Because you’ll need the money for an avalanche of diapers later. Have you ever felt completely unprepared for a baby? I did. Most of the friends in my inner circle were not married, much less expecting a baby. Source It was just a matter of time before a baby came along, but I didn’t realise…
Category: cost of living
5 Signs You’re Behaving Like A Singapore Bumiputra
We scoff at the Malaysian bumiputra policy, but expect preferential treatment as “sons of Singapore soil”, no? We pride ourselves on being a meritocratic nation where we reap the rewards we deserve based on our efforts, instead of being conferred special privileges due to any aspect that we didn’t work for. Some of us may…
What’s Your Backup Plan For SG100?
What if Singapore doesn’t survive being an independent nation for the next 50 years? I don’t know if any of you think about losing your citizenship, because maybe you already kind of take it for granted that Singapore will survive the next 50 years (by then you’ll probably have retired or died), and that the…
Budget 2016: What Did The Sandwich Class Get?
Everyone must have gotten something right? I sat through more than 90 minutes of almost nap-inducing Budget announcements, because the first hour was all about money, money and money thrown at companies to be more productive, innovate, automate or upskill. To cut the chase, everyone gets more, even part of the sandwiched class, in the…
15 Tips To Plan A Budget Wedding Under S$14,000 In Singapore
Inclusive of an eight-course sit down lunch, wedding rings and two bridal gowns. It’s no joke planning a wedding in Singapore, ranked the most expensive city in the world by EIU (again for the third time!). Although this EIU survey actually measures expatriates’ cost of living, Singaporeans do feel the pinch especially when it comes…
Why You Shouldn’t Have Kids in Singapore
There is a trend of couples going child-free, as Kirsten Han aptly put it. Among my married friends, there are those with kids (like it or not), those who can’t even if they tried, and a small but growing group of those who deliberately choose not to have kids. Singapore isn’t kind to the latter…
FairPrice Weighing Scale: Tried & Tested
Singaporeans, sometimes we trust too much, sometimes we are too skeptical for our own good. After reading this uncle’s rant about a FairPrice weighing scale not doing its job well (it was actually sabo-ed by its colleague the treasonous tray), my friend sent me a series of pictures he took at AMK Hub’s FairPrice, simply…
Singapore: A Repressive State of Non-Emotion
Like many other Asian countries, Singapore upholds the value of harmony higher than that of individual expression and desire. Just look at our local TV Channel 8 shows which are predominantly based on family ties versus the soul-searching individual journeys of American protagonists. The Asian way Singapore millennials are brought up in a society that…
PCF raises its childcare fees
My girlfriends have been chatting today about the raise in childcare fees of PAP Community Foundation, under PAP, amounting to a bit below $700/month, which could pay for a branded wallet, a short trip to a South East Asian destination, maintaining a car, or a romantic dinner plus hotel stay at a five star hotel….
Jules of Singapore 