"Do one thing that scares you next year." A book with this quote scribbled on it sent Mr Randall Chong on a trip to Nepal, and it was through books that he found a way to give back to the community there.
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When you're a bibliophile, there's no better feeling than the sheer joy of lugging home a bagful of new books - unless it's scoring 'em all at a bargain. If you've burrowed your way through Singapore's secondhand bookstores, here's the newest literary trove to bookmark: The Book Barracks. Open only on Fridays to Sundays, this comfy space in Jalan Pemimpin.
The road to overspending is paved with good intentions – you set yourself a monthly budget, and dutifully hold back on that shopping spree or pricy cocktail. Yet somehow, at the end of the month, you find that you’ve overshot your budget yet again. Sounds familiar? Getting a good grasp on our moolah calls for tracking our spending carefully throughout.