What to blog?

Whoa, I think that I am not meant to diet. Seriously. The last time I tried a low carb diet for a week, I ballooned up and ended up not fitting in any pants of mine. And how depressing it was as well. So I ended up going back to eating my normal meals and voila I shrunk back to size. Thank God!! I thought I needed to go for liposuction.

Anyway so apart from that, I've actually become pretty proud of myself. Managed to squirrel away a few coins in the past month or two. I think I'll go buy myself something now..muahahaaha NOT!!

Seriously I think I can..I'm sure I can...I know i can...aahh whatever...

Pleaze be excusing my error for spellin...

I've been tagged, I can't be bothered about tagging others or typing up all the rules again. But it goes along the lines of linking to the person who tagged me and then sharing 7 random facts about myself to the world. Here goes: Pandachu tagged me. So what should I do now? Run and hide? WHoops this is not kindy anymore. Anyway..sharp eyed hawks would have noticed that I accidentally spelt the ship's name wrongly, it's supposed to be the MV Doulos..my thousand apologies...anyway here goes the

7 Random facts about myself:

1) I hate my hair. Short its too spiky and makes me look like a goddamn rambutan.durian mish mash hybrid. Long and I look like a bum. Why can't I have silky hair which listens to me and my gel?

2) I love my sisters to bits. I just wish that they didn't stay in their own fantasy world so much and come down to earth and have some common sense regarding street smarts.

3) I love cars. I'm a guy. Enough said.

4) Crap I can't come up with another 4 facts lah...okay maybe this one: I can't stand idiocy and non-commonsensical actions.

5) I'm really at a loss here....

Ok I give up. Actually I don't. I just think that those who are reading this blog will judge me based on 7 facts about myself? How is that different to the hypocrisy of judging a person by the 1st impression? So this is what I'll do..Drop me a comment whoever of you wants to know me better, rather than rely on 7 facts. Only single females need reply. Hahahaha j/k.

MV DOULAS

Finally I got to experience for myself this floating wonder of a 'bookship' feted in history as the 2nd oldest ship still in service after the TITANIC. But what is with the QUEUE?? I think most people just wanted either a slice of history for themselves or have never experienced the novelty of having a cruise ship open to public (myself included mind you, but I was there more for the books, honest!)

All puns aside though, I was expecting a really wide array of book titles not available here (snigger!) over the whole levels of the ship..but nonetheless it was an experience. Ahh yes, the experience..of people jumping Q..walking across the queue lines like it was a starter's line at a running track..or the uneducated-female-Amazonian-overfed-thick skulled-empty headed-barbarian who was going to slap my 10 yr old sister just because her backpack brushed against her cheap handbag..REALLY!

And she was the one who cut the Q in front of us too!! The nerve of some people..

The Challenge: just got a LOT harder

I don't know why this happens to me. Everytime I start something, I always get setbacks. Granted most of them were minor but this one, whoo-wee..what a major setback.

Saving money is hard, granted I think its actually easy..if there are no sudden expenditures coming up your way. Saving really is easy for me, after all its not like I go shopping or buy new stuff here and there, all I do is eat, really. I already exhausted my want of spending on my car a while back, pretty much satisfied with it now, worked the spending out of my system and was planning to buckle down and start saving. But just when I have given myself a master plan and target and then boom, another major expenditure sets me back.

I've got another destination to go to. Its expensive. Ouch. There goes the money which I had earmarked for the next two months savings. Ticket also booked already, on my card even. Whoa, I guess I really have to ramp up the OT's this month and next month. I can already feel the pressure and pain...bring it on.

The Challenge: "Haven't seen you in a long time, buy me a drink!"

Not a good start to the challenge I must say. After putting in a double OT shift I decided to meet up with a friend whom I've not seen for many moons. First thing she says is "Hey long time no see, buy me a drink la!" Haha..there goes $11.70 or whatever it is in drinks at the Bean. Oh well.
I must say Im pretty pleased with myself though. I don't go out as often, and the times I do I don't go all out on food like I used to.

Well, $3 lunches and the occasional tuna over rice with cheese, microwaved. Total cost $2.40. Funnily enough it tasted good. Well better than the $4.50-$5.00 I used to spend on Thai food for lunch. Not like I had any choice. Why oh why did all the half-decent, quick-serving restaurants that decided to open in Jerudong had to be Thai beats me. And the decent Chinese restaurant nearest to where I'm stationed happens to be in Sengkurong, 15 minutes away. Don't you even dare to mention WYWY.

Anyway treated myself to a Root Beer float just now, $2.50. Man I'm splurging, hahaha. Doing this is starting to feel good in a way, its something I can use to micro-pace myself, mini-targets if you will, to the biggie. Stay tuned.

The Challenge

Woah its been a long time since my last blog: so shoot me! I've been busy and now even busier considering we're picking up the pace..I've had an interesting month to say the least. We have a new colleague who happens to be the sister of an old acquaintance. She has discipline like no tomorrow (Virgo bah!); can save and save to the point of being accused of stingy. But Virgo's also have another trait: Man, can they talk!!!! Trust me I've 2 female friends and a female acquaintance who are Virgo's and the character is similar across the board. Not that I'm complaining, merely making an observation so don't shoot me down in a torrent of spoken words and pincushioned voodoo dolls.

Anyway she inspired me to try something that I have never tried before. With all commitments financial which every working person must saddle, she has been living on the grand total of $300 a month. Including petrol. Daily commuting. From KB. Granted she has no car loan and she eats like someone auditioning for "Ms Anorexic of the Year". But she can do it, as well as inspired her own partner to do it.

So in this day and age of revolving loans, credit and whatnot, I have embarked on the challenge of living on $300 a month, every month. Why? Because I think I am a sucker for challenges. And also it wouldnt hurt the wallet as such. Now, I am doing this differently however. I've got car loans and other financial commitments, car upkeep and general maintenance to pay every month so living within this amount will be slightly more challenging. And there is a target I am aiming for so that makes it legit.

Those who know (or should it be knew) me well should know that I had 5 primary goals I wanted out of life. And those same people will have known that I had already achieved 3/5 of them. Well, time for Goal Number 4. Wish me luck, God knows I'll need it for the peserverance. Self discipline and money never went together in my vocabulary.

Check out my progress and cheer me on or shoot me down, or even drop some hints on that all-dandy money saving tip you all have. Ideas are what I want!! $$$$$$$gambadeyoo!!!

What the...!!@!!!

The weather is out to get me..I swear its out to get me. The nights I work, weather is raining cats, dogs, the whole of Noah's ark and I don't get a call. Trust me I'm eternally grateful for that. Who would want to be woken up in the middle of a rainstorm at midnight thereabouts to drive to do work? Not me, and I'm assuming not any of you out there either. Here's the catch. The next day where I'm free to go out at night the weather is perfect, a bit chilly, no rain and I get an emergency call to go back to assist. WHAT THE ***** is going on?? It's a conspiracy out to get me to stay at home!

And because of that I haven't been able to bike even once since the 25km expedition. Like the other evening, rushed home from work, put the bike rack on the car, put the bike on the car and secure it properly, change and then the very SECOND I step out onto the porch it starts raining.

Thanks...I think..maybe I had my hobbies reversed, should've explored all the eateries now and bike the last time when the weather was perfect almost every night of the week. I need to invert myself maybe everything will go right.. :)