“I am who I am. I’m weird, I’m lame, I run into things, I spill food, I trip, I scream about random & stupid stuff. But, I like it that way.”
-@thenotebookoflove
Tag: food
timmy
I was chatting with Jasmine, Timmy’s best friend and playmate, when she mentioned that Timmy was asking her why I don’t have an article about him on my blog site, TheCuriousMe.
He wants to know if he didn’t have a great impact in my life to warrant an article. It’s funny because I’ve been receiving similar queries and some are even requesting for me to write an article about them. Ha!
Anyway, I’ve completely forgotten about Timmy’s query when I stumbled upon the testimonials in my Friendster’s account which was buried in one of my dormant email addresses.
And to my surprised, he has a testimonial for me! Ha! I wonder what prompted him to post a testimonial? It was Jasmine whom I kept bugging to post a testimonial for me but she did not make any effort to post one because of unending “blah blah”.
Timmy is the boy-next door type who loves to play computer games. He’s quick-witted and a complete hearthrob in which he’s unaware of. In my point of view, he’s like a kid trapped in a grown up’s body.
His bubbly attitude and positive outlook in life makes people drawn to him, aside from his good looks of course! Nah, I’m not trying to sell him or feed his ego, I’m just stating a fact. :p
One of the fondest things that we had was on how often we gang up on Jasmine for her “penchant” for the English language and for cooking “edible” foods. 😉
I’m looking forward to hanging out again with them! This time, on the other side of the world where four seasons exist. 
budget
It was definitely the lowest point in my life when I went to Singapore (see related article o.f.w. journey (part 1 of 2) and o.f.w. journey (part 2 of 2)). During that time, I was under emotional turmoil, physically dead beat, mentally exhausted, spiritually down, and financially unstable.
Prayers helped me a great deal to be optimistic about life even though I was in crisis and in a tight budget. During my first 6-months in Singapore, I painstakingly jot down ALL my daily expenses in order to control my cash flow. I created my own template in Microsoft Excel and categorized each expenses. 
At that time, I lived in cash and NETS (payment via the ATM card) basis. I’m the kind of person who lives within my means and habitually think twice before buying things. I routinely ponder if it’s a necessity or a luxury. One more thing, I opted not to use my credit card otherwise I will be a dead meat!
I used to buy fish, chicken and vegetables and normally cooked Filipino food like paksiw, sinigang, tinola, adobo, torta, fried fish or chicken, boiled vegetables, etc. I mixed and matched whatever I have in my stocks just to have a variation.
The funny thing was, I customarily count the fish or chicken and divide it by 3 or 5. In that way, I can have fish or chicken for three days or five days. Of course, vegetables will be my dish in between those days. Healthy food is a must because it’s expensive to get sick. I do have noodles and canned goods in my stock but it’s for contingency measure only.
My housemates treated me well and always made it a point to lighten up my mood. Furthermore, they used to invite me to dine out especially during Friday’s and Saturday’s. 
When I received my first paycheck, I treated them to a delectable seafood delight at BeiSheng. We had mouth-watering chili crab and other seafood delicacies. It was absolutely delicious! I will never forget the taste. Yum yum!
Ahhh… those were the pathetic days. Nah… Let me correct that, those were the TOUGH days. Now, I learned how to save MORE for the rainy days. Not much but enough to support myself even if I don’t work for a couple of months. Whoa! That reminded me to “refill” my rainy days budget. It’s nearly empty. I don’t want to be a bummer.
Let’s all save for the rainy days! Yipeeey! 
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