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This week has been going fast for me because I finally got one holiday since I started working last month. It was still the same for me to go to work. Yesterday, one of my colleagues, Aunt Dolly, told us that there was someone committing suicide across her houses. I was so shocked and she still told us that her brother actually went down to see the body. Oh my gosh! Also, yesterday, I finally received my first salary. When the boss gave me the cheque, he told me that he raised my salary by $50 because of my well performance. And he said that all my colleagues were paid less than my salary and told me that this job was a stepping stone for me. I was quite happy then because I got $600. But when I went back home and took a look at my cheque, actually I only got $400++ because the other sum of money went to the cpf. Although I was upset after knowing that I only able to spend such a little sum of money, I was sure that if I do not continue to do this job, then there is only one way out. That is to find another job or die…either way. After sharing this thought with my mother and Jovin, I decided not to care about the pay first and continue to do well in this job. Today, as it was Hari Raya for Malays, I have one day off and my mother does not need to look after my nephews. So my mother and I went to Somerset for shopping. It was so crowded when we wanted to board the Mrt and we had to wait for another train. And we squeezed into the train and I hardly had any space to move around. Both of us have not been to Somerset for so long that we went to the wrong place at first. Then we went to the Robinsons and walked around. The things there was really so expensive that I think only those high class people can afford to buy the stuff there. My mother wanted to ask me to buy a new leather shoe but we did not know how to choose. And some more the price for the shoe is about half of my salary. Then I also bought two T-shirts with my own money. Then we went home after walking for a while. |
