Last week I wrote about a new personal finance app called Seedly that I’ve started using to track my expenses. It’s one of a kind in Singapore in the sense that it is able to extract transaction information from your bank accounts in the 5 major banks in Singapore and allocate them into expense and…
Unless you’ve been hiding in North Korea, you’ve probably know a little about the US presidential election that Donald Trump has been campaigning for a long time now. Most of the information probably revolves around the crap he spews every time they put a mike in front of him. What some of my friends consider…
I would like to consider myself a Millennial. An old one. I love automation and I want to automate most of my everyday tasks as much as possible. That includes expense tracking. My current process involves manually logging my spendings as they happen. Then, I update my Google Spreadsheet with my total expenses at the end…
Singaporeans typically recontract their mobile phone plans every 1.5-2 years for a new mobile phone. It’s the norm because mobile phones either don’t last that long, or the user experience gets really bad after a few Android/iOS updates. Not a great way to save money if you asked me. The last time I signed a…
November is one of those months when I decided to reward myself with a couple of cool toys for working hard in 2015. A delayed gratification for not splurging for the past 10 months. Net Savings rate fell to 21.5% this month. Transportation: $72.94 Commuting charges on the B.M.W (bus, MRT, walk) remained high as we enter the…
October is a face-punch month for me with lots of additional expenses compared to previous months. The haze issue that’s plaguing Singapore resulted in a huge reduction in bike commutes to work and I also spent more money dining in restaurants. Fortunately, I didn’t go too overboard with the spendings and Net Savings rate stayed at 80% this…