After we paid off the mortgage in November 2018, Ikea became our new place to hang out on the weekends besides Home Depot and Costco. I know Ikea furniture is considered average for a lot of people. But when hubby and I were paying off […]
In November 2018, hubby and I finally paid off a six-figure mortgage to the lender a little less than three years after we purchased our first home. We still owe Mr. FAF’s side of the family $36,000, which will take us another six months or […]
It seems like wherever I turn these days I always get the same message: The stock market is doing down, really down. At first, I didn’t really pay much attention to it. After all, the experts say the market is correcting itself, and that things […]
As some of you might know, I have a younger sister, who is currently in Vietnam. The last time I mentioned her on my blog, she was considering going to Malaysia for a new career opportunity. As the story goes, she started dating someone, and […]
It’s official, guys. Mr. FAF and I have officially paid off our mortgage to the bank. In our plan, we would make the last payment to the bank in December 2018. Sometimes we seriously doubted if it would happen. We were determined but also nervous […]
As 2018 is coming to an end, it is time for a roundup of the best posts of Frugal Asian Finance in 2018. The metric I use here is the number of page views. Each of the post below brings back memories and add to […]
As 2018 is quickly coming to an end, is time for a list of the FAF family’s 2019 New Year resolutions. You can read my review of our 2018 New Year resolutions here. I wasn’t going to publish this post at all. Up until last […]
When we think about saving money, we tend to think about frugality. We usually save money by refraining from buying things we don’t need. However, there’s a much easier way to save AND make money at the same time: by asking one simple question. And […]
It’s official. Mr. FAF and I have celebrated our 5th year anniversary this year. Our budget was $100, and we spent $75 in total (including tip) at a seafood restaurant called Hot N Juicy in Falls Church, Virginia. It sounds simple and happy enough. But […]
The holiday spirit is in the air, at the mall, at the grocery store, and in the decorations in my neighborhood. I can’t say I love the cold. But I like that while it’s so cold outside, all the holidays like Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas […]
If you haven’t heard already, Amazon is opening half of its second headquarters (HQ2) in Crystal City, VA. In a previous post on July 16, I discussed how Mr. FAF and I went house-hunting in Northern Virginia because Mr. FAF heard a rumor that Amazon […]
The other night I woke up at 2 AM to do the usual breastfeeding for our baby, who then decided to not fall back to sleep and stay up until 4 AM. Usually during that late night staying up with the baby, I’ll check the […]
