I recently learnt that National Library has a “Digital Media Collection“, where you can borrow e-books and audio books online! You have to download Adobe Digital Edition to read the E-books though, but for some E-books, you can print the whole thing to a pdf file! (on a Mac, it’s as simple as Print>print to [...]

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If you are a first-time buyer looking for a flat, it can be a pretty mind-boggling experience. Where do you start, what should you know, and what on earth does 5 I, Std, A, Imp, EA, EM, Jumbo mean? Here’s where “The Almost Complete Goondu’s Guide to owning a HDB Flat” comes in handy. In [...]

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Justina on March 12th, 2009

A Brief History of Credit Cards In the 1950s, only people with excellent credit (like successful businessmen) could get a Diners or Amex card (the pioneers of credit cards). Because of this, credit cards were a status symbol, a prestige – if you had one, you were cool! The initial credit card model was that [...]

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Justina on March 3rd, 2009

“The Latte Factor® is based on the simple idea that all you need to do to finish rich is to look at the small things you spend your money on every day and see whether you could redirect that spending to yourself. Putting aside as little as a few dollars a day for your future [...]

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This is an ongoing series of book reviews – in parts, on money-related books. The first is this series is called America’s Cheapest Family – Gets You Right on Money by Steve and Annette Economides. According to them, this is the guide to living better, spending less, and chasing in on your dreams! Here’s what [...]

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