Hari Raya holiday is coming up and there is a long weekend if your company is having a 5-day work week. There should be a day off in lieu since Hari Raya falls on a Saturday. This is the time when people can take a day off and go for a short break. You can […]
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My father was going on a holiday with his friends and he found out that with a particular card, he could get $50 off. Since there were three of them, they could get $150. While $150 compared to the cost of the entire tour package was little, this could still be good money for enjoying […]
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Imagine having a warrant of arrest for not paying your traffic violation ticket! That was what happened to my friend’s husband. They didn’t know they had a ticket since they did not receive any letter in the mail, so a $40 fine became a $400 fine. Posting bail can be quite expensive too.
While we do […]
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There are some changes made to the Central Provident Fund. The advantage is the 1% extra in interest for the first $60000. $20000 comes from the ordinary account. For young Singaporeans, we have to wait until we are 65 years old to be eligible to withdraw the Minimum Sum.
While the reasons for increasing the Minimum […]
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Indian paraplegic Burla Sujata is an amazing lady who has bounced back from tragedy to become a stock market queen with trades totalling up to S1 million a month. She met with an accident and lost the use of her legs. Instead of wallowing in self-pity after her fiancé broke off the engagement, she learnt […]
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If I had listened to Tan Kin Lian’s advice, I would have bought the STI ETF and made a lot of money. The STI index fell to 2962 and is now at 3595. This is a whopping nearly 600-point increase. However, I had been so swamped with my work and studies that I had been […]
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Just a simple tip for renewing your season parking charges if you stay at a HDB flat. My father would go down to a Town Area Office to pay the parking coupon charges for me every month, but it was troublesome. With the new RFID Tag, I found out that there are easier ways to […]
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My jaws dropped when my friend spent more than $1000 worth in phone bills in a single month. I remembered when we went on an immersion programme to Germany a few years ago, I bought a $20 phone card and only called home 3 times in the entire one month I was there and the […]
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Remembering when your fixed deposits are up is important at certain places you bank the money at. I had forgotten all about my fixed deposit over at one of the finance banks in Singapore, until one month later.
When I went to the bank finally, the bank teller told me that I would not get any […]
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I have three days worth of leave I can take before November ends, and if I do not take them, they will go to waste. Apart from staying at home and still be distracted by work, I am thinking of going to Thailand for a short shopping trip. With that, I decided to check out […]
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