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.

Are COE Prices Really Going To Explode With a 0% Vehicle Growth Rate?
Transportation
Are COE Prices Really Going To Explode With a 0% Vehicle Growth Rate?
Singaporeans on car forums found themselves despairing when the LTA announced that they would cut the vehicle growth rate to 0%. The vehicle growth ra...
6 November 2017
7 Amazing Items to Buy at a Huge Discount from Tmall’s 11.11
Shopping
7 Amazing Items to Buy at a Huge Discount from Tmall’s 11.11
Ever since Singaporeans discovered Taobao.com, more people have started to wish they had paid attention during Chinese lessons back at school. Especia...
3 November 2017
7 Ways You Can Use the Money in Your Medisave Account
Healthcare
7 Ways You Can Use the Money in Your Medisave Account
Falling ill in Singapore is expensive, or at least that’s what everyone says. But thanks to Medisave, you might feel the pinch (a tiny bit) less. Ever...
1 November 2017
5 Tips for Young Singaporeans Who Have No Idea What They Want Out of Their Career
Career
5 Tips for Young Singaporeans Who Have No Idea What They Want Out of Their Career
The face-off between baby boomers and millennials rages on at the workplace. The former continue to be infuriated by the latter’s demand for flexibili...
1 November 2017
4 Ways to Save Money on a Trip to Poland
Travel
4 Ways to Save Money on a Trip to Poland
Last month, I visited Poland for the first time. Imagine my surprise when at least three locals that I met in the capital Warsaw told me they had Sing...
27 October 2017
5 Fashion Items Singaporeans Need to Stop Wasting Money On
Shopping
5 Fashion Items Singaporeans Need to Stop Wasting Money On
Gone are the days when the Singaporean uniform was a t-shirt, shorts and flip flops, or when blogshop fashion ruled local campuses. The number of bona...
27 October 2017
Skyscanner Reveals The Cheapest Flights For Your Year End Holiday
Travel
Skyscanner Reveals The Cheapest Flights For Your Year End Holiday
The end of the year is approaching, and for Singaporeans that doesn’t just mean Christmas presents and New Years’ Eve parties, but also: clearing leav...
26 October 2017
5 Things Singaporean Workers Can Anticipate in the Future
Career
5 Things Singaporean Workers Can Anticipate in the Future
The options facing young workers in Singapore today are vastly different from what their parents had to contend with. The baby boomer generation was l...
23 October 2017
6 Singaporean Halloween Costumes For 2017 That Cost Less Than $50
Entertainment
6 Singaporean Halloween Costumes For 2017 That Cost Less Than $50
Singaporeans embrace Halloween almost as warmly as they do Christmas, as evidenced by the number of people queuing to get into Zouk’s annual Halloween...
20 October 2017
3 Things That Could Push Companies to Hire Older PMETs and Not Just Fresh Grads or Foreigners
Career
3 Things That Could Push Companies to Hire Older PMETs and Not Just Fresh Grads or Foreigners
Singapore’s dog-eat-dog work environment brings to mind young office workers on the brink of burn-out, rushing to work on the MRT every day during rus...
19 October 2017