this whole house-buying thing is driving me nuts. there are so many regulations, so many "hidden" rules that are not explicitly stated out on the various websites, it feels like a complete trap to just suck one in to debt forever. and to think i listed living debt-free as one of the biggest goal in my life. because it's really not easy to maintain ( Read more... )

one of the unfortunate days where i let unhappiness at work eat into me past office hours. i wonder how much longer i can hold on to this facade. it's open secret that there's nothing inspiring left in this company. we are like the last few men onboard, steering an old ship till the day the fuel runs out. it felt as if i started off as a lowly ( Read more... )

though i just got back from japan, i can't stop looking at dot.st and the g.u. site, lusting over some really trendy stuff that i have no idea how i missed them while i was there. it's so annoying to realize that physical stores stock less stuff than online urgh. so tempted to just throw all common sense far far away and cave in to a few clicks ( Read more... )

so i headed back to the office yesterday, and spent seven peaceful and quiet hours to catch up all my work and get everything ready for the trip. it was probably one of the most satisfying work-days i've had in the longest time. i don't hate my work, i really don't. and i know i am actually doing a pretty good job with it. but it's just the overall ( Read more... )

for once, my well-honed travelling planning skills came into good use. thanks to an ultra-procrastinative colleague, a work trip to USA that i initiated since early March just got approved two days ago, and we are supposed to leave on 3rd May! cue madness of arranging for travel request forms, hotel bookings and flight details!!! managed to nail ( Read more... )

i think the hardest part to come to terms with for my current position, is that i am no longer in control. and the greatest irony is that i'm supposed to spearhead the entire program from inside out. when i was a lowly planner, i get to have the final say in how things run. i get to be the one making all the critical decisions that affect outcome ( Read more... )

feeling really under the weather. battling with a long persistent cough that just refuses to go away, and the general heat isn't helping at all. couple that with PMS-y feels and at certain times in the day, i feel like the greatest loser in the whole damn world. dramatic? yeah you bet. my dying curls and extremely thick ends are also irritating the ( Read more... )

things remain frosty between me and my mum, and that's because i made it that way. she'd try to make small talk but i'd not respond. replies to her questions are curt, and at the bare minimum of yes/no. whenever she asks me to do anything like fix the faulty radio, i flipped it around a few times, declared it dead and she can buy a new one if she ( Read more... )

...and so, both me and le mum are taking this cold war way more serious than the past. not only did she refuse the monthly allowance, she has also stopped making meals for me, leaving my laundry aside, and simply just shutting me out of the daily stuff. nothing that will kill me anyway. i eat out for dinner (which worked out to be cheaper, taking ( Read more... )

obligatory first post typed on the new laptop! though the process of getting it was far more dramatic than any online shopping shit i have ever experienced urgh. after placing the order, the staff emailed and said they are checking stock availability and will get back to me before collection date, which they never did and the collection date passed ( Read more... )