Thankful

when i think about it, i'm really really REALLY grateful for getting this job during reservist. Instead of staying in for 2 weeks straight, i get weekends off which basically reduces to 10 days and most of all, i have some spare time which really helps me with my exchange programme planning, which is turning out to be a real pain. I can't even imagine the stress i would be under if i didn't have this time to plan it well!

Either way, thanks to the time i have, i'm nearly 70% done with my planning now and also i'm so grateful to my relatives, my aunts and uncles as well as my brother-in-law for really helping out with the winter clothes so i don't have to buy much stuff! And i also get some time to read the financial books my dad wants me to read (i'm reading this one now called extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds which is impt cos now that i have the investment basics, the impt thing is to realise that the herd mentality is really strong and to have to ability to think for yourself and be the early in early out smart money and to always diversify so that my portfolio is lower risk!) 

And also i'm SUPER thankful that my reservist isn't physically draining and i have the energy to play what i love.. BASKETBALL!!! Annnnd i'm also thankful that i didnt completely lose touch of the friends i made during the semester and i'm still in touch with al and yf and i hope we stay good friends cos they are super nice people and i like them lots and lots and i'm also thankful i met sh which was really totally a lucky fate thing cos actually we met at this interview which u had to book slots for and there was like TONS of slots so the chances were seriously minuscule and somehow she ended up choosing the empty seat beside me in a crowded room even thou she didnt even know me! And mainly because she seems like a really nice person and hopefully we can become closer too! Annnnd of course ja as well who has helped me soooo much with my SEP planning stuff seriously i was totally lost without her cos i hate doing unrelated stuff during the semester so i didnt follow up with what the sep coordinators were telling me so she really saved my life and i'm SURE we will become good pals cos we got the same hall in cali!

And i'm starting to learn more and more useful stuff now! I can clean and wash dishes (well actually everyone can do that lol its just whether u wanna do it or not. but i wash dishes the CLEANEST in my house, my dad agrees! sparkling clean id say) and i learnt ironing from NS and now i know how to use the washing machine too! well nearly... i keep forgetting to connect the hose to the drain so that the water can flow out... ill get it! And of course there's my natural ability of getting the hard to reach stuff =P and hopefully i can remember the secret family recipes for cooking i learnt from my parents! I have it here somewhere... lets see.. ...There it is! I haven't actually tried it by myself yet... but how hard can it be when i have such detailed instructions!

Anyway now i'm super sure that my mood swings when i had a crush a coupla weeks ago were not due to the crush. it was bball withdrawal symptoms in the end! but i'm getting fitter and fitter and i'm sure when i get to play with cc it will bring my fitness to the highest level all year! I hope my rj bball khakis organize another one soon i never could keep up with their fitness level in the past since i'm so used to the ahbeng level of intensity but now i think i can!