I was having a nice, normal Friday at work, just passing the time till I could slam my notebook shut and yell, “It’s the weekend!”, when I got a call from one of my closest friends. She works in Singapore, but comes back on weekends. We were chatting and then she told me that she just got her bonus of FOUR months pay. Four months bonus, in Singaporean dollars!

Wow, it was so hard to feel happy for her, but at the same time lamenting that my bonus is such a pitiful amount compared to hers. We’re planning a trip to Egypt at the end of the year, and she said that she’s covered now. I’m going to need to save, and save, and save!

I know that working in this company, it’s unlikely my pay is ever going to jump up by leaps and bounds. Most unfortunately, you only seem to get a really big raise when you leave to join a new company. I’m happy here and don’t want to leave, but it also means that my pay won’t be jumping up anytime soon.

The only other option is to find another source of income. Again, due to the recent election results and the recession in the US, it’s resulted in all my unit trusts taking a nose dive. More bad news. I’ve been selling things on eBay for the past couple of months, which results in a hundred dollars or so extra each month (that might not sound like a lot, but it’s enough for…two new books a month? Or 9 movies a month?). Although that seems to get pumped back into my eBay purchases quite often.

I just discovered that eBay Malaysia, unlike it’s international counterparts, doesn’t charge you a listing fee or a final value fee. This is probably due to the fact that it’s still not as popular as it’s competitor, Lelong, and it’s user database is still not that large. However, if I’m not charged anything for putting items up for sale, I might as well put all sorts of things up there in the hope that it MIGHT get sold, right? I’m not losing anything, after all!

Yes, I know that money is not the most important thing in the world, and I should be thankful that I am blessed with so much already. These are all things that I should remember all the time, but sometimes…just sometimes…’The Green-Eyed Monster Does Rear It’s Ugly Head!’

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