I've understood since forever that money doesn't grow on a tree. And I always know how hard it is for my parents to earn every single cent that I'm using now. I'm actually grateful because I manage to be in a scholarship programme where I'm given monthly allowance by my sponsor. This is something that most people out there would die for (ooh, sounds like The Devil wears Prada!). But still, I seem to be bounded with financial problem. I mean, it's not like I'm in arrears where people are after me for my debt, no no... One thing that I hate the most is to owe people. But sometimes I can't help it, say if I forget to bring my money or I have no small change for the cashier at the counter, I surely ask my girlfriends to lend me few notes. But then I make sure to pay straight away afterward or else I'm going to forget (and I hate it when I forget that I owe others money).
Well, that's not the real problem. My problem lies on the fact that money slips away so easily. Say if I withdraw 100 bucks today, by the third day I'd be desperate to withdraw more. Money always goes away. And I hate myself for not having control on it! I'm the total opposite of my parents and Polar Bear. These three people are so good in handling their financial matter. And as someone who is so close to them, I can't help but feeling embarrassed because I don't have such talent in money handling.
When it comes to spending, I have a tendency to buy cheap products because I always feel guilty of spending much on something. But the problem is, cheap products sometimes are of low quality. Just like the optical mouse that I bought this morning. I was actually happy when I found it and bought it straight away. It costed less than usual. But when I went home and tried it on Mike, it lasted only for 15 minutes before its red light turned off, and sayonara me! Urgh!
There you go, Me. You've just wasted more money on crap...
Sigh, I hope I'll be able to improve this next time.
-Miss B-
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