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Yes. Time flies that fast. Just figured I’m already a bit over three months into my lease in this new place and that we’ve only six months left in the year. What can I say about the past six months. Pretty uneventful save for the move, a couple of Bros getting married, and getting dropped from that crappy game development company.

I’m all for pushing forward for the rest of the year. Now that I’ve got my priorities straightened out a bit, I just hope things just get better in other aspects. Like getting help. It is super stressful to be the only one who projects and draws up life strategies.

The past ten years has been quite a frustrating decade with my parents passing away and everything but it’s about damn time that I finally focus on building my own damn life. I’d have to say the best thing about these last few years is getting together with Rish and meeting friends who will most likely be the ones I keep for the rest of my life. And since I see my future with Rish, it’s high time I work on that.

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Details. Details. Details. Can’t emphasize this enough. A few of my acquaintances who have just recently graduated are wondering why getting a job suddenly became so tough compared to how graduates from last year had it. Well, for one, the global economy is really shot. Most multinationals (the biggest employers in the country) have frozen their hiring leaving a lot more people to compete with a few positions across industries.

However, one X factors to getting jobs is how an applicant presents himself or herself. Here’s a reality that you really have to consider. You might be good and quite competent, however, the odds are that there are other good people around, probably just as good or even better than you. Don’t let your school, degree, or honors be a guarantee that you’re the fastest gun in the west and that you have to be paid top dollar.

With the financial crisis sending even the best people in other industries back to the job market, companies can hire people who have three times the knowledge and experience at the say pay grade. At the end of the day, the it’s the person who can make compromises and position himself or herself as of the most and best value to the company who will get the job.

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Just finished reading The Bro Code by “Barney Stinson” and what a fun read that was. Too bad, most of the provisions doesn’t really apply to my current lifestyle since, as far as predicaments go, I’m more of a Marshall (sans the law thing and the height) than a Ted or Barney.

But as far as the for-the-Bros articles are concerned, I think I’m a pretty good Bro. Some lapses here and there, but I do meet most of the conditions in general. I’m a pretty supportive, Bro. Too bad I think I’ll be a useless wingman.

Oh and here’s an amusing one:

It is unacceptable for two Bros to share a hotel bed without first exhausting all couch, cot, and pillows-on-floor combinations. If it’s unavoidable, they shall prevent any incidental spoonage by arm wrestling* to determine who sleeps under the covers. Once decided each Bro shall don as many lower layers as possible before silently fist bumping the other good night.

Hehehe… Reminds me of something from a little over a year ago. The image of two bros spooning will forever haunt me.

June’s nearly up and that means that we’re moving into the next half of the year. I fervently said that this year will be dedicated to earning money. However, six months and my savings are still pretty much deadlocked.

It’s a financial stability no-no to go six months without any increase in savings since technically, monthly finances should be configured in such a way that part of the income is stashed away and the rest covers all the expenses including a few treats and luxuries.

I always considered myself as financially smart for my age. I guess living a deprived life as a kid sharpened my money instincts well. In addition, advice from old mentors exposed me to wise money management also help shaped my views on finance. Still, mistakes can be made even by the smartest guys in the room.

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