In the next few days, our youngest son will turn three years old. That would conclude that both my wife and I had 6 years of parenting experience since the start of the newly “disrupted” born era in our family. This comes at a frightening blistering pace given it feels like it was only yesterday…
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The Misconception About Financial Independence
I’ve made mistakes in the past talking about the concept of financial independence to people who weren’t ready to accept them. It’s incredibly frustrating talking to these group of people who seem to surround it with not only negative connotation that they are not accepting but also refuse to listen to views that other people…
The CPF Context Shows Exactly Why We Remain a Backward Society
This week alone, I’ve probably seen more than 50 cases of individuals taunting off their CPF publicly on various online portals and forums that appears on my message feeds, without bothering to explain the rationale of why they did so. I’m sure the scene was meant to be inspiring but taken out of context on…
2019 Xirr Performance & Other Reviews
As we entered the final phase of the end of the 2019 year, it’s time to do a review of how the year went for us and what lessons can we learnt from this year. Career From a career’s perspective, things are looking rather decent with not much progress from the very last I changed…
Willcraft – Your Online Estate Planning Platform
Wills are not something that is often discussed enough within many of the family members because it usually involves talking about death, which is a taboo topic to bring up in the first place. As a result, many families choose to delay because it just doesn’t seem too necessary to bring up at this point…
8D7N Shanghai Trip – Costs & Itineraries
We spent about a week for this year end trip to Shanghai which we spent on en route leading to Christmas day. It was a nice spot between not overly long distance trip and also where the budget allows so we have chosen Shanghai as our ideal destination for this year. We had so much…
Dec 19 – Portfolio & Networth Update
No. Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. Straco 100,000 0.675 67,500.00 66.00% 2. Ho Bee Land 300 2.38 714.00 1.00% 3. Warchest 34,000.00 33.00% Total 102,214.00 100.00% To think that we have finally reached the…
Recent Action – Straco Corp
I’ve been very busy and packed in the past recent weeks running on many fronts so I thought I’ll just take this chance to quickly write an update on the recent position I took with Straco which I bought at 67.5 cents. If you’d like to understand the past performance of this company you can…
Why digiPortfolio Appeals To Me
In an eagerly anticipated news, DBS announced the launch of the digiPortfolio segment live on its investing platform. The main objective is to enable everyday Singaporeans like you and me to invest and grow our money. The theme – “Invest. Sleep. Repeat” is exactly why the digiPortfolio is appealing to the masses. It is especially…
New Oriental Education – This Company Grows at 138% In The Past 12 Months
This is a company that has returned 138% in the last 12 months for investors as the company is looking to grow even more in the next few years which spells opportunities if you are looking into a growth play. The company last closed at it’s historical high at $122.72 and it is continuing to…