We spent about $6,700 in April and the bulk of it, $3,500 was due to vacation expenses. After including this month’s expenditure, our average expenditure this year has risen to about $4,655.  And seriously, due to a quite unexpected bumper year in terms of work income and investment returns, there is a strong likelihood that we might celebrate the end of the year with another overseas trip. At least it’s not a trip once every quarter, right? =p

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Eating Out: $484.70

Hawker ($149.90) – I did not go to the market for two weeks in May and it showed. Besides a small increase in the waistline, the amount spent on hawker food literally doubled from the previous month. Fast Food ($39) – Two meals at Burger Up and another meal at Wing Stop. We are spending more on each fast food meal but getting so much more satisfaction from ......