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I’m nesting! Spendings Report: $3, 541 It’s furnishing month! I moved into the new apartment before the summer and got about half of the much-needed things in such as a deep clean and basic bedding. This month I completed the rest of the big fixes like cleaning the AC units, fixing the leaking shower door,…

I’m finally back in Canada! I’ve just been spending 90% of my time at home with my parents and grandparents making up for the last 4 years of covid, the other 10% is climbing with my friends here 🙂 Spendings Report: $6,146 The biggest single cost was the $2300 roundtrip tickets from China to Canada…

pain.jpg Yes that is in fact a negative sign in front of the savings portion. My gods, I spent so much money this month that I had a negative savings rate of 30%! NEGATIVE! Spendings Report: $10,315 Top three most costly things in order: I’ve been dealing with dental issues for a while now, and…

I’ve picked up Mandarin classes! The free time I’ve gained by finishing my Master’s I’ve now put towards achieving fluency in my mother tongue yay! I’m really enjoying it so far, it helps that I’m now at the level where I can read about 60-70% of online comments and feel like a whole new (internet)…

I’VE SUBMITTED THE LAST ASSIGNMENT! Now to nervously await the confirmation of my graduation, I have double, triple, quadruple checked all the things I need to do but I have this nightmare vision that I’m going to find out I failed to hand in a form or complete one last quiz or something. I don’t…

I’ve applied to graduate and fingers crossed everything goes smoothly! It’s weird to think that next month I won’t have readings waiting for me after work or assignments I must complete over the weekend. I’m going to have to get a real personality outside of girl-who-is-doing-her-masters, now taking suggestions. With the news that I’ve been…

Busy but productive month! Not gonna be a long one, I’m in the last semester of my Master’s and come hell or high water I’m gonna freaking graduate. Spendings Report: $2,403 This girl is definitely spending more on fun pretty things, like getting manicures. On a related note, I’ve taken on extra tutoring sessions to…

Happy Year of the Rabbit! May your riches multiply like bunnies, heh. 2023 is off to a great start, I’ve been on vacation for a month now because Chinese schools pause for a month for the Spring Festival. I had the chance to visit my family in southern China and just explore a few destinations…