2011 is a bad day for holidays for me. Even for pertinent stuff.
What to do? Responsibility increasing with each passing day. I just don't feel like sleeping sometimes [like, today... yeah]
Applying for leave is going to be tough, discounting the fact that most PH this year falls on either Saturday/Sunday. What will they do? Refund? Tough luck bro. I highly doubt so.
Getting married, renovating the house, busy trying to make an honest living, trying to rise up the ranks while doing my job well and MORE......
How can people juggle between all these and remain married? I really wonder sometimes...
Anyway, whenever my friends tell me of the wonderful weather in Korea or the awesome trip to Taiwan/China or even my fav, GREECE.... I can't help but to just tell myself to look forward to my weekend. If I am working on Saturday, I comfort myself with the fact that Sunday is a rest day that flies by too fast. Sometimes, ending up with swelling eyes on a blue Monday morning due to too much tears, weeping for stupid reasons.
It feels terrible, knowing that you're a fresh grad, and most of the time you're just like plankton in the middle of the deep blue ocean. You get eaten up by bigger fishes. And the fish gets eaten by bigger bigger fish and so on. Exponentially, it will never end,. But I cross my fingers and pray that all these mumbo jumbo will end soon.
Sometimes I wish I need not work. But I know that if I quit, my hands will get itchy and before long I'll be hired yet again!
Anyway, this job is not that bad la. I love the environment MINUS the 38 ladies who are worse than fish mongers. They are the biggest rumours-mongers i have ever seen in my entire life. or probably I am still young?
Anyway, I really want to go for my trip up 4101m but with stupidly weak knees, bye KK, bye 4101m......
I guess I have to try hard enough to tell myself that I need a break, cuz I always feel that I can still go on as others are having a rougher week as compared to myself. Pushing too hard might break my knee if not my backbone.
But I also hate the fact that people like 'comparing' paychecks or job titles. we are all fresh grads. why bother showing off to one another that we are doing 'well' when we are honestly suffering? Money might be good, but we become time-poor. Worst would be the time and money-poor people taking on crap jobs at crap companies.
I am still quite lucky. Just need to say to myself that I need a break. But I cannot. I hate myself. FML...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Renovating the house
It is not easy to renovate.Getting a place that's only 2 years old (but warranty period is over) is a headache. Couple that with 'i need to hack of all the tiles?!' headache, you're in for trouble.
But thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who is able to take care of most stuff. Working at odd shift hours have once again proven to be good. I wonder if I should jump ship too?
Back to the story....
Tiles may not be expensive, but workmanship is awesomely expensive.
Furnitures may not look expensive at the first glance, until you notice that the material used = not so good. And you start seeking for a 'better' furniture only to realize that it is the same but they charge you higher because they are in Midvalley.
Lighting and other fittings may look quite affordable if it is itemized. Sum it all up, you can laugh out loud if it does not touch RM1000 for a nice looking and affordable one.
But at the end of the day, it all boils down to whether you will like living in your new place or not. No point going for a cheaper alternative and only to think about an upgrade in only a short span of 2-3 years. Even if it means monthly installments for me. Oh well, I need to secure myself with a job for at least 2 years then....
For young friends who are reading this, it would be a good time to stash off some of those cash you've allocated for your weekly Starbucks affair, or those additional blows for something from LV/salvatore/Marc/whatever else..... Unless your parents print money (unlike mine of course or I'd be purchasing LVs without a hoot already!) it would be great to cut down on some 'additionals'. A little goes a long way.
Darn, I should have taken on 3 jobs during my university years instead of just those weekend part time ones...
Dang..... I still have the habit of calling it a house when it is sitting 2-digit high floor and away from ground zero.
But thank goodness I have a wonderful husband who is able to take care of most stuff. Working at odd shift hours have once again proven to be good. I wonder if I should jump ship too?
Back to the story....
Tiles may not be expensive, but workmanship is awesomely expensive.
Furnitures may not look expensive at the first glance, until you notice that the material used = not so good. And you start seeking for a 'better' furniture only to realize that it is the same but they charge you higher because they are in Midvalley.
Lighting and other fittings may look quite affordable if it is itemized. Sum it all up, you can laugh out loud if it does not touch RM1000 for a nice looking and affordable one.
But at the end of the day, it all boils down to whether you will like living in your new place or not. No point going for a cheaper alternative and only to think about an upgrade in only a short span of 2-3 years. Even if it means monthly installments for me. Oh well, I need to secure myself with a job for at least 2 years then....
For young friends who are reading this, it would be a good time to stash off some of those cash you've allocated for your weekly Starbucks affair, or those additional blows for something from LV/salvatore/Marc/whatever else..... Unless your parents print money (unlike mine of course or I'd be purchasing LVs without a hoot already!) it would be great to cut down on some 'additionals'. A little goes a long way.
Darn, I should have taken on 3 jobs during my university years instead of just those weekend part time ones...
Dang..... I still have the habit of calling it a house when it is sitting 2-digit high floor and away from ground zero.
New House
Yay~ New crib's gonna be done really really soon!
But of course, still would need TIME to really equip ourselves to the necessary level.
Flipping through magazines, don't you wish you can have everything they have and more? Those wonderful island with wine holders above it, those ever-glossy acrylic stuff over the doors? Oh oh... Not to mention, those awesome 2' x 2' tiles?
Wait a minute, where can I get my Alessi stuff? Or even my Royal Selangor Pewter?! (oh... not really a pewter fan though...)
We human beings have strange perception of things in life.
You may love driving big cars, show off your shiny BMW 3 series or probably get a puny little overpriced POLO. Congrats man, you've got your dream car. But I don't intend to sit in those big depreciating asset. I much rather lie dead on my wonderfully comfortable sofa and have an adorable puppy licking my nose while SCH plays his God of War on PS3.
I rather have a beautiful home but pay 2-years of installments that will drive myself almost saving-less. I don't believe in buying a make-shift item and only upgrade after 2/3 years. Amounts to more wastage at the end of the day. Nobody buys 2nd hand cheap plates.
But I am still happy.
Not because I have the world's best looking house.
Rather, I know I will have a HOME in the wonderfully simple house because HOME is where the HEART is :) and that's where my SCH will be..... yuv....
But of course, still would need TIME to really equip ourselves to the necessary level.
Flipping through magazines, don't you wish you can have everything they have and more? Those wonderful island with wine holders above it, those ever-glossy acrylic stuff over the doors? Oh oh... Not to mention, those awesome 2' x 2' tiles?
Wait a minute, where can I get my Alessi stuff? Or even my Royal Selangor Pewter?! (oh... not really a pewter fan though...)
We human beings have strange perception of things in life.
You may love driving big cars, show off your shiny BMW 3 series or probably get a puny little overpriced POLO. Congrats man, you've got your dream car. But I don't intend to sit in those big depreciating asset. I much rather lie dead on my wonderfully comfortable sofa and have an adorable puppy licking my nose while SCH plays his God of War on PS3.
I rather have a beautiful home but pay 2-years of installments that will drive myself almost saving-less. I don't believe in buying a make-shift item and only upgrade after 2/3 years. Amounts to more wastage at the end of the day. Nobody buys 2nd hand cheap plates.
But I am still happy.
Not because I have the world's best looking house.
Rather, I know I will have a HOME in the wonderfully simple house because HOME is where the HEART is :) and that's where my SCH will be..... yuv....
Getting Married
The idea of getting married -- does it scare you?
Oh I forgot babes. We are married, legally. So, what's the fuss right?
But of course, life's not that simple. It's just not about "i go to work, i earn my paycheck, i come home, i cook, i eat, i poop, i brush teeth and sleep, tmr morning will be a better day" and i repeat the same cycle again.
How mundane life can actually be....
But anyway, life's not about hoarding cash in your bank account. Who says money cannot buy happiness? That wonderful trip to Korea, those tiny Android phones, those oh-so-cute plushies from TY or even those stupidly-priced ROSES during Valentine's Day...... It makes you happy, doesn't it? Even though sometimes it is just not practical at all!
But what they hey?! Do something you really want to. Buy something you really like. Make yourself happy.
Get the best looking gown for your wedding too, of course! But then again, we Chinese will always go through that annoying part in life called 'what will other people think?'........
Sometimes I think marriage is a bane. It is annoying, it gives me the creeps knowing that my life requires some 'cap SIRIM' approval from some people I never knew existed. Not to mention, people who tak ada kena mengena in our lives. Oh, so you mean you existed? Oh that's great!! (whispers: who the heck is that aunty? she didn't just call me fat aye?)
Maybe I am just scaring myself too much. Maybe it is not that scary after all..........
Oh I forgot babes. We are married, legally. So, what's the fuss right?
But of course, life's not that simple. It's just not about "i go to work, i earn my paycheck, i come home, i cook, i eat, i poop, i brush teeth and sleep, tmr morning will be a better day" and i repeat the same cycle again.
How mundane life can actually be....
But anyway, life's not about hoarding cash in your bank account. Who says money cannot buy happiness? That wonderful trip to Korea, those tiny Android phones, those oh-so-cute plushies from TY or even those stupidly-priced ROSES during Valentine's Day...... It makes you happy, doesn't it? Even though sometimes it is just not practical at all!
But what they hey?! Do something you really want to. Buy something you really like. Make yourself happy.
Get the best looking gown for your wedding too, of course! But then again, we Chinese will always go through that annoying part in life called 'what will other people think?'........
Sometimes I think marriage is a bane. It is annoying, it gives me the creeps knowing that my life requires some 'cap SIRIM' approval from some people I never knew existed. Not to mention, people who tak ada kena mengena in our lives. Oh, so you mean you existed? Oh that's great!! (whispers: who the heck is that aunty? she didn't just call me fat aye?)
Maybe I am just scaring myself too much. Maybe it is not that scary after all..........
Ever enough?
Ever had that feeling that you will never have enough time? Or even enough money, or even something as stupid as 'not enough toilet tissue paper leh' feeling?
I am really trying to kick my awesome habit of 'I just want to think I am busy so I don't need to do anything!' and get on with my life, doing things that I really need to do.
Maybe I should stop complaining silently in my head but say it out loud so someone will come over and knock me on my head when they notice I am slacking again........
But of course, only happens when I am at home.
And what the heck, I don't get to come home before 8:30pm every freaking weekday. Considered quite a bargain as compared to SOME companies. But yeah, traffic jam is awful considering the fact that Perodua should just be voted off the country for introducing 0% downpayment and awesomely idiotic interest rate and 9-yr loans for young punks who are not even fit to maneuver a remote control car, let alone drive on busy roads like the North-South highways.
Nothing against Myvis... But don't you think there are just too many accidents?
Ahh.... This is life.... :(
And no, life's never enough.... so before you say enough is enough, think again... Will you say 'money/time is enough'?
I am really trying to kick my awesome habit of 'I just want to think I am busy so I don't need to do anything!' and get on with my life, doing things that I really need to do.
Maybe I should stop complaining silently in my head but say it out loud so someone will come over and knock me on my head when they notice I am slacking again........
But of course, only happens when I am at home.
And what the heck, I don't get to come home before 8:30pm every freaking weekday. Considered quite a bargain as compared to SOME companies. But yeah, traffic jam is awful considering the fact that Perodua should just be voted off the country for introducing 0% downpayment and awesomely idiotic interest rate and 9-yr loans for young punks who are not even fit to maneuver a remote control car, let alone drive on busy roads like the North-South highways.
Nothing against Myvis... But don't you think there are just too many accidents?
Ahh.... This is life.... :(
And no, life's never enough.... so before you say enough is enough, think again... Will you say 'money/time is enough'?
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