To spend money or to save money? One of the biggest conundrums that teachers in Korea face every Friday when that final bell rings. Should you go out and blow all your money on mountains of soju and samgyeopsal? Or…
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The first month of my mega saving challenge is over. Hooray! This month was full of all sorts of temptations. Especially since it was one of the dreaded 5 weekend months. Add to that, 2 bank holidays…
Can you believe that my little money book has been sitting at the bottom of the bag since I got back from the Philippines over 2 months ago, and that I’m just getting around to writing this post? I…
April 1st is going to be a pretty significant day for me. And not because it’s, as my Korean students like to say, “lie-day.” And not just because it marks my 2 year anniversary in Korea. In roughly 5…
Since I was a little girl, I have always been the world’s worst saver. If I ever got birthday money or Christmas money, I would spend it the first chance I got. My little sister, on the other hand,…
When I travelled to India this year, I managed to survive easily on just 1000 rupees per day (around 10GBP/15USD), including…