Recently, Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo announced that LTA would continue doling out free morning rides to commuters for another year. Sure, the idea sounds great in principle. Offer...

Time is money, and I’m not just saying that because I’ve got something against those people who spend all their lives surfing Facebook. Part of the reason Singaporeans spend so...

What are you going to do with your first paycheck? Ask a bunch of millennials that, and they’ll probably tell you: buy a Prada bag, open a bottle at the...

The phrase “digital wallet” must ring some sort of bell by now, even for the most technologically backward amongst us, simply because everyone’s been going on and on about them—well,...

Most Singaporeans will never, ever have to rent property. Many just make the transition from children living in their parents’ flats to (mostly married) homeowners. That’s just the way things...

Singaporeans complain so much about not having enough money and the high cost of living that you’d think everyone was eating stale bread for dinner, with an old TV set...

Those kids whose daddies have money might be sending them to tuition classes and golf lessons to give them the edge over their peers, but don’t worry, as an adult...

When it comes to the job market, there is no mercy. One day you’re coasting on the high of being at a cushy spot on the career ladder, and the...

Everyone has that hipster friend who owns an actual typewriter which he displays proudly in his room right beside his MacBook. Things that were once considered old and decrepit are...

People who count down to payday every month aren’t all poor. According to this recent news report, a lot of the people who end up in credit counselling because they...

You know that period of time in your life when all your Facebook friends are taking turns to get married? I’m on the tail end of it, which means that...

People always give Singaporeans flak for not being entrepreneurial enough, but that might not be entirely fair. Sure, we might not have another Mark Zuckerberg (and we bet Mark Zuckerberg...

So a friend of mine goes on a blind date and the guy takes her to Starbucks. When they’re at the counter, he leaves her to pay for her own...

It used to be that contract workers were just one rung above pond scum, and two rungs above interns. They were just there to do a job the company’s employees...

To many old folks in Singapore, the road to a good life used to be to study hard, get a nice, cushy PMET job and then live out the rest...

When it comes to planning for retirement, it’s not just about plucking a magical number out of thin air, and hoping that you will be able to achieve it.

For many of us in Singapore, when we think of Britain, we’re probably thinking of how the England, Wales and Northern Ireland national soccer teams are all still in the...

When you step off the plane at Phuket Airport, you invariably see groups of Singaporeans lining up at the duty free shop to buy bottles of Martell for their dirty...

It’s becoming the norm for upwardly mobile young Singaporeans to spend lavishly to make their lifestyles look as Instagrammable as possible.

Part-time jobs for Singapore students are quite unromantic, at least for those who are serious about making money. You’re more likely to see university students breathing down their tuition kids’...

Never try to part a Singaporean from his overseas holidays. If you’re denying an employee his annual leave for that weekend trip, you could well find him on MC on...

So your resume isn’t actually the best in the world, but neither is everyone else’s, aside from the odd overachiever. Why then have you received no call-backs after attending so...

When I was a kid, there were only two reasons you went overseas to study. Either you were a high-flyer who had obtained an all-expenses paid scholarship to a prestigious...

Singapore is known for efficiency, not so much for quality. Sounds harsh, but it’s the truth. We can get stuff done fast, but when there’s no quality control companies try...

One of those phrases Singaporeans chant all the time like a mantra is “it’s better to die than get sick in Singapore”.