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After years of hawker hunting, my tells: 1) uncle/auntie queue over tourist queue, if the office crowd and neighbourhood aunties queue, it's…
My daughter is now in JC and I'll tell you what I wish I knew at your stage, the PSLE score mattered far less than we panicked about, but th…
We tried all three arrangements across two kids, so here's the honest comparison. Infant care with the government subsidy came to roughly 70…
Been through PSLE with two kids, one high-strung like yours. What helped most was me changing, not the kid. I stopped treating PSLE like lif…
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…
Still very doable if you know where to look, just avoid the touristy and CBD centres. My go-tos: economy rice with one meat two veg still la…
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…
Working parent of two, drop the guilt first, it doesn't help anyone. HPB guideline is under an hour a day of quality screen time for that ag…
I keep waiting and Grab-ing, and for us it mathematically wins by a mile. We spend maybe 400 a month on Grab and public transport combined, …
Cai png is a trap because 'three veg one meat' quietly became 5-6 bucks. What actually cut my spend without misery: 1) cook rice in bulk (ri…
Renewed mine for 5 years last cycle, here is my logic. If your car is genuinely well maintained and you like it, renewing on the PQP (the av…
Took two months no-pay leave at the edge of a breakdown, and it probably saved my career, maybe more. Here's what I learned. First, see a do…
Went through this exact debate. We chose grandparents for the first year then infant care after, and honestly a hybrid worked best for us. W…
HDB only allows ONE dog per flat and it must be an approved breed/small type, plus you must license it with the authority (used to be AVA, n…
Run a side freelance gig alongside employment, so I file this every year. Short answer: YES, income from your side hustle is taxable and you…
Switched all four of us to SIM-only MVNO plans over a year ago, saving is real, cut our bill by more than half. Network quality wise, most M…
Did ours recently, so real numbers-ish. The big buckets: banquet (usually the biggest, hotel vs restaurant vs void deck changes everything),…
I took over my family's stall, so let me be blunt: the romantic image is mostly a myth. The hours are brutal, we're at the market before daw…
The accrued interest thing is the part people don't understand until it's too late, so let me stress it. Every dollar of OA you use for the …
I held out for years taking Grab and MRT everywhere, then my second kid came and everything changed. Lugging a stroller, a diaper bag and a …
Went through this with an inconsiderate upstairs unit. First, for renovation noise, HDB has permitted renovation hours and noisy work is res…
Two separate issues, tax and employment. Tax: yes, freelance income is taxable and you must declare it to IRAS as trade or self-employed inc…
From my experience, the OA to SA transfer is powerful because SA earns 4 percent versus OA 2.5 percent, and compounded over 15 years that ga…
Yes, you can use your Medisave for immediate family, spouse, parents, children, grandparents, siblings. I did exactly this when my mum was h…
I did both and here's the framework that made it click for me. CPF SA top-ups give you a guaranteed ~4% (risk-free) plus tax relief (up to $…