Singaporeans are master outsourcers. We like to pay people to do everything for us, from household chores and minding the kids to washing our cars and feeding ourselves. We never...

If you’ve been to several McDonald’s outlets recently, you may have noticed their new self-ordering touchscreen kiosks. I love the idea, it allows me to order at my leisure without...

It’s getting more expensive to raise kids than to upkeep a thieving mistress these days. Kids in school uniforms play games on the latest, greatest smartphones while their elders get...

I’m probably going to show my age here, but I’m old enough to remember the days when we had to carpool to get into the CBD for free. Back in...

The average Singaporean under 35 changes job every 3.4 years. Unless you plan on being abused by your current boss for the rest of your life, it’s worth your while...

It’s close to the end of the year and you know what that means – flu season. Yep, in Singapore, flu season is typically from December to February and from...

Ten years ago, Singaporeans had to flock overseas to shop at H&M and Uniqlo. These days, we have almost every retail option we could hope for on our shores except…...

No, you’re not in a long-distance relationship if your significant other lives in Pasir Ris while you’re somewhere in Woodlands. Yes, we know taking public transport to your SO’s place...

The COE prices have gone up again, defying all logical explanation. Just like a certain Indonesian Vice-President. Singaporeans have gotten used to paying thousands of dollars just to own a...

Shopping is Singapore’s national sport, and trust me, that’s not a compliment. Addiction to shopping is like a national disease. People get into mountains of credit card debt, spend months...

If you were to do a random poll of Singaporeans, you’d probably find that 60-70% of them have travelling on their perpetual life wishlist. Why the wanderlust? Well, there could...

Talk about salary in Singapore and people react in two ways—they either berate themselves for not making it into medical school, or they wish they had a life to go...

So you’ve just graduated and you’re about to enter the working world. The minute you step into the office on your first day at work, you look around for attractive...

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. After all, your product must be pretty impressive if it’s going to get copied. We’ve heard of “brands” like “Johnnie...

For many Singaporean students, uni days aren’t a carefree time of drunken debauchery and experimentation—they’re an intense three or four years during which one tries to chalk up as many...

Every so often, you get a call from friends living overseas who excitedly tell you that they’re coming to Singapore and have appointed you as their guide! Yippee. That means...

For those of you old enough to remember when Singtel was the only telecommunication company in Singapore, do you remember how you felt when M1 came into the picture? And...

The hipsters of Singapore profess that they love shopping at thrift stores in theory, but in reality they get all their gear at Haji Lane. And despite the fact that...

Were you one of those who took advantage of the Deepavali public holiday to take a short trip overseas? Did you buy travel insurance for your trip? Of course you...

Singaporeans are big food wasters, according to reports revealing that 792,000 tons of food was wasted in 2013. We like to boast about being huge foodies, but take a look...

There are some very seedy airports in the world, and you only realise this when you’re forced to sleep on the cold, hard floor of one of them, praying the...

In an ideal world, anyone with the will to work hard in any full-time job would earn enough money to maintain a decent standard of living.

As much as I know they’re just clickbait, I’m a sucker for those lists of “Top Travel Destinations” or “X Places You Must Visit Before You Die”… especially those featuring...

Writing a resume can feel like penning a fairytale or a dating agency profile in which you need to turn your painfully average Boon Peh into Brad Pitt.

Statistically speaking, the biggest reason why people tend to take out a personal loan is actually to pay off other outstanding debt. This makes obvious sense as you end up...