The promise of a steady paycheck and not being unemployed is no longer enough to motivate millennials to show up at work every day and do a decent job. Younger...

There’s no doubt that Sim Lim Square has long been the place to go for electronics in Singapore, and this is even more so since Funan DigitaLife Mall closed for...

So you’ve done the research and applied for a whole bunch of credit cards in order to milk as many cash rebates, air miles and rewards points as you can....

For many, being a twenty-something in Singapore is about spending all your cash on hipster cafes and craft beer, signing up for your first credit cards, and posting photos of...

The school holidays are a time of freedom, fun and sleeping in. Well, that’s if you’re a kid, that is. If you’re a busy parent, you might be wringing your...

Ever had one of those days when you were so tired from work at the end of the day that you could barely even muster the energy to change out...

A lot has been said about millennials in Singapore, mostly in the form of snide remarks from the older generation about the “strawberry generation”. But don’t think that all millennials...

We all have that super kiasu friend or colleague who always, always chooses to err on the side of caution because he’s afraid some catastrophe will befall him.

Singaporeans are usually law-abiding folk because everyone’s so darned scared they’ll be caught and their future ruined.

For many people (mostly those under the age of 12), Christmas is when all your dreams come true, especially if those dreams involve a Nintendo 3DS or a new iPhone.

There are lots of things about Singapore that are open to debate—whether our hawker food is really that good, whether there’s a thriving arts scene, whether you should be sent...

You might have been sound asleep on Black Friday, or just trying to go cold turkey on online shopping, but if for whatever reason you missed Shopee’s Black Friday and...

Hands up all those Singaporeans who were forced to endure piano or violin lessons as kids! Chances are you struggled to play your way through those Mozart pieces, and silently...

Expats often look upon adult Singaporeans living with their parents with a mixture of disgust and scorn, regarding them as overgrown babies and freeloaders who are taking advantage of their...

I cannot imagine just how different life was before Facebook, Wikipedia, Google and iPhones. I mean, I’m (sadly!) old enough to remember those years but there are just so many...

On the surface, Singaporeans don’t look like glass-is-half-full, optimistic rays of sunshine. We’ve gained a reputation for being kiasee worriers who always anticipate the worst.

So, apparently Singaporeans are some of the world’s wealthiest people. If this recent report is to be believed, the average household wealth in Singapore is 277,000 USD (394,000 SGD).

Look around your office on a Monday morning, and the first adjective that immediately jumps out at you is, “SIAN”. You find yourself in a sea of black faces, all...

Ask any Singaporean about the economy, and he’s likely to turn to you with a black face. Everybody knows the economy is in trouble, but what does that actually mean?...

You might believe that brilliant business idea of yours proves that you’re a genius, but guess what—ideas are a dime a dozen. Even your bovine colleague who grunts at you...

There are many good things to be said about Singaporeans—hard-working, unaggressive and rule-abiding. But cheery and optimistic are definitely not Singaporean traits.

The end of the financial year ranks right up there with Christmas on the scale of most-hotly-anticipated days, because for many employees it means it’s time to find out what...

If there’s one thing a Singaporean loves more than shopping and eating on home ground, it’s shopping and eating on an overseas holiday. The thought of sitting down to a...

Everybody wants to meet that mentor who’ll haul them up to the pinnacle of their career. But instead, you often find that the people around you hold you back instead,...

Christmas is a time for opening presents in front of the fireplace, spreading the holiday cheer amongst friends, family and colleagues alike, and doing our bit to share with those...