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Born and raised here, my go-to cheap weekend list that's actually good, not just "go park" filler: 1) The green corridors and connectors, th…
Been through it with two kids, and the honest answer is most of these are genuinely worth it and less admin than you fear, because a lot is …
Switched to an MVNO two years ago and never looked back. The digital-only telcos like the ones riding on the big networks give you 100GB-plu…
I'll be the cautionary voice. We applied pre-marriage, got the flat, then hit a rough patch and seriously considered breaking up while alrea…
Mixed feelings after 5 cycles. The camaraderie is genuinely the best part, you reconnect with a bunch of guys you'd never otherwise see, and…
I actually tracked this for a year after selling our car. Owning realistically costs a lot monthly once you total COE amortised over 10 year…
5k gross means roughly 4k in hand after CPF, and honestly in Singapore that disappears fast. Let me break down mine when I was at that level…
I bought a car right after my first kid was born and honestly for a young family it changed our lives, but let me be clear about the real co…
I did poly (engineering) then got into local uni, so it's very doable if your GPA is good. The framing 'JC is faster' is true but faster isn…
We kept things mostly separate for the first few years and it worked fine because we both earned similar and had no kids. But the moment we …
Served, and now watched two nephews go through it, so here is the practical picture. He cannot fully choose, but he can influence. Vocation …
I used to blurt out my current salary and it capped every offer. Now I frame it around total package. I say something like: 'My current tota…
We went resale in a mature estate (Bishan) in 2024 and I don't regret it, even though we paid COV of about 30k on top. The math: BTO would h…
Regular JB-goer here, worth it IF you play the timing game, brutal if you don't. My rules: go on a weekday if you can, never Saturday mornin…
Not unreasonable at all, 3 hours of daily commute is 15 hours a week of unpaid life, that's a real pay cut in time. But don't quit on emotio…
ABSD 20% is a huge upfront drag and it completely changes the math from the old days. On a $1.5M condo that's $300k in ABSD alone, on top of…
From my experience, the average salary range for a software engineer in Singapore is around SGD 6,000 to 12,000 per month, depending on the …
Not overreacting, 3 hours daily commute is 15 hours a week, basically two extra unpaid workdays of your life. That's a legitimate quality-of…
Helped my parents choose and studied it hard for myself, so here's the plain-English version. All three pay you for life, the difference is …
Been contributing to SRS for years, here's the honest calculus. SRS is worth it in proportion to your marginal tax rate. If you're in a high…
Here's how it actually works based on my own experience as a 30-something NSman. Each work year you get an IPPT window. If you don't pass IP…
From my experience, what you're describing sounds a lot like burnout, and losing interest in things you used to enjoy is a real warning sign…
I stopped trusting the viral lists and started exploring my own neighbourhood coffee shops and older hawker centres like the ones in mature …
Ran a noodle stall in a coffeeshop for three years, and let me kill the romance with real numbers first. Rent in a decent coffeeshop can be …
We went the room-only route the whole two years to maximise savings for our flat, and for us it was the right call, but it takes the right s…