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4 Reasons Singaporeans are So Easily Scammed These Days
4 Reasons Singaporeans are So Easily Scammed These Days
Ask anyone from Hong Kong, Mainland China or India what they think of Singaporeans, and you’ll often hear ...
8 November 2016
5 Ways Singaporeans Parents Make Having Kids More Expensive Than it Has to Be
5 Ways Singaporeans Parents Make Having Kids More Expensive Than it Has to Be
Everyone in Singapore knows raising kids here is expensive. That’s why the government has gone so far as ...
31 October 2016
3 Big Things on Singaporeans’ Minds About Retiring and Growing Old
3 Big Things on Singaporeans’ Minds About Retiring and Growing Old
One of the most striking sights to first-time visitors in Singapore is the number of elderly people working ...
25 October 2016
Graduating With a General Degree? Here’s Why Young Singaporeans Shouldn’t Panic
Graduating With a General Degree? Here’s Why Young Singaporeans Shouldn’t Panic
There’s been a lot of talk about how hard it’s been for recent graduates to find jobs. But let’s be clear—there’s ...
21 October 2016
3 Money Saving Tricks That are Totally Not Worth the Time and Effort
3 Money Saving Tricks That are Totally Not Worth the Time and Effort
I’ve actually considered giving up shampoo because I read on the Internet that you could wash your hair ...
10 October 2016
3 Random Lifestyle Purchases That Singaporeans Think Make Them Cooler, But Actually Cost a Ton of Money in the Long Run
3 Random Lifestyle Purchases That Singaporeans Think Make Them Cooler, But Actually Cost a Ton of Money in the Long Run
Despite our world-class education system, some Singaporeans seem prone to doing things without thinking. ...
7 October 2016
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5 Vices That Cost Singaporeans Big Money
The steoreotypical Singaporean uncle’s main hobbies are gambling at the casino, buying 4D and Toto, drinking ...
4 October 2016
3 Suggestions That Might Make the “Great” Singapore Sale Actually Worth Going For Again
3 Suggestions That Might Make the “Great” Singapore Sale Actually Worth Going For Again
Once upon a time, life in Singapore was one big sale. Orchard Road was The Place to Be in town, and the ...
3 October 2016
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Here’s What Singaporeans Should Know About the Revamped CPF Investment Scheme
We all like Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. According to a recent Yahoo! poll, some 69% of ...
29 September 2016
7 Psychological Reasons Why Singaporeans Keep Overspending
7 Psychological Reasons Why Singaporeans Keep Overspending
Oops, I did it again. That seems to be the refrain of the many Singaporeans who aren’t exactly shabbily ...
21 September 2016
3 Ways Singaporeans Can Give Back to the Community That Doesn’t Involve Just Donating Money
3 Ways Singaporeans Can Give Back to the Community That Doesn’t Involve Just Donating Money
One day, when you strike Toto, you’ll donate a ton of cash to charity and become a philanthropist. Since ...
15 September 2016
How Can the Singapore Government Stop Scholars from Breaking their Bonds?
How Can the Singapore Government Stop Scholars from Breaking their Bonds?
Every Singaporean parent’s dream is to have a kid who grows up to become a “scholar”. Not only are they ...
13 September 2016
Here’s Why The Digitization of the Insurance Industry is Going To Have a Huge Impact For Singaporeans
Here’s Why The Digitization of the Insurance Industry is Going To Have a Huge Impact For Singaporeans
When some Singaporeans think of insurance, they still get nightmares of their army or university friends ...
13 September 2016
4 Fads Singaporeans Have Spent Tons of Time and Money on in the Last Decade
4 Fads Singaporeans Have Spent Tons of Time and Money on in the Last Decade
When fads take hold in Singapore, they have the tendency to spiral out of control. The island is so densely ...
1 September 2016
3 Bad Money Habits Singaporean Millennials Have Inherited From Their Parents
3 Bad Money Habits Singaporean Millennials Have Inherited From Their Parents
Enough of all that Millennial bashing already. Sure, we may have been born into a prosperous society, and ...
23 August 2016
Why Initiatives Like Car-Free Sunday and Orchard Road’s Pedestrian Night Have Been Such Flops
Why Initiatives Like Car-Free Sunday and Orchard Road’s Pedestrian Night Have Been Such Flops
Once the nation’s pride and joy, Singapore’s shopping scene is now a shadow of its former self. Vacant ...
18 August 2016
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4 Free Ways Singaporeans Can Make Their Morning Commutes Less Stressful
44% of Singaporeans have complained that their commute to work stresses them out in a 2015 survey. And ...
17 August 2016
3 Ways Work in Singapore Will Change in the Next 20 Years
3 Ways Work in Singapore Will Change in the Next 20 Years
Let’s be honest here. The only thing pleasant about working in Singapore right now is the fact that the ...
16 August 2016
Is Kiasu Singaporean Parenting Really Going to Give Kids a Bright, Wealthy Future?
Is Kiasu Singaporean Parenting Really Going to Give Kids a Bright, Wealthy Future?
If you look only at the numbers, Singaporean kids have everything going for them. In a recent survey 52% ...
15 August 2016
3 Ways Singaporeans Should Invest in Themselves That Might Actually Pay Off
3 Ways Singaporeans Should Invest in Themselves That Might Actually Pay Off
“Go on course lor” – that’s the typical Singaporean response when you ask what the best way to upgrade ...
15 August 2016
There’s A New CPF LIFE Option – But Do We Need Another Option?
There’s A New CPF LIFE Option – But Do We Need Another Option?
We’re often spoilt for choice here in Singapore, but not all choices are equal. No one gives you a second ...
11 August 2016
3 Ways to Improve Our Public Transport System That Have Nothing to Do With Frequency, Overcrowding or Breakdowns
3 Ways to Improve Our Public Transport System That Have Nothing to Do With Frequency, Overcrowding or Breakdowns
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell you what’s wrong with Singapore’s public transport system—it’s ...
7 August 2016
3 Silly Financial Mistakes Even Young, Educated Singaporeans are Making
3 Silly Financial Mistakes Even Young, Educated Singaporeans are Making
Aunties and uncles aren’t the only ones making bad financial decisions in Singapore. While the pioneer ...
3 August 2016
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3 Very Singaporean Problems More Money Can’t Seem to Solve
For Singaporeans, money is at the root of most of our problems, or at least that’s what we think. Most ...
27 July 2016
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Why Millennials Should Care about What the Government is Doing to Keep Older Singaporeans Employed
So recently, Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that Singapore’s retirement age will have to go someday. And of ...
26 July 2016