Dear readers, amidst the high costs of living here, I am Grateful for two acts of kindness that I experienced in recent days as these acts help me offset a little the high cost of living here. First, a voucher. In my recent visit to an electrical appliance megastore to purchase an electrical appliance, I
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Dear readers, MoneyOwl announced yesterday that it will be closing down by 31 Dec 2023. The announcement came to me as a shock since MoneyOwl is a prominent entity on the financial scene, offering individuals with a holistic suite of financial solutions for investment, insurance and will-writing. Also to add, MoneyOwl has a solid brand
Dear readers, today, OCBC banking services have had some glitches and this resulted in quite a fair bit of inconveniences for many customers accessing its services both online and offline. What is at least decent was that the affected services were restored in hours. From time to time, we have had banking service glitches and
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Dear readers, does 2.5% per annum interest rate on your savings account sound attractive to you? Well, it could be, considering many other savings accounts provide just 0.05% per annum on the savings deposits. One of Singapore’s digital banks, Trust Bank is offering 2.5% per annum for the first $125,000 saving deposits if you hold
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Dear readers, many of us spend most of our lives working, to earn a living for ourselves and families. For salary, I believe many of us want the bigger the better but in these current times, work life balance is also very important. There is always a curiosity to benchmark one’s salary against one peers,
Dear readers, recently, I went specially to some place in Singapore to savour the beloved and popular Nasi Lemak there. There were two very famous Nasi Lemak stalls and I have tried the Nasi Lemak from one of these stalls in recent months and hence this time round, I tried the Nasi Lemak from the
Dear readers, welcome to another blog post on Singapore Inflation watch. This post is a series of posts which I have categorised under “Inflation watch” where I share with readers, the higher cost of living that I have experienced on a day to day basis. For today, let me share the price of roasted chicken.
Dear readers, the cost of living here has risen noteworthily. Just as I thought that the increasing prices of the daily food and drinks outside have seem to stabilise, I was shocked at just how my request of humble food dishes for a mixed vegetable rice, in recent days, has seemed to increase by around
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Dear readers, yesterday (3 Jul 23) was the first day that supermarkets rolled out the plastic bag charges. Hence, I was not correct that yesterday was a watershed moment for just Singapore’s savings scene (find out why here). It was a watershed day as finally, all have to pay for use of plastic bags in
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Dear readers, you may have recently read of an article in local media about the time it takes for Singaporeans to scale the so-called “wealth ladder”. The article was based on a report “Accelerating The Wealth Journey – From Stability to Abundance” by wealth manager St James’s Place. According to the report, the wealth ladder
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