A couple of years ago, I shared about how I tried Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet. After 13 weeks of eating yong tau foo and avoiding my favourite noodles, I lost 5kg. GREAT SUCCESS! Actually… not really. As we all know now, fad diets are unsustainable. Fast forward 2 years, and my fiancee is poking my tummy […]
Lifestyle bloggers are kind of annoying. You know the kind I’m talking about: the people who post pictures of themselves gazing pensively out into the ocean in some exotic location, with ten billion hashtags: #summervacation #totallydeservedthis #liveyourdreams. I’m pretty terrible at taking pictures and posting them. Here’s the only kind of lifestyle picture I’ve ever posted: The
My fiancee makes fun of me because I’m a reading addict. I carry my Kindle around all the time. When my fiancee goes to the bathroom, I whip out my Kindle and continue reading. When she’s trying out shoes, I head straight for the “boyfriend chair” and read. It’s fun. Reading rocks my socks. Think
How likely are you to eat a Hershey’s Kiss? Back in 2006, Cornell University researcher Brian Wansink and his colleagues James Painter and Yeon-Kyung Lee conducted an experiment to find out. For Secretaries Week, they gave all the secretaries in an office building some nice, covered containers with 30 Hershey’s Kisses each. The secretaries were told
One of my favorite childhood stories is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by the legendary author Roald Dahl. It’s the story of a selfish millionaire whose sole aim in life is to make even more money. One day, he comes across a mysterious book at a friend’s house. The book claims that by concentrating
Talking about investing is kind of like playing poker: It can tell you a loooot about a person. For example, whenever I talk to random people about investing, I’ll usually get responses like: “Yeah, I should really get started on investing” “I invest on-and-off, sometimes I’ll read the papers and buy stocks that are undervalued” “Right now
Ok, you psychos – Since it’s CNY, I know about 89.2% of you are thinking of gambling and buying 4D/TOTO. There’s just something about this festive period that brings out our inner God of Gamblers. Every year, hundreds of otherwise sensible, rational citizens take out our wallets and throw money at cards, majong tiles and yes, lottery tickets. So let’s
A lot of people are complaining about how hard it is to get by in Singapore these days. Maybe it’s because of that EIU report claiming that Singapore is the most expensive city to live in. Maybe it’s the huge surge of unhappiness over the recent transport fare hikes and Whatsapp charges. My Facebook feed
I used to think that dieting was for chumps. That was before I got way fatter than I expected (Damn you, mee goreng!) It really sucked to feel pudgy, so I embarked on my 4th LifeTest: To lose 5 kilograms. And after 13 long weeks, I’ve succeeded. I’ve gone from 70kg down to 65kg, and
