To those who've seen my latest deviation [link] you would've seen my note that I broke my camera last May 31 taking pictures of the fireworks show.

We had a company outing at the Caliraya Re-creation Center last weekend, and I totally regretted not being able to bring my trusy Nikon along. I had to make do with ~Ryunaito's company camera, an old Canon Ixus, which ran out of batt as soon as we got to the place.

So last tuesday, I took a whole day off to run my personal errands and brought my baby Nikon to Columbia Photo Services in Cubao to get it checked. HariNgDuga and RndBau were telling me that maybe my camera just needed to be reset. An officemate, however, told me there's a high chance that I've used up all the shutter life of my cam.

The verdict: complete replacement of shutter motor (Php 7,400.00)

I cry. :'(

ON a good note, I get my camera back tomorrow. \o/ ~Ryunaito, who is taking a birthday leave off work, will pick it up. While I won't get to see my baby until 50pm, it would be good to know I can shoot pics again.

But that's still a whopping 7.4k >3< That's like almost half of my monthy income.

On top of that, inspired by a conversation with an old officemate, I went to check the price for the 18-200mm lens which I've been wanting for a long time. Checking online, the prices are around 40k. When I checked Columbia, their price was at 60k+! I almost died.

So far, half of the year has already gone, and I've been a very bad and expensive little girl. I wonder if its backlash from not being able to spend so much when I lost my job last year? Whatever is the cause, I need to get a handle on it soon, or else I won't ever reach my dream of financial freedom.

We are, however, still looking to find a partner for our dear Simon. I found a beautiful silver kitty online named Monti being sold by her owner for 9k. We must consider this very carefully.