Day 50 of the 60DWCC - Both RK and THL Took MC Today

THL and RK did not feel well early in the morning. RK was down with running nose and THL had a sore throat. Both of them went down to see doctor at around 930am.

Today also spells the last leg of my spring cleaning journey. Cleansing of the indoor and outdoor windows was a tough job and I am glad I got it over and done with. Since THL and RK were not feeling well, I had to do most of the spring cleaning myself.

THL manage to cook us lunch despite her illness. We watch a few episodes of "Run for Money" show in Youtube and took a nap together in the late afternoon.

THK and I went down to buy dinner and we also manage to get some more CNY decor and we also rented a few more DVDs to tide us over the CNY period. :)

Transport Expenses: $0

Daily Afterthoughts:

Now that the spring cleaning tasks are almost completed, THL and I made a resolution to not collect or bring home any junks for the entire year. Will we succeed? No one knows but I do know that old habits die hard. :)

We will see what happen next year.

Day 34 of the 60DWCC - Run for Money

THL and I have been watching a lot of 'Run for Money" series recently. "Run for Money" is a Japanese variety show feature a group of 15 people who will each win $1 million Yen if they can remain free after a 90 minute ordeal where the "Hunters" will be out hunting for them.

Once a person get seen by a "Hunter", he or she has to run as fast as he could to escape being tapped by the "Hunter". Once he or she gets outrun by the "Hunters", he or she will be threw into "Jail" - a holding area for those being tapped by the Hunters. The remaining person who remains free by the end of the 90 minutes will walk away a $1,000,000 Yen richer.

As it is a Sunday morning, THL and I went out to get some food and necessities home and watch another episode of the  "Run for Money" series while eating breakfast with RK. The afternoon went by quickly with me working on my project while THL does her household chores and RK doing his school and tuition homework. THL prepared lunch for us while doing her weekly household tasks and watching of her favorite Korean drama.

As we were too lazy to go out for dinner, I decided to went downstair to packet dinner home. While waiting for dinner to be ready, I dropped by one of the DVD rental shop and rented 3 DVDs (Thor, Grown Up 2 and Oblivion).

These are some movies that we have previously missed while they were being screened over the cinemas. We ate dinner and concluded the evening watching one of the DVDs.

Transport Expenses: $0

Daily Afterthoughts:

If you have been following our 60DWCC, you would have noticed that we tend to stay at home at least one of the weekends - either Saturday or Sunday. Is this because we have gone car-less and it is mentally and physically tiring to go out on both days? Maybe... to be honest it does not really matter now because we know we are no longer spending thousands of dollars on transport expenses over the past month and it really feels good spending that money on foods and clothing instead of fuels, car-park fees, road tax, etc...

Day 8 of the 60DWCC - A Week Has Gone By

The entire morning and afternoon went by pretty fast as we follow through the daily routines.

I am now able to go for a run almost everyday except weekends and I  am feeling more energized as I work my way through the day while still handling the household chores and preparing lunch and spending time with my hyperactive 7 years old son.

For dinner, we decided not to eat out this evening. We bought dinner home, dropped by the DVD rental shop and borrowed 4 DVDs. The DVD rental rate at this shop is pretty affordable and since it is so near to our place, it is never a hassle for us to borrow and return the DVDs. We will usually borrow DVDs for shows that we missed out on cinemas.

Transport Expenses: $1.46

Bus Fare:

To and Back from Boon Lay (THL) => $0.73 x 2 = $1.46

Week One Expenses on transportion => $54.07

Daily Afterthoughts

A week has past and I must say the 3 of us are doing well. We are now pretty familiar with most of the bus services that are connected to our place as well as all the complicated MRT lines.

Most importantly, our total expenses over the past 7 days comes up to a whopping $54.07 only. Had we not sold our SUV, our expenses would have been estimated at around $400 when you factor in daily cost of season parking, ERPs, parking fees, petrol consumption, road tax, insurance and so on...

At this rate, one can easily foresee that we will be able to save up to a minimum of $1400 a month on transport expenses and we will be able to channel this amount of month elsewhere. E.g. A family tour every few months, enrichment lessons for RK, more frequent eat outs at restaurants etc. On the flip side, we are obviously less mobile now and we have to be more conscious about weather forecast, mode of transportation and routes before we set our foot out of the house.