Happy New Year! New Year’s day is often a re-e-e-a-ll-y lethargic day for me. I had a slight hangover from my New Year’s Eve countdown, so I spent the day reading Superforecasting – a pretty cool book on how to make better forecasts The author, Philip Tetlock, organised a “forecasting tournament” where he recruited 3,200 volunteers – regular people […]
As a kid, I hated going back to school after Chinese New Year. Partly because I usually didn’t do my holiday homework, but also because I dreaded The Conversation. Which conversation? Well, the one that starts out with: “How much ang pao money did you get this year?” My friends, who had enough relatives to
Buying a house is like sex: Everyone says they know a lot about it, but few people ever want to get into the specifics. For example, your parents and financial bloggers (who are even more annoying than your parents) will tell you to “buy a house within your means!” Okayyyyyy. That’s like saying, “Twister fries are delicious”.
Someday, I’m gonna sit my 4-year old son on my lap and tell him, “Son, there comes a time in every boy’s life when he becomes a man. For me, that was in October 2015 when I bought my first house.” My son will look at me with pleading eyes and go, “No dad, not
A big part of living a rich life is being able to spend money on the things we want. Personally, I love spending on travel – In fact, I save a sizeable amount every month so I can take at least one big trip a year. And from my conversations with friends and colleagues, most Singaporeans share my obsession for
One of my favourite movies last year was X-Men: Days of Future Past. To save the X-Men from the Sentinels who want to fry them into goreng pisang, Wolverine travels back to 1973 to create an alternate future, forever altering the fate of the X-Men. Which really got me thinking: What if I could travel back in time and
“So, would you like to go on a hot air balloon ride?”, my Turkish tour guide asked. It was going to set me back an extra $200 USD. If I was asked that question 5 years ago, I might have hesitated. I might have started doing comparisons like “$200 USD! That’s like $300 SGD, which is equal
Sooooo apparently, the market crashed last week. I had no idea, because I was in the middle of my reservist training. Yep, I was sweating it out in an ulu camp in Pasir Ris, with no clue about what was happening in the outside world. Which is kiiiiind of like what my investing style is like. Unlike
Poor Greece. Everyone is sees it as that irresponsible, bratty kid who borrowed money from the big boys, then stuck his middle finger at them and told them to go shove it. This week, I read this Quora answer on explaining the Greek crisis in layman terms. Check it out – It’s way better than
