
Budgeting
4 Ways Singaporeans Will Benefit From Having a 4th Telco
Hands up everyone who hates their telco for overcharging them every month for a pathetic amount of data, but is helpless because, uh, we only have three and it often...
24 November 2016

Shopping
12 Amazing Deals on Shopee That You Will Regret Missing on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Singaporeans definitely need no introduction to Black Friday and Cyber Monday by now. You can be sure that if there was a world championships of finding good deals online, we’d...
24 November 2016

Travel
Here’s What Kind of Hotel Room $50 Will Get You in Various Cities All Over the World
We all know finding a place to live in Singapore is freaking expensive, weak property market notwithstanding, especially considering living in a tent is officially illegal. But what about staying...
23 November 2016

Budgeting
Here’s How A Little Spending Can Make Your Life Better, But Only If You Do It Correctly
$5 doesn’t take you very far in Singapore. It’s a sum of money you can spend without even realising it—on a tasteless meal at some cookie cutter food court that...
23 November 2016

Travel
Singapore Drivers Going to Malaysia versus Malaysian Drivers Coming to Singapore – Who Pays More?
A favourite pastime of many Singaporeans is heading north to visit our neighbours in Johor over the weekend to enjoy relatively cheap shopping and delicious food, not to mention the...
22 November 2016

Travel
3 Tips for Maximising Your Money on Your Year-End Overseas Trip
The Christmas season brings to mind wintry scenes and happy families, chestnuts roasting on an open fire and presents under the tree.
22 November 2016

Health Insurance
Here’s What Singaporeans Really Need To Know About Planning for Health Shocks
Most Singaporeans have some awareness of how expensive falling sick can get here. But guess what—it seems like, for all our complaining, we’re still not fully aware of the financial...
22 November 2016

Credit Cards
Cashback, Free Petrol or Uber Rebates – Which Credit Card Sign Up Bonus is Best for You?
Competition is always good for the consumer. In the very highly competitive industries of private car hires and credit cards in Singapore, we consumers are the ones who benefit from...
21 November 2016

Career
4 Ways Singaporeans Working Long Hours Can Keep Their Health and Sanity at the Office
Considering the amount of time Singaporeans spend buying and then renovating their homes, they don’t get to spend as much time in them as they might like.
21 November 2016

Opinion
4 Scams That Singaporeans Are Still Falling For and What You Should Know
Singaporeans are very proud of the fact that theirs is one of the safest cities in the world, often citing as proof their ability to walk around at 3 in...
21 November 2016

Shopping
Early Christmas Shopping in Singapore – The Best Deals This Week
Last minute shopping for Christmas is a surefire method to both spend way more than you should, and also cause some really unnecessary stress. Thankfully, there’s quite a lot happening...
17 November 2016

Budgeting
4 Scams Singaporeans Lose Money In That Aren’t Actually Illegal
In Singapore, you might not find scammers at street markets who’ll try to charge you five times the actual price of an item, or street hawkers who harass you to...
17 November 2016

Family
3 Things Parents Should Avoid Doing if They Don’t Want to Go Broke During the School Holidays
As much as Singaporean parents are (I hope) happy to let their kids de-stress a little during the school holidays, if both are juggling full-time jobs, having the kids at...
17 November 2016

Invest
Here’s What Singaporean Investors Need to Know About Commission Fees and How They Affect Investing
With Singaporeans very much focused on the cost of living these days, many people want to make sure that their money is working much harder for them, which would explain...
16 November 2016

Education
Can’t Figure Out What to Study at Tertiary Level? Here are 3 Tips to Help You Decide
When I was at school, local JCs and secondary schools were notoriously bad at providing career guidance. Poly and university courses were pretty much chosen by default, meaning everyone just...
15 November 2016

Opinion
3 Reasons Why Toys “R” Us is The One Retailer in Singapore That Will Never Shut Down
Retail businesses have had it bad in Singapore. Once-bustling malls now look like Lim Chu Kang on a Saturday night, and many once-ubiquitous retailers like John Little have left or...
14 November 2016

Budgeting
3 Situations Where You Tell Yourself Spending Money on Something is an Investment, But It’s Really Not
When you have a friend who doesn’t know the difference between company stock and chicken stock, beware when he proudly announces he’s just bought something as an investment. Chances are,...
14 November 2016

Opinion
How Singaporeans Can Gear Up for the Lousy Economy in Singapore’s Future
One of Singapore’s biggest claims to fame has been the fact that, well, the country’s pretty wealthy. On the surface, it looks like everyone’s either comfortably middle class or rolling...
11 November 2016

Credit Cards
4 Ways to Decide Which Credit Card Works Best for Your Year-End Holiday
Can you believe it? There are only 7 more weeks left to the end of this crazy rollercoaster year, and I for one cannot wait to end the year on...
10 November 2016

Career
4 Ways to Survive When You Work Long Hours
There are many Singaporeans who rarely see the sun. No, they’re not all vampires or working the graveyard shift. These are many people who start work at 9am, but only...
10 November 2016

Opinion
3 Ways the Falling US Dollar Could Affect Singaporeans
Once again, 2016 has given us proof that anything can happen and will happen in a democracy. If you thought Brexit was going to be the biggest unexpected vote this...
9 November 2016

Career
3 Awkward Job Applications You Might Have to Make at Least Once in Your Life
Job interviews are pretty awkward. You show up all dressed up in that suit you only wear to wedding dinners, ready to impress, and your potential employer knows that if...
9 November 2016

Opinion
4 Reasons Singaporeans are So Easily Scammed These Days
Ask anyone from Hong Kong, Mainland China or India what they think of Singaporeans, and you’ll often hear the words “gullible” or “naive”.
8 November 2016

Budgeting
Here are 3 Things Singaporeans Can DIY and Save Money On Thanks to the Internet
Tell a Singaporean to DIY something—cook his own meals, change his car’s engine oil, or even walk down to the McDonald’s outlet and buy his own meal, and he’ll tell...
8 November 2016

Career
Applying For a Job You’re Overqualified For? Do These 3 Things to Raise Your Chance of Getting Hired
When you’re a rookie just starting out on the corporate ladder, you’re hungry for experience—any kind of experience that will pull you up a rung or two. But there comes...
8 November 2016