what's there left for me to bitch?

cannot believe that the weekend is ending so soon!

always find it to be amazing how the countless pursuit of monetary satisfaction can drives someone to slog for 5 weekdays for eternity, and yet, whatever you earn is not enough to cover what you'll be spending in the 2 days of weekend. seriously think that singaporeans are way underpaid.

had a bombshell dropped on me last nite...not exactly bombshell, but just something shocking. well, i had this cousin (daughter of my mum's elder sis) whom stays in Johore, and she has a boy who's in sec1 this yr. yeah, rebellion stage and since it's a single parent family with my cousin as the sole provider, often a times. the boy can feel neglected. Last i heard when i was evesdropping on my mum's conversation, that boy left home.

you've heard it rite, he just vanished. apparently, on monday, after he came back home from school, he packed his clothes and then played a david copperfield act on my cousin.

is it just a stage for the teenager? i wasn't like that when i was 13, and i must admit that i was rebellious in school too. but the thought of leaving home and causing stress and distraught to my mum (who cares about my day anyways) is simply too m,uch for me to bear, ok, and the fact that I'll never be able to provide for myself. I knew that the only way to gimme a great life filled with LVs and Hermes is to get an education. Which is why i realize the importance of a degree. Besides, only with education will i get a job that can provide me with money to feed myself and mum. though chances are that i'll wan to stay alone, but still, i think i need to TT money to mum in malaysia too rite? Did my cousin's child not realise that single parent has it much tougher? Although I have a Dad, and I am grateful for him for providing me with all the materialistic stuff I can grab hold of. Family warmth? Nah, not worth much when he's in the picture.

I always knew how impt my mum is to me, we two are always here to provide for one another. we're just like gteat friend,s and besides, i admire my mum's tremendous patience for being able to stay under the same roof as someone who's so picky and arrogant and moody as me. She's been through alot; with the 'cheating' of money by my Dad to start his biz and application for his Gold Amex in the 80's which my DAD till date thinks is a matter of fiction conjurred by my mum's over imaginative mind, and the constant travelling by him since the 80's thus neglecting the biz and my mum and me (and boy was i a whiny irrtating baby from what i heard) followed by the additional family over in Brunei.

did my cousin's son not realise that his mum had it worse then my mum? She got cheated by her husband in Sabah, had to fly alone with the baby in her arms all alone to Johore and pick up all the bits and pieces herself. It's not easy for her to achieve what she's got this date. Which explains why I always admire what a mother can do just to keep her and her family safe. it is something that guys will never be able to understand (myself included) So please do not come tell me how great your father or boyfriend is, because till the end of it, the woman will be the stronger one. That's life and men with our ego just cannot accept it. When will men realize that we are merely there to shelter and not protect the family.

For my cousin., I believe she can and she will get through this. afterall, she's been through worse. my advice, once he's back, send him to a boarding school in Kangsar.

To end things on a lighter note, here's more pic of my office.

my place's the one in the middle (with an unglam chair)

That's the Biz Risk Management team


This's the Consulting arm...Richard (the other angmoh) table's the one facing the wall.