Note: I received a free copy of this book so in this post I shared my thoughts about it. There’s no affiliate link in this post. In the second part of my post Canadian Tax Courses: Online and In-Class, I mentioned IFSE Institute on which you can take online classes relevant to finance such as […]

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By the time I can no longer denied the necessity of buying a car, I realized it wasn’t that hard when you have people that can help you out find the right car. When it comes to finding a cheap car insurance in Canada, I didn’t do well in getting the best deal as a […]

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Not too long ago I was fortunate to learn about Centre for Newcomers (a settlement agency in Calgary, Alberta) through a friend. At that time we were both caregivers who are interested in learning new things. She took a money management workshops at the centre and determined to have me do the same. It didn’t […]

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You may call it Serendipity. But it is way better than Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack’s romantic movie in 2001. Isn’t it tiring watching them chase each other on the film? Well, I was a little bit like them. No. Skip the romantic part. I go crazy chasing books. They just stay still but you […]

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Time to come clean: it takes me a lot of time to write a blog post. Researching, writing, and browsing about absolutely unrelated topics consume my time. But it has a bright side: another blog post. (With luck, I could probably write it in less time. There’s the nagging voice again: it’s about habit not […]

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I started the year having much interest with personal finance especially now that I have a customized financial spreadsheet; tracking expenses and investment is less tedious. It’s time to develop the habit of updating (and don’t forget: backing up the files). And I will do so with appealing numbers—high interest rates of TFSA (Tax-Free Savings […]

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