I hereby declare my intent to take the pledge of poverty for the month of may, seeing as how unneccessary expenditures have emptied out my pockets and I no longer have sufficient funds to pay for more important things like leaders' retreat and church camp.

I,Natalie Hannah Wong (no chinese names inserted,I'm not that stupid la dey!), promise to keep to these vows (or at least try to keep) as I take this pledge. I will not indulge in gourmet food unless it's absolutely paid for by my parents, and that includes eating $30 crab mee hoon and seafood platter for one at Fish and Co. I will stop sticking out my right hand and flagging down the next available cab unless it's a matter of life and death or late and gonna get chopped. I will curb my excessive compulsive shopping habits which is detrimental to my financial wellness, especially evil online sites with shirts that seem to have 'buy me' written all over them. I will stop walking down to places of destruction like Topshop,Forever21 and Diva which is the main cause for my current state of poverty. I shall pick up virtues that enables me to be more hardworking,so that I will work more and start on my urgently pending videos,which will in turn give me my much needed money.



yes,I should might as well declare bankrupt now seeing as how I have to pay for these:
1)31st May to 2nd June: Generations leaders' retreat $80
2)8th June to 10th June: Section chalet $??? (about $30-$50 I think)
3)11th June to 14th June: Church camp $215 (excluding other expenses like petrol,food etc.)

I mean, I really wanna go for them..but it's all within a span of two weeks and it chalks up a sizeable amount of money.My pay will be all gone man. I really have to work more this month and try to save as much as possible.I don't mind if I have to work doubly hard.I don't mind if I need to forgo some pretty skirts.I don't mind even if I can't dine at nice places this month. I need to save up for Aussie anyway which is what I've planned to do since March but I don't see the savings.But I'm most stressed over the SPH's Project S vodcast.It's due on 12th May and I have no ideas on what to do yet.Sighs.Even if I have something in mind,I still have to look for interviewees,arrange for interviews at their convenience,edit.AND IT'S ALL DONE IN MANDARIN.God knows I suck in mandarin!


Oh Lord,help! I trust that You will get me through this. I will not stress over this,I will lift all these into Your hands simply because I know You care for me.