Sunday, February 28, 2016

Personal Update - Meaningless Holiday just ended meaninglessly.

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Ok, time for another personal update. a) Law School I am so demotivated right now, I should actually be vetting my research papers inste...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Before you jump into the Engineering bandwagon...

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Readers might think that I have very reason to be cynical. Graduating in 1999 with an engineering degree would have been great if not for ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Not a good day to be part of the JD programme.

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I had to stop studying to write this article because my class was greeted with shock one day to find out that one of our classmates has been...
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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Valentine's Day Post - Singlehood is the new Venereal Disease ! Huzzah !

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When I was single, I used to say that children are the most common venereal disease in this world. Now that I am a father of two kids, it is...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Microagressions - The breakfast of champions !

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This is a very special Chinese New Year for me. For the first time, Millenials have come together to crowdsource the micro-aggressions tha...
Monday, February 08, 2016

Year of the Monkey - Unbent, unbowed and unbroken...

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First off, a Happy Lunar New Year to all the readers of this blog. Regulars might know that the previous year of the Goat had been a bitte...
Friday, February 05, 2016

#1 Peak Prosperity - The Poverty Simulation angle.

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Sometimes, getting an article for this blog is so easy it is as if the Gods conspire to help you with your next posting. This week, news s...
Monday, February 01, 2016

[Prologue] Peak Prosperity : How do we know that Singapore is in decline ?

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I've got less than an hour before my lectures begin so this is going to be a short post. Right now I am in the process of researching ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Thoughts on being a father a second time.

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Last night, my son Durendal Ng Mun Khoi, was born. It was a happy day for me and my missus and right now, mother and son are doing well....
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Personal Update : Two years have passed since my last paycheck !

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It's time for a another update. It's been two years since I had a pay-check, if this were a disaster recovery exercise, I would sa...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Does nobody really owe you a living ?

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Mr. Chan Chun Sing, in my humble opinion, may well be the best Secretary General in NTUC we would ever have. He gave a talk in NTUC while I ...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Net Present Value of Suffering.

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This post is inspired by the large number of articles in response to the release of the O level results. Well meaning educators start to ass...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Singaporeans want an Australian Singapore, not a Singaporean Singapore.

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G'Day readers ! If you really think about it, these days Singaporeans want an Australian Singapore, not a Singaporean Singapore. The s...
Monday, January 04, 2016

The $5 latte solution is not as radical as it sounds ! [ Yayy ! Got featured on the Business Times. ]

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Today is a great day ! My classmate came up to me and told me that I am featured in the Business Times today. Naturally, I bought a copy a...
Sunday, January 03, 2016

New free E-Book from all of us financial bloggers !

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The folks at BigFatPurse took on the Herculean task to organise us financial bloggers to write a book on investing your first $20,000. ...
Monday, December 28, 2015

What is the risk of NOT doing something ?

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Leong Chan Teik was a great benefactor of mine. Close to a decade ago, Leong helped me promote my first book Growing Your Tree of Prosperi...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Survived a tough year !

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It's my 41st birthday today and it's been a rough year, unlike many of the other bloggers, I will not be talking so much about my ac...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Philosophy as the Operation System of an Investor's Mind.

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One of the better reads I had this holiday season is Mindware : Tools for Smart thinking by Richard Nisbett. This book  shows folks how ...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Why Han Solo will be never be able to provide financial security to Singapore women. [SPOILER ALERT]

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Let's face it, if you have daughter, you will never allow her to date Han Solo. This guy has an unstable job as a smuggler and can be...