Money & Travel

How LKY Got Me Doing My Civic Duty

Happy (belated) National Day! For my international friends, National Day is Singapore’s version of Independence Day – it’s on the 9th of August, and we have a huge-ass parade with like 20,000 people in it and fireworks and the whole shebang. Everyone gets really nationalistic about the the whole thing, so I decided to do […]

Money & Travel

The Biggest Risk For Young Sexy Singaporeans

Say you’re a young, sexy, unmarried Singaporean with no commitments: no student debt, no mortgage, and earning a comfortable income at an awesome job. What’s the worst thing that could happen to you right now? No, it’s not that you might die (because you don’t have a family and kids to support, and your parents

Mind & Body

Never Take Financial Advice from a Supervillian

I just caught the Dark Knight Rises last week. Okay, it wasn’t a terrible movie, but it’s just riddled with plot inconsistencies that I couldn’t resolve, like (SPOILER ALERT): 1. Why is there a random-ass prison in the ground, in the middle of some foreign desert, with no warden, no food, and a bunch of prisoners

Money & Travel

The Top 10 Investor Errors (And How You Can Overcome Them)

Have you ever checked out the finance section of your local bookstore? That’s usually the first place I zoom into, because I’m nerdy like that. The first thing you usually see is a SEA OF PURPLE in that hugeass shelf of Rich Dad, Poor Dad books. Don’t ask me why, but the gaudiness kind of

AI & Productivity

Wake Up in the Morning Feelin’ Like P Diddy

Okay, you’re not the only one who has no freakin idea what those lyrics are supposed to mean (This intellectual forum discussion doesn’t really give me any clue). Oh Ke$ha, you have such impenetrable philosophies. Of course, not many of us get up on a mattress made of cash and surrounded by hot chicks, so

Money & Travel

How To Get Rid of That Bulge In Your Pants

Yes… it’s a big one. And I confess that I walk around with it all day. Honestly, if we could all just get rid of cash and pay with credit cards, like in this Visa ad, my wallet – and that bulge in my pants – could get a lot smaller (Insert snide comment about

Money & Travel

Why I Love Making Fun of Credit Card Marketeers

So once I started working in the big wide corporate world, I’ve been getting a lot of calls from credit card telemarketeers. And since it’ll be a couple of months before Singapore establishes its own Do-Not-Call registry, I figured I might as well have fun with these unwelcome calls when I get them: Marketeer: Good

Money & Travel

How Credit Cards Can Make You Feel Like a Kid

What’s the most annoying part about being an “adult”? No, it’s not the fact that you can’t pick your nose in public anymore. Or that every time you walk into a Toys ‘R’ Us by yourself, parents eye you suspiciously and assume that you’re gonna kidnap someone. Or that it’s only 10pm on a Friday

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