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Website Investing Case Study 1 (The 9 Months Update)

Niche Website / January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021

Hey everyone! Happy New Year! It has been awhile since I last updated this blog. Yes, life caught up to me and I’ve been busy (Excuses…) but here I am with another post on my website investing case study 1 (WICS1). This time round, it is the 9 months update. Wow! Time flies very quickly. I can still remember the adrenaline rush when acquiring the website for $11,878 and now, 9 months has passed by. …

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Website Investing Case Study 1 (The 6 Months Update)

Niche Website / October 2, 2020 October 2, 2020

Time passed by very fast and it has already been 6 months since I bought a website for this case study. To recap, for those who are new to this case study, I purchased a website for $11,878 in March 2020. The site was earning $628/month. Within 3 months, I’ve managed to double the earnings of the site by doing some adjustments and adding more content. In June 2020, the site was making $1587. That …

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Treasure At Tampines: Why We Buy This Project?

Property / September 10, 2020 September 10, 2020

In my last update on my property journey, I shared my experience selling our first home – our resale HDB flat. We sold it at a huge loss and something that we do not wish happen to others. (If you are considering getting a resale HDB flat, PLEASE read my previous updates before committing to it) After the sale, we agreed that our next property will be a condo and finally decided on Treasure At …

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Track My Expenditure August 2020 Expenses

Tracking My Expenditure: August 2020

Personal Finance / September 6, 2020 September 6, 2020

It’s the time of the month again where I share my expenditure in the previous month (August 2020 expenses). I just started tracking my expensesin July 2020 and you can read all about it in this post. For this month, I managed to achieve my target set for the month. So join me in this MELEPAK session where I share where my money goes last month. Hope it will inspire you to start tracking your …

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Niche Website Side Hustle: My Experience and Journey

Niche Website, Side Hustle / August 27, 2020 August 30, 2020

In an earlier post where I share my top favorite online side hustle, I listed Niche Website as one of them. In this MELEPAK session, I will be sharing my journey and experience running this niche website side hustle. So if you are interested to learn more about this hustle (not an easy one), then please join me in this MELEPAK session. Let’s go! How I First Begin With Niche Website Side Hustle? I’ve started …

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Resale vs New Launch Condo: Our Options and Decisions

Property / August 15, 2020 August 15, 2020

Buying a condo is not a small decision that should be taken lightly. Kay and I experienced it personally after we sold our HDB flat and were deciding what should be our next step. It was a stressful time especially if you have no prior knowledge about private property market – especially figuring out resale vs new launch condo. Having said that, we are comfortable with our final decision knowing that is the best with …

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Tracking My Expenditure: July 2020

Personal Finance / August 2, 2020 August 2, 2020

This will be my first post of Tracking My Expenditure series. For this series, I will be tracking my monthly expenditure and record them here. The reason for doing this is for personal record and for me to better understand where my money goes every month. I hope by me sharing my expenditure, it will motivate you to do the same and start tracking your own expenditure. Previously, at the end of each month, I …

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Online Side Hustle: My Top 4 Choices

Side Hustle / July 28, 2020 July 28, 2020

Since 2009, I’ve always had some sort of side hustle going on. But only in 2012 that I’ve dived into online side hustle. All started when I stumbled upon Pat Flynn and his Smart Passive Income podcast. For the past 8 years that I’ve been doing online side hustle, I’ve tried many many many different kind there is. You name it and I am sure I’ve tried it. Being an introvert, I love that I …

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Resale HDB Flat For Sale: How We Sold Our House?

Property / July 22, 2020 July 22, 2020

In my earlier post, I’ve concluded that I will have to sell my Resale HDB Flat after MOP. If you have been following my property journey so far, you would have known that I will be looking at a loss of at least $90,000 from this sale. Although it is a tough call to make, Kay and I believe it is the right thing to do moving forward. And so we did. We sold our …

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Enrichment Classes for Kids And How Much It Cost Me

Enrichment Classes For Kids: How Much It Cost Me?

Personal Finance / July 19, 2020 July 24, 2020

Enrichment classes for kids is booming. If you ever to join any parent groups, enrichment classes is a very hot topic. Being a kiasu society, no parents wants their child to lose out. So to make sure their children have a head start in life, many Singaporen parents spend a lot of money to sign up their kids to multiple enrichment classes. Some classes is for babies as young as 4 months old. CRAZY RIGHT?! …

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