Life, Travel, GRACE

The Big Mac's index has been updated for this year. This is the gauge comparison of purchasing power of a country against the US dollar (USA literally). Big Mac in Malaysia cost USD2.42 a piece compared to USD4.07 in the USA. Well, it's not that expensive. Who says our food price is increasing and getting expensive these days? We are still far better than a lot of countries (Wait until you see the price index chart. Then you will know why they said our stuff prices are increasing). Hong Kong and India have the cheapest Big Mac though. I bet you would want to live in Hong Kong, not India. Cheers. PS: Don't let this piece of info passed to our ministers. They will brag how good is our economy.

Lately there are a lot of websites offering discount coupons in some of the local shops or restaurants. This is not a new thing as it has gained popularity in US. Notable company in this business is Groupon. This company is on its way to be listed too. Wow, selling coupons can get you fat incomes. Before the online coupon, we had printed coupons in the newspapers. It's the same stuff but only posted on website this time. So at the end of the day, who gain from this coupon businesses? Consumers and the coupons coordinator companies. The down side of this, consumers will tend to spend more - irresistible great discount. At some points, we find it exciting with discounts in certain stuff which we've planned to buy for long time. But we try not to be carried away or obsessed with it.

Micah will have a brother soon...

There was a research concluded that city folks have higher level of stress compared to country dwellers. I thought everyone concurred with this long ago. However, it also said the earlier a child live in a city, the more prone of early-life stress. Well, so true that we can see our city school children have stressed out to the max in order to gain better result. In some parts, parents are the main culprit. Send your kids to live in countryside and they will have a good growing experience? Maybe. Should we raise the kids back home? Read more here . Note: Micah likes to stack things. Does he envision a high tower living?