well not my dreams specifically.
a while ago my mum said to me
"if you do well for your VCE, we might pay for half of your first car." that really gave me incentive to study hard. i tried, i failed, but i still tried.
up until this day, what she said has sat with me.
a couple nights ago, i sent an email to my parents with a few links to some cars from carsales.com
Honda Integras naturally.
so i just asked my dad:
t: so whattaya think of the integra?
d: it's a nice car
-awkward silence-
obviously he knew where it was going, he just wanted to be a pain in the ass.
d: who's going to buy it for you?
t: um, you, then i'll pay you back after i get my part time job.
d: it's okay to have a dream car...
t: it's hardly a dream car, it's a realistic choice for a safe and reliable first car
d: well, you can't expect us to buy you a car when you don't even have a job
t: maybe because i've been studying my butt off
d: we're not getting it for you. you have to learn that money is
blah blah blahi stopped listening towards the end and went to my room. (i.e. where i am right now).
so. am i getting a car? ever?
probably not.
if i had a part time job at say..some retail store such as target.
$10 an hour.
i work 8 hours a day, 4 days a week.
$80 x 4 = $320 per week.
to get a decent car, say a $15k integra which has done just under 150,000 kms.15,000 / 320 = 46.875 weeks.
and there's every chance that i'll decide to take a couple shifts off because i'm busy with something else.
so let's just boost that up to about..52 weeks.
OH JOY, IT'S ONE YEAR!oh, and that's the rate if i don't have uni.
which is probably where i'll be for the most of next year.
so..half the time i'll be busy @ university.
so let's boost that up to..104 weeks.
OH MA GAH! IT'S TWO YEARS!did somebody say uni fees?
HECS YES!! I LOVE YOU.add on another 3 years.
wow. 5 years. awesome. i am
SO looking forward to that.
great.
monchikit better be up and running ASAP.. i need the cash.
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my mood:
- chem sucks. tyvm
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