Saturday, July 11, 2009
Hey sup. Been busyI wasn't too pleased with my posters for GDF. I think I screwed that one up. Just hoping that I can at least get a B for it. The journal entries were alright, although I spent $9.20 on printing them by accident.
Yeah, almost $10 to print. What happened was, the person in front of me had set the printer option to the colour printer. So I didn't check, and I printed. Then when nothing came out of the normal printer, I went to click print again.
Then I saw the whole stack of papers lying at the tray of the colour printer. Too late to cancel the black and white prints. It is ridiculous, really. A B&W print costs 5 cents a piece, whereas a colour print costs 40 cents. Really screwed up, because only about 14 out of my 25 pages had pictures on it.
So basically, for those pages with no pictures, meaning the paper only consists of B&W, I still had to pay effin 40 cents. Daylight robbery, considering the fact that it costs 8x the amount a B&W print would have cost, but those pages were actually in B&W -_-
At least I learnt that I should always check the printing options before actually clicking the print icon. Expensive lesson, though.
Oh, what is that? You're saying that $10 is expensive? You?
Ah, yes I am. I have no idea why, but I am really feeling the pinch these days. I get $250 per month, and I am supposed to manage all my expenditure with that amount of cash. This includes food, transport, and all the stuffs.
So in order to buy games, I have to save money. Spending $10 on printing stuff that will probably get be a B grade at best isn't exactly my idea of saving. I need to negotiate a pay rise with my dad one of these days.
But I guess this tight budget thing is making me a more responsible person, at least when it comes to spending. I'm currently saving up to get a new amp and tone box, which I'm expecting to cost a total of $200, but in order to do that, I'm resisting the urge to get new games.
Currently, I'm craving Overlord II and BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, but I'm holding back from buying them, so that I can get my amp sooner. But all these unnecessary expenses in school and for transport are really hampering my saving process.
To get to the point, I need more money. Hopefully I can talk by dad into giving me $300-$350 per month, which is much more reasonable in my opinion. That way, I can spend like 1/4 of the amount on food and transport, then I can get 2-3 games at the end of the month.
Man, I am amazing myself. The me now, and the me a few months ago, are two different people. Me of the past would never have even thought of managing finances. Me of the past wouldn't hesitate to buy anything at first glance.
A sign that I've grown up a little, or a sign that my dad's scheme to make me learn the importance of money has actually worked? Hmm.
posted @ 10:29 PM
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