I don’t wear makeup, and I don’t have a makeup kit. The second and last makeup kit I bought was at an airport in Japan in 2009. I got it for about $100. It included an eyeliner, some lipstick, and other basic cosmetic items any […]
Can you believe we have roughly three more months until the end of 2017? I am not ready to get older, but I am excited about all the holidays that are coming up: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. I didn’t grow up celebrating most […]
It was almost midnight, and I was trying to upload the images of my new post onto Instagram and Pinterest using my 5-year-old Toshiba. Whenever I opened a browser, I would need to wait for at least 1-2 minute for the page to load. I […]
Mr. FAF and I bought our first home in early 2016. We went from being long-time renters to home owners over night. Though excited, we were also aware of the huge mortgage that we had gotten ourselves into to make one of our biggest dreams […]
Blogging about personal finance has opened a whole new world to me. That’s the world I used to read about but never dared to be a part of until five months ago. The wonders I enjoy writing about all the frugal and not so frugal […]
Being a frugal person and growing up in a low-income family, I’ve done and seen my family do all sorts of things to save money. It ranges from cutting up the toothpaste tube to salvage 2-3 days worth of toothpaste to “if it’s yellow, let […]
After publishing part 3 of the List of Asian Personal Finance Bloggers, I was blown away by your unwavering support and feedback. Many of you expressed an interest in seeing an addition to the series, and I’ve been happy to keep growing the list over […]
If you landed on my blog and are reading this post, you might have some sort of interest in being frugal. As for me, I just love frugality. Frugality has brought Mr. FAF and me together as a couple, allowed me to save for a […]
This post contains affiliate links. Welcome to my 5th month blog traffic report! I’m happy to report that traffic slump didn’t happen this summer although I was mentally bracing myself for it. But it doesn’t mean that it won’t happen in the future. Blogging has […]
Welcome to our August food expense report! Summer is really coming to an end. I’m so glad I’m not in school anymore. When I go to work, September is just another month of sitting in an air-conditioned office. When I was in school, however, September would […]
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you think about it constantly and can’t think of anything else until you have it? I have. And for me, it’s instant noodles. It’s also referred to as ‘ramen.’ But for me, it sounds like the specific […]
Ever since Mr. FAF and I got married about three and a half years ago, it’s always been tug of war for power between us. Maybe Mr. FAF just thinks I’m too independent and stubborn. I want to make most decisions by myself and control […]
