If I have no mortgage loan to service, but I do not work, in today's terms, how much money will 'I' need to survive 'decently'?
Let's see:
Utility bills = about $80 (with a generous buffer, in case on some days I cannot stand the heat and need to cool myself using the aircon overnight)
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Breakfast = about $50 (maybe some days I need to take a break from the plain white bread that I have to contend with almost all the time, so I treat myself to a packet of fried carrot cakes or some kueh-kueh)
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Lunch = $150 (maybe some days I feel the urge to order a fish dish - which can cost $2-$3 by itself - because I get sick of the white rice plus vegetable plus tofu combination)
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Dinner = $150 (catered, so it's more convenient for me because I don't have to hide from the scorching afternoon sun everyday or brave the heavy rain which comes on every other week)
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Subscription to newspapers = $25 (in case some days I feel like buying a special edition or a magazine, I will have about $3 to play with)
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Some small indulgences = $50 (maybe I need to service my spectacles, or maybe I need to replace my worn-out socks or t-shirt etc, or maybe I need to take a taxi because it is raining or because I am really so tired walking when I go to see the doctor)
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Medical bills = ?? (this can be anything ranging from $25 for a GP consultation because I have a cold/cough/fever to $? for follow-up visits to the group of different specialists who look after different aspects of my health)
Are you surprised at the aggregate? Sigh.
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3 comments:
What is the price of seeing your children grow up, day by day?
What is the price of walking your son to his school or walking him back...not rushing via car in the evening?
What is the price of watching TV on a lazy afternoon when everyone else is in the office, fighting for a place in the corp ladder?
What is the price of not holding onto a handphone and be really "free"?
Life is sometimes comical and sometime irrational.
Just do it, and see how it works out.
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I happen to be talking not about myself but someone whose children have grown up, who no longer needs to deal with children going to school or coming home from school and whose previous office long ago had no corp ladder to talk about.
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