Living Expensively

Whoa...

With the turmoil in the economy, we are now apparently living in the 10th costliest country in the world. Cost of living here has become higher compared to London, New York and many other cities in Europe, including Barcelona, Madrid, Munich......

I have seen increase in the prices of groceries item, mostly are imported anyway, from either faraway countries like USA or the neighborhood ones like Indonesia and Malaysia. Car prices fell too, but still higher than in other countries around due to higher tax. Property prices also dropped, but still outrageously higher as well. This is really an expensive place to live, but it offers many great things in life too. Not in any particular order, I could say, the safety and political stability of the country, the cleanliness as well as the quality of the particular international school that my kids are going to. And there are many others too.... Basically, there's no free lunch. Money pays for all these great things...

Despite higher prices, our pizza has been going thicker, the layers that we had were beefier and they definitely taste yummier..... mmmhhhh.... Here's a toast for hanging in difficult times!