this weekend, i have been busy with the counting, how much i have to make to get my own home. yes, for the first time in my life, i decided to think about my first home. i mean, everyone seems to get married, get their own babies, and their own place, why don't i? so, i started to go looking for a house, and... it's crazy!!
I mean, I just found out that, only people who has salary over 15 million IDR per months, who can buy a house. of course there's always alternative, but... it's crazy. and to think that 10 million IDR per month is considering high paid salary... but you can't afford a house... it was blow my mind. no wonder people busy saying that house price in Jakarta doesn't make any sense. moreover, with 15 million salary, which mean, you can have IDR 5 mio house installment per month, the kind of house you get.. totally standard. or very standard apartment. not the kind of house or apartment that i want, LOL.
anyway, i talked to my dad, asked for his opinion, and he said, ".. if you count on paper, it's always doesn't make sense. the number always doesn't add up. but it doesn't mean it's impossible.." yeah, he is right, it doesn't always mean impossible, but.. how i will gonna get that kind of money? what can i do to have that kind of money? i mean, it's life, there's always something came up in the middle of the plan. there's always some problems come to mess everything up. how??
furthermore, i read an article that the same thing happen in Australia, and i heard it's also happening in Seoul, south Korea. apparently, this problem is happening in the world and nobody seems to care and do something about it. personally, i think this is one of the whys the rich become richer and the poor become poorer. the rich have money to buy more houses and apartment to invest, while the poor almost never got a chance to buy a house. the gap is too big, and again, people (started) to think that this is normal problem.
then it occurred to me, that.. we don't always know what will happen in the future. that the future is full with possibility. i don't know what will happen in 2 years, or in a month. i am not saying that you can suddenly have millions to buy house over night, but.. you know, somehow it can happen, right? maybe you will get job offer from your dream job or your office can offer help for the installments, i don't know. a lot can happen.
you never know what will happen.
maybe someday your money will add up? who knows.
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