As a frugal person/mom/wife, I always try to find free and low-cost yet quality items for my family to cut costs. It started out as a necessity since both Mr. FAF and I were two poor grad students when we had our firstborn. Mr. FAF […]
It’s been almost 5 months since I first discovered the world of computer programming. I can only describe those 5 months with two words: Time flies! It started with me forcing myself to learn Python to get a new job and progressed to me marveling […]
Summer is finally here! I am so excited about all the fun summer activities, especially picnics, pool parties, and potlucks, most of which have to do with eating (hehe). Mr. FAF and I have also talking about going to Austin, Texas this summer. This is […]
I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since I published my last post about changing careers. You might be wondering what’s happened since. In this post, I’ll give you a quick update about my jobs, my new adventure, and our lives in general. 1. […]
In my last post, I wrote about a potential layoff I was facing and the midlife crisis I suddenly found myself in. From the beginning of December 2018 to the end of January 2019 (practically two months), I was lost, scared, and distressed about not […]
On October 15, 2018, I wrote: “I am sure I will be in his shoe at one point in my career, and I will need his support as much as he needs mine at the moment.” I was talking about Mr. FAF’s fear of getting laid […]
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 […]
