This is pretty awesome. Check out this video which explains the last 10 years of the US economy in a lovely animated cartoon with visually appealing vintage graphics that came right out of a Papermarket store. It’s 30 minutes long, which is long for an online video but shorter than reading a boring-ass Economics textbook. […]
As you know, I love making fun of people who get overly stressed about tiny things. Don’t we all know someone like that? For example: the student who obsesses about the half-point that he lost on a test, or the co-worker who stays late in the office to churn out a report that nobody reads.
Check out this infographic from iMoney.sg. A lot of people tend to look back at how much their home prices have appreciated and brag, “Hey check it out, I made X dollars on my property!!” What they don’t take into account is the amount of fees, surcharges, and interest they’ve had to pay over the years –
A funny thing happens to Singaporean males whenever we hear the word “IPPT”. Our eyes glaze over and we shrug, and go, “Yeah, I should really train for that.” And then we go back to whatever we were doing before. But that doesn’t stop the thought from nagging us at the backs of our minds.
I was at this seminar last week. This middle-aged guy comes up to the microphone and begins to speak. He’s the only dude on stage dressed in a shirt and slacks – everyone else is in jeans. He grasps the microphone with two hands. He asks if there’s anyone in the audience from the insurance
Okay, I confess: I’m a huge fan of Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider. I don’t normally fork out cash to go for concerts because I think they’re lame, but I paid $60 bucks for Cat B tickets to watch Sam and Kurt when they performed in Singapore this week. I know, I’m actually secretly
Discovered a surprising fact from a Forbes blog post, titled Singaporeans Are The Fastest In The World To Become Millionaires: While the popular belief is that the wealth of millionaires in Singapore has come from the dramatic rise in property prices over the years, that is only partly true. According to the survey, 72% of
So I was having a coffee after lunch, telling lame jokes and showing my colleagues stupid movie trailer parodies on YouTube. A friend and I started talking about investing (I super appreciate this, because HARDLY ANYONE likes to talk about investing when you’re Asian and young. My friends usually just call me a weirdo and
Answer these two scenarios as honestly as you can Would you walk for 20 minutes in the sun to save $10 on a $20 iPhone cover? Would you walk for 20 minutes in the sun to save $10 on a $1,500 MacBook? Most people are more likely to say “yes” to the first scenario and
