Author Justin Lee

Buying is easy

But letting go is not. I spent several weekends in August tidying up old PCs and other computer hardware, hopeful that it would benefit some people. One laptop went to a needy family. That was easy, because it’s a small laptop… Continue Reading →

Investment portfolio review

Earlier this year I wrote about the lessons I’ve learnt and how I’ll be reshuffling my investment portfolio; the year has come to an end so it is time for my annual review. I’ve reduced the losses on my CPF… Continue Reading →

One year of financial progress; Tracking your net worth

I’ve made effort to track my expenses over the last few years. This meant keeping a record every time I took money or a credit card out of my wallet. It is a tedious process, and gets sloppy at times. At… Continue Reading →

Buying Mobile Phones in Singapore

There’s been a piece of news recently where a Vietnamese tourist who made only $200/month had to kneel down to beg on his knees to get a refund of his money for an iPhone 6. I think a lot of people still do… Continue Reading →

How to buy a used car in Singapore

I have several friends asking me for advise on their car purchases — especially used ones because the process is more complicated, so I have decided to write a guide instead of having to repeat over and over again. Disclaimer:… Continue Reading →

Why status fields must die

I’m sure we have seen this happen: A programmer forgets to add a status = 1 condition/check to an SQL query and the app disintegrates. Status fields can be useful in some ways especially if the range of values are large,… Continue Reading →

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