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What Chinese New Year Blackjack Taught Me About Money

Money · February 13, 2013

Okay, hypothetical scenario. Imagine you’re on your honeymoon in Las Vegas, chilling in your swanky hotel room while your spouse is taking …

Musings, Travel · January 28, 2013

One of the best perks of my job is that I get to pretend to be a rich person. Well, not all the time of course. Like I definitely did not …

Money · January 14, 2013

It's only 2 weeks into 2013 and I'm already swamped! These few weeks are absolutely packed for me, with work guzzling most of my brain fuel, …

Productivity · January 8, 2013

So here’s the thing – I hate running in January. Nope, it’s got nothing to do with the weather – Singapore has only one climate all-year …

Misc · December 30, 2012

All the blogs in the world are reviewing 2012 at the moment. In summary, the world didn’t end, Obama got re-elected, the Euro crisis didn’t …

Money · December 20, 2012

There’s a scene in Jurassic Park (which is my all-time favorite movie btw, sooo awesome) where the owner of the park, John Hammond, gives a …

Money · December 10, 2012

So last week, I had surgery to remove TWO of my wisdom teeth – one on each side. Now, if you’ve ever had your wisdom teeth extracted, you’ll …

Mind · December 2, 2012

Hola! So sorry for being MIA for the past couple of weeks. It's the usual November workplace crunch, and I've been occupied with a ton of …

Money · November 19, 2012

Singaporeans are absolutely crazy about property. Whenever I walk into a bookstore, I see shelves upon shelves of real estate investing …