身在福中要惜福

3000令吉，能活嗎？

I happened to come across this article today... *sad* Sometimes I really feel that standard of living in Malaysia is too high (or, shall I said our RM is invaluable?), while the salary level in general is low. Hence, many ppl are living in 水深火热之中. Especially JB, things are inflated as we're close to Singapore. Those who work in Singapore have higher purchasing power as opposed to local who work in JB. Imagine a guy (A) earn SGD3,000 and a guy (B) who earn RM3,000...... How much does the food cost? In JB, B could have spent RM5 on lunch whereas B spends SGD2.5o (it's possible to buy lunch at RM2.50, really!) on lunch. A buys 3-in-1 coffee at SGD4.00 and B buys the same thing for RM9. The living of expenses is doubled on B, while there will be extra for A for other additional things. Many ppl are struggling for living in Malaysia.....

Looking at the expenses for a family of 4 members, I really don't see the family could save in any aspect. Car instalment of RM500 is considered low; house instalment of RM900 is also low; living expenses of RM650 sounds extremely low to me; petrol RM200 is also at low end; Mama雜費 RM200? incredible low.... well, think the most they can cut low is the insurance... but having said that, the family doesn't save for future?

How does my family survive? I wonder..... My parents could have raised us up to grown-up, sent us to private schools and even can send me to university. How was all these done? I'd never know.. but I'm thankful.