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Guess what? Today’s my birthday!! Yeah, another year older..
Was actually planning to make a party but since it’s Ramadhan, couldn’t make it happen.
I had a big party for my 21st and it was a blast..
So much things happened and we were still talking about it till now..
Next year perhaps.. Wanna make a final huge party before I get too old..
Actually, before everybody gets too old.. lol!

Birthdays are just so boring nowadays.. Same old things..
I still remember last time  when I used to be younger, I will count down the days to my birthday
and when the day came, I’ll be sad cos time passed by soo fast and the next thing I know, the day’s ended.. Now, I hardly remember the day as I kinda stop celebrating it..
Getting older and older every year..
This year’s gonna be different though. A dinner cum small gathering was planned for me later and I seriously don’t know who’s gonna be there.
I’m curious… hmmm….

So anyway, I’m in a good mood today and I wanna share it with you guys.
For the first time ever, I’m gonna play a lil’ game with you..
The first person who can guess the main present that I’m gonna get for my birthday will win a prize. What prize you are asking?? It’s a secret!
The person with the most accurate answer wins!
Have fun guessing!!

Here comes another part of my drama life. My work issue. YES! It’s still not settled! Let me do a quick summary. Ex-employer owe me a few months’ salary. I reported them to the authority and they set up a hearing session for both of us in a room with a judge of course. They failed to turn up so I won the case and had a letter of demand sent to them for payment by a specific date. Nearing that date, they contacted me and asked me to withdraw my claims and that we should have a private settlement. (DUH! That’s what I’ve been asking for and you’ve never kept up with it!) Pfffft! Well anyway, after seeking the authority’s advise and thinking hard about it, I agreed to let them have their way.. (Wait! I know what you’re thinking.. Let me finish my story first.) And so, I said to them I will agree to what they want IF they agree to pay me the full amount that they are owing and to sign a statement agreeing to the amount owed. (Recap: The authority can only help me get back what they owe for the past one year from the date of my report. So I lost thousands there.. They should really banish this rule! It’s stupid.. 1 year only???  &%@$ !!!) So they agreed and I was fine with it.

And so, I met a lawyer who drafted out a statement for them to sign. Time was already running out cos it’s either this or the authority’s  court case. (Which if happens, I have to pay for.. and it’s not cheap. You’re supposed to help people! Not sucking out more of my money in this kind of situation!! *&@$!!!!). It was already the last day and I have to make them sign the statement. I was being kind enough, as usual, to offer to drive wherever to meet them regardless of where they are. Guess what?? The ex-manager replied to me saying she’s busy as she had classes and that she can’t meet me. And I was thinking, “School? No problem! There’s always other ways.” And I told her that we could meet after her classes and I really didn’t mind the time. The settlement had to be signed that day or I’ll proceed with the court order. And so I forced her for a meeting cos obviously the private settlement is way better than going for the authority and lose a few thousands. Her next reply was the BEST I could ever asked for. She replied back,”We owe you money, not our lives!” I was gobsmacked. How dare she!!

The next day, I went to the authority’s office and just their luck, it was closed!! And so, I called up my ex-employers again and we agreed to meet another day. We met and they signed the agreement. So I withdrew my charges and waited patiently for my hard-earned, long overdue paychecks to arrive. Deadline passed, as usual, payment’s still not in. I asked her and she said she’ll send the cheque rightaway and to check my mail a few days later. I was furious. I emphasized to her as stated in the statement, money to be in by deadline, not to send out cheque after deadline. Few days later, 2 cheques came in. I banked them in immediately and lo and behold! As anticipated, one cheque bounced. I texted her, told her about the bounced cheque and that we have nothing to say to each other anymore. Well, she texted me and begged me to give them one last chance. Again I’m giving them one final chance and trust me, this time round should there be any more breach of agreement, they will be talking to my lawyer instead of me. Unappreciative humans!

Everything’s been smooth-sailing so far and up till today, only one more cheque left before I can finally close the case.Sometimes I think, if MTV were to sign me up and make my life as one of those reality shows you see nowadays, they would have made millions of dollars. Hahahaha! So much drama! I seriously need a break.. It’s just too much for my puny brain to take..

So after the documents were ready, we set an appointment with the lawyer.
We had the meeting at about 2.30pm and after a short discussion and signing of papers, the lawyer asked us if we f would like to come back tomorrow with the rest for the division of one of the assets. I suggested to her that it would be better if we handle this separately and that I would rather not be in the same room with the rest of the beneficiaries. The lawyer agreed and decided to give us our cheques later that day instead of the next day. So we were asked to be back there at about 4.30-5pm. We left the office slightly after 4pm. Before we walked out the door, the lawyer asked us again if we would like the rest of the beneficiaries to join us that day. Again, I firmly said no and we left.

Outside the office, the others had a brilliant idea.. They asked me why I didn’t want them to come. I simply replied, ” I despise them and I just hate to see their faces..”
So they proposed to me and suggested, ” Why don’t you just let them come today? That way, we can see if they are really after the money and be able to prove and see with our own eyes how pathetic and desperate they are.” A big grin was immediately plastered to my face. What a brilliant idea!! So I agreed. We walked back into the lawyer’s office and told them to call the rest to come down today if they wanted to. And then we left to a nearby coffeeshop to grab a bite and a hot cup of tea. Time passed by and we were chatting and slowly sipping our drinks when suddenly, someone jolted up, pointed a finger and said, “Isn’t that their car?” I turned my head to look behind and told him the plate number and a bit of description of the car that was parking at an alley not far from where we were sitting. “Yes, that’s their car!” You cannot imagine the look I had on my face. I was absolutely amazed and shocked that not because they were really here but the fact that they could reach here in less than an hour, and not forgetting that it was during office hours! A lot of questions ran through my head.. Did they take leave just to be here?? Or probably ask for early dismissal? Who knows.. The fact that they have to go home first to fetch my grandma and to come here in such a small amount of time is really amazing! If I were them, I would have just set another appointment on my free time. I really hate last minutes.

So anyway, I told them… Since they’ve got to see what they wanted to see, mission accomplished.. I asked them to call the lawyer to start without us if they’ve reached already as we’re still eating and I would want that loudmouth,M, to use the waiting as a reason to fuck us upside down again. So after finishing up our food and drinks, we headed back up to the office. It was about 5.30pm and I was kinda surprised to see the room empty. Turns out, those people came and left already. Great! I don’t have to puke.. So yeah, the lawyer told us that we’ve just missed them and that everybody was there and got their cheques and left. All of them came. My dad’s widow, my grandma, M and her husband. Seriously, I couldn’t wipe the silly grin off my face. So after settling our part, we informed the lawyer not to forget about collecting the house rent from M. And then we left.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the my dad has a house and his friend is staying there for a moment. Initially, we told the tenant that we don’t need rent and all we needed was for him to settle the house bills and payments. He agreed and so the deal was closed. More than a month passed by and we got to know from this tenant that that BUGGER, M, has been collecting monthly rent from him. So, we told the tenant not to give any money to her and that money was supposed to be passed to us so that we can settle the outstanding house payments. 3 months passed and the tenant still gave the monthly rent to her. Bloody brain-dead! When we asked M for the money, she said she used it for my grandma’s medical bills. NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL CBT, YOU *****!! She even said that she’ll discuss this with the lawyer to know what’s the right thing to do. BLOODY DUH?! To me, that’s not a good enough reason to be stealing rent behind our back. Furthermore, she has bloody 7-8 other siblings if she needed help financially and was she trying to say that they’re all useless?? That money should go to the house bills, not for her personal use!

Later on, we got a text message from M that she will be passing all the money to the lawyer soon. So we texted her back and informed her the amount and guess what? As you know, she and her freaking childish attitude, she replied back saying, ” Who are you? You’re not the lawyer.” What crap! And she also gave us another text message saying,”Why didn’t you come earlier? We could’ve settled this face to face.” Oh my god! GROW UP WOMAN!! I couldn’t be bothered to be contacting her again. A freaking waste of my time and money. And boy I must add, that was the longest meeting ever.

She did too many things that I can’t simply blog about it. I will die of exhaustion if I were to write down all the things down. Seriously, I’m really not kidding. You’ll be shocked, trust me. All her actions were uncalled for and you’ll want to punch her face. How I wish my dad was there to witness all the things and damages his sister had done.. Nevertheless, R.I.P daddy. We miss you dearly.. May God be kind and fair enough to teach her some lessons.