Sunday shoe blues..

I am well-rested and Sundays are usually great to start my working week. Its a light day and with a good plan, I can wrap things up easily. During my lunch break, my wife came over and
fetched me to head downtown.Our plan was to get her steel toe boots. I got some flak for this on Saturday cos I was too lazy to head to the city
centre.Its a mad place to be on Saturday especially with the traffic and unbearable sea of crowd. So, we shot off to the
Red Wing shoe store at Pertama Complex.This is one of the oldest shopping mall in the city which is packed with folks from the lower-income group. Its also
the place where you can get good bargains.I've been wearing Red Wing shoes for more than 10 years and its a great product. But recently, I found the quality
to be lacking. Their molded soles crack after one year of use. Something unheard of with the Red Wing boots that came with
welted soles.Anyways, the put-off here - is the sales staff. The store has been around for 10 years and I found their service
totally sucked! Michelle was happy with her new boots cos she is shooting off to Thailand for a coupla days. I guess for her,
March will come and go in a flash.

Its gonna be a tight month..

Of all the past earnings, this month's paycheck may be the worse ever.I scored below average with enough cash to skim through the entire March. Hopefully, there won't be too many
cash outflow from my stash. Lucky for me, I've managed to save up a bit for the rainy days. I plan to divert at least 30% from February's
wages to my savings.I need to set aside at least RM1K for my vehicle road tax and insurance in mid-April. The sucky part is that the
Government had revoked the petrol subsidy of RM665.Speaking of daily expenses, bringing food from home helped a bit especially in the mornings. I am slowly
weaning off my dependancy on rice cos the doctor ordered me to do so.As Vegas looms ahead, the April, May, June, July and August are gonna be really lean months. My focus is on
paying my debts and limiting expenses on the hobby. And yeah, this means - fewer knives and gear.

Senile buggers..

Its no fun spending one and a-half hour in the car just to get to work.This morning was no exception. And what would be better to start the day with a senile old bugger on the phone
demanding for his letter to the Editor to be published.I get plenty of calls as such and well, some people - especially agitated gereatrics - can be a fucking pain in the
neck.This old dude who lived in an apartment was grumbling and ranting about his letter which was sent on Tuesday.
Its not published and was pushed to us by the main desk.He was pissed off and demanded an answer, so I told him that his letter was being queued and publication
depends on the availibity of space.Pushy old farts like these would actually shorten your life. So, the best thing to do, is a little bit of tact and
diplomacyAnd when all else fails - just slam the phone down.