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There are many ways to earn passive income in Malaysia. This guide will help you to navigate most, if not all available options and passive income ideas in Malaysia and help you decide which ones to consider doing, based on your interest and/or skillset. Unlike other websites, I don’t just write about passive income in…
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your March? Was it good, bad or meh? For me, March 2024 was half ‘eat out whenever since Ramadan is coming’ and half ‘cook from home,…
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your February? Was it good, bad or meh? For me, February 2024 was very much centered around family. After much thought, I have decided to be…
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In January 2024, I performed the umrah together with my family. We visited Masjid Al-Nabawi in Madinah, and Masjidil Haram in Makkah. Alhamdullillah, by the grace of God we completed our journey and returned safely. In this article, I would like to review the 13 days 11 nights Tabung Haji Travel umrah package we took….
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your January? Was it good, bad or meh? January 2024 was quite the spiritual month for me. Not only I went to perform umrah (see Yay…
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your December? Was it good, bad or meh? For me, as usual by end, I spent some time to reflect on the year so I did…
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Hey, you. You want to achieve financial freedom in Malaysia, but don’t know how. You may not even know what that entails. Financial freedom is like one of those meaningless phrases, like ‘paradigm shift’. Let me help you unpack that phrase and lay it out, in this step-by-step guide format. What are the 7 Steps…
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I’ll just right away say it: the best credit cards in Malaysia are cashback credit cards, aka cards that give you back money, or points that can be used as money. Unless for specific situations, lifestyle cards, travel cards, Airmiles cards and the rest are all useless to me. I will not entertain any questions…
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In this article, I’m going to give you a condensed but concise pros/cons list of five of the most popular investments in Malaysia: Why these five? Simple – because the overwhelming majority of us will start our investing journey with one of them first. Eventually, you need to know the tried-and-tested strategies that work well…
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your September? Was it good, bad or meh? For me, September 2023 was amazing – personal life, family life, work life – everything was good. Work…
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Welcome to another edition of my monthly budget updates, where I break down my expenses by category and share the highlights and lowlights of the month. So how was your August? Was it good, bad or meh? For me, August 2023 was quite the decluttering month. I managed to sell some items (sold off the…
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Lots of reasons could have depleted your savings. Maybe you were unlucky and had an emergency. Maybe you lost your job and finding it hard to find another. Maybe someone took advantage of you. Maybe you YOLO’d too hard. Whatever it is, the financial damage is done. Now how do you get back up again?…
