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met Hsien and Wei at the Singapore production of "Pagoda Street" yesterday and talking to them about how my life has been so far made me think about the last 4 and a half weeks that i have been working.

it feels good to earn money no doubt. especially when you get your pay-cheque (which you write for yourself and as your boss signs it he says, "aiya why you write your own cheque so late?" and you protest that you shouldnt be writing your own pay-cheque) and the amount that you receive covers your return airfare to UK in Sept and back to Singapore in Dec.

but sometimes i wonder about all the other fun stuff i could have been doing instead of working. like taking up more dance classes, learning driving (when i pass my basic theory on monday), going on holiday, going out to have fun with friends. why am i being all 'sensible' when i should be enjoying my holidays?

after a while i realised why i am working now. because...

a) i like to work - which to some people is as strange as me saying i like to study
b) i dont feel like i wasted my time
c) i feel a sense of independence being able to have enough money to spend and not having taken any pocket money from my parents since i finished A Levels
d) i have loads of work experience which means when i start work proper, i can move up faster.
e) working in this small company has been amazingly fun because of the great people and all the experience i have gained. it's cool when your boss starts asking for your opinion on strategies to "kill" their competitors!

and while i havent been able to 'play' as much as others have, and the occasional pangs of envy hit home, i have everything to be thankful for as well. no use complaining and whining because i have been really blessed as it is. :)