Gratitude

First time in my life I received such a substantial bonus! OMG!

And I also got a 10% increment!

One telling thing that my boss mentioned in front of everyone is that I don't complain. I may look shell-shocked at the amount of work he piles on me BUT I don't complain he he he

Guess that could be one of the factors why he gave me so much....

Also because during the discussion on the bonus people, my peers were all showing him their unhappy look and I was keeping quiet, then he asked me what did I think and I blurted out that in all my years of working in international banks, this pool looks very generous already so I'm happy with it - then he burst out laughing and that, I think, probably contributed towards my payout - also because budget-wise, I "gave back" a substantial portion of my allocation due to some circumstances so that helped I guess.

SO .. the big question is, what should I do with the money? At the moment, I shunted the whole lot into a 1 month FD to earn some interest first while I think about what to do .. property? shares?

I did think about putting some into knocking off the house loan but mmmm ... I dunno ..

I'm leaning towards buying a small investment property but given the current prices vs the rental return, it doesn't seem worth it. Perhaps I should think about that a bit more ...

Well, the good thing is, my savings have suddenly jumped up - that's always nice..

So let's think some more .. oh yeah, I would say some of that has already gone towards a holiday for the family.

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