In the defense of gacha games
Lately there was news of a teenage girl who spent $20,000 buying in-game currency for Genshin Impact, an award winning open world RPG mobile game, and it was only when her dad checked his credit ...
Financial Planning
Financial planning tips and struggles to get it right and meet financial goals
The Invisible Thread of Serendipity
As I sat in church yesterday contemplating the sermon message, I realised that since my last blog article almost exactly two years ago, my life as I knew it has evolved. It is amazing to ...
The 1.2.3 to Retirement Planning
The issue of retirement planning has always been of great interest to me because like planning for a long holiday, retirement is also a very long journey that needs a lot of pre-planning. But because ...
A Financial Stocktake 2
Okay I am going for something possibly ludicrous for some but I’ve worked out the numbers and it seems totally possible. And so earlier this year I blogged about my retirement plan which I decided ...
A Financial Stocktake
Money and numbers is in my blood. It has been since the day I chose Commerce as my course of education in college. I did surprisingly well – having no issues differentiating between the debits ...
Do children need financial education?
Two weeks ago, I picked up one of Robert Kiyosaki’s book titled Rich Kid Smart Kid. Now I heard of his first book Rich Dad Poor Dad way back in 2003 when I was a ...
Say Cheese!
I need a new digital camera. The Sony Cyber-shot W110 which has served me faithfully for the last two years is due for retirement. I am not complaining since she was a free gift but it is ...
Rich in pocket or rich in life
The recent publicity of 40 billionaires in the US who have come forward to pledge half their wealth worth about 150 billion dollars to charity have raised many eyebrows. Some welcome the gesture to help ...
Dealing with self-control
The iPad will finally arrive on Singapore shores tomorrow. And here I am still pondering whether I should join the thousands of other ‘half-starved’ Apple lovers who are going to ravage the Apple retailers as ...
Wealth and Quality of Life
Spurred by an interesting dialogue between two members of the Parliament about the adequacy of using GDP as a measure of a country’s well-being, I posted the following comment on Facebook – Quality of life ...