Qiān lǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià (Chinese) - The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Everything is about taking that first step forward.
HDB Things
My 2nd sister finally got a house in Tampines. A process that took so long, a couple of years actually but now, she has 2 houses - one in Singapore and one in JB, Malaysia. So she is paying for the Singapore house while her husband is paying for the JB house. At the end of the day, all I can do is pray and wish the best for them on managing 2 properties in this current age with just a salaryman's pay.
Because of that, it got my mom into the mood to sell off the current house. She wanted to downgrade to a 3-bedroom HBD since it will just be the four of us - my parents, my youngest brother and myself. But sadly, after checking and appealing to HBD, we found out that my parents do not have enough CPF for their retirement thus they are not able to sell the house.
Thus I suggested to buy a resale under my name with both of them staying with me, which will allow them to sell off the house. After the HDB calculation, I am able to afford a 3-bedroom HDB but my dad was saying that he is willing to top-up so that we could still buy a 4-bedroom HDB. The only issue is that the purchase of the new house and the sale of the current house have to happen at the same time, due to my lack of finance.
It was obvious that my mom really wants to shift house and it was mainly because she wants it to be nearer to the mosque so that she can just walk over for her classes. But at the same time, I honestly do not want to give her too much hope.
Anyway, after much discussion, my parents say that they will look into this again after my 2nd sister shifted out of our house in September. Thus, my parents told me to go ahead and apply for the July BTO and since the result will be out in September, we will discuss it again then.
Working Out
So it has been a month since I started working out. I have had 8 sessions with my trainer and I have been to the gym twice on my own accord.
On the bright side, I am maintaining my weight (fluctuating a few hundred grams daily), I am keeping track of my calories so I pretty much have stop munching on snacks and I am trying to at least hit 5,000 steps on a weekday basis. I mean I pretty much don't even go out on the weekends. On the rather disappointing side, I am still so lazy. Like I am not committed to it yet. I am still trying to motivate to put in the effort.
I will be more discipline in losing weight. I have already taken the first steps, now is the time for me to commit to it.
In Shaa' Allah, every will be fine & I can do it.
