March 09, 2012

Inside insights

3 months into employment and two things that strike me:

1. No more trudging around with a heavy bag / trolley bag on mercilessly sunny days and equally mercilessly rainy days.
2. The hours between 9am - 12nn and 4.30pm - 6.30pm pass incredibly fast.

Wait. Make it three things.

3. I hardly take home enough pay to make any substantial savings. A significant amount goes to CPF, for forced savings for the pretty ambiguous future. Damn.

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I went to Bugis Junction with Emman last weekend 'cos we were meeting some of his friends for dinner nearby. The journey to Bugis struck me as 'clastrophobic' - a feeling I hardly get cos I'm mostly, not clastrophobic. Lifts and caves and underground tunnels do not make me anxious.

The train ride last weekend did. It will be more accurate to say that it did not make me anxious; it made my mood swing from 'zen' to 'very irritable'. It was just, too, packed!

The disorganized mess of shoppers (teenagers, aunties, families with kids) crowding while waiting for the train, the senseless squeezing onto the train, the noise inside the train, oblivious groups of young people (I take this to mean teenagers and adults who seem younger than I) standing and discussing where to go in the middle of walkways, also-oblivious individuals plugged into their mp3/iPhone/PSP/tablet world waiting for their gang to form... oh, you name it!

When I finally got to meet Emman who was a little late, I was in a 'I hate homosapiens' mood. The good thing is, it motivates me to stay home and not head down town on weekends. This will, hopefully, translate to more weekend savings.

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 11:05