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 card bill did he find out about what his daughter had been up to. ThisContinue Reading
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 think about how a short span of 700 odd days can change things around soContinue Reading
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 the destination is a far way off, and also because it is such a tedious job to prepareContinue Reading
While sorting out my photographs, I came across this picture taken when I attended a PropertyGuru seminar in 2011. This was part of the slides presented by a Malaysian law firm. For those who find it difficult to make out the text, here they are. I’ve included the approximate datesContinue Reading
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 would be derived from rental yield received from a portfolio of properties. Based on myContinue Reading
It has been about 3 months since I signed all the required documents and surrendered almost 2/3 of my savings towards the downpayment and other misc fees for the home purchase. Since then I have received about 3 updates on progress billing from Mah Sing totalling up to 35% ofContinue Reading
Since we signed the letter of offer from the bank, there were numerous delays in the further processing of our purchase… most likely being held up at the lawyer’s office. Within two weeks from signing the letter of offer, the legal clerk made an appointment with us to send theContinue Reading