Advantages/Disadvantages of NOT having any kids...

I will say, there's always 2 side to a story... so of coz, there's always pros & cons to NOT having any kids.... Let's us start by listing out the Pros & Cons....

PROS

• More couple time, no distraction from kids. Therefore, hubby's attention all on you.
• Savings from not having to spend on kids. From even before birth, the cost of OPKs, HPTs, Gynae visits, scannings, blood tests. medication etc, it can cost up to $1k or more if you have more medications & scans to do. So if say we spend an average of $1k for preconception, $1.5k during pregnancy( additional tonics to buy for mummy as it will benefit the bb. So in other words, the tonics are meant for bb, not mummy..so u see, since preggie attention all on bb already...), delivery charges which can range from $3-10K......so all in all, the cost can be quite a frightening figure!!!!
• Estimation of savings per mth if have no kids is equal to an LV bag = $2k at least!!!!
• The freedom to travel as and when we like, without having to think about packing the strollers, diapers, milk powder, clothings for the BB.... yes..only for that tiny little thing and all the baggage allowance will be used up!!!
• The ease to do shopping as  and when we like.... especially if we are travelling.... no need to think about baggage allowance, no need to think of saving money for the kid which brings me to the next point....
• Not having to worry if we suffer from morning sickness.... whatever we eat we vomit.... whatever we drink we puke.... and therefore damaging our teeth with all these vomitting which leads to higher dental costs!!!
• Spending whatever we earn on ourselves...and YES, money is hard to earn.... therefore, we should pamper ourselves and not spend our hard-earned money on the kids, who may grow up to be ungrateful to u & abandoned u....
• which comes to this point.... not having to spend all money on kids, leaving nothing for old age and end up sleeping on the streets if the kids throw u out...
• The freedom to go out with friends and return home at whatever time we like not having to worry if the kids have eaten, if they have done their homework.....
• and not having to worry about pumping breastmilk for ur kid when u return to work....or worry about leaking boobs when u r out having a good time with friends...or worry about the food that u eat or things that u drink that will affect ur breastmilk...
• and not having to worry sick & lose sleep if the kid fall sick..... which once again, leads to increase of expenses cos medication for kids ain't cheap!!!
• Not having to worry about the kids if they do well in their studies, if they will mix with bad company....
• Which comes to getting knocked up (getting preggie) for female kids in their teens, or knocking up other pple's female kid for male kids.....
• Having to worry which school to enroll ur kids in.... must be branded school.... if not  this society will think that ur kids not smart (but who says branded school will produce smart kids??? Look at me!!! I'm from Raffles & look at how i turn out!!! hahaha)

CONS

• No companionship (which I can easily replace with furkids.... not a problem as furkids sometimes can be more grateful to u than actual kids)
• Lack of common topics between couples (well, even if kids, also will have talk all day about kids.... so attention once again is on the kids... couples have no common topic between themselves...so it's LPPL for this point)
• Relatives asking you every year when you going to have kids & u can't answer them (Well, relatives always have questions to ask even if u have a kid.... they will ask when is the 2nd one coming, the 3rd one coming.... or which pri sch ur kid attending (see Pro pt), how well ur kids doing in school, which sec sch blah blah blah.... they have never ending questions...so might as well not have kids then they can progress to the 2nd qn right???)
• Other pple have beautiful bbies photos to put up, but we only got beautiful furkids photos to put up.... (but then, some pple have really ugly bbies...and grow up to be ugly kids & adults.... whereas for furkids, they will forever remain CUTE!!!)
• Missing out on being pregnant ( and also MISSING OUT on all the stretchmarks, extreme weight gain, terrible morning sickness, extreme pain when giving birth, going out of shape & of coz for natural birth a looser......ahem.... CB aka down under.. and scar mark along bikini line for those who goes thru c-sect..and of coz, a flabby & loose tummy skin...and droopy boobs)

Anyway, there's sooooooooooooo many more pros than cons that I can think about..... how about contributing some??? hehehe.....Now I feel so much better not having kids....=P no offense to those who had kids.....=D

Decision Made

Oh yes... decision has been made.... well, somehow, this decision is not able ttc-ing... it's about my new job... i was going to start on my new job today...however on friday, i got a phonecall & the probability of getting an interview for a better position in a well-known MNC... all of sudden, this aussie company that i was about to join seems  so .......

i've asked a good friend who used to work in that MNC, about the company culture.... and she told me.... V GOOD!!! Well, that is what i'm looking for...a v good company culture... and thanks to this friend & her advice (she sms me even when she's overseas!!!), i had a discussion with my family... hubby all along didn't want me to take up the job at this aussie company cos of a 20% paycut.... he told me that i am not in need of $$$$$ cos he can still managed... cos all along, I was worry that hubby might not be able to cope with my expense plus my studies (yes, hubby is paying for my CPA studies) ... but he assured me that he is doing fine with the expenses.... and he told me... if i managed to get the job at this well-known MNC, it will be a greater aid to my career... which i totally agreed... cos it's a job that i'm comfortable with...at the aussie company, i'm actually taking a lower level job...more like accounts clerk job...  so hubby was not comfortable with me going so much lower....

my friend told me to follow my gut feeling... and to her, it's really downgrading myself to take up the aussie company job....and her advice is, dun take it.... even my dad, who seldom comment about the jobs that i take up , commented that i'm committing career suicide if i join the aussie company... at first, he didn't know that it will be at a 20% paycut... and the job scope is at a lower level.... after he knows about it, he told me... it's best not to take up...

So after hearing opinions from sooooooooo many parties, I've decided not to take up the job offer.... and decided to wait a while more for my ideal job... after all, i still love financial modelling, love being a financial analyst, love budgeting, love forecasting.... so why should i go and become an accounts clerk, doing data entry & AR roles???

I know that it was at my lowest point in life that I've decided to take up this job.... but hey, if i can't have kids, it doesn't mean i have to commit career suicide right??? OK.... so i'll be looking out for management accounting roles/ financial analyst roles instead... SO any lobang, remember ME!!!

Extreme Tireness

Perhaps it's due to my stuffy nose... the lack of oxygen that makes me feel really tired.... i've bene having more than 8 hrs of sleep, cos i thot i lack of sleep...but after waking up for 2 hrs, i'm tired again.... even going to facial is tiring for me... doing my hair also tiring for me... oh gosh...why am i feeling so tired???

another thing is...i'm hungry... i'm always hungry.... no matter how much i eat, i still feel hungry...gosh, at this rate i'm eating, i will be fatter than an elephant!! AND i'm not very slim to begin with...

oh gosh..why why why am I so tired & hungry?? dun tel me i'm really getting old ?? or perhaps it's just the flu bug that is bugging me....=(

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Yes, today is my bday... and I'm officially entering into my early 30s... *sighzzzz*

Well, hubby was working late last nite... and he came back 2 mins b4 midnight... hehehe... and after that... just past midnight, he took the pressie he bought for me out.... a box wrapped in A3 size paper... hehehe... and i remembered reading somewhere in the forum about hubbies wrapping gift meant for wife with a4 size paper etc...hehehe...

Anyway, i unwrapped 2 layers of the wrapping and in my hand, there's my dream phone.... NOPE...NOT IPHONE... hehehe... people who knows me well knows that I dun like things that are too common...and for me... everyone is having an IPHONE... i dun want something so common... but instead, i actually had set my sight on this LG-GD900 crystal phone... It has the world 1st transparent design...

AND YES!!! The phone above is the one that I had my sight on..cos i'm a sucker for things transparent & bling bling...hehhee... so hubby bought me a new phone... and it must have cost him a bomb cos he bought it w/o any contract... gosh...i was soooooooooo touched by his gesture...

Anyway, till now i'm still trying to figure out how to play with my phone...hahaha...so far, this phone has got whatever IPHONE has...and more...it has got a very sleek design.... and also has FM radiom Wi-Fi etc.... so I would like to say... THANKS HUBBY FOR THE WONDERFUL GIFT... I LOVE U!!!!

OK...back to this morning.... i called XXX company as I didn't want to start work so soon... so I asked if I could start work on the 16 of this mth... and the min my soon-to-be new boss pickes up the phone, she knows who is calling her, she wishes me HAPPY BIRTHDAY.... oh gosh... i had wanted to reject this job as I am a bit "lazy" to work....perhaps in my depressed mood, i want to go back and hide in my shell...but her this very warm gesture kind of made up my mind to join XXX company.... so yes, I'm going to start my new job on the 16 of nov...hehehe..

SO now, with a new phone, a new job.... what else will I need?? i guess i have everything i wanted...except for... *HAIZZZZZZ* but never... as with previous posting, when god closes 1 door, he will open another one for u.... and i did asked god about my job etc.... he just tell me to trust in him...believe in him.... Isaiah 51 & 52.... so yes.... I will trust & believe in him... and leave my worries with him....

Right now, I need to go for a nap as hubby will be back to bring me to JB for bday dinner!!! Can't wait to go...hahaha...

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*update* Seems like the plan to go JB has to be shelved... it's been raining NON-STOP!!! Dun tell me GOD so happy it's my bday that He keeps on crying?? muhahaha...okok...no jokes about GOD.... =P