In a previous post, I mentioned that Dave and I had differing opinions whether we should get a Christmas tree. In the end, I decided to make one. Well, I am proud to present our DIY Christmas tree. It’s simple, cheap, easy to maintain, and easy to dismantle as well. Best of all, we made…
Junk mail
One item which I think many households in Singapore are receiving too many of nowadays are advertising leaflets in the mailbox. Well, from a marketing and advertising standpoint, the outreach is wide. Even if 9 out of 10 individuals might trash it, you could still count on that 1 individual who might pick it up…
1000 visitors!!!
It has been slightly more than two months since Dave and I started this blog and we are extremely thrilled to have hit 1000 visitors and almost 3000 pageviews! Considering that we didn’t exactly actively go about publicising our blog (although Cromly did do a feature which brought in more traffic to this blog), this…
Newfound family hobby
As most of our readers would know, we just move to our new place about a month ago and we are still trying to settle down in this new estate. We are exploring our new neighborhood and discovered that there are some very nice scenic park connectors just in front of our door steps (not literally…
Why I bought more shoes
In a previous post, I wrote about how many pairs of shoes we would possibly need. Having said that, I went shopping a couple of weeks back, and purchased 2 new pairs of shoes. What was the rationale behind the shopping (spree)? Actually, these are replacement shoes. I bought a new pair of nude heels…
Being wealthy in Singapore
I came across an article in Raising Savers the other day, which discusses the definition of wealth. These are the definitions which she managed to googled. Webster’s dictionary defines “wealthy” as people who have an abundance of material possessions. Wikipedia discusses wealth in the United States as a measurement of net worth, which is the sum of all…
How much do you need to “retire”
The hot question that a lot of people might be asking themselves is “How much money do you need to retire?” or “What is the magic number to retirement?”. Basically, it just refers to “How much money you need to not have to work again for the rest of your life“. A lot of financial…
The not-so-positive remarks about minimalism
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/37/18/813718787fa3587ef116242b1f6ab7ed.jpg The Cromly feature that was published last week had generally generated pretty positive feedback, and we are glad to have had the opportunity to share our minimalist home with others, who might be interested to create one for themselves, and also, to spread the awareness of minimalism as a lifestyle choice. There were however,…
Mortgage
Committing to stupendous long term mortgage is becoming a norm in Singapore. From the outset, Singapore has one of the highest rates of home ownership in the world so it is not exactly surprising that a higher proportion of young and married couples are slapped with mortgage loans. For many of us, mortgage is probably…
Interview feature in Cromly
Cromly has done a feature on our home and we are glad that the article turn up really well. About a month ago, the interior designer that we engaged for our home remodelling project contacted us and let us know that Cromly wanted to feature us in their “House tour” series. For those of you…