A very personal blog

  • Money diaries: A day in February

    I believe my expenses are a big reflection of who I am. So let’s go back to writing Money Diaries - a series wherein I document how much I spend every day in an attempt to describe how my days went. The last time I did this was seven years ago. And back then I was…

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  • When will it end

    I’m so broke right now but I just purchased a 3-day juice set to hopefully lose some weight this week. I’m trying to resolve cutting rice but now that I’m hungry all I can think about is eating big heavy rice meals. As soon as I pay off my 60k worth vacuum I’ll have more…

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  • Oof

    I don’t know if a lozenge counts as a candy but my favorite one is Fisherman’s Friend Original. Something’s wrong with my automation. There’s a missing step we forgot to put in the stored procedure that made the automation incomplete. And it’s already in production for what, two months now? T_T Oh my gosh. I…

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  • Today

    Today

    It’s already Feb! Can’t wait til March to be honest. It’s when I get to have my compensation discussion with my manager. See how much salary increase I’ll be getting (if any), how much of my target bonus I reached (if any), and how much extra bonus I’ll be getting (if any). Lol. Hopefully it’s…

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  • Friday’s Happy Things

    Friday’s Happy Things

    Know that this is very hard to do for me to do right now because I’ve been feeling largely uncertain about my job position. But let’s try… ✱ I got my Bodum tumbler back! When I went back for it I didn’t bother checking at Watsons because I was so sure I left it at…

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  • Today: you lose some, you gain some

    Today: you lose some, you gain some

    Today I lost my favorite tumbler huhu. My off-white Bodum travel press that’s been with me for almost 3 years now! I’m sure I left it somewhere in Shang when I went to rehab earlier. I already called lost and found and Rustan’s department store but they couldn’t find it or no one has surrendered…

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