403 ViewsWhen I woke up this morning, my friend reminded me that it was my one-year anniversary since I departed to New Zealand for my then adventure of a lifetime. She was the only non-family who sent me off at the airport as I deliberately chose a weekday in order to make it inconvenient for
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Cost Saving
Tiger Brokers – Making my first purchase in US Markets
7,391 ViewsA week ago, I was ‘targeted’ by a Tiger Brokers Facebook Ad which indicated that their fees for SGX trading were 0.08% and that there were no minimum fees. Being a person always on the lookout for cheap deals, I was immediately attracted to the promotion and I ended up doing research on the
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Cost Saving
How I am cutting down my expenses in times of crisis
567 ViewsAh yes, this is another piece of my “money matters” series as I’ve been thinking about money these few weeks. It has been 4 months since I last got a paycheque (my last job was shucking mussels in Talleys @ Motueka, New Zealand) and I’m glad that I am still somewhat, surviving. Before I
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Filming Location
[K-Movie] Il Mare – Siworae – A Love Story – Filming Location and Review
382 ViewsThis is a review for a movie that was aired 20 years ago; back in Year 2000. I just finished the movie and there was something compelling me to do a write-up on this movie as it is definitely a movie I will be re-watching again (and again) when I grow older. It’s a
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Filming Location
Jay Chou J-Style Trip – Travel Locations
768 ViewsJ-Style Trip is a travel + magic show by Jay Chou and friends where they visit countries all over the world to enjoy life, spend time with friends and perform impromptu (usually street) magic to the people there. I got to admit that it might be a little hard to watch this variety show
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Cost Saving
Sorting out my finances, one app at a time
837 ViewsIt’s been a long while since I last managed my meager finances but I couldn’t find an excuse to not do it, given that it is such a trying time right now and I ought to find out how much longer can I hold out without getting a steady stream of income. When I
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New Zealand
Working Holiday New Zealand – Tax Refunds – How much do you get back?
366 ViewsIt is now the season of tax refund and there’s quite a bit of discussion going along with regards to how much each and everyone is getting back and I thought that it would be good to do round up all the queries and confusion that everyone has with regards to this matter. How
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Ramblings
In my alternate Parallel World without COVID-19
289 ViewsToday is Day 70, since I’ve returned from New Zealand (yes, I’m still whining) and over the past few days, I had a look at the To-do list which I’ve compiled back in Dec 2019, in preparation of coming home early as I had some issues with my visa extension back then. It was