skill, cents & weight

Checking the online jobs portal is a daily routine. While I look out for job opportunities for dearie, I also check out for myself. I look out for good companies which are hiring. I look out at the pre requisites stated and check them against what I have or do not have. it’s a reality check to ensure I stay relevant and also give myself an idea what are the skills I need to move on to the next level.

I think I deserve a pat on the back as I have made a new high for savings in Sep’10 compared to the preceding months. Notwithstanding the month of may which I made sale of some biking stuff, Sep is a record month for me. Abstaining from shopping really helps. See no evil, spend no money. It takes a lot of self control to be able to resist not spending on needless things. Shopping is like a black hole. Once you jump in, you just keep falling. And it adds up. $10 here, $30 there. When you add them all up, it’s like a couple of hundreds. Gulps. I repeatedly reminded myself to save the money for shopping when I get to travel overseas next year. It will be more worth it to spend on special things which can’t be found locally. I will also have more to spend comfortably.

Can’t help to continue to sniff around for a cheap piano buy. I am hoping for a good deal to fall from the sky. Haha. I earn the right as a full blown cheapo!

I’m into my 3rd week of exercising in the office. An ex colleague actually commented I look bulkier! =( but how come I still weigh the same? Ok, I think the weighing scale is dysfunctional! Must be the mooncakes. Maybe it’s all the rubbish I eat. Hmmpf. Anyway I think I need to face up to reality with a good electric weighing scale soon. Okok, that’s a ‘need’ to be fulfilled in oct!