $100... wah i feel not fair right? cos their mistake mah and if i top up $100 then means i gotta bear the blame for their mistake? unfair right? so i propose the $100 we split lor... i top up $50... i feel like tat then reasonable mah cos i'm covering for their mistake liao.. then the lady boss very fierce wor say cannot lah, profit very little already, wat sept simmons bedding will increase price somemore lah blah blah blah..die die wan me to top up $100 somemore dare me to void the invoice... but i of cos not so stupid lor... die die also say top up $50 is my max... haha then she bo pian she say sell me at the oeg price but cannot keep the mattress for me till Dec...must immediately deliver on this sat.. orh ok lor.. my rooms are empty anyway put in their warehouse and put in my housie i feel the same lor... at least i pay $100 less to keep in my housie haha.. but haiz paid the extra $26(2% GST increase) for nothing liao... bo pian lah the lady boss i think angry wif me liao, later i call her she also like buay song like tat (she earn $100 less mah) ... heck care her lor... hope she dun tamper wif my mattresses (1 big + 1 small)..she she dares i will surely complain until the whole singapore knows her shop haha...
now ah hem how to place the bed....
like this?
or like this?
quite a tiring process although i think for our mattress, we only visited 4 shops in total (2 in IMM + star furniture ) and mattress center. quite hard to choose for me, cos i've been sleeping on the floor (virtually) for 4/5 yrs (since ORD), now every bed seems soft and comfy to me.. hehe luckily got dd so let her choose the bed is the best... haha..after lying on a few mattress, slumberland,vono, 4-star?, and simmons...she finally decided the simmons Maxipedic /w mem foam is the best among the rest so finally decided to get that one... mabbe it's cos her auntie also using this brand?? highly recommended? or because her auntie say it's good then it's good? haha anyway i dun really care cos like i said every mattress seems comfy to me... haha
got the queen-size mattress + 1 single mattress(promo) + 2 mem foam pillow at $1326 from the mattress center
dunno consider cheap or not... mattress listed price is $1209 then i requested for additional 2 pillows to make it $1300 but cos we ask to deliver in Dec then + 2% additonal GST becomes $1326...
then for the bedframe we got from hommage a platform bed haha..zen style black black in color... we didn't visit other furniture shops, just see price right, design ok then buy haha ...like wat dd said, the bedframe is just to hold the mattress, as long as the mattress is comfy and the bedframe is not too ugly can already.. haha
total damage= $1326 + $950(bedframe + dressing table) = $2276
i think we are quite sui pian..did not visit alot of shops just to find the perfect and pice-right beds haha.. we see we like then we buy.. also didn't compare different shop prices... hehe...
then some hiccups happened to our mattress, the boss and then the lady boss of mattress center called the same night and the next day respectively to say that the salesman put the wrong price tag on the mattress, the org price is $1309 not $1209 so ask me to top up $100... wah i feel not fair right? cos their mistake mah and if i top up $100 then means i gotta bear the blame for their mistake? unfair right? so i propose the $100 we split lor... i top up $50... i feel like tat then reasonable mah cos i'm covering for their mistake liao.. then the lady boss very fierce wor say cannot lah, profit very little already, wat sept simmons bedding will increase price somemore lah blah blah blah..die die wan me to top up $100 somemore dare me to void the invoice... but i of cos not so stupid lor... die die also say top up $50 is my max... haha then she bo pian she say sell me at the oeg price but cannot keep the mattress for me till Dec...must immediately deliver on this sat.. orh ok lor.. my rooms are empty anyway put in their warehouse and put in my housie i feel the same lor... at least i pay $100 less to keep in my housie haha.. but haiz paid the extra $26(2% GST increase) for nothing liao... bo pian lah the lady boss i think angry wif me liao, later i call her she also like buay song like tat (she earn $100 less mah) ... heck care her lor... hope she dun tamper wif my mattresses (1 big + 1 small)..she she dares i will surely complain until the whole singapore knows her shop haha...
now ah hem how to place the bed....
like this?
or like this?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Photos From Korea
These are some photos from korea, some taken from hotel and some taken from a temple in Seoul.. taken by my colleague...
Thursday, June 07, 2007
No More MC
no more MC for today, so gotta come back to work... sianz..
eating the flu tablet make me feel drowsy... half a day left to go... sianz sianz...
feel like sleeping already
eating the flu tablet make me feel drowsy... half a day left to go... sianz sianz...
feel like sleeping already
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Sick...
finally fell sick yesterday Fever+cough+sore throat+ running nose... Eat too much BBQ and Kim chi in Korea i think hehe..
2nd trip to korea in 2 weeks... haiz.... 13-16 may and 29 May to 2 June... mabbe a bit of tiredness make my immune system vulnerable?
anyway doc gimme 2 days MC and order me to rest...can make use of this time to properly rest... hope can recover by tml then can use tml to go other place? hehe
2nd trip to korea in 2 weeks... haiz.... 13-16 may and 29 May to 2 June... mabbe a bit of tiredness make my immune system vulnerable?
anyway doc gimme 2 days MC and order me to rest...can make use of this time to properly rest... hope can recover by tml then can use tml to go other place? hehe
Thursday, May 24, 2007
OTOT everyday
the title says it all...
almost everyday gotta OT (for abt 1.5 mths liao) till about 9-10pm.. reached home already around 10-11pm... super sianz.. Even gotta burn my sundays time wif dd... Grrr... almost turning into a lifeless beast...
I dun understand how these 'creatures' here think... dun they have a life? dun they have family? dun they need some personal free time?
come to think of it, even if u work till late late everyday, dun u produce as much during those 'extra hours'? i firmly believe that when a man is tired, he loses motivation, when he loses motivation he is unproductive... esp in our line where we gotta have a clear head and think carefully... wat's the pt when we produce the "goods" but they are full of bugs? no point right?
when u're tired, u will not think properly.. esp for me..
I feel tat i am no longer in control of my time already, it's have been dictated by others, by others who wan to see involvement, they are the ones who think that
LONG WORK HRS = PROACTIVE WORKER = HARDWORKING WORKER = GOOD WORKER
i tot that by gg into a European MNC, they managers would have more liberal mindset i.e. as long as the goods are produced, they dun care how long u spend in office..
but i am wrong.. in my office they(the bosses) still think in the JAP way... sianz
I dun mind if they burn my weekdays but i just cannot take it when they burn my sundays as well (worse of all, i dun get paid for working extra hrs)... All i wan is to have 1 day of good rest, one day of personal time, to be with my family and love ones... So recharge myself so that i could be fresher and more ready for work for the next week... is tat too much to ask?
almost everyday gotta OT (for abt 1.5 mths liao) till about 9-10pm.. reached home already around 10-11pm... super sianz.. Even gotta burn my sundays time wif dd... Grrr... almost turning into a lifeless beast...
I dun understand how these 'creatures' here think... dun they have a life? dun they have family? dun they need some personal free time?
come to think of it, even if u work till late late everyday, dun u produce as much during those 'extra hours'? i firmly believe that when a man is tired, he loses motivation, when he loses motivation he is unproductive... esp in our line where we gotta have a clear head and think carefully... wat's the pt when we produce the "goods" but they are full of bugs? no point right?
when u're tired, u will not think properly.. esp for me..
I feel tat i am no longer in control of my time already, it's have been dictated by others, by others who wan to see involvement, they are the ones who think that
LONG WORK HRS = PROACTIVE WORKER = HARDWORKING WORKER = GOOD WORKER
i tot that by gg into a European MNC, they managers would have more liberal mindset i.e. as long as the goods are produced, they dun care how long u spend in office..
but i am wrong.. in my office they(the bosses) still think in the JAP way... sianz
I dun mind if they burn my weekdays but i just cannot take it when they burn my sundays as well (worse of all, i dun get paid for working extra hrs)... All i wan is to have 1 day of good rest, one day of personal time, to be with my family and love ones... So recharge myself so that i could be fresher and more ready for work for the next week... is tat too much to ask?
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Super Short dd day
my weekend is burnt again.. grrr... not happy already for burning my dd day..., sat still ok, but SUNDAY is my DD DAY!!! and it's BURNT!!!
time wif dd already very short already then still like this.. bu suang this time, can't i just have 1 day wif dd undisturbed? is tat too much to ask?
this sunday is super short.... Morning starts at 830am, then we headed to NTU for breakfast, can't find any opened canteen which sells decent food, so end up have to go canteen 2 for b'fast again..
then eat until 930, then left for orchard as dd gg for haircut, her haircut last unusually long, 1.5hrs... then when she came out already close to 12 liao..
next we left for Waterloo st temple to pray for her job. As for me, of cos i pray that such life (weekend burnt) will end soon and i can have my own PERSONAL time wif dd...
I think after dd read this, she might feel i am not a career-minded person and not ambitious enough... but i feel tat everything must have a balance lor... to tell u the truth if i really have to make a choice between job and dd.. i think i will choose dd... haiz mabbe it's true that heros always fall to a woman... dd is my woman... haha
i dun mind working longer on weekdays but PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY MY TIME WIF DD, IT'S ALREADY VERY SHORT AS IT IS ALREADY!!!
i think dd is becoming like a drug for me liao, no see her for 1 wk, i will feel weird like something is missing like tat...
hope such hectic life can end soon... grrrrh...
time wif dd already very short already then still like this.. bu suang this time, can't i just have 1 day wif dd undisturbed? is tat too much to ask?
this sunday is super short.... Morning starts at 830am, then we headed to NTU for breakfast, can't find any opened canteen which sells decent food, so end up have to go canteen 2 for b'fast again..
then eat until 930, then left for orchard as dd gg for haircut, her haircut last unusually long, 1.5hrs... then when she came out already close to 12 liao..
next we left for Waterloo st temple to pray for her job. As for me, of cos i pray that such life (weekend burnt) will end soon and i can have my own PERSONAL time wif dd...
I think after dd read this, she might feel i am not a career-minded person and not ambitious enough... but i feel tat everything must have a balance lor... to tell u the truth if i really have to make a choice between job and dd.. i think i will choose dd... haiz mabbe it's true that heros always fall to a woman... dd is my woman... haha
i dun mind working longer on weekdays but PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY MY TIME WIF DD, IT'S ALREADY VERY SHORT AS IT IS ALREADY!!!
i think dd is becoming like a drug for me liao, no see her for 1 wk, i will feel weird like something is missing like tat...
hope such hectic life can end soon... grrrrh...
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Korea Biz Trip
Returned from Korea on Wednesday...
learnt a few valuable lessons there... seen the true face of some humans... esp my Project Manager..
the story goes like this:
we brought a radio set to ssangyong Motors for them to test, before i went, i received instructions frm my Project Leader(SW) and discipline manager not to commit any schedules or tasks... my role there is just to answer and explain any technical issues there. Full stop...
the meeting there largely revolves around planning and schedules, thus this does not concern me at all so all along i kept quiet...
during testing of the new sample, because of some unfortunate incident, the newer sample is worse than the older one (they found more bugs which does not exists in the older one) of cos this is due to my some of my team's oversight... they removed some useful stuffs when they are trying to remove the useless stuffs... then my project maanger blew his top say how can we bee like tat? every sw got more bugs... like that project how to finish? where is our testing blah blah blah... wah kaoz they customer haven't get angry, he got angry so all along the trip he gave me a black face... , hey it's ain't my fault, i wasn't the one who put the bugs in... but i think as the only member of the sw team there, and my rank is the smallest i gotta take the blame lor... but in front of customers he like 'brothers' with them..so hypocritical...
then he came back to complain to my manager and my project leader i very quiet, never defend the coy... i mean they talking mainly abt the stuffs i was not suppose to have a say, how can i say anything,.. anything i said can be interpreted as a commitment by the koreans... they are like tat... and there was one time i was forced to give an 'estimate' but i was scolded by my project manager already... anyway i dun care abt him lah.. i feel i've done wat i was supposed to do already... there were specific instructions to me and i dun think i've violated any of them...
pics taken by my camera-phone in korea... hehe (went wif 2 oldies cannot bring decent cameras, else they might say.. "hey come here to work, not to sightsee")
view from my hotel room: downtown seoul city
around the hotel
incheon international airport
early morning drive from airport to hotel
learnt a few valuable lessons there... seen the true face of some humans... esp my Project Manager..
the story goes like this:
we brought a radio set to ssangyong Motors for them to test, before i went, i received instructions frm my Project Leader(SW) and discipline manager not to commit any schedules or tasks... my role there is just to answer and explain any technical issues there. Full stop...
the meeting there largely revolves around planning and schedules, thus this does not concern me at all so all along i kept quiet...
during testing of the new sample, because of some unfortunate incident, the newer sample is worse than the older one (they found more bugs which does not exists in the older one) of cos this is due to my some of my team's oversight... they removed some useful stuffs when they are trying to remove the useless stuffs... then my project maanger blew his top say how can we bee like tat? every sw got more bugs... like that project how to finish? where is our testing blah blah blah... wah kaoz they customer haven't get angry, he got angry so all along the trip he gave me a black face... , hey it's ain't my fault, i wasn't the one who put the bugs in... but i think as the only member of the sw team there, and my rank is the smallest i gotta take the blame lor... but in front of customers he like 'brothers' with them..so hypocritical...
then he came back to complain to my manager and my project leader i very quiet, never defend the coy... i mean they talking mainly abt the stuffs i was not suppose to have a say, how can i say anything,.. anything i said can be interpreted as a commitment by the koreans... they are like tat... and there was one time i was forced to give an 'estimate' but i was scolded by my project manager already... anyway i dun care abt him lah.. i feel i've done wat i was supposed to do already... there were specific instructions to me and i dun think i've violated any of them...
pics taken by my camera-phone in korea... hehe (went wif 2 oldies cannot bring decent cameras, else they might say.. "hey come here to work, not to sightsee")
view from my hotel room: downtown seoul city
around the hotel
incheon international airport
early morning drive from airport to hotel
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Updates
Updates updates, dd complaining me haben been updating any of my blogs for a long long time already... very busy nowadays... sianz ..
1) Work -
my project is coming to an end, well almost... then customer complain threaten to stop the project... haha so very busy i think almost 4wks of OTs already... sianz... longest record is stay till 10pm... then go back eat dinner at 11pm... hungry leh... dunno gotta OT till when... the end is still not in sight then i still gotta start another project in the meantime... I am becoming dd superman soon hehe... oh ya the most terrible thing is my Leader (and manager) still expects me to come back during weekends... yes saturday and sunday to work... WAHHHHH... Sat still ok... sunday is dd time well at least the day time is dd time... how can they make me come back to work and scarifice my dd day??? of cos being the smart d1, i cook up alot of excuses not to come back on sunday lah... hehe... so my dd day is still safe... haha i very bad hor?
2) Biz Trip, oh ya i am 80% gg for my first biz trip already... gg to leave tml, to Korea, as technical adviser... ho ho... actually it's just to explain the technical details, cos my leader and my mgr dun wan to go.. so actually i am the 3rd choice... anyway it's to go there to get scolding lah..cos i said customer not happy our product got so many bugs mah... (some bugs are actually minor ones lah, like skip track sometimes... but they wan to make a mountain out of a molehill) anyway take it as a learning experience lor.. hehe i haben gone on a biz trip before leh.
3) alot of celebrations this month... wah this month got 3 occasions i gotta spend $$... 2 birthdays(dd and my dad's ) and 1 mother's day wah terribly broke this month.. somemore still gotta pay Yunnan gdn $1000 and the biz trip i gotta pay for the expenses first then can claim...
In a dilemma now over my job, actually i like what i am doing, but somehow i think the environment dosen't suit me... i wan something which i am in more control of my time. like gimme a task and a dateline, how and when i am gg to do it is under my control. but in this coy it dosen't seem that way.. they judge ur effort and ur 'involvement' by the amount of time u spent in office. leave on the dot and u are "bo chap" even though u've finish ur work.. Actually most of the OTs i came back to do nothing... like now... on standby to help others, i know as a team we are suppose to help each other lah.. but but... i come back nothing to do... wat for??? mabbe i should change jobs?
1) Work -
my project is coming to an end, well almost... then customer complain threaten to stop the project... haha so very busy i think almost 4wks of OTs already... sianz... longest record is stay till 10pm... then go back eat dinner at 11pm... hungry leh... dunno gotta OT till when... the end is still not in sight then i still gotta start another project in the meantime... I am becoming dd superman soon hehe... oh ya the most terrible thing is my Leader (and manager) still expects me to come back during weekends... yes saturday and sunday to work... WAHHHHH... Sat still ok... sunday is dd time well at least the day time is dd time... how can they make me come back to work and scarifice my dd day??? of cos being the smart d1, i cook up alot of excuses not to come back on sunday lah... hehe... so my dd day is still safe... haha i very bad hor?
2) Biz Trip, oh ya i am 80% gg for my first biz trip already... gg to leave tml, to Korea, as technical adviser... ho ho... actually it's just to explain the technical details, cos my leader and my mgr dun wan to go.. so actually i am the 3rd choice... anyway it's to go there to get scolding lah..cos i said customer not happy our product got so many bugs mah... (some bugs are actually minor ones lah, like skip track sometimes... but they wan to make a mountain out of a molehill) anyway take it as a learning experience lor.. hehe i haben gone on a biz trip before leh.
3) alot of celebrations this month... wah this month got 3 occasions i gotta spend $$... 2 birthdays(dd and my dad's ) and 1 mother's day wah terribly broke this month.. somemore still gotta pay Yunnan gdn $1000 and the biz trip i gotta pay for the expenses first then can claim...
In a dilemma now over my job, actually i like what i am doing, but somehow i think the environment dosen't suit me... i wan something which i am in more control of my time. like gimme a task and a dateline, how and when i am gg to do it is under my control. but in this coy it dosen't seem that way.. they judge ur effort and ur 'involvement' by the amount of time u spent in office. leave on the dot and u are "bo chap" even though u've finish ur work.. Actually most of the OTs i came back to do nothing... like now... on standby to help others, i know as a team we are suppose to help each other lah.. but but... i come back nothing to do... wat for??? mabbe i should change jobs?
Friday, April 27, 2007
I don't like to do OT...
Grrh been very busy with work lately... now involved in 2 projects... one gg into production phrase soon (thus so busy) the other just starting...
the one gg into production is causing alot of headaches, customer don't wan to test when they got the first few sets, only till the end then they test and complain... time limit is so short, go gotta do OT almost everyday from 2 weeks ago.. i dun like to do OT, most of the time when i stay around is for show, else my Project Leader will not be happy.. cos usu i finished my work but i dun report... if i report he gimme more probs.. like that i will be doing extra work(but no extra pay).. so most of the time i stay back i do nothing, just hang around on the computer screen pretending to be busy...
wah kaoz sometimes i also dunno why i have become a slave to these office politics... this week lagi best still gotta go back office during saturday... why? cos PL send software to customer on friday. they will feedback on saturday, so sat gotta b there on standby to solve their probs... wah lau...
anyway PL ask me to work on Sun... i said NO... Sunday is the only day i can meet dd for the week... go to work how can then no dd liao leh???
targetting this fone...long time no use Nokia already but find this fone quite sleek and nice hehe... mabbe sept will change to this... Nice?
the one gg into production is causing alot of headaches, customer don't wan to test when they got the first few sets, only till the end then they test and complain... time limit is so short, go gotta do OT almost everyday from 2 weeks ago.. i dun like to do OT, most of the time when i stay around is for show, else my Project Leader will not be happy.. cos usu i finished my work but i dun report... if i report he gimme more probs.. like that i will be doing extra work(but no extra pay).. so most of the time i stay back i do nothing, just hang around on the computer screen pretending to be busy...
wah kaoz sometimes i also dunno why i have become a slave to these office politics... this week lagi best still gotta go back office during saturday... why? cos PL send software to customer on friday. they will feedback on saturday, so sat gotta b there on standby to solve their probs... wah lau...
anyway PL ask me to work on Sun... i said NO... Sunday is the only day i can meet dd for the week... go to work how can then no dd liao leh???
targetting this fone...long time no use Nokia already but find this fone quite sleek and nice hehe... mabbe sept will change to this... Nice?
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Busy Busy Week
been super busy for the past week, almost everyday OT... well actually it's not that i can't finished my work but i have to look 'busy' cos my Project Leader is working like mad to meet customer's requirements(keep changing) ..have to act act for him to see to make him happy lor...
actually me staying back is to support him lah...cos he allocated alot more work to me but i am still NEW leh... this is my first project... aiyoh customer SOP near so gotta rush..and this stupid customer towards the end then do testing so got alot of reported bugs suddenly come out lor.. gotta solve them quicky... sianz
everyday work until 8:30-9:30 then can go back.. only thursday i went back at 615 hehe cos PL flew to Korea.. haha
hope can successfully SOP.. i still got stuffs of another proj to handles leh..busy busy
actually me staying back is to support him lah...cos he allocated alot more work to me but i am still NEW leh... this is my first project... aiyoh customer SOP near so gotta rush..and this stupid customer towards the end then do testing so got alot of reported bugs suddenly come out lor.. gotta solve them quicky... sianz
everyday work until 8:30-9:30 then can go back.. only thursday i went back at 615 hehe cos PL flew to Korea.. haha
hope can successfully SOP.. i still got stuffs of another proj to handles leh..busy busy
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Long long time
wah looking at my last post, then i realise that i've not posted anything here for almost a month liao... haiz been busy lately ... with reno stuffs... then weekdays move between JW and Teck Whye ... dunno why when i am inside new housie, i dun feel like going out and gg back to my old home.. mabbe should sleep there sometimes...
Renos is 99.9% done but still haben paid our contractor Patrick yet... cos dd just change her job, so need the $$ first... so i transferred to her acct lor (hope she dun spent it all, then no $$ to pay Patrick liao)
Then we also went to look for Master Ong to pick a auspicious date for our AD... but then some probs crop up.. My dad not happy, her mum also not happy... 2 major obstacles...
My dad not happy cos:-
1) he feels i just started working, must have some savings cannot spend all on AD
2) never inform him beforehand nor seek his approval (he's a MCP)
3) He dosen't wan a banquet( but dd's parents wans, so he feels why are we giving in?)
dd's mum not happy that i dunno why liao lor.. ask dd to go find out more info, like how much dowry her mum wans, how many tbls she wan.. till now also no news.. no updates...
i think if this continues to drag on and ding dong here ding dong there... even by 2009 we wun be married yet. not to say 2008... haiz...hope to get this things quickly done and over with.
Can't imagine someone who is not footing the bill and yet still got $$ to earn got so many comments and requests.
then dd said something to me that i makes me very sad... she said she wanted to start everything all over again, she dun want to marry me.. why? she said very troublesome marry still need to treat ppl eat and still so many stuffs to do, to pay... i was like "WAT!!!!??" when i heard this, troublesome? also all frm her side, my parents already compromise alot already. . wat more she wan huh? now i feel my parents are better than hers (though last time i feel they dun care abt me) but at least they dun hav so much mood swings and are easier to handle...
now dd turns... i told her many times, we gotta work together to make things work out... if got a little prob then want to avoid and hide then we will never have things done...
now i am also afraid she may not be used to married life, cos she's been living a pampered life, everything is provided for and done for her ( by her parents) the aftermath.. she becomes LAZY... why i say that:
1) she dun help to clean up when we are in the housie, only sometimes ...
still got many housework we need to do lor.. when we live alone.. i'm prepared to share the
work-load, though i see many instances whereby the wife do most of it..
2) she thinks it's far to walk from JP to our housie, and from housie to the sports complex... i've
been walking and hanging around these few places since our renos started lor... there are
many ppl who are also doing the same thing ...they also never complain, even i also never
complain...Quote from her: "if others can do it why can't she?"
3) New workplace at AMK, and she still drives to work... this i feel is like eh waste of $$ lor cos
the truth is she is not rich, furthermore now is the crunch time, we need every cent we can
save..., her reason, cos she can save 40mins of travelling time so it's justifiable to pay for the
comfort... i dun blame her for this if she can keep her travelling $$ within $150 (dunno need
$$ for parking at her new workplace) but i feel it's not worthwhile lor... to me i rather leave
home earlier. I have many colleagues also live far faraway, but they also never need to drive
to work, even my own brother who used to work in tampines. if she wans to convert her red
plate to black plate all the more she need to save the $$ lor.. then can redeem her car lic plate
earlier.. dunno why she dun see this pt but keep saying want to convert to black plate.
I think to be able to live together and enjoy the latter part of ours lifes, we need to make some changes lor. Some sacrifice now is inevitable, we will only enjoy the fruit later. Laze around now and nothing will be done. We also need to cast our view further ahead and not just look and dispair at present situation.
Sighz very sianz... feel like spending $$ again... housie still got many things haben buy... all the fees (including banquet) are a heavy burden on my shoulders... really hope dd can share some of the load but looking at the situation now i think quite unlikely lor... demoralised....
Renos is 99.9% done but still haben paid our contractor Patrick yet... cos dd just change her job, so need the $$ first... so i transferred to her acct lor (hope she dun spent it all, then no $$ to pay Patrick liao)
Then we also went to look for Master Ong to pick a auspicious date for our AD... but then some probs crop up.. My dad not happy, her mum also not happy... 2 major obstacles...
My dad not happy cos:-
1) he feels i just started working, must have some savings cannot spend all on AD
2) never inform him beforehand nor seek his approval (he's a MCP)
3) He dosen't wan a banquet( but dd's parents wans, so he feels why are we giving in?)
dd's mum not happy that i dunno why liao lor.. ask dd to go find out more info, like how much dowry her mum wans, how many tbls she wan.. till now also no news.. no updates...
i think if this continues to drag on and ding dong here ding dong there... even by 2009 we wun be married yet. not to say 2008... haiz...hope to get this things quickly done and over with.
Can't imagine someone who is not footing the bill and yet still got $$ to earn got so many comments and requests.
then dd said something to me that i makes me very sad... she said she wanted to start everything all over again, she dun want to marry me.. why? she said very troublesome marry still need to treat ppl eat and still so many stuffs to do, to pay... i was like "WAT!!!!??" when i heard this, troublesome? also all frm her side, my parents already compromise alot already. . wat more she wan huh? now i feel my parents are better than hers (though last time i feel they dun care abt me) but at least they dun hav so much mood swings and are easier to handle...
now dd turns... i told her many times, we gotta work together to make things work out... if got a little prob then want to avoid and hide then we will never have things done...
now i am also afraid she may not be used to married life, cos she's been living a pampered life, everything is provided for and done for her ( by her parents) the aftermath.. she becomes LAZY... why i say that:
1) she dun help to clean up when we are in the housie, only sometimes ...
still got many housework we need to do lor.. when we live alone.. i'm prepared to share the
work-load, though i see many instances whereby the wife do most of it..
2) she thinks it's far to walk from JP to our housie, and from housie to the sports complex... i've
been walking and hanging around these few places since our renos started lor... there are
many ppl who are also doing the same thing ...they also never complain, even i also never
complain...Quote from her: "if others can do it why can't she?"
3) New workplace at AMK, and she still drives to work... this i feel is like eh waste of $$ lor cos
the truth is she is not rich, furthermore now is the crunch time, we need every cent we can
save..., her reason, cos she can save 40mins of travelling time so it's justifiable to pay for the
comfort... i dun blame her for this if she can keep her travelling $$ within $150 (dunno need
$$ for parking at her new workplace) but i feel it's not worthwhile lor... to me i rather leave
home earlier. I have many colleagues also live far faraway, but they also never need to drive
to work, even my own brother who used to work in tampines. if she wans to convert her red
plate to black plate all the more she need to save the $$ lor.. then can redeem her car lic plate
earlier.. dunno why she dun see this pt but keep saying want to convert to black plate.
I think to be able to live together and enjoy the latter part of ours lifes, we need to make some changes lor. Some sacrifice now is inevitable, we will only enjoy the fruit later. Laze around now and nothing will be done. We also need to cast our view further ahead and not just look and dispair at present situation.
Sighz very sianz... feel like spending $$ again... housie still got many things haben buy... all the fees (including banquet) are a heavy burden on my shoulders... really hope dd can share some of the load but looking at the situation now i think quite unlikely lor... demoralised....
Monday, March 05, 2007
down down down
feeling rather down lately... seems to have achieve little despite spending so much effort and $$... looking at the things yet to be done haiz... super sianz...
really financially, emotionally and physically drained... sians sians sians
Coffers is nearly empty already... left only abt $3k++ and still have alot of things haben done... dunno whether can marry early next year... thinking abt it makes me more grrrrh... so much more things to worry abt somemore... $$-wise shld be ok though it's gonna be a bit tight... then there's the 'auspicious date' thing... frankly speaking I DON'T CARE whether we get married at some auspicious dates or not... i just wan to quickly move into new house so that i wun be paying for NOTHING... this fee, that fee all adds up... grrr... furthermore i've taken reno loan to do the renovations, all the more it's ridiculous if we were to wait 2yrs to move in..and pay the interest to the bank... if we were unable to move in next yr, i think the whole reno thing would be a VERY BAD thing...
still yet to be done:
1) $2300 owed to BE
2) my LCD TV (another $1200 mabbe?)
3) Curtains/blinds (~ $700-$800?)
4) book banquet venue @ the 'auspicious date' ...
5) Honeymoon?? ($8000 at least)
WAHHHHH.... terribly sianz... dying soon... need some divine help soon...
really financially, emotionally and physically drained... sians sians sians
Coffers is nearly empty already... left only abt $3k++ and still have alot of things haben done... dunno whether can marry early next year... thinking abt it makes me more grrrrh... so much more things to worry abt somemore... $$-wise shld be ok though it's gonna be a bit tight... then there's the 'auspicious date' thing... frankly speaking I DON'T CARE whether we get married at some auspicious dates or not... i just wan to quickly move into new house so that i wun be paying for NOTHING... this fee, that fee all adds up... grrr... furthermore i've taken reno loan to do the renovations, all the more it's ridiculous if we were to wait 2yrs to move in..and pay the interest to the bank... if we were unable to move in next yr, i think the whole reno thing would be a VERY BAD thing...
still yet to be done:
1) $2300 owed to BE
2) my LCD TV (another $1200 mabbe?)
3) Curtains/blinds (~ $700-$800?)
4) book banquet venue @ the 'auspicious date' ...
5) Honeymoon?? ($8000 at least)
WAHHHHH.... terribly sianz... dying soon... need some divine help soon...
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Paintworks...
Super busy these few days, that's why long time no blog...
Been shuttling to and fro JW these few days to do painting for my housie... Really tiring cos i will usually stay there till night time and work about 10hrs (930am - 8pm) just doing painting alone...
at the same time it's quite fufilling when u see the "finished product"...
Now i think paintworks is 70-75% completed already.. I've painted most of the walls and ceilings... just left a few of those hard to reached edges for me to tackle...
usually it's only me who go ALONE... d2 i think i am gg to ban her from painting... think it's cos of her impatience, she created a mess by painting the MBR parquet skirting (in her one and only painting trip) when she only wanted to paint the walls.. now i tried removing the patches wif water but cannot come out... guess harden already cannot come out... now must use turpentine to try to remove it.. hopefully it will all come out... grrr.... extra work...
hehe, now study room is like "glowing" cos of the paint i choose...nice nice but dunno can find furniture to fit the wall colors or not...
oh my bday coming... hoho
Been shuttling to and fro JW these few days to do painting for my housie... Really tiring cos i will usually stay there till night time and work about 10hrs (930am - 8pm) just doing painting alone...
at the same time it's quite fufilling when u see the "finished product"...
Now i think paintworks is 70-75% completed already.. I've painted most of the walls and ceilings... just left a few of those hard to reached edges for me to tackle...
usually it's only me who go ALONE... d2 i think i am gg to ban her from painting... think it's cos of her impatience, she created a mess by painting the MBR parquet skirting (in her one and only painting trip) when she only wanted to paint the walls.. now i tried removing the patches wif water but cannot come out... guess harden already cannot come out... now must use turpentine to try to remove it.. hopefully it will all come out... grrr.... extra work...
hehe, now study room is like "glowing" cos of the paint i choose...nice nice but dunno can find furniture to fit the wall colors or not...
oh my bday coming... hoho
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Nothing Done again
Once again Uncle Ah Soon had not kept his promise, he said he would start work on wednesday but nothing have been done...
i am begining to lose patience wif him ... make promise but cannot keep, i dun like this type of people... grrrrh
nvm i will give him another week, still nothing done then i gotta call and demand an explanation from him...
i am begining to lose patience wif him ... make promise but cannot keep, i dun like this type of people... grrrrh
nvm i will give him another week, still nothing done then i gotta call and demand an explanation from him...
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Surprise surprise
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
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 $$ kind of "saved" me, cos there are still alot of unpaid bills ahead.. like SP services lah, the remaining sum owed to bridal elegance, and the lunch expenses after ROM(this one is a real headache)...
oh some "upgrades" have been done to "monkdees manor" liao hehe
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wow time really flies, I've been in SiemensVDO for 6 months already.. to be exact it's 6 months and 2 days haha...
still no confirmation letter yet, but according to my fren, it's becos the HR manager is not in office so no1 to sign the letter haiz
Actually my workload is still considered 'light' cos most of the time i am still surfing the net and toking to dd...hehE
Recently just got "drafted" into a project... just implemented a change in the modules, and solve some bugs all well within the planned schedule hehe so i can still relax now haha
but dunno why these few days suffered a minor pimple attack...too stressed over work? unlikely mah mabbe stress over housie and $$ 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...
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