Tonite makan bubur..........ubi

dont lar re-enact the Japanese occupation bro
Frugal AND healthy lar - throw into bubur an egg + some roughage/fiber  - walla, all the macro-nutrients there, carbo, protein & fiber, else cant survive to see the investment grow 

LOL..if global recession does happen, standby lah to makan those day n night. xD

Recession no need lar.....i am already eating this stuff....

But if Depression you may need to eat grass cooked with grass 

Recession no need lar.....i am already eating this stuff....

But if Depression you may need to eat grass cooked with grass 

Thats what happened to U.S............highly geared DEBT...... methinks our paternalistic
attitude of our politics has made it too late to turn around. Just look at the population of
civil servants.........last estimate at 1.6mil.
Our pop is only around 27mil....do you need 1 civil servant to serve 17 people?

next, if our attitude of deficit spending is not reeled in, EPF will be kaput...............

see the thread in real world section

besides that, i wanna share sumtg. my colleague is getting RM1.6k when he 1st join.he got a degree in Marketing and afta 3 months he now earns rm1.8k. im holding a diploma and earning more than him. its wierd dun u think.

What makes you THINK that Malaysia is not on the threshold of collapse??

Dreamer

Folks,

Remember what I told you before....

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...21&sec=business

<< Presently, a technical committee is fine-tuning a draft of the Private Sector Retirement Age Bill to be tabled to Parliament, with the aim to increase the retirement age to 60, with an option of a four-year extension, from the current 55.>>

Dreamer

while we (ordinary m'sian) can plan, prepare, maybe kedukut on ourselves when needed...my worst fear is our EPF went kaput, continue to bail-out (the rich to get richer)..

Doing business in Malaysia is still the best way to make a living, we have control over many things -> our taxation, our retirement age, it's endless, since the regulators are not so 'on the ball' in many areas.

Yup yup - i agree. My buddies migrated to AU, NZ and Canada - like 8 out of 10 came back to do biz heheh.

Germany slams 'stupid' US plans to boost EU rescue fund
Germany and America were on a collision course on Tuesday night over the handling of Europe's debt crisis after Berlin savaged plans to boost the EU rescue fund as a "stupid idea" and told the White House to sort out its own mess before giving gratuitous advice to others.

German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble said it would be a folly to boost the EU's bail-out machinery (EFSF) beyond its €440bn lending limit by deploying leverage to up to €2 trillion, perhaps by raising funds from the European Central Bank.

"I don't understand how anyone in the European Commission can have such a stupid idea. The result would be to endanger the AAA sovereign debt ratings of other member states. It makes no sense," he said.

Mr Schauble told Washington to mind its own businesss after President Barack Obama rebuked EU leaders for failing to recapitalise banks and allowing the debt crisis to escalate to the point where it is "scaring the world".

"It's always much easier to give advice to others than to decide for yourself. I am well prepared to give advice to the US government," he said.

The comments risk irritating the White House. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been a key driver of plans to give the EFSF enough firepower to shore up Italy and Spain, fearing a drift into "cascading default, bank runs and catastrophic risk" without dramatic action.

The danger for Germany is that America will lose patience, with unpredictable consequences. The US Federal Reserve is currently propping up the European banking system in a variety of ways, including dollar swaps.

Markets across the world ignored the mixed signals about the true scope of EU rescue measures, convinced that EU leaders have a "grand plan" up their sleeves and will unveil the details after the Bundestag has voted on Thursday on the earlier July deal to revamp the fund.

France's CAC-40 surged by 5.7pc, led by a 17pc rise for Societe Generale. Germany's Dax was up 5.3pc. The FTSE 100 jumped 4pc in London, the biggest one-day rise this year. Oil jumped almost $4 in New York to $88 a barrel.

In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel was fighting for her political life as the rump of lawmakers from her coalition vowed to reject the EFSF package, though the latest tally suggests she may squeeze by with her own majority. Angry dissidents suspect that secret plans are being withheld until after the vote.

Greek premier George Papandreou told German business leaders that his country would honour its austerity pledges, but also issued a veiled warning. "The persistent criticisms levelled against Greece are deeply frustrating, not only at the political level, where a superhuman effort is being made to meet stringent targets in a deepening recession, but frustrating also for the Greeks, who are making these painful sacrifices."

"Drastic measures have had a dramatic impact on the living standards of our citizens. Many Greeks feel they have little left to give. If people feel only punishment and scorn, this crisis will become a lost cause," he said.

Mr Papandreou's Pasok party passed a crucial vote on Tuesday to raise property taxes, but at a high political price. The party's approval rating has fallen to 15pc in the latest Mega poll.

However, Greece was confronted with a new threat as it emerged that several eurozone members are demanding the private sector absorb bigger losses than originally agreed as part of a second bail-out.

A deal struck in July would see creditors taking 21pc losses on their Greek debt holdings, adding around €45bn to the €109bn proposed second rescue. However, more than a third of the 17-member single currency bloc are now said to be demanding bigger haircuts for the private sector. Talk of revisions to the second bail-out may renew default fears as the IMF has yet to re-engage with Greece over the latest €8bn tranche of its initial €110bn rescue. Greece is at risk of running out of money by October 8, though analysts say the payment is almost certain to be made whether or not Greece has complied fully with the terms.

Greece has a trump card in rescue talks with the IMF-EU "Troika". If it opts for a "hard default", it could set off a chain reaction. Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi, an ECB board member, said those arguing that Europe's banks could withstand a Greek default are misguided. "Similar views were held before Lehman. Those who say this have no idea how contagion works," he said.

Analysts say the Troika will have to approve the next €8bn tranche of aid for Athens in October whether or not Greece has complied fully with the terms. It cannot risk a showdown before Europe's banks have beefed up their capital base, or before the EFSF is fully equipped to defend the rest of the system.

Like a forced marriage, Europe and Greece must kiss and pretend.

— Malaysia’s largest lender urged authorities today to step up monitoring of personal loans, saying that it was becoming a cause for concern.

This comes as the nation’s household debt increased from 66.7 per cent in 2004 to 76 per cent in 2009, which is uncomfortably close to US levels prior to the 2008 financial crisis.

Malaysians are facing increasing financial pressures as salaries have not kept up with inflation and many turn to personal loans and credit cards to help fund living expenses.

The size of the money lending industry is reflected by the extent of advertising of personal loans, many with the interest rate of one per cent a month.

Some vernacular newspapers carry two to three full pages of advertisements for personal loans and stickers promoting money lending vendors also appear frequently pasted on lamp posts, vacant shoplots and the boots of taxi cabs. 

Figures provided by Bank Negara in March show that personal loans made up 15 per cent of the overall household debt composition.

“We need stronger enforcement on personal loans,” said Maybank CEO Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar in a press conference following Maybank’s AGM here today.

— Malaysia’s largest lender urged authorities today to step up monitoring of personal loans, saying that it was becoming a cause for concern.

This comes as the nation’s household debt increased from 66.7 per cent in 2004 to 76 per cent in 2009, which is uncomfortably close to US levels prior to the 2008 financial crisis.

Malaysians are facing increasing financial pressures as salaries have not kept up with inflation and many turn to personal loans and credit cards to help fund living expenses.

The size of the money lending industry is reflected by the extent of advertising of personal loans, many with the interest rate of one per cent a month.

Some vernacular newspapers carry two to three full pages of advertisements for personal loans and stickers promoting money lending vendors also appear frequently pasted on lamp posts, vacant shoplots and the boots of taxi cabs. 

Figures provided by Bank Negara in March show that personal loans made up 15 per cent of the overall household debt composition.

“We need stronger enforcement on personal loans,” said Maybank CEO Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar in a press conference following Maybank’s AGM here today.