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Articles by Joanne Poh

In my previous life, I was a property lawyer who spent most of my time struggling to get out of bed or stuck in peak hour traffic. These days, as a freelance commercial writer, I work in bed, on the beach, in parks and at cafes, all while being really frugal. I like helping other people save money so they can stop living lives they don't like.

3 Things Too Many Singaporeans Pay a Premium For Without Realising It

3 Things Too Many Singaporeans Pay a Premium For Without Realising It

Singaporeans complain so much about not having enough money and the high cost of living that you’d think everyone was eating stale bread for dinner, w...

5 Super Skills You Can Pick Up Absolutely Free

5 Super Skills You Can Pick Up Absolutely Free

Those kids whose daddies have money might be sending them to tuition classes and golf lessons to give them the edge over their peers, but don't worry,...

PMETs Starting New Careers Should Turn to These 5 Resources for Help

PMETs Starting New Careers Should Turn to These 5 Resources for Help

When it comes to the job market, there is no mercy. One day you’re coasting on the high of being at a cushy spot on the career ladder, and the next yo...

5 Things That Hipsters are Gentrifying in Singapore

5 Things That Hipsters are Gentrifying in Singapore

Everyone has that hipster friend who owns an actual typewriter which he displays proudly in his room right beside his MacBook. Things that were once c...

Singaporeans Living From Paycheck to Paycheck Must Do These 3 Things Now

Singaporeans Living From Paycheck to Paycheck Must Do These 3 Things Now

People who count down to payday every month aren’t all poor. According to this recent news report, a lot of the people who end up in credit counsellin...

Here's How You Should Change Your Financial Management If You Are Going to Become Self-Employed

Here's How You Should Change Your Financial Management If You Are Going to Become Self-Employed

People always give Singaporeans flak for not being entrepreneurial enough, but that might not be entirely fair. Sure, we might not have another Mark Z...

Who Should Pay on a Date in Singapore?

Who Should Pay on a Date in Singapore?

So a friend of mine goes on a blind date and the guy takes her to Starbucks. When they’re at the counter, he leaves her to pay for her own drink, payi...

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Accept That Contract Job

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Accept That Contract Job

It used to be that contract workers were just one rung above pond scum, and two rungs above interns. They were just there to do a job the company’s em...

3 Things Young Singaporean PMETs Should Consider Before Starting New Careers

3 Things Young Singaporean PMETs Should Consider Before Starting New Careers

To many old folks in Singapore, the road to a good life used to be to study hard, get a nice, cushy PMET job and then live out the rest of your days i...

How to Go on a Week-Long Holiday to Phuket For Less Than $400

How to Go on a Week-Long Holiday to Phuket For Less Than $400

When you step off the plane at Phuket Airport, you invariably see groups of Singaporeans lining up at the duty free shop to buy bottles of Martell for...