I woke up this morning feeling wayyy too groggy, not fully awake yet, to the sound of Jasper’s demanding barks. Sigh… it’s 8am and I’ve yet to make breakfast for him. *Yawn* Was working in the bar last night (and will do so till Tuesday), an abnormality in schedule if you were to know me cos I only work on Fridays and Saturdays. What to do? Especially when I’m downright broke and penniless, gotta work right? Thanks to my understanding fellow colleagues at work, they’ve managed to squeeze in a couple of extra working days for me so I can make the extra ka’chings.
Hmm… how to utilize this week’s earnings? I’m gonna be bring Jasper to the vet on Wednesday so that’s $45 plus $30 for a two way transport. Basic transport and expenses for the week… $20 plus $30, hmm.. that’s an positive forecast lah, and hopefully I can put the rest of my earnings into the bank, top it up to the minimum so the bank don’t deduct any money. =P
Will probably need to cancel my DJ lessons cos I can’t afford to fork out $360 for the remainder of the lessons… probably a good idea anyway cos I suck at DJ’ing and the course itself is lousy; the 8 lessons course does not come with a planned schedule and the instructor seemed unprepared, totally at a lost as to what to teach us, so I’m just gonna go for the 2nd lesson which I had paid for as down payment and just tell them after the lesson is over that I’m too broke to pay. K.C.M life… but on hindsight, would be interesting to see the look on their faces when I tell them that in a straight face. Haha!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Sick & Tired.. (literally!!) And a Dollop of Lazy
This week has been so exhausting. Since i last signed off, the sickness bug has not left me. Just like a normal sick person, i whine and act in self-pity, locking myself at home and spending majority of my time sleeping. What’s worse is that my body started to have a reaction towards the antibiotics and is now causing swelling on my gums, making it really painful to brush my teeth.
The ulcer on my mouth hasn’t recovered as well, so yesterday I tried to remove the yellow pus surrounding the ulcer. It was really disgusting and there was this one spot that just stuck to the flesh and I had to use a pincher to get it out. Unfortunately… it grew back within half an hour! I was just looking at it 5 minutes ago and I realized that it’s finally healing up and that the yellow pus is actually part of the healing process. Remember the part that was sticking to the flesh and I had to pick it out? Well, now it ain’t growing back and it’s left a red spot in its place, probably an empty hole to boot! Wa… why… why does it always have to be me!!!
If things aren't bad enough, it seems that my behaviour / sickness might have rubbed off on Jasper because just 3 days after moving in, he's becoming more sleep indulgent (or maybe it's because i don't let him out of the cage) and his appetite waning. It's come to a point where his breakfast could be divided into breakfast, lunch and dinner with leftovers for supper. It's definitely not the food because there is no change so i'm suspecting either a mood swing (his cage is right next to the television... he doesn't seemed much affect by it but...) or he's physically sick. At the moment he is still quite active whenever i let him out of the cage so that puts my mind at ease, a little.
The photos… well… haha, I’ve been lazy and really, you can’t blame me.. I’m siiicckk. Okay okay, I’ve got one really miserable photo.. or two.. but it’s a really lousy camera. Eish, so enjoy the pictures and wish me good luck (at training Jasper) and good health (Jasper too!).
The ulcer on my mouth hasn’t recovered as well, so yesterday I tried to remove the yellow pus surrounding the ulcer. It was really disgusting and there was this one spot that just stuck to the flesh and I had to use a pincher to get it out. Unfortunately… it grew back within half an hour! I was just looking at it 5 minutes ago and I realized that it’s finally healing up and that the yellow pus is actually part of the healing process. Remember the part that was sticking to the flesh and I had to pick it out? Well, now it ain’t growing back and it’s left a red spot in its place, probably an empty hole to boot! Wa… why… why does it always have to be me!!!
If things aren't bad enough, it seems that my behaviour / sickness might have rubbed off on Jasper because just 3 days after moving in, he's becoming more sleep indulgent (or maybe it's because i don't let him out of the cage) and his appetite waning. It's come to a point where his breakfast could be divided into breakfast, lunch and dinner with leftovers for supper. It's definitely not the food because there is no change so i'm suspecting either a mood swing (his cage is right next to the television... he doesn't seemed much affect by it but...) or he's physically sick. At the moment he is still quite active whenever i let him out of the cage so that puts my mind at ease, a little.
The photos… well… haha, I’ve been lazy and really, you can’t blame me.. I’m siiicckk. Okay okay, I’ve got one really miserable photo.. or two.. but it’s a really lousy camera. Eish, so enjoy the pictures and wish me good luck (at training Jasper) and good health (Jasper too!).
Sunday, September 16, 2007
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
After much anticipation and waiting, I've finally gotten my own Corgi!!! The journey before, towards and after getting it however hasn't been smooth sailing at all.
I was out to meet my colleagues for coffee before work on Friday when i noticed a humongous zit seated nicely beside my left nostril. After enduring the teasing and 'advise' from my colleagues to pop it, i realized that i had another problem. An ulcer right on my upper lips. Sigh... no use popping it liao, get rid of one will still have another one, somemore the other one i cannot do anything about. =(
Then after work we went to an acquaintance's place for mahjong and that's when i started to feel the backaches. Initially i thought nothing of it but as the game progressed it got worse and distracted me from the game. I gave up after one round and took flight. Now, normally i take hot showers and that day was no exception, the difference however was that i was shivering throughout the entire time. That's when it hit me... kena fever liao.
After a 4 hours 'invigorating' nap i was woken up by the soreness at my back. Went to check my e-mail to see if there were any replies from the pet farms about the arrival of the Corgi puppies. Lo and behold, 2 male 1 female puppies for sale at Pet Movers and no reply from Ericsson. Gave Ericsson a call and the owner said that he was overseas, damn.. (wasted money to call him) and i was promptly diverted to his sales manager. Was informed that they also have 3 puppies, all male for sale. However, the price comparison of both places were like... comparing heaven and earth. =( Pet Movers offered at $1388 while Ericsson offered from $2600 - $3500. Bladdy hell right?
So anyway, i was told to go down asap as there are alot of buyers for Corgis. No more words needed to be said and i immediately flew down (yah, when in crisis i grow wings and those wings happen to cost me $19) to Pasir Ris Farmway. Took a look from both sides and i could immediately see the difference.
Puppies in P M were lethargic and unresponsive. When they brought them out for me to take a look, none actually turned my way lor, cos they were gazing desperately for their caretakers. I suspect that they are either hungry or underfed. I also noticed that all of them have beige patches on their noses. Only the female caught my eyes but i didn't want a girl girl and after reading all those doggie books has made me a little apprehensive about settling for one that is... 1. Lethargic and unresponsive 2. Has no affinity towards me. 3. Shy when in contact with humans. It might be little exaggerated because it's my own personal experience and i haven't had much experience with dogs.
ERS puppies on the other hand were all healthily active (not those ADD kind that jumps all over the wall) and extremely friendly. I only saw two puppies and i thought to myself, "wah, really selling like hotcakes." Then i met with the sale manager who led me to their private confinement area where he introduced me to the third puppy. (chei..) It was smaller then the other two outside and it was much more furrier, no wait, flurrier, if there is such a word. It appeared more 'kuai' than the others but it cost $3500. I had another look at the outside two, one of them had a clipped tail (was told that it is no longer allowed in Singapore to clip a dog's tail off) and i really liked it as well. Caught between the two dogs, that's when the sales manager made his pitch... "buy a good (expensive) dog with good attributes and health and you'll enjoy his companionship for the rest of your life."
On one side is a slightly louder, more active puppy with a clipped tail and on the other side, a slightly more docile, tiny puppy with extremely flurry fur. Although by national standard a Corgi should have a clipped tail and can definitely not have a soft fur. At that time i was reeling in from the drowsy effect my painkillers were giving me so my judgement could have been impaired and so.. i chose the tiny puppy! It's too cute to ignore and i have a soft spot for the furry ones.
My back was still killing me after returning from the pet farms and by then i still had a slight fever and a swollen thyroid gland on my right neck. It's a little bad of me but i must confess that i hadn't really been much enthusiastic about Jasper (my new Corgi) after his arrival because of all the symptoms. He's sleeping most of the time in the house... =( Was pretty vexed that my sickness wasn't recovering so i went to see a doctor this evening. Turns out my fever was caused by a throat infection (the reason for the swollen thyroid gland) and i was given a strong antibiotic with some painkillers on the side (yummy!).
I'm still trying to toilet train Jasper (he's been half trained) but it hasn't been successful. Once he leaves the cage it's pee everywhere. The trouble with training him is that he's so furry that when he pees, i usually don't see him peeing until after he's done and he doesn't do that sniff floor, circle around pee area thingy. Also trying to teach him the 'look' command so that he'll get used to me as his master quicker. It also serves the purpose of catching his attention... the first step towards training a dog (or so i read).
Well, i'm gonna take 1-2 weeks off work to company him and fully toilet train him. Hopefully by then i will have the 'look' command nailed and progress positively into the 'seat' command. He's already showing signs of being able to understand 'seat' so that's good. Will try to upload pictures of Jasper soon, right now i'm too hammered to care. That's the last of the series of unfortunate events... the only up side to that was getting Jasper and even that is at a major cost of heartache to my flailing bank accounts and wallet. Once more now.. with feelings.. Ouch!
I was out to meet my colleagues for coffee before work on Friday when i noticed a humongous zit seated nicely beside my left nostril. After enduring the teasing and 'advise' from my colleagues to pop it, i realized that i had another problem. An ulcer right on my upper lips. Sigh... no use popping it liao, get rid of one will still have another one, somemore the other one i cannot do anything about. =(
Then after work we went to an acquaintance's place for mahjong and that's when i started to feel the backaches. Initially i thought nothing of it but as the game progressed it got worse and distracted me from the game. I gave up after one round and took flight. Now, normally i take hot showers and that day was no exception, the difference however was that i was shivering throughout the entire time. That's when it hit me... kena fever liao.
After a 4 hours 'invigorating' nap i was woken up by the soreness at my back. Went to check my e-mail to see if there were any replies from the pet farms about the arrival of the Corgi puppies. Lo and behold, 2 male 1 female puppies for sale at Pet Movers and no reply from Ericsson. Gave Ericsson a call and the owner said that he was overseas, damn.. (wasted money to call him) and i was promptly diverted to his sales manager. Was informed that they also have 3 puppies, all male for sale. However, the price comparison of both places were like... comparing heaven and earth. =( Pet Movers offered at $1388 while Ericsson offered from $2600 - $3500. Bladdy hell right?
So anyway, i was told to go down asap as there are alot of buyers for Corgis. No more words needed to be said and i immediately flew down (yah, when in crisis i grow wings and those wings happen to cost me $19) to Pasir Ris Farmway. Took a look from both sides and i could immediately see the difference.
Puppies in P M were lethargic and unresponsive. When they brought them out for me to take a look, none actually turned my way lor, cos they were gazing desperately for their caretakers. I suspect that they are either hungry or underfed. I also noticed that all of them have beige patches on their noses. Only the female caught my eyes but i didn't want a girl girl and after reading all those doggie books has made me a little apprehensive about settling for one that is... 1. Lethargic and unresponsive 2. Has no affinity towards me. 3. Shy when in contact with humans. It might be little exaggerated because it's my own personal experience and i haven't had much experience with dogs.
ERS puppies on the other hand were all healthily active (not those ADD kind that jumps all over the wall) and extremely friendly. I only saw two puppies and i thought to myself, "wah, really selling like hotcakes." Then i met with the sale manager who led me to their private confinement area where he introduced me to the third puppy. (chei..) It was smaller then the other two outside and it was much more furrier, no wait, flurrier, if there is such a word. It appeared more 'kuai' than the others but it cost $3500. I had another look at the outside two, one of them had a clipped tail (was told that it is no longer allowed in Singapore to clip a dog's tail off) and i really liked it as well. Caught between the two dogs, that's when the sales manager made his pitch... "buy a good (expensive) dog with good attributes and health and you'll enjoy his companionship for the rest of your life."
On one side is a slightly louder, more active puppy with a clipped tail and on the other side, a slightly more docile, tiny puppy with extremely flurry fur. Although by national standard a Corgi should have a clipped tail and can definitely not have a soft fur. At that time i was reeling in from the drowsy effect my painkillers were giving me so my judgement could have been impaired and so.. i chose the tiny puppy! It's too cute to ignore and i have a soft spot for the furry ones.
My back was still killing me after returning from the pet farms and by then i still had a slight fever and a swollen thyroid gland on my right neck. It's a little bad of me but i must confess that i hadn't really been much enthusiastic about Jasper (my new Corgi) after his arrival because of all the symptoms. He's sleeping most of the time in the house... =( Was pretty vexed that my sickness wasn't recovering so i went to see a doctor this evening. Turns out my fever was caused by a throat infection (the reason for the swollen thyroid gland) and i was given a strong antibiotic with some painkillers on the side (yummy!).
I'm still trying to toilet train Jasper (he's been half trained) but it hasn't been successful. Once he leaves the cage it's pee everywhere. The trouble with training him is that he's so furry that when he pees, i usually don't see him peeing until after he's done and he doesn't do that sniff floor, circle around pee area thingy. Also trying to teach him the 'look' command so that he'll get used to me as his master quicker. It also serves the purpose of catching his attention... the first step towards training a dog (or so i read).
Well, i'm gonna take 1-2 weeks off work to company him and fully toilet train him. Hopefully by then i will have the 'look' command nailed and progress positively into the 'seat' command. He's already showing signs of being able to understand 'seat' so that's good. Will try to upload pictures of Jasper soon, right now i'm too hammered to care. That's the last of the series of unfortunate events... the only up side to that was getting Jasper and even that is at a major cost of heartache to my flailing bank accounts and wallet. Once more now.. with feelings.. Ouch!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Cost of Clubbing
How much does a person spend on an average night out clubbing anyway. I calculated and realize that i spend about $100 on a single night; from entry to drinks to transport back home.
On the 'special' occasions when i'm really enjoying myself... well, my expenditure for the night can shoot up to $300. My last outing however tops them all at the nifty price of $800. Was i buying a round for the entire bar? No.. Did my 'special' occasions involve a 'special' friend as well? No... So how could i have spent so much?
Well, the answer is simple. Lost and never found! To this day i have lost an approximate 5 wallets, 3 cell phones and 1 bag due to clubbing. The latest to be added into the "Lost n' Never Found" collection? A brand new Canon Digital Ixus 65 worth $600. Tah Da!!
Frigging hell, i tell ya man... how could someone keep making the same mistake time after time? One reason, self-control, or the apparent lack of it. Seems like i can't stop myself from drinking once i start and that leads to getting drunk, and when i get drunk.. boy, all hell breaks loose. I start flirting, get violent, talk in a phony American accent, become emo or just plain fun-loving. Friends never seem to know when i'm drunk and that's the problem.
Well, i'm glad to announce that i wasn't drunk when i lost the camera so yey, one good thing. I still have to buy one back for my sister though (cos it was hers').. Boo! So the next time i head out to the clubs and if you see me, please remind me about the cost of clubbing yeah?
On the 'special' occasions when i'm really enjoying myself... well, my expenditure for the night can shoot up to $300. My last outing however tops them all at the nifty price of $800. Was i buying a round for the entire bar? No.. Did my 'special' occasions involve a 'special' friend as well? No... So how could i have spent so much?
Well, the answer is simple. Lost and never found! To this day i have lost an approximate 5 wallets, 3 cell phones and 1 bag due to clubbing. The latest to be added into the "Lost n' Never Found" collection? A brand new Canon Digital Ixus 65 worth $600. Tah Da!!
Frigging hell, i tell ya man... how could someone keep making the same mistake time after time? One reason, self-control, or the apparent lack of it. Seems like i can't stop myself from drinking once i start and that leads to getting drunk, and when i get drunk.. boy, all hell breaks loose. I start flirting, get violent, talk in a phony American accent, become emo or just plain fun-loving. Friends never seem to know when i'm drunk and that's the problem.
Well, i'm glad to announce that i wasn't drunk when i lost the camera so yey, one good thing. I still have to buy one back for my sister though (cos it was hers').. Boo! So the next time i head out to the clubs and if you see me, please remind me about the cost of clubbing yeah?
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