… the Law of Equivalent Exchange
Most anime lovers (including those who find themselves sliding into the "Otaku" area) would immediately know what I’m talking about, when I say the Law of Equivalent Exchange (or Equivalent Trade, take your pick). But for those who don’t, it’s a fictional law from the anime Full Metal Alchemist (FMA), that is used to describe alchemy (and transmutation) and most closely resembles Antoine Lavoisier’s "law of Conservation of Matter".
For me, it’s a common reality of life, in a way. What you want, you must give up something of equivalent value to have it. Take, for example, buying a TV. The desire to own a TV would need the surrender of an equal level of monetary resources to actually bring about owning a TV.
Which was why I wasn’t suprised that it applied for the desire I had to attend her uncle’s wedding. In a strange way, for the chance of going, I had to give up the job I had - without any choice in the matter.
Okay, this is what actually happened. I went to work last Wednesday, my mind all worked up on how to apply for leave on Sunday. Only to be told, a few hours into work, that I won’t really be needed after all. Somebody else is there for the post, and even though I’m not technically needed, I can come over as a part-timer on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, starting June.
12 hour per day, 3 days per week. That amounts to: RM250 per month.
Yeah, I noticed. The pay is getting sadder and sadder.
At least I was able to attend the wedding, which was yesterday (and her whole big extended family got their first introduction to Eirak).
At least I got to meet her.
Surrendering RM300 for that, I guess it’s equivalent trade. 
Goodbye dreams of owning the W810i within this month…. T_T
