Kuala Lumpur - A drunken man who set his mattress on fire managed to burn down his entire village in the eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, leaving more than 200 people homeless, a news report said Thursday. The 29-year-old jobless man was believed to have had a fight with his wife before setting a mattress on fire in his home located within an illegal squatter area, said acting district police chief Ooi Guan Siew. The fire spread rapidly and destroyed 40 other homes in the same village of Muhibbah in Sandakan district, 400km from Kota Kinabalu, Ooi was quoted as saying by the Star daily.
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If you neglect the savings, you put yourself further into the hole,' says Brian Jones, author of Getting Started: The Financial Guide for a Younger Generation (Larstan Publishing, 2006).
If you don't have liquid savings to fall back on when your car breaks down or your pet needs to see the vet, those bills are going to go on a credit card.
That doesn't mean you should stash emergency cash under your mattress. Your best bet is to put it into an online savings account, which tends to yield more interest than your local bank. Check out bankrate.com to find some of the best deals out there.
Just try it
Many companies have switched to a system of automatic enrollment when it comes to their 401(k) programs, meaning that when you fill out your new-employee paperwork, the default option is to participate. Why not give it a go and see how it suits your budget?
'Most people think of this as running a marathon, not a sprint, so it's OK to pace yourself and do a little bit at a time,' Jones says.
If you allow your employer to invest a small percentage of your paycheck each month, you very likely won't even notice it's gone -- particularly because you're adjusting to a new salary anyway
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