Here's a story (or break down) of how I spend my money every month.
Salary: $2,500 per month
Expense: $1,500 per month
$300 to my parents$700 for food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), entertainment, transport, phone bills$300 towards student loan repayment$200 for surprise expenses and insuranceI managed to save $1000 saved every month.
Sure it helps that I'm single, am a guy (statistically speaking it is cheaper to be a guy), no family to feed (no kids no wife), no housing loan, no car loan, etc.
The only expensive thing is eating out every day, but that's not too bad in Singapore, compared to other countries like Australia, etc.
I also try to stretch my student loan - not pay it down too fast, and I stated the reasons why in another article that you can read HERE.

My "amount of money saved per month" is not the best - I know a lot of people who...