Friday, October 28, 2016

how now brown cow?

the rupiah is going to be reducing the number of zeroes! we are no longer going to be millionaires in Indonesia. Good for them!

malaysia ringgit, however, is losing value. korean won was just at RM3.2 in 2014, now, it is RM3.8. singapore dollar was at RM1.0 in 1965 and today is it RM3+!!

the country is no longer competitive. through the many years of mismanagement, it looks like my beloved country will move in the same direction of progress as that of philippines. 

soon it would be more worthwhile for us to take up jobs as domestic help in indonesia, than to be a doctor in malaysia. good thing there are a good number of maybank branches in indonesia. makes sending money back home a lot easier. 

the big question is. 

what if all the money we have saved for our old age is worth nothing in the future? 

as it is nasi lemak biasa which used to be RM0.50 became RM1.0 and now RM2.5. what if next time, it is RM50,000? 

there are many examples of countries which has undergone and are still under kleptocracy. we have these countries telling us what our future looks like. why are we still blindly working so hard, harder than before because we believe times may be bad... to save money that may be worth nothing in the future? 

aging

hit me like a tonne of bricks! well... not that it was a surprise. it was rather gradual, really. today my bestie asked our group chat to comment on a facebook post. and since i woke up at the ungodly hour of 2.47am, i thought, why not?

went on fb. searched for syed azmi as instructed. did not read everything. but it looks like this guy is working to change the world. nice to know he exists! his fb post that caught my bestie's eyes was on aging. as a single.

aging is a big topic. scary topic. big and scary topic. it is on everybody's mind. all the time.

it is probably the reason why people work so hard. sacrifice time with friends and family. to save for the future. for when one can no longer work.

it is why some people are under so much pressure. in so much debt. to create passive income. in preparation for when we can no longer earn.  

it is why people buy insurance. though ironically, that is when one may not be covered.

it is why some people look for life partners. to ensure one has company when everybody else have their own families. though there is really no certainty that one will not feel lonely in the company of others. there is also no certainty that partner will not drive you crazy!!

it is why some people want children. to have somebody who will care for them in their golden years. though again, there is really no certainty that one will be cared for by their children. 

so, it looks like some of us do what we do, to prepare for when we are old. and in that process neglect the things that really matter. question is, do we really live a good life while preparing to live a good life in the future?! that is actually another post. i sidetracked. i think the question is, not how to age if one is single. rather, how to age and live well - single or otherwise.