WTH!!!

Last Friday I received a confirmation from the firm that they are willing to take me on as a graduate solicitor. Woo hoo…  * Catch is to finish packing this weekend and fly on Tuesday. ….

Fauzi and I have been bunking in a friend’s place for 4 weeks now. We felt very pai sei and have already worked out between the 2 of us that it is only fair to contribute some money towards the house bills even though the friend does not want us to pay since we are guests and living in the living room ( we estimated around X dollars – taking into account that we bought a lot of the house stuff and cleaned their filthy toilet and kitchen).

Fauzi just told me today that the friend now claims for some money for the house bills, which is fair enough since we were also using the utilities in the house and we were going to pay X dollars anyways. Fauzi told the friend that we are willing to pay X dollars. However the friend insists that we are being stingy in not rounding up the number e.g. 50 dollars or 100 dollars rather than 30 dollars and 70 dollars. For Fauzi and I, budget has been really tight, so an extra 20 or 30 dollars would come really handy.

This friend’s attitude bugs me: firstly because the friend insisted that we not pay but later on insists that we make a significant amount of payment and secondly because this friend is really poking at how tight our budget is. This friend has also pointed out that we are most of the time on instant noodles and that instant noodles is “poor people’s food.” I honestly think that is a very snobbish and immature statement to make even though he was kind enough to put up with us bunking in his living room.

Fauzi has also pointed out that the friend has been putting him down and saying mean stuff such as being just on the net or watching tv and laying in bed the whole day. The friend does not understand what it is like to be a fresh graduate looking for a full time job during the economic crisis. I know how it feels to be utterly hopeless and that no one sees how hard Fauzi and I have been trying to look for a full time job. Anyone who DOES NOT go through what we do DOES NOT deserve to judge.

DODO’S LESSON OF THE DAY:

IT IS ONLY WHEN WE MAKE OUR WAY IN THE WORLD THAT WE DISCOVER THOSE WHO ARE REALLY “TRUE FRIENDS”

 

 

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