The ultimate test of friendship is when you get invited to a wedding. If you’re not invited, or invited and not interested in going, then congratulations, you’ve been downgraded to “acquaintance”....

Think of getting married in Singapore, and the first images that come to mind are balloting for an HDB flat and a lavish wedding banquet.

Last year may have been the year of #SG50 but this year is definitely starting to be the year of #SGRugi. Assuming you don’t speak Bahasa Melayu, “rugi” means to...

Some Singaporeans are so addicted to shopping they get panic attacks when they realise how much they spent on that one trip to Orchard Road. Every few weeks, someone on...

While “free gift” is like a clarion call to Singaporean aunties islandwide to assemble outside their favourite FairPrice branch, we don’t actually have too many opportunities for a free lunch...

Recently, a good friend of mine declared that he wanted to start investing. As a lawyer earning a five figure annual sum, he’s amassed a pretty decent nest egg, but...

Have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? No, I’m not talking about the terrible Ashton Kutcher film from 2004, but the chaos theory concept it’s based on. Put simply, it...

Everyone in Singapore considers themselves some sort of culinary expert—but only when it comes to eating and not cooking, of course. Despite the fact that posting food pictures has gone...

So you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to save more money this year, but we’re just a week into 2016 and you’ve already gone back to your old ways. Sure,...

How did everyone’s New Year begin? Mine began with bumming around at home with my girlfriend. It was the best date of the year, and the fact that it didn’t...

Just like Singapore’s low birth rates and lack of work-life balance, incentivising child-rearing in the workplace has been discussed to death, but to little effect. And once again, experts are wondering...

If there’s one thing I learnt during my time in the corporate world, it’s that many SMEs are pretty clueless in terms of HR and managing their staff. All too...

Nobody ever said Singapore was a cheap place to live in. But some things here are more expensive than others. While everyone pretty much agrees you need to pay obscene...

Nobody wants to buy something that will make them unhappy. Even sadistic parents who put their kids through gruelling tuition sessions every day after school do so with the hopes...

If you take personal finance advice from women’s magazines or Men’s Health, you could be forgiven for thinking that credit cards are responsible for terrorism and the ebola virus. We...

It’s very apt that Singaporeans coined the term “blur sotong”, because there are quite a few unaware people in our midst, especially when it comes to spending. Money mysteriously disappears...

We already know Singaporeans spend tons of money on homes, cars and tuition for their kids. That’s all well and good, because they at least intend for their money to...

When I was in secondary school, I once borrowed $30 from a friend to buy some a pair of clownish JNCO jeans (oh the shame). That was my first and...

While it’s true that Singapore students have lots more tertiary education options now than they did ten years ago, to say we have a really diverse educational landscape is like...

Let’s face it, Singaporeans are just not that good at coming up with goals that haven’t been programmed by society. Other than the whole “degree, job, marriage, HDB” thing, people...

Applying for a job in Singapore is scary. But not because you’re afraid you won’t find another—we’ve got a robust job market which means leaving your job for a new...

Unless your boss is the devil incarnate, you’ve probably received news of your salary increment for 2016… although let’s admit it, there’s a good chance your increment barely keeps pace...

So, did you manage to keep any of the New Year’s resolutions you made at the end of last year? If your year went anything like ours did, your resolution...

It may have been the year of #SimiSaiAlsoSG50, but it was also not all fun and games. In the midst of a global recession that saw the China stock market...

If you haven’t bought your Christmas gifts yet, be afraid, be very afraid. You’re at risk of spending your final week before the holidays being elbowed in the face by...