HB to me!

And it is my birthday today. No celebration. I'm a bit wistful of the circumstance but it's a blessing to be alive. *smiles*

Actually, I've just been home for a couple of hours to catch few winks but I'll be off to work again before noontime.

So before it gets busy, I wanna say HB to myself. My gift or reward to myself will have to come later. I still have to think about that later as well. But it would be great to be at the receiving end of these very romantic gifts I saw online. Yeah, I always believe these delightful berries are perfect gifts for any occasion or even without occasion. They are absolutely lovely, and giving these even for no reason at all would be great.

So berries for me, anyone??? *grins*

hahay

My birthday is coming up in few hours...and I badly miss home.

So miss my kids, and my husband. *sigh*

I know I'll be working like a dog today and the next so I expect my day to pass by in a blur. Still, it would be nice to be home and spend my birthday with loved one.

someone is getting hitched

Sound like I'm going to be hearing wedding bells soon. I just have a message from family members that someone from our family is getting married early next year. So shall I expect to receive one of those Checkerboard Wedding Invitations soon? Abangan!

Really, we'll wait and see. Although it looks like I cannot attend this one, due to geographical distance, I hope my son can represent me in the coming big event. So CebuPac bring on your seat sale for international flights. Please.

eftpos

I've stumbled into ach payment and I'd like to mention something about modes of payment in Australia. Here, it's cash, credit or your atm. Actually, with the atm/debit cards, they call it eftpos.

And one can do eftpos transaction with almost everything i.e paying train tickets, cabs, grocery, etc... Very convenient, I must say. Also, one amazing thing in Oz is you can do cash outs at grocery counters. So one doesn't need an ATM machine for cash withdrawal. How cool is that!

My Oz Transpo Tip

I've experienced that people always use public transportation in Oz, despite having cars and all. Coming from a country where when one has a car, one definitely uses that single mode of transport for the very reason of convenience, I didn't quite get why people in Australia uses public transport instead of their cars all the way to their destination. Public transport must really be much efficient than driving around. Or it's much cheaper. I can't be sure.

Anyway, so people take the public transport. I take the public transport (because I have no choice). But for my part, I cannot say it's cheaper that way but let me share some tips on how to save on public transpo expenses.

- When you're going to visit some place, take a return ticket instead of buying single ticket all the time.

- Buy a weekly or monthly ticket pass. Mymulti passes allow you to travel anytime within the validity period.

- One can even save more on quareterly and yearly tickets.

- Walk. If weather warrants it, walk. It's good for your body and it's always lovely to walk around Sydney.

from ozzy money

And I didn't buy a Wii.

Surprisingly (because I previously planned on rewarding myself with some stuff), I didn't buy anything from my first salary. Oh well, I did but it is nothing significant like a gadget or some accessories. I know I could have bought one of those cheap laptop computers just for remembrance but I chose not to. *smiles* Maybe some other time.

So would you like to guess what I bought from my first salary? Wallet, not. Clothes, not. Lunch box, it is. Lunch box! *grins widely* Can you believe it? I didn't buy it intentionally but technically speaking, that was the first thing I bought from my ozzy money.

This One

A couple of days ago, I received my very first salary in Oz. Great job, good money. *smiles*

And now, I'm thinking on whether I should reward myself or save first. I don't plan to spend everything or spend a lot but a nice reward like this wii black would be great. And it comes with a discount. *wink, wink* What do you think? The plus points here is that it is black and you know how I have a penchant for black gadgets (and furniture).

So.... to go ahead and buy or not? Tsk. tsk.