Saturday, July 29, 2006
Camping...Camping...Camping
Wow...a long time since i blogged....quite busy recently...went for atc last friday.... I realised that the more times you go for camps, the less things you will bring. When I was in secondary school, i used to spend a week or so packing... so nervous and keep checking to see if i missed out anything... remember the 1st time i went atc in sec 2...i even brought a big plastic bag full of stuff on top of my bag...well...who carries a big plastic bag to camps....everything should be compact and stuffed in the backpack... haha...but then was 年少无知... ...Then my backpack evolved from a school bag to a outdoor camping bag...bigger... but then i still have to bring a shoe bag to supplement. And i still took a few days to pack my stuff. This time round, i really can't be bothered. Packed my stuff the night before i go camp... no shoe bag...only my camping bag... really packed the minimal and necessary...and there is still space for more stuff... dunno why i used to be so troubled about packing...
I realised that i am not prone to mosquito bites...so i was pondering whether i should bring my mosquito coil or not...apparently in my case.... i will be 'sacrificially protected' from the bites by my other 'more vulnerable to bites' friends. oh that was mean...haha
I did mention last year that i dun want to be the advance party the following year...but i was still on the AP list this year... other than the hard labour... i think it is still quite all right... i just need to complain a bit i suppose... i think i grew fatter after this camp.... instructors welfare was quite good...we got proper meals...other than that...we can still eat the combat rations though i was not really interested...
Overall it was quite a fun camp....all of us instructors became a closely knitted family...quite heart rending... quite encouraged by the attitude of the newcomers...
Posted by cloudy at 4:24 PM
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Saturday, July 15, 2006
Shop Shop Shop......
Recently, i realised that i can really spend a lot of money. Buying what.... Actually i am not sure too.. Nothing much at home to justify my spendings. But my pay has been depleting at an alarming speed. I have this urge to lock up the remaining of my pay and throw away the key. If not, i am sure they will leave me very soon.I thought of other ways...like remaining at home and not going out... no temptations... no chance to spend money... but i think that reason alone is not strong enough to restrain my movements at the moment. Too bored to stay home 24/7. I will still go out shopping...
Next solution, I can go shopping with the 'discouragers'. In other words, they are people who discourage u from buying things. Normally they will only buy something if the price is really reasonable and they really like it. So they will take a very long time thinking and returning to look at the items again and again and again... People like me who sometimes just buy things that i like even if the price is a bit steep will earn frowns and naggings from them... so if i decide on something which is perhaps not needed or too expensive... they are there to serve as a deterrent. But if you go out with a 'discourager', sometimes it gets quite 'discouraging' too... cos u will find yourself and the product in question thoroughly criticised. So most prob you will end up not buying anything and so nothing to justify your effort spent shopping. You may even have sleepless nights, thinking of the things that u should have but didn't buy. But it is more dangerous to go out with an 'encourager', cos u will find yourself grounded and eating bread for lunch every day towards the end of the month.
I realised that i can categorise things that i will buy into 3 groups. The need-to-have, the want-to-have and the nice-to-have. Need-to-haves are things that are more basic and fundamentals, things you cannot do without. Want-to-haves are the things that i like but not necessarily need or maybe a more expensive or luxurious version of the need-to-haves. Nice-to-have are things that i do not require but i just like them. Want-to-have and Nice-to-have seems similar but they are not. For Want-to-haves, there is a purpose or function already in place but for Need-to-haves, i have to deliberately find a use for them. When i was younger, i only spend money on the need-to-haves. As I went onto JC, i realised that i have included the want-to-haves into my list of spendings. Now i am buying the nice-to-have things too.
Think i need a lesson or two on saving up....
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Time for Goodbyes....
This morning, I sent the first of the 4 goodbyees (ppl i say goodbye to) off to the States. In the wee hours of the morning... Considering the fact that the 4 of them are considered my very good frens, i think i have to frequent the airport at least 4 times within a period of 1.5 months just to send them off. It doesn't help that all their flights happen to be at 6am in the morning. I just have to stay overnight at the airport to save my already bruised pocket and hope that the taxi drivers can earn their keep from others. Since this is the first person that went off, obviously there is a substantial amount of ppl sending her off... but as time progresses and they all leave one by one... i will have lesser ppl to accompany me to stay over at the airport....Kind of upsetting when i realised that 4 of my good frens are leaving all at the same time... no more shopping khakis... no one to play mahjong... Well, I suppose that is part and parcel of life.... Arrivals and departures....
Hope Panda enjoys her stay at San Diego....