Last Friday, my iPhone alarm rang at 5am. I slammed it shut and rolled out of bed, feeling very sleepy and a little grumpy. But I headed straight to the shower because… I had to go party. You see, I was headed to the Zespri x Morning Gloryville party, Southeast Asia’s first ever pre-work dance party […]
Let me just put it out there: Pitch Perfect 2 is an awesome movie. Sure, the plot was thin and the lines were cheesy. But admit it: you were bopping your head to those remixed songs during the movie, weren’t you? Embarrassing confession: Sometimes, I play the Pitch Perfect soundtrack when I get ready for work
Sooooo I wrote a post last week that sparked off a flurry of responses from both bloggers and readers alike. Who would’ve thought a post that I concocted in friggin’ Xin Wang would’ve gone semi-viral? First, let’s start off with the personal finance bloggers: Xeo Lye wrote about the different reasons for different age groups, and even zoomed in
Last week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore got together with a bunch of us – the good folks behind 15HWW, BigFatPurse, MoneySmart, Tradehaven, TurtleInvestor, and yours truly. Now, you have to understand that we’re personal finance bloggers. Which means that this session was way geekier than say, a Gushcloud meetup. For example, I think we spent about
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
If you’ve been checking out the Singapore personal finance blogosphere, you might know Alvin Chow, who writes at BigFatPurse.com. Alvin and I spoke at a couple of events together, and we’ve hung out a couple of times drinking beer/coffee and chatting about psychology and investing. So when I was in Dhoby Gaut last month, I texted him
A particularly difficult restaurant customer was complaining non-stop about the temperature. First, he asked the waiter to turn up the air-conditioning because it was too hot. Then, he asked the waiter to turn down the air-conditioning because it was too cold. This happened every 20 minutes. Every time, the customer would complain and the waiter
So it’s been an EXHAUSTING month: The launch of my new index investing course, getting into the flow of my new job posting, and the honour of speaking at not one, but TWO events this month: The inaugural Personal Financial Investment Seminar The third instalment of INVEST Carnival At first, I wanted to write a blow-by-blow account,
Warning: This post contains expletives. I hardly swear, but there are some situations where “gosh darn it” just doesn’t quite cut it. If you’re the kind of person who gets easily offended, don’t read this. No hard feelings 🙂 Mark Manson wrote an awesome article recently, titled The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck.
