It is possible to get RM5k in Malaysia and I congratulate you for that. The big problem is that the majority of employers out there don't think it's worth paying RM5k even to highly qualified people because most companies are willing to skimp and get second/third rate people and services. We're just not competitive enough on the whole, sad but true. 

i worked in 3 american companies and i realised this in all 3 companies.

asians are a lot more hard working and discipline. sometimes, we are even more creative. we put more energy and effort and time in completing our job.

americans on the other hand. is very good in talking. almost everyone can talk. and I am not only saying that their english level is good (thats obvious). I am saying that they can convery their ideas and thoughts in a much more effective manner than asians.

at first, i thought its because their english is good since its their first language. later, i realised that even an average malaysian chinese were to communicate something in his/her mother tongue, he/she would not be able to do it as good as the americans.

maybe its all becoz we, malaysians,  learn too many languages?