What a Day

I knew today would be an interesting day, but boy was I unprepared. Also I think I'm starting to get depressed again and I really should get back on them Zolofts. It always starts with me grinding my teeth in my sleep, and that's been going on for 2 weeks. Then I start stressing out about everything and can't seem to distinguish between big and small problems and bugbears.

First off, we got about 4 new sets of instructions today for a huge range of different matters, so much so I really am worried about keeping all the facts straight. All require research/ drafting/ calling government agencies, and all of it looks urgent, or then again it could just be my increasing inability to see clearly what is and is not urgent. One of these pieces of work involves urgent research on import/ export licensing issues relating to defence contracts, so now having visited various Singapore government websites, including mindef, and typing "weapons", "military", "defence", "chemical warfare" repeatedly into all these government websites, not to mention research on the licensing requirements for manufacture of chemical weapons in Singapore, I fully expect to be tailed by government agents for the next few days.

Then I get a call from my property agent, who informs me that the Singapore Stock Exchange-listed developer from whom I am trying to buy a property (hereinafter, "The Goddam Bastards") have RAISED THE FUCKING PRICE BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RELAXATIONS IN PRIVATE PROPERTY REGULATIONS. So the announcement made just 3 days ago in Parliament has cost me S$80,000.

They're also trying to get out of the sale by pissing me off. Pay 5% option price, not 1%. And we want it TODAY. BEFORE 6 PM. So even though I've got urgent deadlines for various pieces of work this afternoon, I rush down to the office of The Goddam Bastards. When I met their sales representatives, I think it took everything I had not to crush the hands that I was shaking.

To cut to the chase, The Goddam Bastards also tried to insist on completion within 8 weeks for a private sale, even though they earlier promised to give me up to 10 weeks to raise the purchase price. And thereafter, tried to refuse to rectify all the wear and tear in this brand new property which The Goddam Bastards had used as a sales office for months.

After renegotiating the option, I rushed to the bank to tie up the financing arrangements and got to understand, firsthand, exactly what P R O F I T E E R I N G means. Thank God I'm not out there trying to get a loan to cover 90% of my purchase price. Then I took a cab home, just couple minutes before 8 pm, and kena pay the stupid S$2 surcharge.

The market's gone mad.

I know that sometimes I get a bad case of potty mouth, but nothing like what was going on in my mind today. I won't go too far into it, but I basically cursed everyone, from the gahmen to The Goddam Bastards to the cab driver who drove me home and back to the gahmen again when I switched on the TV and saw the Minister who announced the change in property rules being interviewed in the news.