Even if your hobby isn’t flying your private jet or riding and grooming your pet horses, the most innocuous of interests can still end up costing a pretty penny. Just...

Hit up Orchard Road on a weekend and you’ll practically be crowdsurfing waves of shopping bag-toting Singaporeans as they try on outfits at H&M, stare wistfully at designer handbags at...

There are some events in Singapore that so blatantly exist solely to rip people off of as much money as possible that I’m surprised they don’t just ask you to...

To Singaporean employers, perks usually mean things like a gym membership, medical insurance or being allowed to wear jeans on Casual Friday. But being allowed to work from home is...

Directness is definitely not one of Singaporeans’ virtues. One only has to look on Stomp to see that passive-aggressive behaviour reigns instead of a straightforward approach. When it comes to...

You might not find too many Paris Hilton-lookalikes in Singapore, but that doesn’t mean that society at large doesn’t have its own brand of materialism. The Singapore of the past...

For many Singaporean employees, job hunting is like practising a sport—you have to do it all the time to keep yourself on your toes. That explains the high turnover rate...

Kopi is no longer cool enough for Singaporeans. Ever since hipster cafes started springing up everywhere like mushrooms after the rain, there’s been a surge of interest in coffee. All...

Even if you don’t completely loathe your job, you’ve got to admit that there are days when time just seems to crawl by. You struggle to keep your eyelids open...

You might refer to your car as your “wife” and have spent many loving hours polishing its rims. But no matter how much care and attention you lavish on your...

Think back to your first credit card and how you chose it. Did you pick it because you liked the colour, or because a salesman from the bank approached you...

One of the most expensive things about living in Singapore is keeping a roof over your head. Apart from a hefty mortgage, many Singaporeans seriously underestimate how much it costs...

You might have devised an elaborate budget at the beginning of the year, complete with colour coding, spreadsheets and motivation graphics. But if you’re unable to stick to it, you...

Singaporeans all over the island freaked out when the Straits Times published this article last year declaring that they were going to need $1 million in order to retire. Many...

Gone are the days when people were afraid to undo the chains from their ankles and take a break from work. The young Singaporean worker of today is more likely...

Singaporeans have complained, and the government has acted. It is now going to be even more difficult for foreign hires to bring their families to Singapore as they will need...

They may not be the ones tearing up the boardrooms at Raffles Place or making millions in the world of commerce. But the ubiquitous Singaporean auntie is a force to...

Singaporean companies have trouble retaining their employees. Sounds harsh, but it’s true. Job hopping is accepted practice here, and famously unhappy employees are quick to jump ship the moment something...

Self-styled “happiness gurus” have long been preaching the fact that spending money on experiences yields more satisfaction than spending money on stuff. Presumably, this means that spending that $200 on...

The beauty industry can be such a scam at times. Products that cost hundreds of dollars can end up not working or losing their effectiveness after a few days. It’s...

As an employee, seeing 20% of your salary disappear into the bowels of the CPF can make your take-home pay look pretty pathetic. Now that I’m self-employed, even though I...

Singaporean workplaces are generally not known for the fantastic work-life balance they offer. In fact, a recent news report revealed that more and more Singaporeans are feeling unahppy about poor...

Singaporeans spend a huge chunk of their lives working to amass assets like property, stocks and cash. Singapore has one of the highest home ownership rates in the world, even...

Being a temp or contract worker can seem like a nice, non-threatening, low-commitment way to dip your toes into the career pool. After all, if your boss turns out to...

It can seem like only rich people in Singapore get to lead stress-free lives. After all, they’re not the ones standing cheek to jowl with a zillion other people on...