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Monday, September 24, 2007

Sitting alone in the conference room and yet listening to nothing except the rattling voices of the workers outside isn't my cup of tea. And after being online from 10am till now, I didn't even managed to catch a glimpse of Junhao and Ivan signing into MSN. Worst of all I am constantly reminded of the time by the clock at the windows taskbar; drawing and scribbling in the notepad Jess gave me doesn't seems to help in any ways.


To all the local employees outside, I'm like the boss' son, just sitting to while my time away as they are working hard for their monthly pay which sums up to the most 500 RMB , 100 SGD. I must say this trip made me realised a lot. It sent a jolting wake to me , letting me know how important money is and we shall never spend it like firing a gun in a trigger-happy way.


A bowl of noodles soaked in nothing but chilli oil here costs 5RMB, and remembering that humans always need water or at least some entertainment, a mere sum of salary amounting to 500RMB the most isn't enough at all. Unless you are going to have 100 bowls of noodles and that's it. That's why I feel so guilty when I bought 20 bottles of beer and shopped the city like having endless money in my pockets. And a handphone I was eyeing on is easily their 2 months' salary.


While back in SG everyone looks forward to pay day, so to indulge in yet another shopping spree, the people here instead calculate how much can they spend in a day, and how much will be going to their bank accounts. Life; complicating like always.



Since you left me dead laid here ;
[3:05 PM]