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I used to think that to earn money is just like to pay and then gain.But the fact is,you do not necessarily have a chance to pay.
My job was to arrange parties,that was,to set up for parties with cut colour stripes and balloons.Unfortunately,as a result of the financial crisis,there were less parties and less work for me.I just needed to work 4 days a week,4 or less hours each day.As my salary was caculated by hour,i could hardly support myself.To survive,i found another job -- to sell ice-creams by the sea.However,i didn't get much because of the weeks of rain.Lonliness and poverty bothered me,and what made me feel more helpless was that i soon had to pay for next month'
rent.