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[The Home] Self Reminder

Kalau ada satu hal yang gue dan toto, tandeman, bisa sangat impulsif dan bersama-sama membuat lobang besar di keuangan kita, itu bisa dipastikan urusan tentang rumah, khususnya renovasi. Preambule dulu ya. Semenjak kita masih tinggal di KL, toto itu udah rutin beli majalah home & decor singapur. Karena saat itu malaysia engga punya versi lokalnya, dan kebetulan gaya hidup tinggal
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Bayar Pajak

Jadi, minggu lalu akhirnya datang juga tuh surat pemberitahuan pemotongan pajak penghasilan tahun 2011, dan kita berdua pas lihat jumlah yang bakal didebit dari rekening suami langsung teriak “Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!” **okay, agak lebay sih, tapi beneran, bikin hati ngilu**. So i’d better say goodbye to a chance of having one more holiday this year. ๐Ÿ™ Sebenarnya, kita sih sudah bisa mengira-ngira
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Living in Singapore : The Basic Living Costs

During my two years of living in this little island, i think i’ve been seriously asked this question for more than 6 times. I know and fully understand their concern though as i was also in their shoes two years ago. This country, is very well known of its high living cost, particularly its ridiculously expensive property price. Yes ridiculous,
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[Note to Myself] Thanks to Compound Interest

This is so unusual that i am blogging early in the morning :). Well, friday morning should be somewhat relaxing and started by something easy and fun, right? But not for this husband and wife. Not this friday morning. We just realized that my insurance(s) have been billed to our credit card and it felt like we got our heads
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2nd Meeting with Nana : The Framework

So, last sunday, on 20th, we met nana again to discuss about our plan further. Still haven’t got our final plan, though. Probably on next visit, this weekend. The Progress Based on what we have saved so far, how much we have been allocating for saving every month, and the goals, she gave us the amount we need to add
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first meeting with financial planner

On saturday, we met this financial planner, nana, who one of hubby’s indonesian colleagues recommended for him. At first, he didn’t know that she’s indonesian, but when hubby made a call to her and they talked, he recognized the accent. Njawaaa bangett katanya :). Actually ย she lives in sengkang, which is very near from our house. That’s why initially we
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my second article for fashionesedaily ^_^

I’ll make this post short. Last monday, finally i submitted my long kept draft that was supposedly to be posted here, on my personal blog, to deszell. Despite that would be my 2nd article for FD, i was still freaking nervous and not sure if it was deserved to be published in FD, because imo, that was too personal. But
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$15 lidah kucing cookies :)

๐Ÿ™‚ finally my kitchen could earn money. No, i haven’t officially accepted any order. It’s my friend in sg, chint13, who asked me to make another lidah kucing cookies for her, since post-idul fitri. She was one of those who stayed in sg on the last ied and (luckily? ^_^) received my homemade “lebaran cookies” package. But i said to
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