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Mind & Body

The Ultimate Guide To Achieving An IPPT Gold

It started with a T-shirt. While trying on T-shirts at Uniqlo, I realised that not a single M-sized shirt could hide my proudly protruding belly. Aren’t these changing room mirrors supposed to make you look more attractive than you actually are? Ugh. It was time to do something about it. I didn’t want to do the usual “join […]

Soul & Connection

I’m Moving House This Week

Hey! So I’m moving house this week, and you wouldn’t believe the amount of crap involved: Cleaning, mopping, organising, scrubbing, assembling and dealing with boxes. An avalanche of boxes. Thankfully, it’s almost over, even though I currently have 1) No couch, 2) No dining chairs and 3) No study desk (Dammit, IKEA!). I also have no curtains/blinds

Money & Travel

How To Get Better At Investing

I watched the play HOTEL by W!ld Rice last weekend. It was easily one of the best plays I’d seen in a while: Awesome storyline, witty script, superb acting, and loads of deep concepts about Singapore’s identity/history to think about. Not just that, but the actors spoke in nine languages. Nine! They flawlessly switched between English,

Soul & Connection

It’s My Birthday! Two Quick Questions For You

Two important things happen in late April: First, it’s the only time of the year when I get to post this amazing meme: (Hands up if you totally rocked to N’Sync songs in secondary school.)  Second, it’s also my birthday. The fact that I can memorise all the lyrics of N’Sync songs betrays my age:

Soul & Connection

10 Lessons I Learnt In My Twenties

I was a pretentious jackass when I was 20 years old. For example, I thought that lip-syncing to Mark Ronson’s “Ooh Wee” (complete with rap hand gestures) in Phuture made me look really cool. I still cringe when I think about it. Fast forward 10 years: I’m a little more mature, a little more stable and I no

Sales & Marketing

Why Nobody Wants To Reply You

Back when I was a young, blur student, I picked up my first investment book and tried to implement the strategies in it. But I got really frustrated because it wasn’t working out. So I sent a quick email to the author. I can’t remember what I wrote, but it was something along the lines

Money & Travel

I Totally Zao Xia-ed

Funny story that happened while I was speaking at the Personal Financial Investment Seminar last week. I was going through my presentation, calmly walking through the slides when… my voice gave way. So I went, “Investing is like a man walking a (super high voice that sounds like a little girl) DOG!” Yeah, that happened.

Money & Travel

Why I’ve Been A Little Quiet Lately

Check out this email that I got from a close friend today: Friends check to see how you’re doing. Best friends check to see if you’re still alive. Nope, I’m not dead, although yes, I have been a little quiet on this blog lately. Why? Two reasons: I just started a new job posting which

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