It is with tremendous shock that I realise that today's allowance might probably be the last I get from SAF. They might pay me for being around for 6 days next month, but if they don't, it means I'll have to live on this until I get a proper job. It feels horrible, after 22 months of not having to worry about getting monthly allowance, to panic about not knowing when or where my money's going to coming from. Friends close to me know that I give my parents money, and that I'm self-sufficient during the time that I've been serving my NS. To go from that to not being able to contribute to household espenses, or worse, relying on my parents to give me money is, to me, unacceptable.
I'm looking out for jobs as it is, but I as I weigh what's important to me, the decision becomes more complicated to make. I want to get a job as a show presenter at the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Underwater World (stop sniggering!). However, they require people who'd be able to work flexible hours and that means sacrificing my weekends and maybe not being able to teach tuition. That'd be bad, because I hope lay the grounds for my tuition-teaching so that I'd be able to carry on with it when I enter Uni. Does anyone have any students they'd like to recommend? I specialise in Maths and English. (Now how's that for desperate.)
Apparently my monetary woes have just been compounded by my decision to go to Bintan this Sunday. I'm prepared to eat cup noodles for the 3 days that I'm there. Right, I've just lost all the sympathy I've garnered from the above paragraphs. Serves me right for going on a holiday when I'm this broke.
Gosh, I've got more pressing matters to attend to.
Like what to wear and how to look my best when I'm there.
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