
Career
Here’s How Singaporeans Make Themselves Look Bad at a Job Interview
You don’t need need to be Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie to impress somebody at a job interview. On a Tinder date, maybe, but not a job interview, unless you’re...
17 January 2017

Budgeting
3 Things to Know About the Higher Re-Employment Age That Kicks In This Year
Beginning in the second half of 2017, the re-employment age in Singapore will be raised from 65 to 67.
16 January 2017

Budgeting
3 Things You Should Do Early in the Year to Set Yourself Up for a Better 2017
Happy New Year! It’s 2017 and really, what can go wrong? Okay, that sounds a little too optimistic, but after the year that was 2016, just about anything 2017 gives...
16 January 2017

Budgeting
3 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Actually Stick To Your Resolution to Save More Money
There are some things you just never, ever feel like doing. Visiting relatives you suspect secretly hate you over Chinese New Year is one of them. Waking up at 7am...
16 January 2017

Education
3 Tips for Freelance Tutors Who Don’t Want to Get Ripped Off by Agencies and Clients
We’ve all heard of those superstar tutors who earn over a million bucks a month. But not all tutors are rolling in cash. Many Singaporeans moonlight as private tutors after...
13 January 2017

Opinion
3 Reasons Why Singapore Might Finally Stand a Chance of Becoming Car-Lite
For a moment there, all the government’s exhortations to turn Singapore into a car-lite city seemed to be falling on deaf ears.
12 January 2017

Dining
Instead of Hogging Seats at Fastfood and Coffee Joints, Students Can Study at These 5 Free or Cheap Places
Think Starbucks and images of people reading books while sipping on frappucinos spring to mind. Think McDonald’s and greasy burgers getting wolfed down by teenagers in trendy streetwear are the...
12 January 2017

Opinion
3 Tips Singaporeans Should Heed to Live Comfortably Without a Huge Salary
Many people will tell you that Singapore’s great for the rich, but not so great if you’re not making tons of money.
11 January 2017

Family
3 Ways You Can Make Good Use of Your Child’s Ang Bao Money
Each year, you dress your kid up like a Chinadoll and send him or her, armed with two Mandarin oranges, out into Chinese New Year gatherings with the aim of...
10 January 2017

Budgeting
4 Places Singaporeans Pay to Go to But Can Actually Recreate at Home
Have you ever asked yourself, in the middle of a karaoke session with drunken friends, why you were actually paying $30 to listen to the world’s worst singer for 2...
9 January 2017

Career
When is a Side Job Worth the Time When You Already Have a Day Job?
It might make you uncomfortable that your income depends entirely on your boss’s mood, and the day he sends you packing is also the day you say hello to a...
9 January 2017

Opinion
Comparison Sites Obviously Benefit Consumers – Here Are Three Industries in Singapore That Need Them the Most
2016 was a year defined by choices, and more accurately, choices that were often made without having all the facts at hand. It’s a year dominated by fake news sites...
6 January 2017

Career
3 Things Young Singaporeans Who’ve Given Up on Their Job Searches Should Do in the Meantime
It’s not been an easy year for the class of 2016. Hiring has slowed this year and entry-level jobs are harder to come by.
6 January 2017

Travel
5 Budget Trips in the Region Singaporeans Can Enjoy No Matter What Kind of Holidays They Like
Whenever one of your colleagues is on leave, there’s a 95% chance he’s not shaking a leg at home but gallivating on an overseas holiday. It’s no secret that Singaporeans...
5 January 2017

Business
4 Things Businesses Should Consider When Expanding Overseas
This story is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited (“SCBSL”). 2016 has seen a very strong push from the Government for Singapore Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to move...
5 January 2017

Career
6 Fashion Faux Pas You Should Avoid at That Job Interview
Not everybody needs to show up to a job interview in a G2000 suit. Okay fine, if your job interview takes place at a corner office at Marina Bay Financial...
5 January 2017

Wedding
4 Things to Cut Out of Your Wedding if You Want to Save a Significant Amount of Cash
People think getting married in Singapore is expensive, but it really costs only $26 to ROM—yes, even on “auspicious” dates like the 8th of August.
4 January 2017

Family
3 Ways Singaporean Parents Can Teach Their Teenage Children How to Manage Money
Got a teenager in the house? Unbeknownst to you, he’s probably spending a ton of time stalking other kids his age on Instagram, marvelling at the fabulous, expensive lives these...
4 January 2017

Opinion
3 Huge Retirement Mistakes Singaporeans Need to Avoid Making
Forget about buying that big house or fancy car. In Singapore, you’ve reached the pinnacle of financial success when you have enough to retire on without having to rely on...
3 January 2017

Career
3 Budgeting Tips for Singaporeans Who Aren’t Earning a Steady Paycheck
The life of a freelancer is distinctly different from those of his office-going, salary-earning peers.
3 January 2017

Dining
8 Hipster Cafes in Singapore Where You Can Enjoy a Main Course For No More Than $15
Everyone loves a good, sit-down restaurant meal every now and then, but let’s be honest here—cafes are definitely the stars of Singapore’s F&B scene right now.
30 December 2016

Family
3 Things You Might be Doing That are Sabotaging Your Child’s Ability to Manage His Finances in the Future
Any parent will tell you they want the best for their kid. What differs is what each one considers the “best”. Some parents will wield the cane to ensure their...
30 December 2016

Travel
Here’s How You Can Stay at Some of the World’s Most Luxurious Hotels Without Paying a Ton of Money
Singaporean foodies all over the island have been using The Entertainer to enjoy one-for-one meals at restaurants. The app has become a must-have for people who like to eat out...
29 December 2016

Career
3 Ways Perfectly Competent Singaporean Employees Sabotage Their Careers
That colleague of yours who’s so spectacularly incompetent that even the interns make him look stupid? Either his days of being employed are numbered, or he’s working for a family...
29 December 2016

Travel
Want to Spend Your Sabbatical in Thailand? Here’s How to Do It
It would be pretty awesome to be able to eat $2 pad thai every day of the week, in between $8 massages and shopping sprees at hip malls where everything...
27 December 2016