As the end of the month approaches, you realise with dismay that you’ve busted your budget again thanks to the 500 McDonald’s meals you bought in order to get your...

I once went to the home of a friend who was a professed foodie and home chef. Her kitchen was more high tech than my friggin’ computer, and was also...

Weekend getaways are one of the things that keep Singaporeans sane and stop us from feeling like life is just one neverending work day. But annual leave is in limited...

I’ve been dreaming of retirement ever since I started working… that’s how traumatic my first job was. So it’s really never too early to start planning for the day when...

In Singapore, whoever has the cash holds all the power. It’s embarrassing but true that employers in Singapore do not have the best reputation when it comes to treating their...

It’s a modern day horror story–the tragic tale of how two HDB flat owners got their homes confiscated by the authorities after renting out their flats on Airbnb has struck...

It’s pretty safe to say that baby boomer bosses in Singapore hate having to hire millennials, other than for the reason that they’re cheap.

Singaporeans have this curious habit of going on staycations—in other words, paying hundreds of dollars to stay in a hotel that’s at most an hour’s drive from where they live....

It seems like just yesterday when all the cool kids were hanging out in shopping malls. These days, the only people who think the Orchard Road malls are cool are...

Singaporeans are some of the world’s most prolific tourists. If you want to know all the good shopping spots in Bangkok, the best restaurants in Hong Kong or the nicest...

Singaporean parents, if you want to ensure your kid has a bright financial future, flooding him with tuition and enrichment classes isn’t going to get him there, especially not if...

Singaporean students have long flocked to courses that can easily funnel them into high paying jobs—that’s why there’s so much competition for courses like medicine, business, law and accounting.

Going “budget” doesn’t always have to mean going “cheap”. Sometimes it’s really a matter of getting the most out of your money. For example, every Monday in June, Grab is...

School’s out for most of Singapore’s university students, and soon Raffles Place will receive an injection of fresh-faced graduates in spanking new G2000 office wear.

On the surface, Singaporeans look like a serious, hardworking, prudent bunch who don’t take any risks and always do the responsible thing.

Holidays are serious business here in Singapore. At the beginning of each year, Singaporeans count with bated breath the number of long weekends. Then they start to anticipate making their...

It’s 2016 and almost everyone in Singapore has a smartphone. So it’s hard to imagine that there was a time, not so long ago, when a mobile phone without a...

The average Singaporean fresh grad has a resumé as long as his 55-year-old father does, since he’s probably been interning aggressively since the age of 14.

I love Steam sales. For the two of you living under a rock who don’t know what Steam is, it’s an online game distribution platform that regularly gives massive discounts...

Remember the days when virtually every polytechnic student was running some kind of blogshop selling clothes sourced from City Plaza or Bangkok?

Singapore might be the safest country in the world, but for shopholics, it could well be one of the most dangerous.

When I was a kid, the main child-related things my parents spent on other than the necessary food and clothes were Enid Blyton books, My Little Pony figurines and that...

The kiasu Singaporean strikes again! A recent news report detailed how certain Singaporeans were “overusing” their medical insurance policies and driving the premiums up for the rest of us.

As a kid, my decision on which snacks to eat more often than not depended on what toy was included in the package. That might be rather similar to the...

In the wonderful world of Singapore, COE prices are one of our favourite topics to bitch about over a nice steaming cup of kopi-C or hipster coffee (depending on your...