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August Update on my FIRE journey

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This is my current distribution. I'm hoping to gear more to my ETFs this month. I've been listening to many podcast (Aussie firebug, medical money, dev raga) and reading a lot about LIC vs ETFs.  I think for now, I'll stick to ETFs as my strategy.  I still haven't got enough side hustle to bump up more $.  And congrats to my partner who got onto paeds training and we don't have to move interstate woohoo!!

My Barefoot investing

I'd just like to write this down as part of my baby step journey into this share investing market.  Hopefully someone else as clueless as me would find this relatable. 😂 Disclaimer: I'm not by any chance very financial savvy or have a very good knowledge in share market/the bull or bear. It all started around end of March-early April in 2020. My partner started to read a book called  "the barefoot investor" by Scott Pape  after we went book shopping one day feeling like we gotta read something other than just watching netflix on our free time.  P .s. I got myself a "this is going to hurt" by Adam Kay and it was a good book where I can relate to some of his experiences at work. 1 - The first thing we did was to open up an ING bank account as suggested by BFI.   Reason: - 1.8% interest in saving maximiser account as compared to 0.05% in my other bank - Common sense time: 1.8% vs 0.05% which generates more interest? I only wish I knew it earlier...Al...

Diva Cup Saga continues...

So I tried my last cycle with diva cup again. This time I had no issues with removing the cup but there comes another one ---> forgetting to remove it on my day 3-4 period for at least 12H because I was rushing in the morning to work!! 😓 My cup stank like 💀💀💀... Tried soaking it in vinegar overnight then re-boiled it then put it under the sun.. didn't work💀 And then oh my haul to get hydrogen peroxide....it's sold out almost everywhere...I finally managed to get it on my 3rd store hunt. Again soaked it for longer than 12 hours.. reboiled and let it have a sunbath.. Smell was slightly faint-er?? but i don't know is it just my sense of smell or it's still just there?😐 But it didn't really bother me much after that. Fingers crossed. Hope the smell would eventually go away. Lesson learnt: do not put it in for longer than the duration they suggested!!😂😂 Update 7 June: prior to my June cycle, there's no smell! Thanks to hydrogen peroxide so...

Diva Cup Review

I finally mustered up the courage and bought a menstrual cup after doing the quiz  yesterday.  My result was a lily cup / diva cup etc.  However my chemist only is selling diva cup.  So I got a size 1 diva cup yesterday. --- TMI --- Tried it on in the shower, tried to take it out. Felt quite alright. So popped it in and went to sleep after that. -- THE NEXT MORNING -- I was silly enough to want to remove it as soon as I was awake. To my horror, I cant feel that stem like I did yesterday in the shower for removal!!!  From a medical background, i know the cup is still inside. But I just couldn't reach it as my fingers are too short. Tried almost every tip on the internet -> squat, relax, let gravity does its job. I even had a wee and opened my bowel because of the bladder and rectal pressure after trying to get to the base of the cup. The stem/base was so "slippery" in a body for manipulation 😞.. the pictures of removal steps on the internet ar...

Review Skin Care product

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I always have troubles when it comes to the time of the month a.k.a. menses/period. I tend to have acne outbreak (always, 99% on the T-zone and chin on my face) during my period no matter how good I take care of my skin. These are the few facial products I have tried out so far and I just want to give an honest opinion on how it works on me. Face Wash : I had used Johnson & Johnson's face wash from my whole teenage life. Never had any issues with it. I like how un-oily it made my face feel after using it. After going into university, I explored a bunch of random face wash. My sister recommended me using Massada but i find the particle hurts my face alot so I didn't like it. Then my bf's sister recommend him to use another korean brand facewash - which I love the smell alot but it is costly!! 98MYR per bottle. I bought like 3...in 2016-2017. Fast forward to 2018, I was still using the korean facewash as mention.  Until I started going to facial...

1 year mark in the land down under

I'm doing good, thanks. Got myself a little (expensive) present. :) Looking back at the old entries, haha, I do grow old as time goes by. Some I find them embarrassing now so I've archived them since long time ago. lol. I'd just like to say different working cultures really amaze me. How the organization works, distribution and flow of work. People should really travel and they will learn new things each day. Interact. Speak.

Review Forever Young Originally from Korea sling bag

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Review after 1 year usage: Pro: cute and adequate for phone (iphone x) Con: the PU pieces came off so quickly when it has not even been used for 1 year! Im so upset with it. Bought the peach one in June 2018, gray in Jan 2019. Both are already torn at the side after a short while.