Thursday, September 27, 2007

The real 'dumb-dumb's...

Ah... Back from a (forsaken) sailing... again...
Granted a day off...

Was getting bored half way through the day when i just realise that my precious (hehe...) Wii is begining to collect some dust...

HOW COULD THIS BE!!??
MY PRECIOUS!!! (hehe...)

While dusting off my precious (hehe...), i begin to wonder why haven't i play it recently...
Busy? Sailing? Dating? Tired?
All sort of things came to mind...

Ah what the hack...
The best way to find out what went wrong is to play it again =P

...
...

(4hours and one angry girlfriend later...)

Yup, i got my answer...
I tends to get so absorbed while playing with my precious (hehe...) that i lost track of time easily...

And my girlfriend claims that i wasn't listening to her while we're chatting on the phone...
But i swear i am!!
I maybe shouting and cursing at the boss i'm trying to kill but i swear i am!!

(i know its not very convincing but i swear i really am...)

...

(REALLY!!)


Bout those 'dumb-dumb's who can't play a decent NDS game, bout the aunt whose getting a depression due to her stroke, and her son who flunk out poly cause of game addiction...
I really did listen dear...
Sigh...


Maybe i'm the real 'dumb-dumb' here...

My precious...
Hehe...
(ok i know its creepy, i'll cut it out...)



And so today's update:


Spend: 39+ for another lesson i fail... sigh...
Save: abit i guess... you just can't buying anything in the middle of the sea...
Wallet: ???
Coins: ???
Current Bank: 300+
Saving Bank: 10000
Saving (2): 420o+
Saving (3): 9105.96 units
Saving (?): XXX

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Boys to Men...

Ah... Sunday...
The one day in the whole week when even waking up feeling like a chore...
(yet if you don't wake up if feel likes you wasted such a wonderful day of rest...
which you are suppose to rest...? -_-;)

In a blink of an eye (ok maybe a few million blinks), 2yrs have pass since i 1st step onto Tekong... Now everytime when i see a NSF friend, the 1st thing i ask would be: when you ORD?
(Kindda sad though cause if i didn't sign the paper i should be outta here already....)

Back to the point, after asking that i'll usually follow up with: What's your plans next?
This is where i start to see how NS really turn boys to men...

I once had a friend whom i knew from the net. She despise the guys around her. She was only 14 back then, standing at 170+cm, doesn't exactly stand out as a pretty face, got rejected by a guy or 2 and always wonder why... She had quite an attitude but that another story for another day...
She once mention she may not date another guy again... unless he completed his NS...
She claims that NS transfrom boys to men by implanting fear into their naive, boyish little heart, letting them face to face with the death himself, having encounters with the beings of the Netherworld... Only by this means do they really wise up and 'reborn' to be a true man...

(As you can tell, she's a pure psycho and went all boys to die....)

I like to beg a different to her comment as i 1st-handedly been through the ordeal and see how the transformation works...
What we guys went through isn't as cruel as what she claims (maybe worse =P) There will be sweat and tears along the way but the whole process is not meant to kill you but to let you think...

During BTM, we'll be put through some hellish training to prepare our body. Then the next 19months, we'll be posted to different unit/vocation where we'll go through mind numbing daily routine which bore us outta our mind or/and sanity.
While all this may sound simple to ladies or NSmen-to-be out there, only those who really been through these 2 years of what some call 'hell' will they understand how much it have change our mindset. Change us so we (as boys) will finally think bout our future, like men...

People whom i have asked so far who would ORD soon, all are able to gimme a very detail plan of their career path, road to study and for some even savings for marrage... One told me how his worried over his collage funds, another wonder if he should go overseas to study with his girlfriend, yet another wish he will get married soon (long story...)...


Anyway, here's my best wish for all ORD(ing) friends out there...
May god speed be with you...


And so today's update:

Spend: err... bills, food, transport... sigh...
Save: ...
Wallet: ???
Coins: ???
Current Bank: 300+
Saving Bank: 10000
Saving (2): 420o+ (i think?)
Saving (3): 9105.96 units
Saving (?): XXX

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Slice of my mind...

It's been awhile...
Too many things happen...
Too much to do...
... Too lazy too =P

Nearly went insane last month...
The load of my work increase by 3 fold, test and inspection comes one after another, morons at work keep pushing my buttons, money running so low till i can't even afford my own birthday present without touching my savings...

And just went i finally got my pay to hold the bills back, the big 3-letter word hit me harder than i can ever imagine...
T-A-X...

Ah... My first step into reality of the working world...
Almost forgot why the hell i've put aside the whole chuck of ALL my bonus for...


Anyway, just went out for dinner with the few people onboard my ship who i'm good with for dinner. While its nice to eat out with good friends and such once in awhile, 2 things hit me... Hard...

1st of all, the guys were all discussing bout finance, money, investing, property, current rising market vs our slow pay-rise which i'm totally clueless about... While the contents is simplistic and somewhat navie to some extend, it goes to show how much they have already plan out ahead what they wanna do and what they have in mind for their future...
Regrettably, despite the lump of saving i've start as soon as i got into this forsaken place, the furthest i've ever planned is just to the end of my stay in this stump and towards university or wedding and such (which is the very reason why this blog is here is the 1st place). Meaning to say i'm not as mature as what might think...

2nd, we came to talk bout how guys usually manage their finance (especially in newly-wed days) and how it may seems to girls. A guy's usual management revolve around fulfilling his responsiblities 1st like paying bills or such and struggle to survive or save with whatever he have left. While what we guys see as being independent and responsible, girls may see as he is not able to support himself well enough for a proper meal, let long support me and my own lifestyle which i don see why i should give up just for his incompetency.

I don't know what lifestyle others lead but for me, my lifestyle is fairly simple, able to stuff myself with proper food and drink, simple leisure and entertainment of playing games and watching shows, occassional movies and buying of new games, and outing once in awhile...
All excluding bills adds up to not more than 500 per month.
I know i don't have a life to some but with this simple lifestyle i'm able to support my bills, give my parent monthly allowance, pay for my dates expences and my girlfriends bill, even saves up some money for future.


I'm not rich, but i hope i'm not incompetent...
I just wanna be 'poor-fect'...



And so today's update:

Spend: err... borrow 1500 from my saving (2) for my (pathetic) birthday and to pay my tax (a whopping 750 -_-)... The rest... never mind...
Save: my sanity...
Wallet: ???
Coins: ???
Current Bank: 700+
Saving Bank: 10000
Saving (2): 420o+
Saving (3): 9105.96 units
Saving (?): XXX (just how many do i actually have? -_-)