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FAQ for your upcoming year-end bonus!

Ah, the world financial markets are rockin’ and shakin’ and you have no idea what next year brings. Osama bin Laden is still at large (and so is Mas Selamat) and really, there’s no reason to be happy. But what you do know is you’re getting your year-end bonus real soon!

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A coffee a day, and get a Krups top-end coffee machine free!

Yes, we all know you coffee addicts can’t do without your daily cup of “nourishment”. But when coffee, and coffee alone, is setting you back enough to buy a top-end coffee machine every year, you ought to be relooking how you drink your coffee.

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Shop for a wallet and end up buying your whole wardrobe

We’ve all done it before - haven’t we? We walk into the department store wanting to replace a old wallet, and end up with a new watch, 3 pairs of new shoes, 3 tops, 1 pair of jeans, 2 earrings, and 5 pairs of panties. (referring to the ladies here, of course). The men arn’t that much better off, so stop smirking.

In fact, it just happened to me last week! I walked into a watch shop with a $500 maximum budget wanting to buy a watch, and i walked out with TWO watches, simply because they were having a sale and the total cost was less than $500. I could have saved $300 dollars instead of just $50 (I spent $450).

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Wah, investments got 10% returns - shiok ah!

Do you want 10% returns on your investments? More? You bet! 10% who don’t want, right? Considering that the banks are giving a miserable 0.0000000000035%.

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Manage your money like a sushi chef

Everyone loves sushi, especially those that come automatically on a conveyor belt! Mainly for the taste, of course, but we can also take some lessons from the sushi conveyor belt to help us grow our money.

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