Couple of points:
1. I believe 
@AhMeng was 
really born into, and brought up in, a 
truly "high SES" family that is 
still "high SES"; and of course, he himself is also 
at least upper-middle class (and possibly even lower-upper class).
2. May I ask, how much money (or any other kind of financial assets) did 
your mother inherit from that "wealthy plantation owner in Malaya"? But more importantly, 
during your childhood in the 1970s and 80s, were you brought up in a 
HDB flat, condo unit or landed house?