What's it like being a stay-home dad in Malaysia?
Stay-home dad for 3 years now, wife is the breadwinner, and I will be honest about both the joy and the sting. The joy is real, I saw my kid…
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Stay-home dad for 3 years now, wife is the breadwinner, and I will be honest about both the joy and the sting. The joy is real, I saw my kid…
I ran a small mamak-style kedai for 3 years in a working-class neighbourhood in Selangor, so let me answer both parts honestly. Why people l…
Worked in SG for years, real talk. The maths only works if you're disciplined and ideally can save aggressively. Big factors: (1) The exchan…
I duduk PR1MA dekat area utara dah 4 tahun. Pros: harga entry rendah, dan ada moratorium 10 tahun so tak boleh jual awal, yang secara tak la…
This is more common than people think, especially in SMEs. I only realised years later that my 'allowance-heavy' salary structure meant my E…
I've driven from KL to Penang during peak season many times, and I can tell you that the best route to take is the North-South Expressway, b…
On RM3500, keep your car instalment under 15% ideally, so max around RM500-550/month including you must also budget petrol, toll, insurance,…
Honest career-advice angle: the interview is the easy part, surviving is the real thing. I did audit two years and the learning curve is ste…
Remember EPF is your retirement lah, once you take out for house it's gone from the compounding. A lot of Malaysians reach 55 with pathetic …
Never give a single number, give a range and always anchor higher. I usually say something like "based on my research for this role and my e…
我一進入面試室,我就開始自我介紹,我說,我叫陳先生,我是來面試軟體工程助理的位置。面試官問我一些問題,我一一回答,包括我的工作經歷、教育背景,以及我的專業技能。面試過程中,我沒有遇到太大的困難,我覺得很順暢。最後,面試官問我,還有什麼問題想問我。這時,我問了他們公司的文化,以及工…
From my experience, unless your employment contract specifically guarantees a bonus (some state a contractual bonus or fixed 13th month), bo…
Ran a Shopee side hustle for 2 years while holding a full-time job, and eventually it out-earned my salary, so real talk. Yes it is realisti…
I did exactly this in 2021, left a QA engineer role at RM7k to join a SaaS company in Bangsar South as an account executive. First year my b…
Realistically, since you're staying with parents, this is the best time in your life to save hard, before car loan, rent and family expenses…
From my experience starting a home food biz, start simple and legal. Register a sole proprietorship with SSM, it's cheap (around RM30-60 a y…
I did the JB-Singapore daily commute for three years, so let me be real with you. The money is genuinely life-changing, SGD3,200 is roughly …
Take the new job, don't stay. Classic mistake. Think about it: your boss only values you enough to pay properly AFTER you threatened to leav…
Relax, expired road tax is very common and renewing is straightforward. If it's expired less than a certain period and no other issues, you …
Been in an interracial, interfaith relationship for 7 years, married 3. Real talk, not the feel-good version. The love part is genuinely the…
Kami lalui debat sama. Sekolah kebangsaan (SK) + agama petang (KAFA/sekolah agama rakyat petang): pros ialah anak dapat kurikulum akademik p…
From my experience, burnout is real and it doesn't mean you're weak or lazy, it means you've been strong for too long without rest. You don'…
Statistically most people who accept counter-offers leave within a year anyway, and I was one of them. My company matched my salary but the …
Helped my mak with this. Key things I learned: eligibility is based on household income and category (single, or households with kids), and …
I've done this and it can work if handled with tact, not arrogance. Instead of bragging 'I have two offers so hurry up', frame it around tim…