Cost of Living in Malaysia

I really want to write about the price increase in consumer goods but my super duper busy routine lately doesn't allow me to write. However, I came across this interesting facts taken from here


If you don't know already, it's expensive to live in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur. A report shows that Malaysians have less purchasing power than many nationals elsewhere.


The Malaysian Insider, an online Malaysian news website, examined the purchasing power of Malaysians in comparison to nationals of other countries. The website cited a 2010 Prices and Wages report by UBS AG, a Swiss banking giant.

Here are the highlights:

The purchasing power of KL residents is 33.8% of New Yorkers; 42% compared to London, 33.7% to Sydney, 32.6% to Los Angeles, and 31.6% to Zurish.

KL workers need to labour 22 minutes for a bread loaf. In comparison, Los Angeles counterparts take 18 minutes. In Sydney, it's 16 minutes. In Tokyo, 15 minutes. In Zurich, 12 minutes.

The Malaysian Insider also compared broadband prices in Malaysia to those in countries. Even after currency conversion, Malaysia comes out on top... in expensiveness. Here's the summary:

Kuala Lumpur - 5Mbps broadband package - RM149
London - 10Mbps broadband package - GBP13.50
Melbourne - 5-8Mbps broadband package - AUD40
New York - 7Mbps broadband package - USD41.95

Here's another tidbit from The Malaysian Insider article:

In KL, a Honda Civic is priced at RM115,000 - 20 times an auditor's average monthly earnings.

In Melbourne & London, the price is respectively AUD25,000 and GBP19,000 - 3 times an auditor's average monthly earnings in those places.

I'm Stressed.....

All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either

It is already April. A lot of things didn't go well last month.


1. My thesis progress did not go well as it planned

2. Losing my house keys. Had to call somebody to break into my house

3. Losing my previous exam slip which I suppose too submit to human resource department.

4.Losing my important document, when i needed it badly.

5. my brother scolded me because he said I didn't give him the right address to send a document. The truth is, he didn't write it the no jln. Should I blame Mr postman for this?

6.Looking at the front page of the newspaper and watching the prime news.

7. The current political issue. I never interested in discussing/watching/ reading political issue. Now, I am just so totally sick to my stomach when people talking about it.