3 Ways Tertiary Students Can Keep Their School Holidays Cheap While Still Having Fun
You’ve been slogging away during the school term, and now it’s finally the holidays. Woohoo. The only problem ...
28 November 2016
4 Easy Ways to Make Some Spare Cash if You Play a Musical Instrument
Your parents put you through years of piano, violin or flute lessons, and now the only thing you can play ...
7 November 2016
These 3 Industries are Booming Thanks to Singaporeans’ Lifestyles
Remember the old days when Singaporeans used to head to Orchard Road in order to shop till they dropped? ...
7 November 2016
3 Services That Could be Uberised in Singapore
Singaporeans are always complaining about having insufficient money, insufficient time, or both. That’s ...
31 October 2016
5 Super Cheap Handmade Gifts That Don’t Suck and Can Be Made in Bulk for Colleagues, Weddings and Whatnot
They say it’s the thought that counts when you give gifts. But sometimes you really wonder what kinds of ...
3 October 2016
4 Almost-Free Activities to Do with Friends That Won’t Get You Rejected
Maintaining a social life in Singapore isn’t the cheapest thing, which explains why so many people’s only ...
30 September 2016
5 Crazy Ways People Try to Get into the Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool Without Paying for a Full Room
Forget the Merlion. Singapore’s most iconic sight is without a doubt the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, which ...
29 September 2016
4 Hobbies That Are Not Only Free to Pick Up But Also Boost Your Street Cred
Everyone knows there are free or very cheap hobbies out there, but the problem is that a great many of ...
24 September 2016
4 Ways to Turn Your Favourite Hobby into a Moneymaker in Singapore
On the surface, it looks like Singaporeans do nothing but work, work and work some more. But there are ...
23 September 2016
Just How Much is The Great Singapore (Graphic) Novel Really Worth?
It seemed like the whole of Singapore was at Marina Bay Sands two weekends ago. Foodies could be found ...
20 September 2016
4 Simple Pleasures That Every Singaporean Can Enjoy For Free
Whoever came up with that $2.7 million dining package that recently made the news, involving a helicopter ...
3 September 2016
4 Absolutely Free Activities That are Not Pokémon Go but Will Still Enable You to Explore Singapore
I’ve seen many Singaporeans express frustration at the Pokémon Go zombie apocalypse, but I think it’s great ...
16 August 2016
5 Super Skills You Can Pick Up Absolutely Free
Those kids whose daddies have money might be sending them to tuition classes and golf lessons to give them ...
4 July 2016
4 Ways to Feel Like a Tourist Without Leaving Singapore
It’s not news that Singaporeans try to flee the country each time they have the chance. We all have that ...
6 April 2016
5 Atas-Sounding Things It’s Possible to Do Cheaply In and Around Singapore
Singapore to me might mean sweating it out under the hot sun, plates of char kway teow and Milo ping in ...
2 April 2016
The MoneySmart Guide to Singapore Movie Discounts 2016
The cheapest way to watch a movie is *cough* illegal. Since we would never dream of doing that, ahem, we ...
30 March 2016
3 Social Experiences Singaporeans Will Inevitably Regret Spending Money On
Years ago, scientists discovered that spending on experiences instead of material goods makes you happier. ...
18 March 2016
3 Places Where Tired Office Workers Can Take a Power Nap in the Singapore CBD
If you ask me how I feel at work most of the time, my answer would be: sleepy. And judging by the exhausted ...
17 March 2016
10 Cheap Things to Do When Having Friends Over at Your Place
So you’ve blown all your cash on your resale flat and are now enjoying the much-delayed experience of having ...
8 March 2016
Is Singtel’s Music Streaming Plan Worth Cancelling Your Spotify Premium Account For?
In case it’s not obvious from my previous articles, I jiak kantang. That’s a Singlish term using the Hokkien ...
7 March 2016
5 Ways Singaporean Gamers Can Stop Wasting Money
Virtually every Singaporean male (and a good number of females) is a gamer. Whether you’re one of the many ...
1 February 2016
3 Hacks That Can Lower the Cost of Dating in Singapore
While singles in other countries scramble to download Tinder in the run-up to Valentines’ Day, in Singapore ...
27 January 2016
3 Expensive Ways Singaporeans Spend Time Hanging Out and Their Cheaper Alternatives
Having fun in Singapore can be hard sometimes, not just because this country is full of boring sticks-in-the-mud ...
16 December 2015
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 ...
1 December 2015
How Singaporeans Can Entertain Visitors From Out of Town Without Going Broke
Every so often, you get a call from friends living overseas who excitedly tell you that they’re coming ...
17 November 2015