Another Monday, another crazy night. Record breaking time of leaving at 12am tonight! (or should i say this morning hahha) anyway i was so shagged from work (another crazy thing happened at work today so i couldnt leave earlier but that's for another post) so i didnt want to write i just wanted to be advisor so i sat next to hazel meimei. after that the queue was still so long so MF and i took a laptop and opened a counter. i was telling uncle jo to give me the easy ones (fine, SSO) and there was one which seemed easy (she came to collect FV) but turned out to be so complicated :/

Resident was a mother who was about 2 years older than me but had like 6 kids?!?!?! (clar was asking me what was i doing with my life and i said she older so she first HAHAHHA) anyway Resident came on the behalf of her husband who was currently in prison and was selected for some work and training vocation programme but wasnt successful due to his outstanding traffic fines. AND MIND YOU, THERE WERE LIKE $2000 WORTH OF FINES DUE. yes no kidding man. she brought out like a thick wad of fines ranging from LTA to TP to HDB and URA. she said that her husband just informed her that he got this lot of outstanding bills since May 2018 and that certis cisco has even been to her house to arrest her husband because he has failed to pay these bills and they have been brought up to court that's why they had to arrest him but they didnt know he had already been in jail cos of petty theft or sth blah blah. just so speechless after hearing that. no points for guessing what race they are haha but truth is, reality check man. the husband is the only one working, he doesnt have a great education so he only works as a valet, the wife is a housewife caring for 5 kids (one daughter being cared for by the aunt), the husband chalks up all these fines, gets into prison, family forever relying on SSO and MUIS financial aid, kids not having good education, cannot find good job and earn more money *facepalm* it's a vicious cycle man

and i think she saw our judgmental faces so she explained, quote her, "money can be earned but their [the kids] happiness cannot be bought". i mean yes you love kids, i love kids too, but reality check here. you dont have enough to even feed yourself how to feed 5 kids??? and then forever worrying about not enough money not enough food, is that true happiness?? reminds me of one staff we had who also said no money so want to apply job at our company but hire her le then she whole day take unpaid leave see doctor or some weird excuse. housewife at home never fall sick but once start working every day sick and it's the legit sick kind. 1 week can take like 3 days unpaid leave. ??? either sick or fall down in mrt or son forgot house keys etc. cant understand such people. meeting so many strange people every day haiz.

sidenote: 4 people said that i slimmed down today! secretly happy hehe