Actually I was having a chat with my colleague another day and she mentioned that RM5K is a high salary. However, I thought it was a little low and was more inclined to think that RM10K above is considered a good and high salary. What do you guys think?

I know that money is never enough, but sometimes to stop overworking oneself, there has to be some balance. Just drop ur 2 cents. cheers.

* Forgot to mention that it should be per month.

This post has been edited by flamer: May 14 2006, 11:51 PM

First of all I do have a proper job and a rather OK salary (above 3K). The reason I created this thread is to find out whether I should continue pushing myself to the extend of staying back till 9pm every night or coming back to work on weekends.

Thinking of how much we would like to make does not make one a dreamer, in fact it can be a good motivation to make one work harder. But then the question is how much harder?

Hi thanks for all your replies...it has been great reading all ur comments. Sure will KIV these advices.

Actually now I will try to strike a balance between work and life but with a salary around 3K region I wonder how I should proceed. Like now I am currently living with my parent but I can't say that I am all happy and thought of getting an apartment. (maybe around 180K) apartment. Should I just rent first before I make the big leap or buy an apartment first? I am still single currently.

For me i always note that my monthly expenditure is around 800 -1k(Inclusive of insurance,LRT ticket and streamyx) and I really wonder how ppl around the RM2.5K figure can still manage to get a house and still live quite well. Where do they stay? Rawang? Kajang? I sure am a noob at managing money now and look forward to some feedbacks on how to live life.