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Small scale composting in Singapore

I've been experimenting with composting recently, and pleasantly surprised by the results. It was way, way easier and faster than I thought it would be. In Singapore's climate, the heat and humidity causes food to break down quickly, and I didn't have to maintain the compost much after I got

University/College

Learning and developing intuition

I'd like to propose that learning is a process of seeing the world more clearly, and that to do so, developing intuition may be more important than memorising facts. And certainly more fun, too. I may not get the best grades - I didn't drill as many questions as I

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Passive Income: Creating content/products

I've been thinking about how to earn passive income for a while - I believe that earning money should be separate from the time I invest in it. Here are some of the strategies I've been looking at and thinking of employing, with specific details to help you out. Written

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Passive Income: Real Estate

I've been thinking about how to earn passive income for a while - I believe that earning money should be separate from the time I invest in it. Here are some of the strategies I've been looking at and thinking of employing, with specific details to help you out. Written

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Passive Income: Investing

I've been thinking about how to earn passive income for a while - I believe that earning money should be separate from the time I invest in it. Here are some of the strategies I've been looking at and thinking of employing, with specific details to help you out. Written

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Travel

Companion post: Travel checklist

Checklist for your use.

Money

How I earned S$1,375 in cash and cashback by signing up for credit cards

Over the last few months, I've been opening and getting the welcome reward for quite a few different credit cards. Here's why and how I did it, if you want to do the same. I'm now just waiting for the money to be credited to my respective accounts. Why churn?

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Money

Companion post: exact cards I signed up for + $35 FairPrice vouchers

Apart from the ones listed in the other post, here are a few more cards and a brief review of each one.

Travel

How to plan for overseas travel (comprehensive guide)

Travel can be fun but also exhausting. When you travel, you basically have to think again about all of the aspects that make up life - everything you do will be different in a different country. I've listed down some considerations you should think about so that you can focus

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Resourceful Renovation

I recently completed a renovation and my total spend was kept very low. Renovation costs can range from $10,000 to $120,000, and I'm happy to say that I've kept mine at about $13,000. We also completed the major works within about 2 months. Don't hire an interior

Research

DonateGoWhere: Singapore IPC Evaluation

Sometime last year - between graduation and my first full-time job - I thought it'd be fun to evaluate charities in Singapore based on a few different metrics, inspired by GiveWell. With the help of some friends, we managed to evaluate all the IPCs in Singapore, at least on the

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Assemble your own computer science degree

Seriously, there are so many good resources out there these days that it seems we don't really need the formal path anymore. Best of all, they're all low-cost or free. The main challenge with doing something like this instead of the normal university route would be a lack of discipline

Career

3 great career planning tools you should use

Instead of just thinking about your career randomly and forgetting what you decided on before, I recommend doing it more systematically. There are three main tools that I use for this. Journalling For me, writing is a good way to get my thoughts out of my head and into a

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How to sell more on Carousell

Carousell is a great platform, and I'm really happy it exists. I've sold a couple of big ticket items there amounting to about $500, and I wanted to share some tips on selling on the platform. Install Carousell on your phone This makes it easier for you to respond to

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How to buy better on Carousell

Carousell is a great marketplace for everything - from secondhand (or even brand new!) goods to cars and apartments. I've bought about 25 items from Carousell, found my current apartment through Carousell and most recently started selling on Carousell too. I like that I can take pretty good items off

Gaming

How I permanently psyched myself out of video games

Have you ever played this game called MapleStory? I used to love the quests, and played for the story; I couldn't understand the people who grinded levels without playing the different stories. Some of the music still sticks with me today, and I especially liked the Ellinia home music. I

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If you feel lost, ask yourself these questions

There are six big questions in life, and they're not just for journalists. That's right - it's your favourite who, what, when, where, why and how. Surprisingly apt when applied to life. They can help bring you clarity if you feel lost and don't know what your next step should

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What can you do about climate change? (Data-driven)

In part inspired by Bret Victor's post [http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/] in a similar vein, from a long time ago. I made a deck of almost everything I know about the actions we can take that will actually reduce our carbon footprint. It turns out that there are just four

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How to build a free landing page with conversion

About 5 months ago I hacked together something really simple with Mailchimp and Stripe. I didn't bother with optimising it at that point; it was more of a proof-of-concept that I wanted to try. I want to teach you to do the same. Customer experience flow It was basically: 1.

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A quick look at meal replacements in Singapore

I've always wanted to outsource cooking and eating as much as I could. I've been cooking for myself for the past couple of years, but it takes up about 8-10 hours a week and I see it as a chore. To me, food is mostly functional and I try to

University/College

How to finish MOOCs in a week (Coursera, edX or any platform)

As part of university I had to finish a couple of online courses. I eventually created a system that helped me to learn the content and also finish the course within a week. All this is best done on a laptop, though I've watched some of the videos on mobile