Chinatown, 2019.

I arrived at my destination and waited anxiously for my turn.

I have done this numerous times, but the anxiety just won’t go away.

This “nose to nose” confrontation with the enemy’s improvised weighing scale and ever-changing pricelist is the ultimate test of nerve and skill as well as the supreme expression of the esprit de corps – smarter personal finance decision – that characterizes the Seedly Personal Finance Community.

This scenario is loaded with uncertainties.

Eyes gazed on the weighing scale, my palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. I’m nervous, but on the surface, I look calm and ready. I took out my wallet.

” Ah Boy! Your Ma La Xiang Guo is $11.20!” 

My heart sank. I blew my daily meal budget on one Ma La Xiang Guo meal. Again!

Ma La Xiang