With 1st January looming, I have been giving the “My First House” scheme a lot of thought. While it’s great that we can own a house and live in it without paying any deposit, except for RM250 processing fee, it means that we are going to take out 100% loan on a house of RM220,000 […]

I was offered a job by an internet start-up last week and after giving it much thought, I turned down the offer. Honestly, I don’t know if I have made the right decision. I asked my friends for the opinion and some asked me to go for it, some told me not to. Anyway, I […]

A handwritten note allegedly by Michael Jackson that was found in his rented home and auctioned on eBay has fetched more than US$3000. The memo, written on the stationary of Michael Jackson’s dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, was apparently written prior to his London tour and shows his desire to leave Sony Music for some other […]

When I was looking for Christmas gift for my father, my sister suggested tat I buy him something from the National Geographic store. My father loves nature and NatGeo is his favorite channel on cable TV. I didn’t take up my sister’s suggestion and instead bought his a telescope from a local store. Not because […]

Foreign banks in Malaysia, namely HSBC, OCBC, UOB, Standard Chartered and Citibank, have announced that they are joining the Malaysian Electronic Payment System (MEPS) automated teller machine (ATM) network which means that customers of these banks and use ATM facilities of other banks nationwide to access their bank account. All these while, the MEPS network […]

My father has been asking me to try to look for cheap air tickets to Jakarta, Indonesia for two people. He plans to go there with my brother for a meeting. Here in Malaysia, we usually only get to enjoy cheaper air tickets if we book way in advance. However, since Indonesia is just our […]

I read on Tamebay a report by CPP Group that children spend £64m online making purchases without [parental consent. Now, I have no idea if this figure is a nationwide or worldwide figure but I think that even if a parent does not consent or has no knowledge of such online purchases, the fact that […]