finals' juz ard e corner
but life still have to go on
i will not succumb to e evil forces of finals!
had a dim sum lunch with mom+fren at chinatown
wat liew it had been a hard-to-digest lunch
my mom n her fren were discussing old-age-security (i.e. the expected returns of their lifetime investment = us kids) (econs jargon lol) in my presence
my mom claimed dat she isnt greedy
she'd be happy with $1000/mth,
from EACH kid =..=
den her fren reminded her actually uni grads nowadays dun earn much *nods hard in agreement*
$2000/mth is an optimistic estimate (of starting pay for arts grads like me)
after CPF deduction income tax n watsoever crap taxes (my contribution to e provision of public services n internalising externalities lol), i'm probably left with $1600
so after my mom takes her claim and me putting aside some $$ for transport + insurance, i shall survive on water + plain white bread (doubt if i can afford wholemeal) on watever dat's remaining =..=
well, my mom seems pretty comfortable with e idea *facial muscle twitches*
they talked abt another fren who pressed $1.2k frm her daughter (who's ard my age n juz started workin) every mth
quoting dat auntie's words: "i spent so much on her education, i invested so much in her, i ought to get dis much. if she
i feel sorry for whoever her daughter is
hmm i get quite irritated with such remarks and mentalities
dat e parents have a right to e child's earnings (or life in general) bcos they fed, clothed, provided for e kid, it's only right they get returns frm their investment
in summary, child=cashcow grazing on their farms
WTH i tot paretal luv is suppose to be unconditional
of course we shd take care of our parents, but it's a responsibility bcos we love them, not an obligation bcos we owe them.
Parents alwayz try to make it an obligation cos they never trust dat their kids are responsible enough *sheesh,
but kids are weird creatures who dislike being told wat to do
they get put off by orders frm above even though they wld have carried out e same action happily on their own initiative
i tink it's kiddo-nature to rebel against e parents which in turn breeds parental distrust (and we get another chicken-egg paradox lol)
anyway it had been an awkward moment, with my mom
later in e afternoon met up with Yuan2 for one last shopping trip b4 i bury myself in my notes and breathe n talk economics
we shopped frm 3+ to 9+ and i was wearing heels!! there're blisters at e sides when i reached hm =..=
Yuan2 tryin on boots, her recent obsession lol
i was feelin bored so started snapping away
stuff we bought~
Yuan2's a hard-core Anna Sui fan n she actually accumulated enough stamps to get a 1 time 30% discount
ahaha i freeride on her membership n bought myself Anna Sui perfume at 30% off!
e salesger's so sweet~ gave each of us a sample size secret wish perfume (we werent expecting it cos we've got other promotional freebies) i luv e metallic green packaging~
den i bought dis frm Mondo, e shoes there are cute n cheap! dis is only $27~ finally there's sth i can wear to sch besides sneakers hoho
eatin pretzels~ Scheming Yuan2 tryin to make herself look tiny
Yuan2 acting cute
both of us acting cute
candid shot
normal one b4 wat cums next...
we were waiting for Yuan's bf so decided to entertain ourselves...
i tink we're GOOOODDDD
ahahaha and while i was editting e foto i realized...
Yuan2's eyes were half-closed in e 'sad-Ai' shot!!!!! Sadako returns!!!!
MUAHAHAHAHAHA i was so amused *shit she's gonna kill me if she sees dis entry lol*
den we went partyworld to
realized it's more fun photo-whoring :D
hmmm pretty face on a plate? lol
we wanted an artistic shot, but we ended up looking distracted =..=
u noe... TW's infamous 1,2,3,4,5 poses...i looked fugly in 5 lol
Okie,no more gg out for me! I need to FOCUS FOCUS FOCUSSS!!
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