Budget??? 2010???

According to the news, now there is a "new slew" of tax breaks for us poor things.... But then...... is it really? Bigger tax breaks for families living with the elderly.... Ok... but if let us say... me and my sis... we are both looking after the energizer rabbit and she is costing us a royal bomb... Both of us pay or her medical and her chinese medicine and her leisure activities... do we both get the tax break or only one??? Of course only one lah!!!! So why are we happy? I am not.....

Now the wife can also get a tax break if she is working... whooppeeee.... Hey... Sillypore is not a cheap place to live in ok??? How much we earn can be spent just like that.... So why not give more concrete support??? Of course it will go down well with the more financially challenged portion of the population, however... we are really the sandwiched crowd.... Not earning enough to be comfortable and yet earning too much that we fall through the umbrella.... If you think that earning 5k a month is big money... you have to pay for a cancer stricken mother whose medical is easily 1k a month.... And then your own family which is another 2k.... and so on... what are you left with???? I do not spend and yet I am struggling.... Having to pay for car and so on.... but then of course, people will say... take MRT lor... yea right.... just try that with the monster and you will want to drive... hehehehe

Its all about cash and how much of it you have... I want to have more... but can I get more? I want to save... but then everything is so expensive.....

Do our brains grow in our butts???

Why do I say this? Well the silliness of some people are really defying the sense of logic... Which means to say... they are silly beyond logic. I am not sure if it is because of the upbringing of the child, they grew up stupid, or what... Why is it I am ranting??? That is a really good question... However, as yesterday's news shows... some guy came to Sillypore in the hope of winning fortunes and lost everything and he went to the airport to steal things and was caught... Yea... brainiac man..... Not gonna say "No money don gamble" but will just say that only gamble wat you can afford to lose. And if you lose, just walk away lor..... Dat is why some people cannot go very far in life, because they are unrealistic... For what they are or have, they want more.

Take for example a young punk I met many years ago... He had just come out into the working world and he said he wanted to buy a beemer... I asked him what his salary was and he said it was about 2k... yea right... unless he is the son of some rich man or the ladyboy of some rich woman... he would not be able to to afford the car... it was lucky he did not say a Lambo or Ferrari or I would have bust a gutt laughing out loud... Just like I also knew of some of my frens who ask me whether they can get 10k salaries.... Yea... even with a Masters.... guys... u gotta do your time and climb up... That was why I mentioned that you have to make a base before you can build a wall... There are no 2 ways about it....

So some people may be dirt poor and shit out of luck... well boo hoo... but then the problem is... so will many other people... It is how you climb out of this hole that will matter how deep or how steep the walls are. We can dream... that is how we make our future... But then we must also walk the journey... Chairman Mao once said... The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step... But he omitted to say that there will be road blocks, detours, backtracks and so on.... So guys... lets start walking ok?

I swear!!! No more CNY

Well sports fans as you may well imagine, the mass orgy we had for CNY. Old energizer rabbit was at her best and showiest. But that is another story for later. Tina was such a great actress, but there were times when she was tired and cranky. But the after effects was that when she got home, she was too tired and could not sleep and or did not know what to do about it. So now, because we have done our first year and introductions, I think next year will be left for some other baby to show off... No more for me... So I will be going off the some nice and quiet place to have some nice and quiet time.

In terms of giving out red packets, I must admit, I was lucky this year because we were really too busy to really give out any. Most of the time, I had to look after the family and so was not too free to really calculate who gave what and how much... heee heeee... good deal huh??? But then of course, the energizer really took me out for a lot before and after the celebrations. Before the CNY, she had to buy her chinese medicine a few weeks in advance, so I gave her 500. Then on CNY, I gave her another 200, then she broke her finger trying to get out of my car and I had to give another 500 for her treatment.... And guess what sports fans..... She wants to take a 14 day holiday to the Nordic countries and she just said to me... she wants 2k from me and 2k from my sis!!! Uuuhhhhhh.... did she think about her cost during the travel??? even if she were happy with just 100 a day, the expenses of the trip will be at least 1.4k!!! She goes around showing her chemo meds, her chinese meds and claiming that she is so poor thing, and how much it costs... but does she even feel a bit sorry for spending?? Man... I wish the government will do something for elderly people like this. Even help in medical fees will be a great stress reliever. But then of course, in this country of ours, only those who can afford it are smiling, while those who live in la la land are quite oblivious of the situation we are all heading for.

Oh yea... I did say that energizer broke her finger right??? She must have placed her finger in between the door and the body while she was closing my car door... But just like her cancer... she was not really able to explain what she was feeling and also what was happening. Imagine the pain of a fracture, and yet, all she was screaming about was the blood... It is the same with the cancer... she only said that she has blood in her stools... which is common sometimes... She did not say that it was continious and so on... She also showed her dementia when she actually told all her frens and relatives to come for Tina's buffet on the wrong day and at the wrong time... !!!! Thus almost no one came and I had so much food wasted. And to top it all off, she then thought that it was another day... She is really living in la la land right now... And it will only get worst... The only option will be to care for her in as best a way as we can. However, there will come a time when she will need 24hour care as she will not really know what she is doing. A person with Alzheimer's dementia will slowly lose all brain activity till they become walking vegetables... I am sure that our gahmen is afraid of that as this will throw a great strain on our society, however, these are people who helped to build our nation. Without our moms and dads, we will not have a Sillypore to live in.

Anyway, so back to CNY, well I am really still trying to recover from it as it has been a whirlwind and busy time. The only gud thing is dat I bought a playpen and also some other stuff for Tina and that is all I need in my life, to go home to my family, to see them well and happy and I am happy.

Hmmmmmm

Its gonna be CNY this weekend and it will be a hell of a busy one... with the reunion dinner, the visiting of relatives and the introduction of Tina to one and all... I am sure that my little energizer rabbit will want to show off to all...

Speaking of the little monster... she scared the s*it out of me and nearly caused a divorce.... Well... kids can do that lah... Wife was having her bath, I was watching TV and then I heard a scream and wail... and found baby on the floor... She had evidentally put too much weight on the railing and it folded down.... Of course no one wa at fault... Baby was supposed to be asleep so that we can have some down time... But obviously she woke up and tumbled to the end of the bed and then tumbled off it... No major damage that we can see... but wife was like shocked into a coma and I was furious because of that. The railing can be folded... but I told her to make sure it was at least clicked... she did not do so because she was afraid that the smallest sound would wake up the monster... well wake up the monster did and she must have put weight on the rail and it folded.... For me... I was frightened.. but as long as there seems to be no damage or need to wori, I can put it aside and then go on.. wife was like quiet... withdrawn and really sad and of course that did not make the baby's mood any better.. Imagine dropping off a bed and then having a parent look at you like you were dying... Even if I could not think.. I would be very worried... hehehehe... So that really made me angry and set off a whole night of anger... hmmm... maybe I need anger management???

Anyways... last call home seems like monster is normal and is no worse for wear... We have put foam mats on the floor and will now make sure the railing clicks.. and I will buy a baby monitor to put into my room... Maybe I can hear them cursing and swearing at me when they think I am asleep too.... hmmmmmmmm devious huh????

Is it February Already???

Man!! Time has passed so fast. It is already Feb and I am still no where near what I need to do and even further from what I want to do. I have been applying for PR status for wife and kids and it is such a stickler... There are some countries that do not have birth certs. Hey, it is true. Some countries are not a fanatical about race and so on as Sillypore.... So now we have to ask the Japan side to send prepare the family census and family rolls and then we have to get it translated into English over here... Man... I am having a lot of problems with wife because of this now... She is angry because she has done nothing wrong and is from a "higher" class country and therefore she feels insulted at this treatment. I hear ya babes... it stinks to high heaven... I think that if she were a white woman with a loud voice and is from the US, they will just close one eye and allow her to come in.

Talking about that, why are some people so caught up with the western way of life anyway? Is it so superior to ours? I feel that there is nothing wrong with being Asian or for that matter being me... But you can see how some guys or gals flutter at the sight and sound of a white man... Of course... there are some who like black too.. but that will entail a whole new different story altogether. But I do feel really insulted by both the whites and those who love the whites.. There is nothing wrong with yellow or any asian colour.. There are some asians who are far richer than the white. And oh yes... if some of you are thinking in the naughty spectrum and think that a white body is better than an asian... you are sadly mistaken ok??

It is the quality of the person and not the quantity my frens... And I am glad that I am of quality.

But back to the main topic... hmmm what the hell is the main topic anyway?? Oh yea... about applications for any position.... So how come dings and dongs from other countries can come in so easily and not some??? I was pretty pissed off yesterday and nearly wanted to send my family back to Japan and just ask them to stay there. I mean sometimes it really is damn stupid and because of this stupidity, I feel so frustrated... Maybe we ended up with the wrong end of the gene pool huh??? A place where people are assumed to be stupider than other and yet try to act smarter and better and yet we are all part of the same old system.... sighs.....