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  • Making the Right Moves: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Applying for a Credit Card

    Tweet Whenever there’s a risk of rejection, taking the steps needed is never easy. It can feel about as scary as asking a girl out or giving a public speech. If this is your first time doing it, don’t sweat it! The process is rather […]

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  • Traveling in between seasons

    Tweet The worst thing about traveling is doing it in between seasons. Namely, in between autumn and winter seasons. One part of the world might be quite warm and tropical (Singapore), but farther up north, it’s freezing (Shanghai!). Or if you’re in between seasons in […]

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  • The Cost of Being a Woman

    Tweet I had some excellent comments on my “Why the hell do guys pay for everything? 🙂” post from a long while back, and thank you all for being civil, and sharing incredibly insightful comments. I was so pleased with the response, that I even […]

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  • New Budgeting Method: Minimum expenses for a comfortable lifestyle

    Tweet Most people start budgeting by looking at how much they earn, and then allocating that money into categories. They take their net paycheque and decide: Hey, let’s … spend $100 on miscellaneous. Why not do it the other way around? Find a comfortable minimum […]

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  • How to travel with, organize, and pack your accessories

    Tweet As usual, any kind of beautiful jewellery board or box to hang on the wall is out of the question when you travel. It’s nice to look at, very organized and a great idea… but not for a mobile person like myself. So, I […]

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