Let’s be real here: Orchard Road can be a major financial black hole when it comes to food (as with everything else). Even McDonald’s actually costs more at their Orchard outlets,...

Raising a family in Singapore is not for the faint of heart — not when it’s estimated to cost $360,000 on average to raise one child from birth to adulthood....

So the other day, when I was looking up the map of Muji outlets in Singapore — just, you know, a regular day for me — I saw this and...

Just like with online dating, pictures on online shopping sites can be highly misleading. So before you get too trigger-happy with the Lazada and Qoo10 GSS promotions, here’s a chilling...

If you’re the kind of person who actually pays attention to the prices on the labels when you do your groceries, you probably know that the products at 7-Eleven are...

Before researching and writing this article, I would be the last person you’d ask about Qoo10. I totally respect that Qoo10 isn’t a generic e-commerce clone… But why oh why...

The Great Singapore Sale may not be as huge an affair as, say, 11.11 or Black Friday, but I doubt anyone’s complaining about any excuse to shop. While the “official”...

I’m what’s known politely as a “functional eater”, so you’ll rarely find me waxing enthusiastic about food… Unless I’ve had good curry recently. South Asian food is probably the only cuisine...

Writing about electric scooters in Singapore can be a tiny bit depressing – those ”best e-scooters” listicles that you worked so hard on get outdated almost right away, thanks to...

Update: Effective from Nov 5 2019, e-scooters have been banned from footpaths. You can only use them on park connectors and bicycle lanes. Non-UL2272 e-scooters can be disposed at 180 locations...

With the upcoming Hari Raya festivities and school holidays coming up, you might already be planning a road trip in Malaysia with the family. But since renting a car in...

The latest in a string of vintage shopping malls slated to go on the chopping block, Sim Lim Square is finally going on en bloc sale after what seems like...

If the phrase “sex shop” brings to mind those creepy, darkened dens filled with gross-looking phalluses and leering old men – you know, the kind at Lucky Plaza or Bugis...

The days are speeding by and June is almost here, which means it’s time to go shopping. (Woohoo! Sweeter words have not been spoken.) So, where are you gonna go to...

If you haven’t heard the news about Huawei, you’ve either been living under a rock, or you’re a hardcore iPhone user. (No difference? lol) The background is that Huawei has...

Even though I’m female and childless, I think I am actually a Dad on the inside. I can talk to uncles for hours about power tools, cargo pants, boltless storeroom...

Most Singaporeans would rather own a home than rent. But for those who cannot afford to buy a home of their own, it’s actually also possible to rent a flat...

Even though there are tons of buses, coaches and direct flights from Singapore to pretty much anywhere you can think of in Malaysia, my first choice is always to take...

Unless you’ve been holed up in your room playing eSports for the past 2 years straight, you must have tried bike sharing in Singapore at least once. (At the very least, you...

There’s a whole slew of online startups in Singapore selling cheap mattresses with free returns. At last count, there’s HipVan, Noa, Baton, Haylee, Woosa and Sonno. By “cheap mattress”, I...

These days, it’s not just bag ladies and homeless old folks who are rooting through the dumpsters and eating other people’s leftover fries at McDonald’s.  Nope, it might very well...

Back in the day, buying Japanese groceries in Singapore was akin to a SEAL Team Six operation. You would dash into Meidi-Ya (the only Japanese supermarket in town) and quickly...

Let’s start with the obvious. The whole idea of smart homes in Singapore is laughable. Most of our homes are, what, 100 square metres? I mean, if you can’t be...

Recently MoneySmart reader Eliza Tay told us about Singaporean online store Iuiga, which supposedly sells Muji products at cheaper prices than in stores.  Iuiga’s business model is to obtain goods...

Thanks to their flashy marketing tactics – like giving away free cashcards and “free ang pows” – Budget Direct has made a splash in Singapore. For better or for worse,...