Paying For What You Do Not Need
Once when I was in my teens, I was talking to a fellow older colleague about handphones. It was still the era before Android, during a time when Nokia and Sony Ericssson was still in the market. My colleague was…
Category My Own Journey
The Cost Of Being Poor
Some of you may have heard of Captain Vimes’ boots theory of social-economic unfairness. This originally came from a novel, but what it said made so much sense that it became popular. In essence, it is saying that the rich…
Does A New Year Really Bring New Hope?
New year, new hope. New year, new me. New year, new dreams. New year, new goals. We hear this often, and some of us may be guilty of saying that. But after so many years, has anything changed for the…
Spending Excessively On Hobbies
I joined the military when I was 19 for 2 years, being part of the conscription programme of Singapore. I remembered I was quite good with one of the lieutenants then, who had signed on and made the military his…
The Current Residential Property Rental Market In Singapore
I have rented from others, and have been a landlord myself. Recently, due to unique circumstances, I need to vacate the place where I am staying and look for another rental property for a short term stay. I have a…
How Should I Spend My University Days?
You have just got into university. A fresh 3 or 4 years worth of adventure waiting for you. You are free from your parents, whether you like it or not, and you are a free man or woman now. What…
What Do I Do With My First $10,000?
You are a teenager or a young adult who worked hard throughout your school term, and you now have $10,000 in your pocket. You know that financial planning starts young and you do not want to wait till it is…
Bitcoin Flash Crash
Recently there was a flash crash in the crypto market. After BTC hit an all time high of about 69,000 USDT per Bitcoin, it slowly dropped but remained at a consistent level for some time. I was doing homework and…
Depend On Yourself
I lost a total of 20,000 USD yesterday in forex and commodities trading yesterday. In the process I have also indirectly caused one of my good friend to lose 8000 USD. I had recently come into contact with a copytrading…
[04102021] Crypto Updates
Some of you might have heard, but Binance has been the target of quite a few countries. Most recently, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (the Monetary Regulatory of Singapore, “MAS”) whacked Binance, and Singapore users has been informed that as…
[22092021] Updates On My Trading And Investments
Originally I had posted updates whenever I made a new move in terms of trading, but I thought that would be spam. Hence I plan to update once every week, or whenever appropriate. Bitcoin has been falling steadily over the…