2,731 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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Working Holiday New Zealand – Tax Refunds – How much do you get back?
5,549 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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Managing Money in New Zealand for Working Holiday
4,376 ViewsI just wanted to write a post with regards to how I managed my money during my 9-month Working Holiday experience in New Zealand (Jun 2019 – Mar 2020). To summarize, this post will be about: How I brought money over to New Zealand How I set up my bank account How I brought
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The Final Chapter – Working Holiday New Zealand
1,610 ViewsHow should I begin with something that I don’t want to end? This may possibly be my concluding post for my Working Holiday New Zealand chapter and perhaps the only one that I drafted notes of what to write. It has been 11 days since I’ve returned from New Zealand and 3 more days
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How Much did I spend – Working Holiday New Zealand
2,943 ViewsOkay, this is it. I’ve done the sums and.. the truth hurts but.. my high spending is kind of expected given that I embarked on this working holiday experience after working in the corporate life for 7+ years which means that I do have the spending power and bringing money home was definitely not
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Week 38 – Escaping ‘Freedom’ to Home Sweet Home
1,590 ViewsGreetings from Singapore. If you have been here with me since week 0, thank you for spending precious time to follow me on my journey. I had grand plans for my final week in New Zealand. I wanted to catch the musical ‘Book of Mormons’ and go for a last solo trip up to
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How Much Can You Earn – Working Holiday New Zealand
9,973 ViewsHave you ever wondered how much you can earn from your working holiday in New Zealand? I had been in New Zealand for 37.5 weeks (with my 6+3 months visa) and I had been really thankful that I had managed to work for 27 weeks (>70% of my time), across 7 different jobs. At
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Week 37 – Uncontrolled Uncertainty looms large
1,997 ViewsThe world is panicking; The borders are closing up; and I may potentially be stuck. This all happened because of the decisions I made and the crazily uncertain future for me and perhaps the rest of the world. Today is Sunday night and I am sitting on the bed of my (should be) final