Dear readers, it was announced today that the Singapore Median Household income was $9,520 in year 2021 which was up 3.6% in nominal terms, or before adjusting for inflation, from $9,189 in year 2020. The increase was 1.5% in real terms after taking into account inflation. To me, this median household income though seems high
Dear readers, while the next GST hike is already much talked about in Singapore, I have had already felt the higher cost of living. Prices of transport, electricity, water, refuse removal and certain groceries have increased in price late last year. And in recent weeks, I have felt the higher cost of living on my
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Dear readers, since last year, I can feel the effect of higher cost of living around me: higher electricity, water and refuse removal fees. Higher transport cost. Higher prices of food and even higher price of my meals bought outside. I have a favourite Bak Chor Mee stall which I patronise regularly and the stall
Dear readers, today’s Business Times reported that salaries for degree holders have gone down. The median income of full-time employed degree holders was S$7,351 in 2021, down from S$7,434 in 2020 and S$7,605 in 2019 before the pandemic. A median salary of S$7,351 for full-time employed degree holders. This means that if you are a
Dear readers, with effect from January 2022 (i.e. this month) where work from home is no longer a default, I am, like many employees, going back to office more every week while still retaining the arrangement to work from home on some days of the week. Having worked from home for most of the previous
Dear readers, it is no longer news that with effect from 1 Jan 2022, work from home (WFH) is no longer the default. With the cessation of WFH, more employees are returning to office more often, including myself. I have been working from home for the past two years since the start of Covid-19 and
Dear readers, if you want to drink good coffee or rather very good coffee, you should try the coffee from Kim Hwa Coffee Stall, at Block 216 Bedok North Street 1, which to me serves the Best Coffee in Singapore! I have tried so much coffee from cafes, restaurants, hawker centres, etc in Singapore. But
Dear readers, the government has announced that come 1 Jan 2022, work from home will no longer be the default work arrangement. Up to 50% of workers who could work from home will be allowed to return to office. I have been working from home for the past two years and return to office only
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Dear readers, in recent months, I have been clearing my annual leaves as advised by my company’s human resources division. Like many of my colleagues, my annual leaves have accumulating ever since Covid-19 pandemic. I could have continued to accumulate my annual leaves but I really need a break from the hours and hours of
Dear readers, in recent weeks, I have been noticing more and more advertisements of “Get Rich” investment programmes on the internet, e.g. advertisements before a Youtube clip. Not that they have not been there before, but it seems that there is now an increasing number of such ads over the internet. If we give the