My wife used to compliment me whenever I communicated in Mandarin. She doesn’t anymore. Not that there’s anything wrong with that though, because I couldn’t speak it back then and I could now carry a decent conversion using the language. In a short few years, she got used to hearing me speak in Mandarin (or […]
Honey, what happens when you have TOO MUCH money? I said to Emma a few days ago. She must’ve thought that we either won the lottery or her husband went crazy, both of which required more attention. With her eyes wide open (I seriously thought it was going to pop out), she said “WHAT DID […]
I read these articles all the time and by now, most of the ideas sound familiar. Why am I still starving a few days before my next paycheck is due? As I sit here pondering about a personal finance topic to write about, I started wondering what will happen if I covered every possible personal […]
I used to feel bad gambling, but I don’t anymore. There was a time in my life when I would gamble socially. Every time I stumble across a casino table, I would play a couple hands. It was fun, and luckily, no harm done. Eventually, I saw it as just another money drain. It was […]
When you go out to dinner with friends, one of you will inevitably request to pay the total with a credit card. Sometimes, it’s due to a legitimate reason like not having cash but more and more, it’s due to more selfish ones – rewards or an interest free loan with 0% purchase credit cards. […]
I ran into the mailman yesterday as he was delivering mail to about 50 different mailboxes (for those that aren’t in an apartment, think of the post office where the P.O. boxes are all stacked together). When I reached for my mail, he hollered “oh no sir, you need to wait for me to lock […]
