47% of Americans don't have $400 to cover emergencies

[Nostalgia]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/

 

What do you think the situation is for Singaporeans?

[Wt_know]

i think they forgot to survey their parents ... lol

with the widening wealth gap ... they are also many angmohs with $4M in their pocket

as for spore ... i believe the "middle income" group is extremely wide ... so should be ok-ok

but with no $500k no talk hdb ... $10k household income is the new poor in spore

 

Edited April 20, 2016 by Wt_know

[Toothiewabbit]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/

 

What do you think the situation is for Singaporeans?

...ehhh...we hab to bollow $400 to cover emergencies...after paying full cash for ewey thing?

 

[Jman888]

Search their belongings sure have more than $400, iPhone alone is more than that amount

[Wishcumstrue]

Search their belongings sure have more than $400, iPhone alone is more than that amount

 

 

An age old saying - 省用足财

My iphone is a pass-down item and its nearly 4 years old. Still works great and its bat still can tahan for over 10 hours.

Why waste $ and resource ?

 

End of the day - Cash is KING

[Mockngbrd]

$400 to heysho 

[Tianmo]

article written for May 2016 issue.............a very recently write up..........in a time of the US Presidential election...........    

[Wishcumstrue]

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/

 

What do you think the situation is for Singaporeans?

 

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

[Kangadrool]

These furnitures are near to indestructible and very irobot-friendly.   Cannot find them now.

 

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

 

[Jman888]

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

 

 

if i want the same set up, i think will cost more than the italian designed furniture   

 

agrees thing can be down to very basic with no brand, but the youngster nowadays, earn $3k can afford different branded bags, shoes and phones. 

 

 

 

 

[Vratenza]

But we do know for a fact that this family earns more than top 0.1% of the population.

 

If the money is not spent on house, furniture, cars or holidays, where is all the money?

 

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

 

[Roh96]

If every household start to follow this family, I think all furniture malls can close shop.

[Mockngbrd]

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

SGreans cannot afford to have this famous living room la.... this one PSF how much sia

[Kusje]

Are they going to laylong the furniture or not?

[Wt_know]

laylong? not everyone can afford to buy ... perhaps the Lee brother and sister will fight for it ... lol

 

Are they going to laylong the furniture or not?

 

[Picnic06-Biante15]

Heng Ahhhhhhhhh ..........................

 

We only need $8/- ...

 

Not I say one ...

[Kklim]

Even have see-lor-teck ceiling boards. Had though that was the Hokkien term for ceiling boards till I saw the factory in Cebu years ago: http://www.celotex.co.uk/  Guess it's like when people use "xerox" for photocopy.

 

I think for Singaporean, before you decide go shopping for a new set of furniture or on sofa set, check your budget and as a reminder, bring along photo of this famous living room.

 

 

Edited April 20, 2016 by Kklim

[Vratenza]

Laylong? I think put on Christie's Auction house more likely.

 

I will not be surprise that one of the "antique" chair with can fetch more than Michael Jackson's glove.

 

 

Are they going to laylong the furniture or not?