Waaahhh... we all got more money wor!!

According to the news lately, we are doing much better, the average income of an average household is 5k wor..... Before or after CPF ah???

But seriously, in our present world, what is 5k? Maids need at least 1k a mth now because supplyis short and everyone wants to work for an ang moh who will give them freedom and not work them to the bone. So that leaves 4k to feed the family. If the family has a car, they now only have 3k..... And if the children need to go to school and so on, that leaves 3k..... If they have to give demented parents who have no knowledge of the value of money.... They are now left with 2k.... Have I mentioned that I have not yet mentioned food and so on hor...

Are we really better off? Or are we worse off? How many people are really having troubles fending off being hungry or without something in the end of the mth?

So now we have a scenario of an average family"

Husband and wife comes home.... "Mommy... I want a new PS2..... " (Our eyes start to roll to the top) "Son... I need to play mahjong and since you are now in the average class of people and earn 5k in total a month, you must at least give me 10% and also must pay for my medications hor...., If not I report to gahmen you not looking after me hor".... Now eyes start to roll behind the eye socket liao...... "Sir and maam... can I have an extra day off and some pocket money to meet my sayang in the forest??""... You should be about to be ready to jump from the nearest opening liao.

But of course, there will be some who will be shit happy.... "Hey... I got 5k so lets spend 10k...!!!" Its like that, we love to spend and look good... As if we are afraid that people will look down upon us if we have no money.... Well let me put it this way, when you have no money and need to borrow, it is then that people will really look down upon you. If you live a simple life and not splash or brag... you fall and no one will hear you at all....

It brings back to memory someone I loved and how she was claiming that we were being damned cheap because we ate almost everyday at food courts and hawker centres.... Hello..... going there by car... fuel and car park? Eat one meal per person ate least 7 bucks liao hor.... Times 2 people will be 14 bucks liao hor... and add the other things... each time we go out, it can be up to 50 bucks hor.... Times 30 days you need 1,500 liao hor.... Haizzzzz.... Cheap means eat at home and being thrifty about wat you eat my friend.....

Well hope you guys enjoy being in the "average" percentile and enjoy yoru 5k, because it really does not go far these few days.