“Orchard Road is ‘kind of boring’”, ran a recent Straits Times headline. And for once, they hit the nail on the head sans sugar coating.

The number of freelancers in Singapore is steadily rising, and guess what, they’re not all Grab/Uber drivers.

When looking for an HDB flat to buy, you’ll probably have noticed one thing: if you want a flat in a desirable, central area, you’re stuck choosing between old, expensive...

You did not plan to have an empty bank account any more than you planned to not win this year’s Toto Hongbao Draw. Despite our best intentions, we are often...

Women’s rights are a sensitive issue in Singapore. Any argument that women face sexism, whether at work or in their personal lives, tends to get overshadowed by the retort that...

Anyone who complains there’s nothing to do in Singapore is wrong. There’s loads to do here—so long as you don’t mind spending tons of money to hop on the latest...

Remember that one time you decided to buy that diamond-encrusted watch/life-size blow-up doll/virtual reality home entertainment system that cost you thousands of dollars?

Got a wallet with enough slots to fit a 25-year-old kidult’s Pokemon card collection? Then you’ve already signed up for quite a few credit cards of your own. When you...

When former MP Lim Boon Heng urged Singaporeans to “work for as long as you can,” his comment was met with sneers. Singaporeans already know that in a couple of...

Productivity is a dirty word in Singapore. Employees here already work the longest hours in the world, yet businesses keep getting told they need to be even more productive. So,...

Thought the class of 2016 had it bad? Well, the class of 2017 will be graduating at a time when redundancies are as high as they’ve been in 7 years.

It’s a good thing that the unemployment rate has been so low for so many years. (Even right now, when redundancies are at a 7 year high, the unemployment rate...

China is one of the countries that Singaporeans like to pretend they know. Not only is the majority of our population of Chinese descent, but we live amongst and interact...

Filial piety is highly valued by mainstream society in Singapore. Without a proper pension system, it falls upon adult children to support their parents in old age if the latter...

Networking events are just as awkward and unappealing as Chinese New Year visits to disliked relatives.

Part of being kiasu is doing everything in advance, whether it’s beginning to prepare your kid for Harvard once he turns three, queuing up the night before for the release...

The days when travel agents would sell flight-and-hotel packages are deader than the dinosaurs.

According to some people, credit cards are of the devil. It’s almost if the moment that piece of plastic appears in your wallet, you are doomed right from the start.

Recently, a friend of mine who’s been working at a bank for more than 10 years told me she’s been thinking of alternative career plans in case she gets retrenched.

Feel like a corporate drone? Fit the profile of what they call a “millennial”? Then you must have at some point bought into the narrative about “finding your passion”.

Scrutinise the spending habits of any man on the streets and you’re sure to find items that make you snigger. But hey, just as you might judge somebody for spending...

The Singapore government prides itself on getting things done. It’s transformed the economy over a matter of decades, blah blah. But the one big, glaring failure has been the inability...

There’s a reason Singaporean kids wear such thick glasses and are more likely to be seen labouring over assessment books than frolicking at a playground. The wage gap between degree...

Singaporeans love milestones. The high point in many people’s lives is the day they receive their degree, get married or make that downpayment on their first home.

Despite our small size, that familiar Singaporean accent is often heard in Western European capitals. Singaporeans absolutely adore going to Europe on holiday, at least according to this survey, in...