Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Reality of being a mature & responsible person

I was going through my bills last night and making payments out and realised that my overhead is actually damn high! I can't imagine that society's idea of being a responsible mature person means putting yourself into a huge pool of debts. I mean, think about it, here I am with a car loan, property loans, business loans, utility bills (at least 6 every month), car maintenance, credit card bills, insurance, gym membership, groceries, emergency cash, etc... wah!!!!! No wonder there is hardly any moolah at the end of the month for savings! It's kinda scary once we actually put everything out on the table. I tabik lah to those, after paying all the above and still have extra to spare for luxuries in life.

Indeed it is not cheap to live in KL anymore. Even if one is to compare the demography with other cities around the world like New York, London or Tokyo, one must not forget, we are only earning RM, not USD or Pound Sterling! So, compared dollar to dollar, so to speak, it is very, very expensive to live in KL.

So, here I am now mapping out on what options I have to reduce the overheads (which should be essentially short term), because nobody wants to alter their lifestyle too much, right? The next big thing is to try to pay up the property loans as fast as possible. Not easy, I know... but somehow this has to be done, especially when there is more than one to worry about.

Anyone want to hire part time???

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes, living in KL is everything but CHEAP! dollar for dollar, we r freaking expensive. ministers dat keep saying KL is darn cheap is bcos they keep converting, plus the fact it's not THEIR MONEY they're spending.

i thot i saw a fortuner at ur parking bay last week...?

ginseng4desoul said...

Oli: Tell mme which minister need to spend their own money? They have sponsors all over to keep them happy.

Fortuner is my neighbour's parking lot. Our cars look alike, only different color. Ahaks!

Anonymous said...

laaa.. i baru je nak offer service i sebagai housemaid tau, ala2x very the very vogue (sebut ikut stail CT tau) housemaid vasssttt...

ye la, i agree. living in kl is actually can be suicidal sometimes..