Anybody who disputes those reports about Singapore being the most expensive city in the world (“got hawker food what!”) clearly doesn’t drink much beer: Thanks to our astronomical alcohol taxes,...

I have a complicated relationship with scuba diving. On the one hand, I love the feeling of drifting through the open sea and getting up close and personal with marine...

Before you head overseas for your end-of-year vacation, you’ll need money. And of course, you’ll head to the nearest money changer to exchange your hard-earned Singapore Dollars into the currency...

So the kids are wreaking havoc at home, and you think it might be a good idea to head out on a family outing so they can expend some of...

Location is everything when it comes to buying property. You wouldn’t want to live in Lim Chu Kang, or a home that required a 30 minute bus ride to get...

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Miniso is the kind of shop that you walk into expecting to buy stuff, but once you’re in there, you just end up getting lost in a sea of random...

HDB flats are designed for family living. Well they must be, since it’s so much harder to buy one when you’re single. But it seems pets are not considered part...

We’ve all been faced with this tough decision—you’re about to purchase that video game or that lacy underwear online, and the checkout process requires you to enter your credit card...

Supermodels Heidi Klum and Cindy Crawford did it. Action star Tom Cruise did it (at the ripe old age of 40 no less). Even Prince Harry did it, proof that...

Tell a Singaporean parent that their kid will become a lawyer when they grow up if they attend tuition classes at a special career prep centre charging $5,000 a month...

This post was written in collaboration with Singtel. While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless strive to maintain our editorial integrity and review products with the same objective...

Singaporeans are pretty risk-averse when it comes to quitting their safe jobs and striking it out on their own. Hence, it’s unsurprising that those rumours that real estate agents earn...

So you’ve bought your dream home. It’s located in a nice area that doesn’t require you to spend hours on public transport to get to work. You have a nice...

Thanks to the slew of publicity about the newly implemented MediShield Life, which covers all Singaporeans, it has resulted in more awareness and interest in finding out how much we’re...

Going on a holiday but leaving the little ones at home? If they’re human and one of them is over a certain age, you can just get them to babysit...

No matter how much you nag about the importance of saving money, your kids are going to learn a lot more from how you yourself spend, and the kinds of...

If you were born before 1950 and became a Singapore citizen before 1987, congratulations, you’re part of the Pioneer Generation. According to the government, you’re part of that first batch...

If the rumours are to be believed, Singapore was built using feng shui principles. Everything from that octagon on our $1 coins to the direction in which the Singapore Flyer...

So you’re thinking of visiting Singapore, but you can’t help but cringe at the prices, which look astronomical next to those in neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

So you’re about to take your A levels or complete your diploma this year, and after that you’ll hopefully get to enrol at a university. You have no idea what...

Budget 2018 may have come and gone, but with it came a few new measures aimed at helping lower- and middle-income households. That’s good, but do you also know that...

We are constantly being fed the message that it’s our responsibility to upgrade our skills and make sure we don’t become obsolete. If our careers stagnate or we get retrenched,...

When you first discover that some credit cards offer you rebates when you spend money, a cashback credit card can sound like a dream. After all, who doesn’t want to receive...

After slogging (or partying) your way through years of school, you’re finally ready to stop being a student and to enter the working world of adults. That means getting your...