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Happy thanksgiving!!!
Since most of us are in the US, we will be enjoying our holidays for the rest of the week. Speaking of holidays, US has one of the fewest paid holidays in the world! For example, I only get off 7 public holidays this year:

Monday, January 1
New Year’s Day

Monday, May 28
Memorial [...]

My Citibank credit card updated their website recently and something very important changed. I noticed that instead of showing the statement balance, it is showing the current balance (see red cross in picture). I never knew the difference before but current balance apparently is the statement balance + unbilled balance.
The statement balance on [...]

My Uncle buys gift cards from coffee shops for his own use. He told me that it is very convenient because he goes to the coffee shop everyday and can just order his latte and charge it on the card. When the card runs out of money, he can just reload it with [...]

Recently, my dad quit smoking after years of us encouraging, motivating, persuading, yelling, and cussing (you name it, we’ve done it). It was a struggle for so many years, but the fear of sickness finally convinced him to quit smoking. Many of us smoke (in fact, one third of all male in this [...]

To validate the benefit of more exercises through the use (play) of my Wii, I went to the golf course yesterday.  I was amazed that I can hit the ball more consistently and that the ball traveled further!  I had to adjust to the new found distance but it was a nice surprise!  This is [...]

I will feel rich, I will feel happy, and I will feel obligated to spend some money. Or will I? I actually get a paycheck every 2 weeks, and other than feeling richer on paper, there really isn’t much different on this day.
First thing in the morning, I visited Wells Fargo’s website to [...]

That is what happens when you try to heat up a sandwich wrapped with tinfoil in the microwave. Immediately after I pressed the start button, I heard a buzzing sound and I saw sparks from the tinfoil to the ceiling of the microwave. Then the tinfoil started catching fire and luckily I was [...]