Can A Family Man With Salary RM3,000 Survive In Malaysia? * 22 June 2008 *

Can a family man with Salary RM3,000 survive in Malaysia



Let's do some simple calculations here.

In Malaysia, the average family income is
RM3,000 /month
(where father works, mother doesn't).

I understand there are many families whose
monthly income does not reach RM3,000,
but, to make things simple,
let's take RM3,000 as the figure. Ok lah,
right?

Okay, let's start rolling with a family which
has
Papa, Mama, 1 daughter and 1 son. Ngam-ngam
....

Calculation starts...

Electricity and water bill: RM100
(No air-con, No home theatre, No water heater
... ok?)

Phone bill ( Telekom): RM100

Meals for a happy family: RM775
(3 meals on RM25/day, RM25 for 4 persons...?)




Papa makan / teh-tarik during working hrs:
RM155
(RM5/day, RM5 ... can eat what?)



Car repayment: RM400
(A proton saga aeroback, 7 yrs repayment)

Petrol (living in city, traffic-jam): RM300
(go to work, bring son to school,
only can afford one car running)

Insurance: RM650
(kids, wife and myself)

House repayment: RM750
(low cost housing repayment for 30 yrs,
retired still have to work to pay!)

Tuition: RM80
(got that cheap meh? i don't think so)

Older children pocket money @ school:
RM20
(RM1/day, eat bread?)

School fees: RM30
(enough ah?)

School books and etc: RM100

(always got extra to pay in school)

Younger children milk powder:
RM50
(cannot have the DHA, BHA, PHA one,
expensive)

Miscellaneous:
RM100
(shampoo, rice, sauce, toilet paper)

Oh wait!!! I have to stop here, so...
No Astro,
no movie @ cinema,
no DVD,
no CD,
no online,
cannot KFC,
cannot McDonald,


cannot go Park walk during weekend (petrol
expensive),
no chit chat on phone with grandparents, and
etc...

Let's use a calculator to total up... WALAO
EH! RM3,610 already...

EPF belum potong, income tax
lagi........oledi RM3,610 ....

How to survive lah tuan-tuan dan puan-puan
sekalian ???

Our ministers asked us to change
lifestyle?

How to change? Don't eat? Don't work? Don't
send children to school and study?

Besides that, I believe in Malaysia
population, there are millions of rakyat
Malaysia which still don't earn
RM3,000/month!!!

What is this? Inilah Malaysia Boleh... Sorry
... it should be Malaysians Boleh , because
we're still alive and kicking!!

Our politicians must be mad!!!!

Please comment boleh or tak
boleh. No wonder so many Ah Loong around
lah....