joanne-poh

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.

4 Ways Singaporeans Can Get More Time Off From Work
Career
4 Ways Singaporeans Can Get More Time Off From Work
Once upon a time, whenever I met random people overseas and told them I was from Singapore, those who knew we weren't part of China used to snigger an...
8 December 2015
2 Big Questions Students Must Ask Themselves Before Picking a University Course
Education
2 Big Questions Students Must Ask Themselves Before Picking a University Course
The school holidays are upon us, and hordes of 17 to 20-year-olds graduating from secondary schools, JCs and polytechnics all over Singapore have a to...
3 December 2015
4 Important Finance Tips That Millennials Should Definitely Pay Attention To
Opinion
4 Important Finance Tips That Millennials Should Definitely Pay Attention To
Most personal finance stuff on the Internet sounds like it's targeted at fifty year old towkays with piles of cash in the bank just waiting to be inve...
2 December 2015
6 Unexpected Costs of Owning a Pet in Singapore
Budgeting
6 Unexpected Costs of Owning a Pet in Singapore
Christmas is coming, and just about every parent in Singapore is going to have to think of yet another excuse for not buying their kids the dog or cat...
2 December 2015
3 Important Basics Singaporeans Must Know When It Comes To Your Home Downpayment
Property
3 Important Basics Singaporeans Must Know When It Comes To Your Home Downpayment
The biggest hurdle to most Singaporeans hoping to purchase property isn't the hefty loan repayments each month, but the gigantic downpayment, a sum th...
2 December 2015
5 Awful Christmas Gifts We Hope You Won't Be Giving This Year
Entertainment
5 Awful Christmas Gifts We Hope You Won't Be Giving This Year
I've never received a vacuum cleaner for Christmas, but I imagine it would be somewhere near the top of the list of the worst Christmas gift of all ti...
1 December 2015
Spend More Than You Earn? Do These 4 Things Before It's Too Late
Budgeting
Spend More Than You Earn? Do These 4 Things Before It's Too Late
As a kid, if you wanted to buy that minidisc player or JNCO jeans, you had two options—either beg your parents for the money to buy it, or go without—...
1 December 2015
3 Affordable Ways to Get People to Work For You Without Hiring Full-time Staff
Career
3 Affordable Ways to Get People to Work For You Without Hiring Full-time Staff
So you've decided to take the plunge and become your own boss. The only problem is, you don't have the skills to pull this off your on your own, but y...
27 November 2015
The 5 Best Shopping Holiday Destinations for Singaporeans This Festive Season
Travel
The 5 Best Shopping Holiday Destinations for Singaporeans This Festive Season
They don't call shopping Singapore's national sport for nothing. Let's just say it's the one sport we don't need to import players from abroad to exce...
26 November 2015
6 Expensive Purchases That Singaporeans Think Will Make Them Feel Better, But Don't
Budgeting
6 Expensive Purchases That Singaporeans Think Will Make Them Feel Better, But Don't
The world is full of questionable items that people buy anyway. If someone is crazy enough to think it up, you can bet wily marketers somewhere are sc...
26 November 2015