Thanksgiving 2008 weekend recap.

As I mentioned previously we stayed home this year due to Courtney and Anne both having to work the holiday. Anne made up a very traditional and yummy Thanksgiving dinner which we ate as a brunch before she headed off to work and then I had seconds with Courtney once she got home. After that I figured out how to carve as much of the remaining meat off the bird to put into a ziploc bag for the fridge. This was a first for me and I believe I did a decent job at it. I spent most of my day alone at

7 Ways to Trim the Fat from Your Monthly Budget

Today I have a guest post from Jonathan at Master Your Card. Master Your Card is a site about making you credit card work for you, and although I no longer use a credit card, I know what a useful tool they can be in managing your finances if you use them responsibly. There's a pretty good chance that you can trim some fat off your monthly expenses - you'd have to be living a relatively quiet existence before you could make the claim that you can't possibly cut expenses in any way. A lot depen

Singapore : No pain, no change.....

It is very sad but true - it took the loss of lifesavings for many Singaporeans to open their eyes and see the system they are in and how unjust it is to ordinary Singaporeans. A rich bank executive loses his job, gives up his car, takes the MRT and then he realised that the trains are packed like sardines - that is the moment he experiences pain and understand what an ordinary Singaporean goes through in life. “How many of our leaders take the MRT and bus like me? If they do, they will know th

Stupid week last week

Last week was not one of my favourite weeks of 2008. I’m pretty much someone who knows how to cheer herself up, but it got to a point where I was so kusut and messed up. You’ll never guess what got me all worked up: car insurance and stupid people at the cinema. Yea. Not really into talking about it, but let’s just say I was taken aback by the amount I have to pay for insurance. I didn’t anticipate anything more than I was told by a few reliable sources, but it was (initially.) I must’ve done