Store of MY Values

I am back from a long trip to find out who I am. I beleive to be completely different from who I used to be. I am more confident and know who I am and who I want to be. I am currently studying in mechanics because I love labor work and I love working solo. I love finding out how cars work and simply have a passion for cars. I spend a lot of time at home taking things apart and putting them back together and beleive this career would be perfect for me.

I am still working at the same place I have been working at for the past 6 and some what years but as you all can guess I am getting tired of it. I plan to work here until I get a job for my career because there is no other job that gives me my pay and pays for my phone.

I am still with my bf and have gone through many tough times which brought us closer together than ever before. These struggles were worth it in the end because of the fruits it brought to our relationship.

In friendship I am going through some struggles because my best friend has a crush on me and said he didn't want to be friends no more because of the pain in his heart. I pray everyday to have him back because I've been best friend with him since high school and he is the only one who truelly understands me. We've been on and off before but this time he changed his phone number and email. I have no way of contacting him. I pray everyday to have him back as my bff, I'll wait all it takes as long as he comes back in the end!!! My other best friend is also best friends with him. we are the 3 muscateers from high school but now this one best friend i have left is stuck in the middle of everything. He doesn't mind but it affects our hang outs and what not which really sucks but I can deal with it.

My band has also gone on a break since I started school in mechanics full time but I'm starting again and we are doing better than ever because of how much I've matured over the break.

Finally I'm happy to say I am happy to be back and hopefully you all have comments for me to know how I'm doing... For money I paid my mom back and I don't owe anyone any money. I just finished paying off everything but have nothing in the bank. So now I'm saving up for the tools I need for my career and to buy a used car by next summer. PLUS to save for travelling!!!!!!! BIG PLANS!

It's been a while since I've written here but so much has happened. My cat is gone, my grand ma and aunt got heart attacks. Possibility of loosing our home and parents loosing their business because the government is loosing money when we give our clients recites. I'm hanging in there! I had 2 jobs at the bad time (during my exams) and quit after because it wasn't for me. Right now I'm trying to save money for university as you can see beside. I got the laptop I was talking about in an earlier blog and it really comes in handy. For my 20$ challenge it is still doing well but I haven't counted how much i have inside lately. My bf and I are having our 1 year anniversary this month and I'm taking him to an Italian restaurant downtown since he took me to a Japanese one on our first date =) My dad is going to buy me a car and I'm going to start my violin lessons soon. My band is suppose to make it's opening soon but we are suffering some technical difficulties. My bf is doing great in University and is on top of things. I'm really proud of him. He's having family issues that hurt him but he's not letting that affect his work. I am supporting him ALL THE WAY!!! Tina is changing a lot. she is maturing, criticizing less (waTCHES HER TONGUE), having more trust which helps her stress level and be able to worry about her own things. She changed style to a very unique style and has become a little more open. She is also aware of her actions and works hard to improve her mistakes, I can't be any more proud of her. GOOD JOB TINA~As for me, I can't be beaten that easily =D

Yuppiiiii, hihihh~Where I live... there is something called 'Special Week' because every year in the first week of July EVERYTHING is on special. This was the time I've been waiting for since the very end of winter season. Yesturday I went shopping with my boyfriend for the things I needed and got mostly everything except for some minor things but I can become creative and manage some how.. which I always do because there are only solutions in life as my father always used to tell me. Then I ended the night with meeting some friends to go see the movie Wanted-starring Angelina Jolie which my boyfriend thought was funny because on the advertisment and posters she's always there and is the primary in the photo but in the movie she is secondary which I didn't care about. It looked like a good movie so I watched it. I liked it but it was pretty predictable.

BTW I've been gone for sometime now because some very bad family matters have occured and then I had summer school which I am proud to say that I ACED IT!!! hahaha, Also my mom which is my boss was in a pinch because her assistant quit last minute and since I always wanted to go help for somehting called the Summer Camp which we organize for poor kids where I work she asked if I could go and I reassured her and went. I had a great time but geeez those kids killed me hahaha. Since I performed well and the kids loved me and I seem to have enjoyed it I am going again for 2 more weeks in August. Not to mention I'll be working alone starting next week because my co-worker is going on vacation next week. When she comes back we will have formed another person to help her out while I go on vacation when she gets back but for 2 weeks.

Tina is gone now in Morrocco and I miss her already. I met her quickly for lunch on monday during my break at work and we spoke on the phone together as she was in the airport. MESSAGE TO TINA: Be safe and don't you dare come back in more than one piece hahaha.. also don't for get to get me a keychain from there! =)

Financially my mom put me down since I went shopping yesturday and my money has gone down a lot and telling me that I have no chance for university. I told her I'll make it through as usual and she rolled her eyes. So I did my spending but now I have to save......... only thing is I am suppose to get a labtop in August before I go to school. The GOOD thing is I can get the financial plan at future shop to pay per month instead of at the counter in one shot. The BAD thing is that once school has started because for my schedual I can only work 2 days 3.5 hours both so I won't be making a lot of money.

That's pretty much everything I had to say in a breif blog entry hahaha even though it ended up being longer than expected. Thank you for reading if you did and if you have time leave me you comments on this blog. It helps!

Alright so this is what I've been doing for the 20$ challenge lately. I have been making myself lunch everyday for school meaning no more money spending in the awfull cafeteria at school. I still buy myself the drinks because I already have so many to carry and drinks always tend to spill or become warm which I don't like so a little spend here and there still comes my way but already this saves me 30$ on food for lunch from Mon-Fri. Another thing I decided and been working on is every pay check I simply take out 20$ and put it in the new white piggy bank with a silver princess crown on it, which my boyfriend bought for me for our half a year anniversary gift. I will simply save it for emergency cases and simply save up and use that money for spending instead of my paycheck as if it is my allowence. Well, that is all for my first attempt in the 20$ challenge so let me know what you think.

Wish me luck ^_^

Alright for my savings. I was able to convince my dad in not having to pay him back so it can be my birthday gift because if you didn't notice I want to buy a labtop. Yes it is a macbook pro and many people are against it but all the other brands I've tried didn't work and didn't have my requirements. My boyfriend has a macbook and he lent it to me a few time and I fell in love with it ever since. Not to mention it has the programs I need for my band job. I can finally work properly on the music videos and what not. Not to mention I don't need any anti-virus programs and damn it NEVER crashes woohoo! Also if I ever need windows I can instal it as well. It isn't as good but it's mostly for work and band so tada. It kinda sucks that I have no solitary though T_T lol. I play minor games which I checked and CAN play on macbook pro ^_^ I also checked that I can pay a certain amount of money per month with my credit card so I won't have to pay in one shot and I can save for university which I will be saving for from now on. I will still buy myself new clothes because I tend to wear my clothes till they use up horribly so I have no choice but to buy new clothes after a while but it is the first time I don't spend on myself like I used to. In my mind now all I think about is SAVEEEEEEEEE! Now I'll stop here and tell you about my 20$ challenge which I decided to start doing for a week now.

I just got back home from school and checked the mail. I FINALLY RECIEVED MY TAX REFUNDS.
I got 729.94$ from the Gov. Can. and 414.68$ from Rev. Que. adding to 8.07$ that I had surviving in my bank account >.> that makes a total of 1,152.69$.
I'm gonna take out a total of 700$ leaving me with 458.69$ DON'T TOUCH money in the bank for simply saving. I'm gonna pay:

-mama back her 300$ for the plane tickets=300$
-papa for this months bus pass and summer school=284$
-Tina Yang for the missing cash for summer school=40$
-Jinxi's birthday gift which I am chipping in with my boyfriend and friends to buy him a big gift=20$
-50$=myself(upcoming birthday at a club)
*I won't be spending 50$ at the club but It's for food in school too and any supplies I may need for my summer school.

The cash in the bank I don't want to take out yet for my savings, for my trip to florida and the memento's because It's for life saving risks and simply because I feel better when I have some left over cash in my bank and not just like 50$ left over cash lol

But once I get back to work on May 20 and I get my first pay check I will start taking out 20$ for my trip per pay... or maybe 40$ because I make a lot. I'm a supervisor where I work and I've been working there for I THINK 5 years now if not more. It's for poor children. It's a great cause and MY PARENTS are the BOSS. So I work for my parents... Only problem is they are harder on me than anyone else so I can show the example to others.

Thats all for today haha. 2 entries in one day, NICE!

Well to start off, When I first started in saving and doing great in school I get kicked in the butt with Mono which is transfered by saliva when you share food drinks or by kissing. I just started saving for fun and then this hit me. It consumed all of my energy and money. I am still out of work but will be going back May 20, 2008. I went back to school but I am having a great deal of difficulty in catching up. luckily I have reliable friends to help me as much as the possibly can. I owe my parents money, and i need to get a lot of late birthday and one Christmas gift for my sister. I'll start by paying back my depth and then move on to saving for my trip to Florida.. I want to by souvenirs for my close friends as they've done for me. In the same time, I will save up for my upcoming semester in college to be able to pay for my classes and buy the supplies/books necessary.
Wish me luck =)

PS I want to thank Tina Yang for showing me this site