Over the short weekend...12 more days...

Over a dinner on Friday with some of my classmates from college, I realize that I am severely underpaid given my qualification. The reason was probably because I was in a rush accepting a job due to long period of job search and thus accepted the position even though their offer was pretty far off from the average earnings my qualification would get. Despite that, I seem to have no other choice apart from accepting the position given the financial crisis that my family was facing at that period of time. Therefore, this is also one of the negative why I am negative every month I guess, most of my classmates are getting at least SGD 1000 more per month compared to mine with the same qualification. Well, I guess that justify enough urgency to look for alternatively. I should definitely step up my effort to look for others.

There are several types of people out there. Once you start work, most of us would think about various issues that concern us. Some would perhaps think about getting a branded bag once they started working for some time. Other would think about the duration that they will have to work eventually. One commented that we will have to work for decades before we can really rest and enjoy. However, that, most likely, would be untrue. Yes, we will need to work for decades in order to survive, however, by the time you think that we can rest and enjoy the fruits of our labor, you would realize that you don't have sufficient to retire and the amount you have are mostly locked in. To be honest, I don't believe that all of us would live till the age of 80 years old. Yet, most believe that we will, it's best not to argue and just listen to what others have to say. There is one of them who think quite similar the way I thought about things, she was wondering how such system came into place and whether there is a alternative to this. I thought so too. It seems quite ridiculous. Yet, we are quite powerless to make any changes. This is perhaps not true to some, yet an ongoing concern for some.

As for this weekend, I definitely enjoy a day of resting yesterday. That really helps me refresh and recharge after a long week.

So, I just now is the time for me to do some reading and work.

Update later...