On... the 10 Dollar Man
Ever heard of the 10 Dollar Man? Probably not - because that's me. This was a name given to me back in my early working days because of my frugal spending habits - 10 Dollar per day for meals ( Dollars as in Malaysian Dollars when I was still working and living in Malaysia ). So, how it works is that I have a 10 Dollar budget allocated for meals each day and I stick strictly to the plan. If I had overspent on breakfast, I would either scale down lunch/dinner or skip a meal. That was how cheapskate I was. How did I manage to spend so little and why? Well, initially it was maybe out of necessity and it probably became a habit. Less than a year into my job, I had purchased a house and the mortgage was more than 50 percent of my take home salary. In addition, I was a little paranoid to how long my job would last, so I ploughed as much money as I can into...