Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Influence of Dungeons & Dragons on my investment style.

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The daddy of all role-playing games has turned 40 lately. I'd just like to share the influence Dungeons & Dragons have on my lif...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Thank you Mr.15hourworkweek !

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Sometimes, the effectiveness of one's writings and financial ideas should best be explained by a reader. This blogger read my first bo...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Dun Pretend - Outcomes matter.

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Another interesting insight from the Harvard Grant Study is what's NOT a significant contributing factor for longevity ( Living beyond 8...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

If Life is a board game, here are the victory conditions.

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As an extremely competitive person at school and at work, I have been criticized for treating my real life as a game. Engaging in gaming b...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Systems vs Goals - Lessons from Scott Adams.

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Scott Adams' How to Fail at almost everything and Still Win Big is a book which puts him ahead as a self-help author. His book is chock-...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The mouth speaks, the testicles feel good : The Power of Negative Predictions.

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Recently the Government refuted an article that predicts the Singapore economy going along the same way as  Iceland as it crashes due to the...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Wanna retire early ? Don't be a Philistine !

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I was trying to find the perfect word to explain why despite living in one of the friendliest tax regimes on Planet Earth, many Singaporeans...
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Thursday, January 09, 2014

Settling into a retirement lifestyle...

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After spending my first week populating my timetable, I've finally settled down into a slower retirement lifestyle. My day today began...
Wednesday, January 08, 2014

How rhetoric can be used to diagnose the problems with PAP.

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One of the constraints I built into my retirement plan is that the learning should never stop. My learning program will mirror a liberal ar...
Monday, January 06, 2014

Quick initial thoughts on life without a day job.

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The reality of having no day job has not started to sink in yet as my first weekday without employment was actually spent quite productively...
Sunday, January 05, 2014

Heather Chua is wrong ! All RGS girls should absolutely fall for ITE guys !

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Once the storm has calmed down on Heather Chua, cool heads will prevail and she will be revealed for being a troll who is playing the rich-p...
Friday, January 03, 2014

Some thoughts on my last day at work.

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Today is my last day of work. Officially, at age 39, I am retired. But in practice, I expect take a good rest and then I will decide what ...
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Monday, December 30, 2013

We should treat the $300,000 oath as relationship advice instead of financial advice.

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Over the holiday season, a lot folks asked me how I derived the $300,000 as a target asset value a single Singaporean male should accumulate...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

The hogwash that is 成家立业.

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You don't need to spend 4 years in ACS to know that most Chinese proverbs are hogwash. After failing every Chinese paper since leaving...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Relationship advice for the Single, Young and Male Investor (SYMI).

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Conventional wisdom on love and marriage would be as follows : a) Date while you are in University. b) Get your degree. c) Work for a fe...
Monday, December 09, 2013

Mechanics of Early Retirement.

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It's amazing how your identity changes as you get older. My pals used to introduce me to other people by describing me in certain ways...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Ground Zero - A new beginning...

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It's been quite a while since my last article. As of today, I resigned from my government job. My last day is 3rd January 2014. For ...
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Monday, October 08, 2012

Some very disturbing aspects of how NTUC treated the Amy Cheong case.

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First of all, I was very disturbed and upset with what Amy Cheong said. As a former Assistant Director in NTUC-ARU myself, this case really ...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Price to pay for financial independence.

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A message that will definitely go into my next book on Personal Finance is to list out the price to pay for financial independence. It gives...
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Sunday, August 05, 2012

The difference that makes the difference.

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This article in an attempt to distil some of my personal experience into something useful for readers. Since I was an undergraduate, I was...