3 Months Later

Fast forward to 2016!

The perpetual moving out:

I'm forever going back and forth between mom's and my new place. Partly because I'm not done decided how to set up my closet and even decorate my walls. So most of my stuff are still sitting at my mom's place. Its been great though choosing furniture and building it.. making themes here and there.

The overstretched wallet:

Of course with the holidays my budget definitely got stretched. Mortgage, furniture plus gifts for my family and friends. But I somehow made it. My only struggle is that I'm going on vacay next month and I might have to dip into my savings. I'm really torn about having to do that but I'm finally having a real vacation. As in going to another place I haven't gone to. After all, I'm always going to the homeland and eating the same food and going to the same place. Its great that I get to fly over there but I've always wanted to be on actual vacation.

Exam be gone:

I passed my last licensing exam! Hallelujah. The Lord provides. Now I can apply for a full-time position or another casual position. In fact, I've decided to quit my 2nd job which isn't related to my career. It helped paid some of the bills and I've added a new reference for my updated resume but I knew it wasn't a forever kind of thing. But these are things I don't wanna fuss about until my vacation is over.

Conclusion for 2015:

Its been full of trials (like the literal sense) but it was all worth it, knowing where I am now and how blessed I feel. I trust God has better plans for me for 2016 and I can't wait to see them unfold.

Irony of the Rich

When I was younger my dad teasingly called me "Bilmoko". I think its basically how I pronounced the phrase "bili mo ako.." which means "buy me...". Its because I had this bad habit of always telling my parents to buy me this or that or whatever thing other kids had but I didn't. I really hated seeing other kids get such big allowances or having the newest and coolest toys and gadgets while I was stuck with hand-me-downs. Now I'm sure all kids go through a similar phase... heck, not just kids but adults too. I guess I was just extra irked about it was because I had to go to a private elite-ish school and see the gap between my family's wealth and others.

Luckily, I did outgrow that phase. Not sure if its coz my family moved to Canada or because I just did grow up like most kids are supposed to. Whichever the case, I was finally able to enjoy and appreciate the things my family had.

When I finally started my first ever paying job, I was so proud of myself. It was like "look at me world, I got money". I wish I remembered if I was saving that money for something in particular. As far as I recall, I've never saved money to get 1 thing in particular. I think even at a young age I just like the idea of being able to spend money whenever I want to. So I would just keep saving up until something piques my interest. That plus the stuff I want were never really expensive to begin with (yay for being raised with hand-me-downs).

Now, I'm not saying that I'm rich but for sure I've saved up more than I could ever have imagined. So its quite ironic to say how much more careful I've been with spending money. Its like each price tag, I immediately calculate to how much hours worth of work I had done. I must say, its an effective way of saving money.

But lately, I've been thinking how much I wish I could spend this money to go on a vacation with the important people in my life. I mean, we won't stay young forever. I'll eventually have more responsibilities in the future so vacations would be even more rare then. Its difficult though coz its either those important people have no money to spend right now or our timings are off in terms of work schedule.

So to cheer myself up I ended up letting myself go. Brace yourself! I actually spent $300. $300 on a pair of sandals. The younger me would've definitely gone kicking my own butt. The current me, however, keeps saying "its Prada yo!!" That and it was 40% off.  I really hope this'll be a one time deal for the sake of future me.

From Super Busy to Super Bored

May has been such a whack of a month. Busy with work that had covered various shifts and then a few other obligations here and there. I am so damn pooped. But then I realized once Sunday hits... I'll be super bored. I have to figure out what to do then so that I don't end up at home all day stuffing myself with whatever food I can scrounge up.

I at least some what have plans for June with a couple of friends. Although that also means major spendage. We're staying for a weekend over in Seattle. A much need girls weekend vacation. It sucks though coz its either I'm bored and getting fat or I'm having fun and getting poor. Le sigh!

Speaking of spendage, its application time for licensing exam #3. Bye bye $900. I hope I only have to pay you once. Glad I passed the first two exams on my first try but at least those two didn't cost as much.