AVIVA paid me $10,529.

On 28 October, I wrote a piece on single premium endowment policies and I revealed that I had one such policy with AVIVA maturing in November. 

I wondered how much would I be receiving when the time comes.

I received this advice last night:

Over 8 years, a $10,000.00 premium apparently made $2,175.00. I had previously thought the returns in the first 6 years were $800.00 or less. I was mistaken. My memory is unreliable.

So, the policy made $2,175.00 over 8 years. This means 21.75% spread over 8 years or 2.72% per year. 

Quite miserable even by endowment policies' standards. 

Still, it is better than what the SRS account would have given me in interest payments. Everything is relative, of course.

All said, this is a forced savings plan and, at one time, I thought it would be a good idea to force myself to save. 

This was money in my SRS account anyway and I wasn't doing anything with it.

On hindsight, I should have kept the money in my SRS account untouched and I would have had more ammunition to buy cheap stocks during the GFC.

I now have quite a bit of money idling in my SRS account which I consider as one of my 4 war chests. Not doing anything here is doing something too.

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Dinner with AK71.

I meant to share these photos but, somehow, I forgot. Sign of old age.

My sister cooked a hearty meal for us. Rojak (with paste my parents bought from Penang) and Bak Kut Teh. Yummy!

Dough fritters used in both dishes. This is a way to improve productivity in the kitchen!