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My Interview With Big Fat Purse

Money · April 16, 2014

I recently met up with Alvin and Jon from BigFatPurse.com (I know right, that's a freakin' awesome name) to talk about my hot-off-the-press …

Money · April 13, 2014

Readers who follow my blog will know that I’m a huge weirdo. For example, I used to be obsessed over trading books. I’d spend hours in the …

Mind · March 9, 2014

A lot of people are complaining about how hard it is to get by in Singapore these days. Maybe it’s because of that EIU report claiming …

Money · February 17, 2014

There are a couple of timeless truths about Valentine’s Day: Restaurants will charge you crazy prices for a mass-produced prix fixe …

Skills · December 28, 2013

I had an epiphany while I was crouching in the jungle in the middle of the night. I don’t know why these flashes of inspiration always come …

Money · November 23, 2013

I’ve always had a problem with shoes: No pair of shoes lasts me for more than eight months. No, really. I’m a shoe-serial killer, and I …

Productivity · November 9, 2013

I used to think that dieting was for chumps. That was before I got way fatter than I expected (Damn you, mee goreng!) It really sucked to …

Skills · November 2, 2013

So last week, I attended a talk by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who shared this story: Back in the day, …

Musings · October 26, 2013

So last week, I came across a picture of freelance writer/fitness blogger Maria Kang wearing a sports bra, baring her abs, kneeling behind …