Friday, June 22, 2007
so yesterday i went home and started to narrate to my mom how i was over spending. She just smiled and looked at me with that look. like that " ya i knew it all along, now then u realise meh?" so i asked her.. " Then why you never say anything??!!!" and you will never guess her response... this response from my mom.. i think many kids will die to have a mom like mine.
" ok what, you don't anyhow spend money..." then i was telling her like how im supposed to save like 30% of whatever im getting and stuff and guess what she said? " No la.. thats when you go out and work.. whatever allowance you get now is for you to spend." and im like OH MY GOODNESS.. then i went on to tell her that i splurge on things sometimes and guess what she said? " you like than you buy lor." OH MY GOODNESS.. i think i've earned the ultimate trust from my mom for her to say sth like that...
well then i decided to get a little cheeky. "easy for you to say.. not your money what. im such a low maintainence kid leh.. i think compared to so many other kids i spend so little of your money." and then she i found out that my mom is such a cool cucumber.. really.. in 1996 we fell into major financial crisis.. and that was like for like at least 10 years. those years were like shit.. whatever other kids had i didnt. tuition whatever were not extended to me... i didnt get new stuff.. no new clothes. nothing.. seriously... deprived... as i grew older i realised that thats what made me determined never to fall into such a predicament as much as possible...so yea.. my dad lost abt like 3 million in the share market.. was forced back to work and stopped contributing to the household for abt 10 years.
and my mom mortgaged her house and borrowed money frm the bank to help him and fell into debts of like bout nearly a million i suppose.. i remember her going to the ATM many times and not having any money to draw.. i remember going to her wallet many times and finding only 6 bucks in it.. i remember how the quality of the food dropped.. i remember how we never went out to eat anymore.. only hawker centres but rarely.. i became such a swakoo..i remember her selling away her gold bars that she saved to buy in her youth.. i remember her taking photos of all the jewellery before she parted with them.. i remember the sleepless nights of her pacing around and still having to deal with the tantrums that i threw when i came back from school cause i couldnt cope. i remember not having a car for 7 years.. i remember her having to borrow money from my grandma to pay for my sister's uni fees... it was a damned hell hole.
just two years ago.. i saw her bank statement ....she was still 600.000 in debt to the bank... not inclusive of the house mortgage payment... and today shes only owes the house payment 140,000 . my gawd.. she ah... so behind the scenes.. i didnt even know la... and guess what im damn freaking proud of her.. though she has a stupid moments.. but still for a peron who took her psle twice.. studied only until sec2... a housewife with no income for ten years from my dad and had to maintain the house.. this is the sweetest victory ever.
she deserves every single bit of things she has. shes the bestest greatest person in the world.. hope i inherited her genes...
ok nowadays my blog post are so improtu so random.. i never ever know what im gonna churn out till i start writing...
which is why i better study hard get a good job and bring her on a holiday to some nice exotic place annually in the future...
i bet you'd never thought that was such a woman in her just by looking ... ahahahah!
yay :)
" ok what, you don't anyhow spend money..." then i was telling her like how im supposed to save like 30% of whatever im getting and stuff and guess what she said? " No la.. thats when you go out and work.. whatever allowance you get now is for you to spend." and im like OH MY GOODNESS.. then i went on to tell her that i splurge on things sometimes and guess what she said? " you like than you buy lor." OH MY GOODNESS.. i think i've earned the ultimate trust from my mom for her to say sth like that...
well then i decided to get a little cheeky. "easy for you to say.. not your money what. im such a low maintainence kid leh.. i think compared to so many other kids i spend so little of your money." and then she i found out that my mom is such a cool cucumber.. really.. in 1996 we fell into major financial crisis.. and that was like for like at least 10 years. those years were like shit.. whatever other kids had i didnt. tuition whatever were not extended to me... i didnt get new stuff.. no new clothes. nothing.. seriously... deprived... as i grew older i realised that thats what made me determined never to fall into such a predicament as much as possible...so yea.. my dad lost abt like 3 million in the share market.. was forced back to work and stopped contributing to the household for abt 10 years.
and my mom mortgaged her house and borrowed money frm the bank to help him and fell into debts of like bout nearly a million i suppose.. i remember her going to the ATM many times and not having any money to draw.. i remember going to her wallet many times and finding only 6 bucks in it.. i remember how the quality of the food dropped.. i remember how we never went out to eat anymore.. only hawker centres but rarely.. i became such a swakoo..i remember her selling away her gold bars that she saved to buy in her youth.. i remember her taking photos of all the jewellery before she parted with them.. i remember the sleepless nights of her pacing around and still having to deal with the tantrums that i threw when i came back from school cause i couldnt cope. i remember not having a car for 7 years.. i remember her having to borrow money from my grandma to pay for my sister's uni fees... it was a damned hell hole.
just two years ago.. i saw her bank statement ....she was still 600.000 in debt to the bank... not inclusive of the house mortgage payment... and today shes only owes the house payment 140,000 . my gawd.. she ah... so behind the scenes.. i didnt even know la... and guess what im damn freaking proud of her.. though she has a stupid moments.. but still for a peron who took her psle twice.. studied only until sec2... a housewife with no income for ten years from my dad and had to maintain the house.. this is the sweetest victory ever.
she deserves every single bit of things she has. shes the bestest greatest person in the world.. hope i inherited her genes...
ok nowadays my blog post are so improtu so random.. i never ever know what im gonna churn out till i start writing...
which is why i better study hard get a good job and bring her on a holiday to some nice exotic place annually in the future...
i bet you'd never thought that was such a woman in her just by looking ... ahahahah!
yay :)
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