Addiction.

So one of the many duties of being a cashier is to sell Lottery and I utterly HATE IT. I feel like I'm indirectly feeding so and so's addiction to gambling. Some people win nothing, some win $2, $5, $20, the most I've seen is $50 in cash BUT majority is not HAPPY enough with their winnings, and decides to buy more lottery with the amount they just won.

WHY. I question this all the time. Why not work for your money? Why not save that few dollars, why not use your pay cheque towards something else more beneficial, more useful.

Once I had two different, unrelated guys buy $100.00 worth of lotto max tickets... like SERIOUSLY.. what are the chances of you winning? Today on shine FM.. I heard its like 1 in 28 million or something like that... secondly what if you don't win, that $100 bucks just went down the drain, when you could have done so much more with it!

So this got me thinking... say you DO win, that allowed you to not have to work so hard, or work at all. You've traveled the world a few times, maybe bought everything you needed: big house, sweet ride, and if he/she is compassionate, maybe they've donated some to a local charity or local disaster fund, then What?

Maybe this is why some celebrities resolve in drug use, plastic surgery, and all that ugly stuff... you've got so much money, you don't know what to do with it anymore. I even have customers tell me that if I gave them the winning ticket they would come back and buy me a car (eyes roll, yea right, you probably forget me right there and then)not like I feel obligated in getting something in return or that I doubt their chances of winning (actually, I do doubt) but just sensing their greediness drives me up the wall. Others say they're going to quit their job if they win, others get so mad at the cashiers if you give them a wrong ticket or you don't understand their lotto-lingo. Oh what I find ridiculous is that customers are WILLING to wait in a LONG line up that sells lottery, rather than go to a empty cashier just to pay for the rest of their goods and get out of the store.
SEE what people will do for a chance of BIG MONEY?!

Sigh* I wish I didn't understand lotto-lingo, but I'm starting to, and it just gets worse as Lotto Max raises the grand prize amount, but its just a job. JUST a job.

People should look to other things rather than money for happiness.

On a happier note, I was sewing a personal project today, and my auntie saw me turn down a lunch outing when my grandma had asked me to go, and she was like, "just let her sew, it can get addicting."

Well there's my personal addiction, and its not harming others, so maybe I shouldn't complain about those lotto-addicts but in the end, I hope you acknowledge where I'm going.

The Catch Up Effect

How many times do I have to talk about how time flies? Five weeks ago I thought it be dreadful making myself take a spring course when I just finished my first year of University and should be savoring my FOUR months of legit summer or not holidays, and fast forward, I'm almost done, one more week to go; 5 classes.

I'm actually really happy I took this course, HECOL 254, a beginner sewing course I'm required to take for my Textile & Clothing program, and its only offered in the Spring time anyways. At times, I love what I am doing, like how I accomplished my skirt:

Other times... I just wanted to relieve myself of all the seam ripping & needle-prodding-in-finger chaos. Well lets think positive and aim for a well-done shirt as my final project for this course. As I journeyed through this course I just realize how much there is to learn beyond shopping and picking items off the walls. I also realize how God has opened so much doors for me all the while.

Before this spring course, before this school year, before last summer 2009, before the end of grade 12 I had wanted to brush up on my sewing skills and find a summer course for 2010 at a local company or school and voila, HECOL 254 opened up. Not only that, two years ago,my summer of grade 11, my friend had an opportunity to go study Mandarin in Taiwan for six weeks, and despite my mixed thoughts about going to MY open door now, I remembered how jealous and full of admiration I was about HER going and I be stupid to say No and shut this door when God has left it ajar for me.

So what can I say, maybe it is a pleasant thing that time flies, so when you look back on it, you realize just how much you and I have changed, how time has evolved, and experiences are opening up.

Lately, I have been enjoying my student-employment-faith life, taking this spring course was less hectic than I thought it be and despite working life, I'm earning a pay cheque and it feels good to earn money and even better to spend it. Its so hard to control my spending now, thinking back, it was way easier to be stingy and save when you are NOT employed and DON'T have a job. Now that I am employed, I feel as if I have a steady 'income' and am able to buy that shirt or that thing I want. Hopefully this mentality of mine ceases shortly so I can save for the long term plans I have. As for my social life, I feel like I'm back on task; I caught up with eight people last week! I'm so glad I just got to go grab a snack, bubble tea, yoga, shop, enjoy a meal, share a movie, or just sit around together. It was definitely cherished bonding time and I hope to continue this while I can. As for faith, not the best for last, I realized I haven't prayed as much as I use to, maybe I should attend a prayer meeting to pick up on that and there are prayer needs, but maybe because of all the things going on, I have been letting my prayers slide, so that is a TO DO must!

{God forgive me; I know you already have, so Thank You for your almightyness forever and always}