Wednesday, January 25
I have not been drawing an allowance from my parents since about two years ago, when I started to receive my army pay. Now that I am finished with my service, I work part time to earn the extra cash. Most of my money actually goes to paying my gymnastics fees, and the next runner up would be the bills of all the meals when I eat out. Other than the miscellaneous items that I spend on (birthday presents or the recent gambling spree), I do not usually spend my money on anything else.
Perhaps I should also start paying my own phone bill. I have no idea how this phone business works. I am only using a super old phone plan with 500 (I think?) free sms and about 100 odd minutes of free talk time. Free incoming too! (But such a feature is so common nowadays, forget I ever mentioned it.) My friends and dad keep bugging me to get a smartphone. Perhaps I might get one. If I do, I should start by taking over the payment of the phone bill, then I can upgrade the plan when it is time to renew to one with a data plan and all. It is all so complicated though, unlike my trusty old Nokia with its trusty old flashlight. No camera.
There are probably only three reasons why I do not want to change my phone. First, my phone is functional. It does not give me problems and best of all, I only need to charge it once every few days. (Beat that, smartphone users!) Second, I have some messages inside that I want to keep. Old reminders that I do not want to forget. (Because I forget things too easily.) Third, I find smartphones too bulky. I like my Nokia very much because of the small size - it fits into my pocket so easily!
Perhaps once I understand how all the various phone plans work, I will change to either an Apple or Android smartphone. Most likely I will be too lazy to get down to understanding all the intricate details of each plan though.
Anyway, most probably I will not be able to keep up with this once university commences. I will have to depend on my parents to foot my tuition fees. Unless of course, I obtain a scholarship. Perhaps this time (unlike for the phone plans), I will be motivated enough to apply come March. God willing, I am given the scholarship, I would be able to continue to be financially independent. Well, sort of, because I am still having free meals at home most of the time.
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Wednesday, January 25
I have not been drawing an allowance from my parents since about two years ago, when I started to receive my army pay. Now that I am finished with my service, I work part time to earn the extra cash. Most of my money actually goes to paying my gymnastics fees, and the next runner up would be the bills of all the meals when I eat out. Other than the miscellaneous items that I spend on (birthday presents or the recent gambling spree), I do not usually spend my money on anything else.
Perhaps I should also start paying my own phone bill. I have no idea how this phone business works. I am only using a super old phone plan with 500 (I think?) free sms and about 100 odd minutes of free talk time. Free incoming too! (But such a feature is so common nowadays, forget I ever mentioned it.) My friends and dad keep bugging me to get a smartphone. Perhaps I might get one. If I do, I should start by taking over the payment of the phone bill, then I can upgrade the plan when it is time to renew to one with a data plan and all. It is all so complicated though, unlike my trusty old Nokia with its trusty old flashlight. No camera.
There are probably only three reasons why I do not want to change my phone. First, my phone is functional. It does not give me problems and best of all, I only need to charge it once every few days. (Beat that, smartphone users!) Second, I have some messages inside that I want to keep. Old reminders that I do not want to forget. (Because I forget things too easily.) Third, I find smartphones too bulky. I like my Nokia very much because of the small size - it fits into my pocket so easily!
Perhaps once I understand how all the various phone plans work, I will change to either an Apple or Android smartphone. Most likely I will be too lazy to get down to understanding all the intricate details of each plan though.
Anyway, most probably I will not be able to keep up with this once university commences. I will have to depend on my parents to foot my tuition fees. Unless of course, I obtain a scholarship. Perhaps this time (unlike for the phone plans), I will be motivated enough to apply come March. God willing, I am given the scholarship, I would be able to continue to be financially independent. Well, sort of, because I am still having free meals at home most of the time.
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