Malaysia Money Matters

I am honestly a bit taken aback at the sudden rush of cash flow and savings that occurred within the past couple of months. To wit: Bonus - zomg, it is the biggest I have ever had in my whole (long) working life! 6 figure bonus. Very grateful and happy.  Salary Increment 10% Got about a 30k discount on the car I bought 3k on insurance return - this is a regular thing every few years but I tend to forget about it so it's a nice 'surprise' 8k on a cancelled MRTA that was sent to me like 8 months ago but I didn't get the mail because it was at the old address Saved about 5-6k on airfares using up all my points - non-cash for sure but savings is still income by accounting rules. Or as Benjamin Franklin said a penny saved is a penny earned. Cash back on sale of old car - 24k, gave half to parents for holiday spending. Latest EPF announcement of 6.4% dividend - by my calculations, that would be around 30k wow... I attribute all this to following Buddhist teachi...

This development is out of my league but I must say, it is very attractive. Being on Jalan Conlay, a stone's throw away from Pavillion and the developer is building the Kempinski hotel tower as well next to it! Aiyo, if only I was a multi millionaire who can buy a unit in cash - the pricing is from RM1.8 million to RM5.6 million - size from 700 sq ft to 3,500 sq ft. By location, by design - all on point. It's one of those buildings that just so sophisticated and so perfectly placed. Like OMG. The only "bummer" about it is that the target completion date is December 2020. Yes, a full 5 years plus - well, quality takes time? Hmm .. perhaps I should set myself a target whereby I will be able to afford to buy into & live in that building post-2020 (using cash money!) ; well provided that I still want that urban sophisticated lifestyle la... I could be retired by then and having a slower pace, then Conlay 8 wouldn't be suitable for that kind of lifest...