When I was in Tokyo last month, I walked past a department store near the Shibuya Scramble Square. I stopped and did a double take because I saw this: It was a signboard showing a bunch of luxury brand logos. What struck me was how similar they look. I already have trouble differentiating luxury brands, […]
We all want more money. But money is often boring, confusing, and sometimes, downright cringy (I’m looking at you, YouTube financial gurus). Researching the right mortgage provider or insurance plan puts you to sleep. And it seems like everyone has a different opinion on where you should put your money: This new technology stock! No,
“What does it profit a man if he gains the entire world and loses his soul?” Matthew 16:26 Last night, after an exhausting day at work, I went out for dinner with my wife. But my brain was so tired that it was difficult to hold a proper conversation. At one point, she asked me
I left Singapore to study in the US when I was 21. In my freshman year, I met all sorts of people in my dorm. I was neighbours with a football jock, a math champion, wannabe gangsters, and ambitious pre-meds. They had all sorts of wacky hobbies, from skateboarding to deconstructing Rubiks cubes to swing
What do you talk about when you’re with your friends? Work? Kids? Holidays? Investments? Gossip? If you’re like me, 90% of your conversations are around banal topics like these. A couple of months back, I chatted with someone who bought a unit in the same new launch as I did. We had loads in common
For 7 years, I wrote almost every week about “hatching a rich life”. I started with personal finance: Saving, spending and investing, which was perfect for a confused boy going through life milestones and trying to make sense of the whole adulting thing. Then I got bored with personal finance, so I started writing about
Heya! I hope you enjoyed the series about how to get practical advice from the Bible as I did writing it. As you can tell, I’ve been moving away from personal finance towards spirituality in recent months. I still enjoy reading and talking about personal finance, but after 8 years of writing, there’s only so
I attended a negotiation course recently. It was the toughest course I’d ever attended. Here’s some context: The nature of my work is to form partnerships with external companies. Most of my partnerships are pleasant: Both parties are excited to work with each other, and everyone tries their best to make things work. The “negotiations” are easy,
Sometimes, my friends will see an interesting job on LinkedIn and ask me if they should apply for it. When I ask, “Why not?” They’ll say, “Because the JD asks for 5 years of experience, and I only have 3 years”, or “I think I’m not confident enough to take on a management role”, etc.
