Suku chabo

I am your typical cina woman, who will probably one day be your typical cina aunty.

Why? Because I am kiam siap.

I've never had a manicure or a pedicure.
I've never bought myself any beauty product over RM50.
I've never bought perfume - and quite frankly, can't stand most of them.
The only pair of Levis I've ever owned were hand-me-downs, so lets not talk about CK or DKNY.
I've not owned a dress since... oh, I don't know, when I was 10?
I fear Tiffany & Co, Chanel, Coach, Ferragamo and other such shops and their heavily mascara-ed retail people.
I save and save and have enough money in my bank account at present moment to pay my way to London and back - but I don't.
I don't even have a bloody passport.

Instead, I do the sensible, cina woman thing.

I give loans. I pay for 'necessities'. I save the rest to gather measly bank interest.

But still I stay up worrying about my monetary future.

Moobs says I'm better off than many.

But I can't help thinking that I could do better still (save more - for what purpose, I don't know).

Another cina woman trait.

Always dissatisfied.

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Glossary for the uninitiated:
Suku chabo (hokkien), means silly woman
Kiam siap (hokkien), means stingy
Cina (malay), means chinese