Change no. 1: Work
All of a sudden, I'm given additional work to do and nowadays I'm swamped with work. My inbox is eternally full of new emails and I have meetings and more meetings to attend. Yes, it is a good thing that I have an opportunity to explore a new portfolio and learn new things, but I'm so exhausted by the end of the day I can't even think. And, I've been having problems sleeping as I'm too stressed about work. Before I nod off, I'd go through a mental checklist of what I need to do at work the following day, then dream about going through the checklist, then wake up in the middle of the night, then fall asleep and dream about it again... Gosh...
I'm sick yet I can't even have the peace of mind to take a day off to rest and recover. I'm still working. Running up and down, trying to make sure everything is in order. Been to the doctor's for 2 times in 1 week. :'( I really wanna get better soon. It sucks to be sick when I can't rest properly and when there are so many things on my mind and so many things to do!!!!
I know, it's just a matter of adjusting myself and managing my time effectively. Hopefully, within the next couple of weeks, I'll learn to manage better with the additional workload. And have some free time and energy to enjoy my life after work and during weekends. I gotta work 2 weekends this month and I rarely have the energy to even sit up when I get home from work. Tired... Tired...
Since there's a really special birthday celebration I gotta plan this month as well, whatever energy I have left [frankly, which is very little], I gotta put it in full use to make sure everything goes perfectly and everything is in order.
BUT... Can't complain too much coz...
All of this hard work helps in my career, right? It'll pay off, right?? RIGHT?????
I wonder if this change in work is good or bad? Hopefully, it'll turn out good *fingers crossed*
Change no. 2: Fuel
OMG!!!
Why? Why does my car consume so much fuel??? Since the price hike of fuel, I gotta pay an additional RM40, RM40!!!! To fill up my car in full tank. Arrrgghhh.... RM40!!!!! That's quite a lot of money!
And the government claims to be planning to subsidize us, help us, bla bla...
Like wad? I dun wanna be a sucker and join a long line at the post office so that I can get RM600 plus back for fuel. Why would I wanna go through all the hassle? If the government wanna help us, instead of planning how to make our lives even more inconvenient and difficult by making us go here and there and deal with a bunch of 'I-don't-care-less-about-you-nor-this-job' government personnel [oh, and they open from 8am-5pm, with lotsa long tea breaks in between, so I gotta TAKE LEAVE to run this errand??!!] to get $$ for fuel, why can't they simply pay for it when the fuel is bought, so that, the price will not go up? Urrgghh... Really BIG QUESTION MARK!!
So this change is good or bad? Bad, I dun think I need to list down all the bad outcome of this situation. Good? Well, maybe Malaysians will finally realize life is not so easy and not all things are cheap cheap good good. Some of us are so ignorant, we don't realise in other countries like the U.S.A., U.K. and most of the western countries, fuel prices are really really high. We take all these for granted and when this fuel price hike happens, everyone is in a state of shock. Well, good time for us to start re-thinking of our mentality and how we live. Maybe we can start thinking of smarter ways to save and efficient ways to spend to stretch our ringgit.
Change no. 3: Food
Since petrol prices have gone up, food prices escalated as well. It's expected. Just the other day, I 'tapau-ed' lunch from a gerai downstairs and I hadta pay RM4 for a box filled with white rice and a few pieces of small chicken and some vegetables. Wad? Chickens suffer from all the price hike too? They don't have enough to eat? Coz, the chicken meat were small and meager.
Hmmm... So is this good or bad? GOOD [I say this with gritted teeth], coz now, me is learning how to save a few ringgits by deciding to implement the 'Less-than-RM10-Lunch' plan. And, I shared this plan with all my colleagues. Good time to start saving, right? Wrong!!! Coz, we're so used to eating out and not 'tapau-ing', only 2 days gone past, then my grand saving plan was officially dead. Forgotten. Gone. Coz, on the 3rd day, all of us forgot about the 'Less-than-RM10-Lunch' plan and succumbed to Alice's suggestion to eat pasta at Izzi. Her argument: "Very value for money coz we get starters, main meal, dessert and drinks only for the price of RM12.99++."
One word to describe us.
GAGAL!!
Other changes like water cost and electricity cost, which will go up, will undoubtedly affect us, our lifestyle, etc, etc.
So in this time of expensive living, we really gotta be creative to figure out how to get more value for every ringgit we spend, exercise restrain and control when it comes to temptation i.e. shopping, MNG sale [which started yesterday], fancy meals, etc. We hafta stretch our $$ to the max and really save up!!
YES!! SAVE UP!!!
I'm saying this to myself coz I always lose control and overspend.
In the pantry a couple of days ago, I was having a conversation with the SVP's secretary on all high cost of living. The conversation ended with, "Yup, everything's gone up or going up. Fuel price has gone up. Electricity and water will too, will go up. Only one thing does not go up ~ Our salary."
So true :'(
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