$535.90 left & 23 MoRe DaYs to NeXt PaYdaE...
OMG... think i would be broke even before next payday. This christmas would most prob make me look like a miser. But it really can't be helped. The army doesn't pay me enough for me to spend lavishly. Think about it, the pay is still the same 5 yrs back, but the cost of living has increased. So how far do u think my dollar can stretch? Well... as usual, those people working in high up places either are too stupid or are too rich to notice poor people do exist. Well in the end it still boils down to simple physics; the higher u wanna go, the lesser brain mass u must have inorder to make space for hot air.
If u're really rich, u could pump helium into your head, it'll make u rise faster & higher! haha... Idiots!
Anyhow, since it's christmas & i love my friends i would still try to get something for u guys ok? but no promises, but confirm i would get my Detechment guys something, i owed them much for without them i might never had made it. Hee... but it may end up each of u all take 1 piece of chocolate! haha... well... at least better than nothing right? It's the thots that count right? hee...
Yawn... i really tired, woke up at 7am to watch finish the 3 DVD i've rented last night & i add some more things to my blog for the rest of the day, it now has a "Wish List" section! ha ha... Ta da! Now u guys know what to buy for me for christmas! Yay! Thanks guys! ha ha...
Anyway one of the movie i rented was quite inspiring, it's call "ice princess", it's about this physics geek gal who has to choose between a harvard university scholarship & a shot to chase her dreams as a competitive figure skater. Choosing the later means having to cope with studies & skating practices & on top of that taking on part time job to fund her figure skating dreams. Quite a heart warmer. Ha ha... Something for us poor sportsmen to relate to. like i said before, "Dreams are built on $$"...
3 Days ago while me, neo & foo were acompanying Kenn Chng to shop for his new hp, we came across the cool & sophisticated SAMSUNG D600! Sleek & black weighing at only 103g, with 2 Megapixel camera, bluetooth, MP3 player, 3D speakers, Document Viewer, Expandable memory & 73MB of USER MEMORY!! Utimate Performance phone!! Looks so "me", so macho!! haha... ok ok relax, dun punch up your monitor! haha...
Anyway it's $800 plus with a 2 yr plan, ha ha... most prob if i starve the entire next month i could buy one before CNY. ha ha... but me & mr Foo JiKun decided it's better to wait for the price to fall. But what the heck, why buy something everyone else can afford? it'll be like "Oh wow... u have the same phone as me!! & u too!! & u too!! &....." and the list goes on. ha ha... how original.
Anyway on the way back camp we couldn't get cab. What's with taxi drivers these days? Business are waiting by the side of the road but they rather not pick them up, instead they rather drive around waiting for "on call" or drive to a shopping mall coz it's easier to pick up passengers. What's with the peak hour surcharge as well, does driving around for 20mins waiting for the peak hour surcharge to come into effect justify the extra $1 earn per trip? By my calculation, if u pick u a passenger & travels for 20mins, it would earn u more than driving around without a passenger. Definately would earn u more than the extra $1 surcharge.
People say business is poor recently, they have to work hard to make ends meet. But truely, after i see how many people run their business, it's not hard to imagine why they are doing poorly. It's not how hard u work, but how u work. Many just concentrate on making money & not give a damn about their attitude & services. In the past u could well do that, where only u could provide the services, so u could choose whether u wanna sell or not. But not now, competition is intense. U need to listens to the customers needs, learn new skills, give that extra personal touch but yet sometimes, all it takes is a smile to win over a customer / client from the other competitiors. It's not that hard as compared to working hard, slogging away right? That's of coz if u have poor human relation skills.
OMG... think i would be broke even before next payday. This christmas would most prob make me look like a miser. But it really can't be helped. The army doesn't pay me enough for me to spend lavishly. Think about it, the pay is still the same 5 yrs back, but the cost of living has increased. So how far do u think my dollar can stretch? Well... as usual, those people working in high up places either are too stupid or are too rich to notice poor people do exist. Well in the end it still boils down to simple physics; the higher u wanna go, the lesser brain mass u must have inorder to make space for hot air.
If u're really rich, u could pump helium into your head, it'll make u rise faster & higher! haha... Idiots!
Anyhow, since it's christmas & i love my friends i would still try to get something for u guys ok? but no promises, but confirm i would get my Detechment guys something, i owed them much for without them i might never had made it. Hee... but it may end up each of u all take 1 piece of chocolate! haha... well... at least better than nothing right? It's the thots that count right? hee...
Yawn... i really tired, woke up at 7am to watch finish the 3 DVD i've rented last night & i add some more things to my blog for the rest of the day, it now has a "Wish List" section! ha ha... Ta da! Now u guys know what to buy for me for christmas! Yay! Thanks guys! ha ha...
Anyway one of the movie i rented was quite inspiring, it's call "ice princess", it's about this physics geek gal who has to choose between a harvard university scholarship & a shot to chase her dreams as a competitive figure skater. Choosing the later means having to cope with studies & skating practices & on top of that taking on part time job to fund her figure skating dreams. Quite a heart warmer. Ha ha... Something for us poor sportsmen to relate to. like i said before, "Dreams are built on $$"...
3 Days ago while me, neo & foo were acompanying Kenn Chng to shop for his new hp, we came across the cool & sophisticated SAMSUNG D600! Sleek & black weighing at only 103g, with 2 Megapixel camera, bluetooth, MP3 player, 3D speakers, Document Viewer, Expandable memory & 73MB of USER MEMORY!! Utimate Performance phone!! Looks so "me", so macho!! haha... ok ok relax, dun punch up your monitor! haha...
Anyway it's $800 plus with a 2 yr plan, ha ha... most prob if i starve the entire next month i could buy one before CNY. ha ha... but me & mr Foo JiKun decided it's better to wait for the price to fall. But what the heck, why buy something everyone else can afford? it'll be like "Oh wow... u have the same phone as me!! & u too!! & u too!! &....." and the list goes on. ha ha... how original.
Anyway on the way back camp we couldn't get cab. What's with taxi drivers these days? Business are waiting by the side of the road but they rather not pick them up, instead they rather drive around waiting for "on call" or drive to a shopping mall coz it's easier to pick up passengers. What's with the peak hour surcharge as well, does driving around for 20mins waiting for the peak hour surcharge to come into effect justify the extra $1 earn per trip? By my calculation, if u pick u a passenger & travels for 20mins, it would earn u more than driving around without a passenger. Definately would earn u more than the extra $1 surcharge.
People say business is poor recently, they have to work hard to make ends meet. But truely, after i see how many people run their business, it's not hard to imagine why they are doing poorly. It's not how hard u work, but how u work. Many just concentrate on making money & not give a damn about their attitude & services. In the past u could well do that, where only u could provide the services, so u could choose whether u wanna sell or not. But not now, competition is intense. U need to listens to the customers needs, learn new skills, give that extra personal touch but yet sometimes, all it takes is a smile to win over a customer / client from the other competitiors. It's not that hard as compared to working hard, slogging away right? That's of coz if u have poor human relation skills.
