2018 Week 32 Update

Another week has gone by and this week which was short because of the National Day holiday was slightly significant for me.

I have registered a company under my name last week and have made a decision to start freelancing. I will be working from home and will probably work a couple of hours a day. I am planning to do this till the end of next year when the children finish school and if this gig takes off, then I’ll do this on a full-time basis, otherwise, I’ll look for a fulltime position to start working in early 2020. Please wish me luck in my new venture!

This week I am hosting a cousin I have not interacted with much over the years. She is older than me and is coming to Singapore for some lectures at our local universities. It will be nice to have some one-on-one time with her when she has free time from her lectures. I am also hoping to attend at least one of the lectures, though the subject is not something I am very knowledgeable about.

This week is looking to be an interesting one, so more deets next week when I update here.

 

2018 Week 31 Update

Nothing much to update this week. Life goes on with the usual household drama, quarrels and issues.

This week will be a shorter week because of Singapore’s National Day mid-week. This means the children only have two days of school proper. Wednesday will be a half day for them where they go to school just for the National Day Observance Ceremony and Friday will be a school holiday.

I’ve been having some really vivid dreams in the past few days, so vivid that at times it’s taken me a couple of minutes after waking up to figure out that I was dreaming and in a few cases, actually check if I had been reading about something connected to the dream before my nap/sleep. Wonder why this happens.

Ah well, here’s hoping that this week is great for all, you and me!

2018 Week 29 Update

This week was all about my Dell laptop.

Since I had not heard back from the customer support person by Monday, I dropped them another email asking to get the invoice. Predictably no reply and so I called them and asked to speak to a supervisor. When I told the supervisor the whole story, I was assigned a new person to deal with and I managed to make the payment within 30 minutes of the call. I also got a service technician come home th day after the payment. I was pleasantly surprised and thought all my laptop woes are over.

But the service technician didn’t have one part with him and so he left after trying to make it work for more than an hour. Now I am waiting for Dell to come back with a new date for a service visit. I also realised that my cable charger is now defective and since Dell does not have any retail store in Singapore, I have to go through the whole process of getting an invoice and then they ship it to me. The technician did tell the service team about this and asked them to send an invoice, but as usual nothing yet. I’ll wait till the end of today and then call them again. When this will end, I don’t know!

Please send me some positive laptop vibes if you can? I really need it this week to get this whole thing sorted!

Have a wonderful week.

2018 Week 28 Update

Some weeks I really don’t know what to update and wonder why I am still continuing this series. Then I suck up and sit down in front of the screen trying to find words that describe my boring and mundane life.

This week was the same the previous weeks and my life stands as it was before. The only positive note is that we are going to renew R’s work permit as she does not want to change employers. Since there’s not much work for her to do, we are looking at reducing her pay with us for a time period till I secure a new position and she is happy with the solution. Hope this does not take very long to do.

Another couple of weeks before August comes around. Have a wonderful week folks!

2018 Week 27 Update

This week was the exact halfway mark for the year. I can’t believe that half the year has gone so soon!

This week was similar to the other 27 weeks of the year which went by and I have no real updates on both my job and helper situations. I do have a self-imposed deadline of next week of letting her know if I will be renewing her contract or not since I don’t want to shortchange her in her search for a new household.

As you can see, I lead a very boring life. There are some things which happen which I don’t update in this space because of privacy issues. So I really need to filter out some things in my daily life before putting it here!

Have a great week folks! Hopefully, I have something substantial to update next week.