making progress...
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (8:49 PM)
everyone's all so excited about the recent progress package that the government is going to hand out in 2 month's time and announcing the amount they are getting.
staying in a 5-room flat, i am given $600 growth dividend and $100 ns bonus. i was lamenting the fact that if i hadn't shifted to hougang, i would be able to get $800 + $100. it was until i saw shuwei's msn message that i realised i'm getting quite a significant amount already. staying in a condo, she's only awarded $200. not to forget no ns bonus.
someone submitted an article quite some time ago and i think what this person said is quite true. it doesn't mean that your family is more well-off if you stay in a bigger house. because like the case of my family, if we hadn't moved and had stayed in the 3-room flat, we would've completed the payment of the house loan long ago and will have extra cash to spare and still getting $800 growth dividend. now that we are staying in a 5-room flat, we are struggling to keep up the payment of the housing loan and still get lesser.
but it's good enough that we are getting something. so let's not be the typical human being, complaining about everything. be glad at what you are getting. i am glad with mine. thanks to shu. =)