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Hahaha if people choose not to believe the pay im getting, its up to them.

Honestly, I am happy that I am earning roughly 15K excluding bonuses and ENT.

I can dare say that not many people here earn as much or even near what i am earning now.

Cheers ALL!

Ron

For all you know, Ronaldo could just be a lonely, insecure bum with no friends constantly participating in this virtual world which may just be his only source of entertainment and self-comfort. Think IRC-addicts.

15k is not a lot as a wall street trader or private banker in the past.

So I dont doubt him but try not to make other envious. There are those Singaporeans who think foreigners who dont know where Singapore is are ignorant.

Yeah, the amount itself is not hard to believe. The private bankers and traders I know, until recently, would be really depressed if they earned only 15k per month.

I think he's just looking for acknowledgement, that's all. A lot of his self-esteem is hanging on that "15k, 28yrs" mantra of his.

But aren't we all like that to a degree or another

Let not be envious of high pay of others and instead work harder ourselves. Even if we fall short eventually, at least we tried and we should have no regrets.

i have an acquaintance who earns $25k a month on average. 24 yo, only 'o' levels and she looks very hot. i dun wish to disclose my friend's occupation though btw, i am just an ugly blob who earns $4.5k at 33 not to flame dear ronaldo, just compare 41 & 56, folks. haha. if ronaldo is a hot dude, $15k is way below market rate.

It is possible to earn 15k a month because when u reach early to mid 30s u can earn nearly 30K a month in the civil service.

Younger officers in the elite Administrative Service -- typically top performers in their early to mid-30s -- will receive S$351,000 or about 12 percent less.

i believe at the end of the day, it is impt to set aside your pay to invest. I believe I earn more (160k per annum, 34) than my peers but spend considerably less than them (i drive a jap car and still in hdb flat).

I'm no where near those guys at elite administrative service. i constantly need to ensure i stay employed becos i think it is not easy to find a similar pay elsewhere. So, my principle is to work hard and save hard and better still invest wisely. It will not be sunshine everyday for me.

Don't compare with the elite Administrative Service. There are only about 400 Administrative Officers and Management Associates (387 according to Peter Ho's speech in 2007).
400 against a labour force of about million (or more), is insignificant. They were the black swans.
These lucky folks got in because they did well in their studies in JCs and managed to impress the interview panel during their scholarship interviews. They were reasonably smart students and more importantly they can speak and present themselves well. That said, there are also a lot of "farmer" scholars who couldn't become AOs (not lucky enough or chose the wrong scholarships).
If you want to compare, you might as well compare with the thousands of rich kids who inherited millions from their rich parents.

average joe > i dont sell myself short but this only applies to my work professionally in media.

There are many ways to earn 20K or more cash a month. This depends on how far the extend of work the person is willing to do.

I know an female acquaintance who is young, pretty, sexy, has a degree, a good job. She can earn easily more than 30K a month, and majority of this amount dont come from her day job.

In good times, those PRC hostess in night clubs along Havelock Road can also easily earn >15 to 20K a month. The type of work they do are very flexible and provides 100% fulfillment to whichever man who comes to them for casual companionship.

I don't doubt your 24 yo female acquaintance is earning $25k a month but frankly its not the most difficult job in the world to do either.

We see wall street traders and investment bankers earning loads of cash of more than 50K a month or more even. But where are they now?

Quite sadly, most of them are either bankrupt, facing legal suits from clients, jobless, holding jobs with meagre salaries, or bumming somewhere because their world had came crashing down.

As such, I dont envy them now at all. In reality, they are now having a sad fate, fighting for their cash flow, barely surviving.

People dont look at past glory and performance because it is all history.

We look at what is currently happening now.

Cheers!
Ron