every bit counts

I like the ‘pink sight’ in my bag. My wallet, nano and kindle are in pink. Rapberry pink to be exact. I will be looking out for a pink 2011 diary next year. Maybe I should get a phone with pink skin next year too!

I read the life of pi, by Yann Martel, on my kindle while travelling to work today. I think good authors are people who can make words come alive with words. Just like great musicians breathing life into notes. I like the words I read, and for those 15mins while I read, it felt like the protagonist was illustrating his life by my ears.

I have some trading notes and books in my kindle too. But I think I am happy with fiction for now.

Made arrangement to meet Ivy next Friday. There’ll be another reunion with ex-colleagues this Friday too. It’s nice meeting up with old friends whom we seldom get to be in touch with.

I feel lucky today. The weekend part time job I applied for, came back with a respond. The centre manager dropped me an sms to fix an interview this Saturday. Let’s hope I get this part time job. The only drawback is that I will not be able to travel back to Malaysia as freely as I’ll want to. Nevertheless, I’m sure it can be worked out if I gave the centre manager ample notice ahead of time.

We are only young once. I must make the best of the time I have.

While dearie and I were strolling down to plaza singapura yesterday, we reminisced how hard we worked a few years earlier. We held our full time jobs, took up tutoring assignments and I also did my part time studies. Somehow we knew we needed to earn more in preparation of the wedding, and we worked hard for it. We were often tired then, but we held on. Because it was tough, hence we were cautious on where and what we spent on.

Dearie asked me if it was worth the effort and time to take up this upcoming part time job, which pays almost like a retail job. i feel every bit counts. It doesn’t take up a lot of time, unlike a normal retail job which requires me to stand around for at least 6-8 hours. I think the scope is a manageable one. If I diligently work on every weekend of the year, it will earn me $3k per annum.

Since I know a performance bonus is impossible to have, hence I am working for it by other means. I know I will be at this job for another 1 year 4 months hence the only thing I can probably do is to put all the time I have to good use.

So what even if I am very far from where I want to be. I will get there eventually. I may not have a lot now, but I will get there. Wait and see.