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[Post 1047] Business Student To Home Barber: My DIY Barbershop Journey | On The Red Dot
By Sonicericsg  •  November 28, 2025
Summary Nicholas Fheng, a business graduate from SMU, once pictured himself in a stable corporate career. Instead, after a series of failed job applications and an unfulfilling stint in tech, he leans into an unlikely side skill—barbering. What began as cutting friends’ hair in his bedroom becomes a full-fledged home-based barbershop. With a young marriage, a BTO on the horizon, and societal pressure questioning the “ROI” of his degree, Nicholas confronts the cost, uncertainty, and quiet courage of choosing craft over convention....
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By Sonicericsg
Hi everyone, I'm soniceric, my real name is of course not soniceric, it's just Ericsson :) The reason I name this blog as soniceric is a word play on the brand of "sony Ericsson" hence soniceric(geddit?) I am currently a 22 years old nsf who is about to ord soon and receiving a paltry ns allowance of $800 per month. To date, I have managed to save more than 10k and have already use the money for various purpose(emergency fund, peer to peer lending,posb invest saving and stocks, trading etc).
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