A friend of mine recent joined one the prime consultancies in Singapore as an inexperienced grad(Bachelor). On the day the offer was made to her, the firm sent the contract together with a bottle of champagne to her house. Starting pay is a 'pultry' $5,000 gross.

For the next one year, she has been working on a project in Indonesia. Lives in a 5-star hotel, flies home every weekend. If she doesn't want to return home, she can use the same budget to travel Indonesia. Ka-ching!

Tough life isn't it. But someone's got to do it.