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Month in Review: February 2024
In February, I spent the most on rent and food, despite trying to cut back on dining out.
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Career Break Stories: Quitting His 6-figure Job To Empower Malaysians To Build Wealth
Emir took a career break to pursue his goals of becoming a personal finance content creator. Here's his story.
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2023 Annual Money Review
Sharing how much I spent in 2023, my money wins and fails, and my money goals for 2024.
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2024 Singapore Cost of Living Guide for Malaysians
Not sure how to estimate the cost of living in Singapore? Use this guide to budget for your living expenses in Singapore.
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Month in Review: December 2023
The festive season in December brought about some unexpected expenses.
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10 Life and Money Lessons I Learnt in 2023
I reflect on the past year and share some lessons I learnt along the way
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How We Think About Risk
A lot of how we decide what to do, the choices we make, boils down to how big we THINK our appetite for risk is.
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Month in Review: November 2023
In November, I managed to come under my budget for the month.
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Malaysian Working in Singapore: My Experience
I’ve noticed an intriguing trend in my personal life over the past year – every few months or so, I hear of another Malaysian friend moving to Singapore. So much so that Singapore is starting to feel like home with so many familiar faces from my childhood and college days just a 30-minute train ride away. If you’re a keen observer on social media, you too might have noticed more stories of Malaysians packing their bags and crossing the border to Singapore. There are MANY Malaysians working in Singapore. This statistic truly underscores the scale of this migration: As of 2022, 1.13 million out of 1.86 million Malaysians who chose…
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Month in Review: August 2023
Every month, I track my spending and share them openly here. In my Month in Reviews, I go over notable (and often discretionary expenses) for the month and reflect on some key areas of life tied to money, either directly or indirectly: career, health, relationships and personal growth. Spending Breakdown When I wrote about taking my career break a couple of months ago, I talked about how I was going to downgrade my lifestyle so that I could stick to the Break budget I’ve set for myself. It may have been a bit too idealistic because that didn’t actually happen in August. In August I spent about $4,000, which was…