When you only have x vacation days a year, not using them to go on holiday can make life seem, well, not worth living. What’s the point in all those...

Never lend money to friends unless you can handle never seeing it again, says just about everyone. But let’s face it, if you were that rich you would just give...

In Singapore, it’s pretty much understood that if you want money you’re going to have to sacrifice time—lots and lots of time, judging by the fact that Singaporeans work the...

An estimated 10% of all Singaporeans have the Eiffel Tower on their Facebook cover page. Another 20% have photos of themselves  beaming in front of a Parisian skyline. Of these...

I get offended by people who insist that if you’re not earning enough, it means you’re not working hard enough. Because who says you need to get a traditional job...

We pay so much in petrol each month that entire credit cards have been dedicated to making these monthly extractions less painful. So the idea of buying an electric car...

Remember when you were in school and used to laugh at those kids with braces, calling them metal mouths? Well guess what, now the tables have turned, and after all...

So you think Laneway is for wimps. You want to go to a real music festival, one with mud, tents and portaloos. Fuji Rock Festival, which is happening from 24...

Nobody these days expects you to stay in your company, or even in your industry, for life. I know a lawyer who didn’t show up again after his first day...

Ah, Mustafa… a magician’s hat filled with low cost goodies. Whenever someone asks where to buy cheap electronics, change currency at a good rate or save money on their toiletries,...

Every Singaporean makes it to London at some point. Even if you have barely travelled, there’s a high chance your very first long overseas trip will involve London. The fact...

Think “retiree” and you get images of some old guy in a Hawaiian shirt, pina colada in hand, lounging in a Bali resort. This guy lives in the lap of...

Anyone can see the logic behind buying a can of Tiger Beer at the supermarket and imbibing it at the void deck of your HDB block. But do the same...

We’re young and we’re hot and we just wanna have fun… goes just about every Ke$ha song. Every morning, hordes of young Singaporean professionals click-clack through Raffles Place MRT and...

It’s all well and good to tell people to save money on alcohol by going for happy hour. But many bars’ happy hours basically give the middle finger to anybody...

Losing money can be like a nuclear-scale catastrophe—a sudden serious illness, a stock market crash or the collapse of a business. But it can also be like death from a...

Ask any Singaporean on the streets if they’re making enough money and you’ll be met with a sneer and a cynical remark. Sure, many are just being complainers. But with...

Foreigners usually have this image of Singaporeans as this sterile bunch of robots who follow the rules and never take a step out of line. Well, these people have obviously...

Complaining about the rising cost of living is not going to help you to retire earlier. But these days it seems like that’s the only thing a lot of Singaporeans...

With property prices falling like a coconut above your head, you may be lured into thinking that any deal is a good deal right now. Whether you’re looking for property...

They say money can’t buy you love, but sometimes you need to spend a little to stop yourself from losing touch with the rest of the human race (and no,...

There’s a big difference between navigating traffic and searching for pirated DVDs in JB and going on holiday to Penang. Think of all the retro things you miss about Singapore—shophouses...

Back in the old days, people did everything themselves—from mending holes in their shirts to cooking their own meals. As the country grew more prosperous and more modern, people started...

It’s been a year since we published our last list of savings accounts that don’t suck, and a bit has changed. Some of you have eschewed traditional savings accounts in...

Nobody cares about things like credit ratings or the dangers of alcohol poisoning when they’re young, hot and foolish. But one day all that YOLO is going to catch up...