It's October,
and I've got only a short window of time
to raise the amount I need for the down payment
of the types of apartments I'd like to get.
I mean yea sure,
I can always go with an HDB,
and get stuck with it for 5 goddamn years,
even if I lose my job or face any other type of financial difficulty.
Can't lease it out,
not the whole thing anyway.
There's probably now a restriction on leasing out the rooms
without your actually residing in the apartment as well.
Well technically,
I won't be completely stuck with it.
Oh no.
If things really get bad,
I can always sell it back to HDB... likely at a loss.
If they even allow you to offload it in the first place.
Oh, and of course,
during that whole time,
we'll have to endure the fucking joss paper burnings.
The smoke clogging the air,
the stench entering your home even with closed windows.
And if you're really unlucky,
you could be surrounded by
several families that burn on a regular fucking basis.
Religious freedom my ass.
I swear if you start making them responsible
for the clean-up and to take out insurance to cover
any fire or property damage cause by their burnings,
then I can guarantee you that the air would clean up in a hurry.
Find some way to hold them responsible.
But nope.
I've learned that "religious freedom"
here basically means that the majority get
to impose themselves and their practices upon the minorities.
Sure, from time to time
the authorities will crack down on
super fucking obvious racism on curbs
on religious freedom.
Ever heard of the Westboro Baptist Church?
Yea, it's really easy to oppose those assholes.
But the more subtle forms of racism?
Nah.
Privilege must be preserved, you see.
So yea, here I am.
Trying to find a way to find other ways to raise money,
to get the down payment covered.
I'm dealing with a goddamn idiot,
a big talker who
doesn't use email unless it's a deal is close to completion.
What a fucking dumbass.
Well enough of that.
