Some Background

Ok. I’m going to try to stuff my past 16 years into a short paragraph. No mean feat I tell you. So I now opt to do it via the ever useful bullets method.

• Grew up in the city.
• Parents divorced while still in junior high.
• Neither parents got custody of both my brother and I. Don’t ask why. I don’t know.
• Moved up north to stay with my grandparents.
• Grandparents had the time of their life trying to raise 2 city kids who have nothing but complains about how horrible ‘hometown’ is.
• Graduated from college and got a job in a bank.
• Lost 5 grand overpaying some customer. Had to foot the losses. Poor me. Literally.
• A month later lost another 1 grand. Got fed up. Asked dad for help to settle the $$. Resigned.
• Moved back to the city and worked as a systems engineer. Yes, I graduated with a diploma in computer science. How I end up in the bank, I’ll never know.
• 2 years later, with the help of mommy dearest and some support from dad, saw myself through college again to get a degree.
• Mom getting old. Has this need to be with her sons in her old age. Decided to move in with me. I didn’t want to but felt pressured.
• 1st 3 months was ok. Then all hell broke loose.
• Had on and off cold war with each other. Finally, one fine day, she had a minor stroke.
• Forced to retire, the whole household expenditure fell on me. Again, poor me. Literally.
• Today: mum still retired. Me still poor but managing. And sadly, still very much single.

There you go. That basically sums up my life. I’ll elaborate in future posts. But now I need to sleep.