Dear Ah Beng,
You know, ha, the recent thing about the Gahmen Salary Top-up (GST) has made the fambly si peh unhappy!
The lau hiao my husband, now comprain so much at home, I have to send him out of the flat everyday. I told him ah, you retire orredy also can go back to work again, now with booming economy and prices all going up. You espect us to eat kiam her png everyday ah, when other peepur got abalone porridge! Can go wash the foodcourt jamban and get paid mah, instead of whole life hanging out in Geylang Lorong 44 wasting money on the kway! Everything soon want 7% GST. Even the kway, I tell you.
I also very unhappy with my mahjong kaki, they also think of following Gahmen, want to charge GST on bets! Where got fun?
Only my sway kiah, that one who works in the cheng hu chu, the Manpowder one, ah, he smiling now. Smile for futt, I say! You give your lau bu 7% more kopi money then you smile!
Everybody got living standard. How you espect a lau ah mah to live lai dat, ah? Got advice or not?
Lim Bu
Dear Lim Bu,
All the hiah tee kia here at the Chap Sar Tiam Secret Society are also si peh too lan about the Gahmen Salary Top-up. The Gahmen make us all look damn lau kwee!
They say high salary is meant to make corruption more difficult. Na beh! How do you think that makes us – the people who work in the corruption industry – feel?
Chao Gahmen, whole life interfering and taking over private sector business! With this pay increase, now they also want to potong jalan the corruption business!
But neh’mine, it just means we all must upgrade our services and compete. Our bribes must just be higher, that’s all. After all, the message we’re getting is that public service is not the driving force behind the Gahmen or civil service. It’s just money. So is all a question of price only.
Eh! Sorry for going out of point. Pai seh, pai seh!
So… you want to know how to live in a more and more espensive society, ah?
Not easy, leh. Because unless you’re a Minister or some tua kee professional, just working hard and relying on pay is not enough.
Taking on extra job also no point. No matter how many food court jambans you clean, also cannot earn enough to make a difference.
And then last time, if we really got no money, can always go Geylang and sell backside. But now, here got all the China, Thai and other foreign talent kways who are so much cheaper. (And don’t get angry, hor, Lim Bu… but I also think Geylang dun have a lot of demand for your lau ah mm backside.)
We just have to accept globalization and that we boh pian must compete worldwide.
But why must we stay here and accept the Gahmen’s double standards? Why not go to another cheaper country, and start our own double standards there?
After all, if Ministers need more money so they won’t quit, then we all should learn from them, mah. And since they say we cannot be paid more in case we develop a ‘crutch’ mentality, then following their argument, we should quit.
So maybe other countries won’t treat you as well as their nationals. But then, our Gahmen also treat foreign nationals better, so sama-sama. It’s easier to just get out of their elite, uncaring face.
Don’t forget to take out all your CPF when you go, hor.
AH BENG
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