01/12/2025
First day of work, a normal office job with aircon, a proper chair with back rest. Nobody judged my ash brown hair anymore. The freedom of being able to wear what I like was priceless.
It's a club house and this is their lounge.
I think I found my life buoy.
All these while since July, I wasn't been able to find an ordinary job.
The previous sales job was non-aircon, stand all the way. My entire skeleton shattered every end of the day and was never able to recover the next day. Every morning they stormed us with high flyers earning hundreds per day and eventually earning over 10k per month. I just had to leave when I found that my job was also to persuade ppl to sign up long term charity.
Next, I could had a longer trip in Chongqing but I came back for this beauty advisor role. Beautiful shop front, but I had never looked closely how pathetic looking the girls were. They so called "grooming" was the same as supermarket promoters. Long story short, I was done with them when they forced me to spray my hair black on the spot, I kept quiet.. I was assigned 3 work days in Nov and 3 work days in Dec, eat grass. I guessed they just needed temporary manpower during CNY when the Malaysian girls goes back home.
Finally god took pity on me and I found a reception job in this club house. Not near but not too far from home. 5 days week, 6hrs a day. This should be able last and bring me through for a good while unless something better comes along.
The one challenge now is to control my spending on food. I easily spend more than S$12 on each meal. I can't seemed to keep my budget within S$10, and ideally is below S$6.
Worked ended at 4pm, just wanna picked up Darren from the airport even though I didn't drive.
Old man made an effort to come and we had dinner together at Tun Xiang Hokkien Delights 豚香福建館.
Crayfish hokkien mee was really yummy at S$10 with any main ordered. We had a big plate of prawn paste fried chicken for S$15.
Mother of sin - char kuey teow.
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02/12/2025
9am at Starbucks.
Again I shouldn't, I skipped lunch to atone my mini splurge lolxx...
Waiting for kid sis and family at Plaza Sing.
There was giant Mofusand out there.
I looked weird, maybe becos of my teeth?? Just recently my teeth are not aligned, as in I am not able to bite in the front. I was very emo with tears welling in my eyes listening to sad love songs while waiting.
The gang came in time and we had dinner at Nanjing Impressions.
We had their signature duck which nobody liked.
Sticky glutinous rice with braised pork belly.
Tofu in egg sauce.
Kung po chicken was very special with mild mala flavor and we love the fried sesame bread.
Biggest and softest lion head in soup.
They were so good that I am looking to book CNY eve dinner with them.
Complimentary birthday noodles.
So nice de... I wasn't able to bite properly especially noodles, I need to go the the dentist soon, but I am so tied up with work for the entire Dec.
So much love and pain all at the same time.
Pop up store I think.
I know I am being trapped, but I don't know how to get out.
自己是怎么疯的都不知道。。。
S$132 for a luggage half the size of a standard carry-on cabin luggage.
It's so G-Dragon.
Was wearing those ugly black shoes due the heavy rain the morning. Didn't want to ruin my other light colored shoes.
At Daiso lolxx...
My kid sis had done so much to make me happy, I know...
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03/12/2025
Darren's gf came, so I brought her to Abundance for lunch, just in case I don't see her before she flies back to Melbourne.
For once Darren fell in love with veg. Cabbage with bacon was really nice.
Pork chop 盖饭.
Rice was superb with pork lard.
Beef noodles, we loved how tender the beef was, broth was light despite of the dark color.
Darren never like the taste of prawns, but these dumplings with big prawns inside won him over.
Chicken cutlet bao.
It was such a hearty meal.
I let the children went home, I went to the hospital myself for the MIR results.
Confirm inflamed ankles. The doc only offered key hole surgery with 1 or 2 days hospitalization. The main problem was it required a 4 to 6 weeks MC. I decided to seek for a 2nd opinion before going for the surgery.
Old man suddenly appeared at home and suggest hotpot for dinner. Nabei, never inform us beforehand, we should had just ate bar chor mee for lunch instead of Abundance haahaa...
Anyway, we went ahead to this Chongqing style hotpot called Uncle Fong located in Suntec.
They had disposable aprons on the table which we helped ourselves with.
The mala pot was really nice, different from HDL, I felt that this was pricier.
We preferred their pork over the beef.
Assorted 9.
The restaurant gave me a candle. I wasn't dressed up cos Darren's gf wasn't. She came in T shorts and slippers expecting to nua at home and eat bar chor mee only. We ended up feeding her to burst for lunch and dinner lolxx...
Donki gave me a S$5 birthday voucher, so just used it.
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04/12/2025
Inauspicious hospital trip on my birthday, but didn't matter, things are just bad or worst, I aren't afraid of hell no more.
X-ray my knee caps. Good thing was my bones were still cushioned. Hyaluronic injections was recommended. But the pain reduced ranges 30 to 70%, also the result was good for 3 months plus only.
I would just put it off till maybe before a holiday.
I was really hungry, lunch after the X-ray in CGH's food court.
Tugged home both normal and strong painkillers, and a stack of plasters, haiz...
It was very bright, very warm.
Though I really love the design, I rather get a big diamond ring for S$2k.
Dragon arh, really too much...
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05/12/2025
Reached Super Rare store around 12pm.
Visual estimate about 100pax in queue.
Gotten in within an hour.
Not sure if it's a good or bad thing, every plushie looked slightly different.
I chose the ones with obvious mouths.
I wanted the scarf but it's sold out, so was the big plushie.
After the purchase went to the food court. Had steams bowls and refillable porridge for S$7.80 only.
After I finished lunch around 2.30pm, the store bo lang liao knn.
After everybody left the club house, I took the cats out to play.
The tail!!!! BIG FAT TAIL!!!
Paws.
Grumpy Zoa.
I am so broke, but so happy.
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06/12/2025
I found my colleague as suay as me: almost divorce (like me), he got retrenched, he was offered jobs then companies flew his kite (I thought only me). But he was far worst, had to borrow money from his father, while I have some savings to tie over and was able to go Sydney to cry.
I am extremely thankful for the new job.
Sat attire to work. Actually can dress down on weekdays as long as there's no meeting/event. All the more I am not going back to retails although I like doing sales, but the hair color restrictions and funeral attire really brings down a normal human.
I bought egg toast for dinner. Sat at work place and never left till time's up.
Dec is a bit tough as I have to take over my sis while she's overseas to bath my father. I have to work 3 days with the skincare boutique during my off days at the club house. I am left with a couple of rest days in Dec, the body is tired, but the heart is filled with confidence and the independence.
