Getting back at you AAI...I am not a frequent prune cruiser.
Just wondering...how you paid off a 600g apatment with your living allowance in just (how many years??) a few years. My impression is that your young and don't have many years as an expat. Second...I am an expat and I know you cant build that kind of cash that fast even at the highest paid contract company (currently NCA I believe). So..unless you started with cash...which means your comparations are meaningless. If you both started with 0....there is no way you can retire at your age and a solid company with good pension and stable environment wins every time. Slow and steady as they say.