A recent study by UBS found Singapore to be the world’s 10th most expensive city, ahead of other world-class cities such as New York City (14th), Vienna (11th), Paris (12th), Luxembourg (13th), London (15th), Munich (16th), etc. I wonder how Singapore scores in terms of earning power of its citizens. I don’t think we earn [...]
I mentioned in my earlier post that in order to move out of complacency, I need to move out of my comfort zone. To move out of my comfort zone, I need to know where I am in the comfort zone. To do this, I did a reality check of how much it would cost [...]
I’m getting married soon. I have been working full-time for almost 2 years now, I earn a decent living but still nowhere near very comfortable. I tried hard to save money but it’s always so difficult, even though I live a rather modest life without indulging a lot. Few days ago I just booked a [...]
Yesterday I decided to make good a promise I made for the longest time to the future wife – making herbal soup for her. I made Cordyceps chicken soup in 20 minutes flat. Sounds amazing Eh? Thanks to food manufacturing technologies, making herbal chicken soup is as easy as boiling water, literally. I went to [...]
I had been craving for durian for almost a week, and yesterday I finally managed to have some! I’ve long heard about the popular durian stall in Jurong West, and after dinner yesterday we went to satisfy my craving. Lian Hua Chun fruit stall at Blk 506 Jurong West St 52 runs a brisk business [...]
I have taken too long of a break from blogging, and at some points in the past I said that I will resume blogging but I never ever found the commitment to do so. So today I am announcing again my return to blogging, and this time I am pretty sure it will be a [...]