April is my birthday month. In fact, I just celebrated my birthday less than a week ago. However, instead of splashing out on a meal,…
Category: Expenses
It has probably taken months, (if not a couple of years), but we have finally settled down into a “consume home-cooked food” by default routine.…
For some people, tabulating expenses can be a nightmare scenario. Be it the hassle of recording, the shock at finding out how much your healthcare…
Variations of this piece of news flooded my Facebook Feed last night. Coincidentally, I am halfway through Taleb’s latest book: Skin In The Game and…
Finally, a month when I might be able to associate the word “frugal” with our expenses without feeling too sheepish. Even though there was CNY…
This is probably another frivolous spending month. We spent more than $4,800 in January and besides a bigger than usual restaurant allocation, there were quite…
My Own Experience (A Leap Of Faith) It’s been 3.5 years since I left my cushy, well-paying first job in the government service. With nothing concrete…
As we pre-paid for one of our trips in 2018, it’s no surprise that the past month’s expenditure surged past $5,000 again. In a month…
With Singles Day & Black Friday shopping plus a vacation to account for, it’s not surprising for us to have spent more than $6,000 this…
Earlier this year, I talked about how Singapore ranked 5th in the world in terms of life expectancy and the increasing likelihood of us living…