My Personal Finance Story (Part 1) – Started Earning Young, But No Savings!

By Rolf Suey - Invest in Yourself • May 16, 2015

This week, the hottest topic in the financial blogger-sphere is about why we should be financial educated. Although LP is not the source blogger causing this viral, I was influenced by his post “why I am interested in personal finance”, sharing his personal finance journey. To me, sharing of personal experiences always educates more convincingly than just infusing streams of theories. Now, let my own story begins as follows.

Primary School

I come from a humble family, “Money Always No Enough Lar!” We initially stayed in 1-room (no living room) then upgraded to 2-room rental flat (1 living and 1 bedroom). My father worked for less than $1k with no CPF, and mum was a housewife babysitting for extra income.

Started Earning

I started earning money by catching spiders at forestry areas near Jervois road and railway tracks! Spiders have to be masculine to fight in the ...

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By Rolf Suey - Invest in Yourself

I am a Singaporean, born in the late 1970s experiencing mid-life career crisis at time of writing this blog. One reason to start blogging at an older age, is to break my own comfort zone. While it can be considered late, it is "Better Late Than Never" ...

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