Five Cents Ten Cents

This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

As part of my blogging activities, I regularly check out the wordpress statistics related to this blog, Five Cents Ten Cents.
One of the interesting search terms that led someone to my blog was “life as an accountant”. This has been floating [...]

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

I talked a little bit about how I managed to join the accounting profession even though I didn’t start out with such an intent when I was in Junior College. Sometimes when you look back at the choices you make in [...]

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

The path towards financial freedom for many of us lies in getting a good (and relevant) education, pursuing a career and living within our means to generate the savings that will fund our future retirements.
Your career would be one of the [...]

This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

The main stream media recently reported on the starting salaries of graduates in 2008 which was released by SMU, NTU and NUS in their respective graduate employment surveys.
My own sense of the figures are that they are somewhat high because they [...]

This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Grow Your Means – Career

I just attended a dance performance put up by young people and was amazed by the level of professionalism and dedication they put into their hobby, i.e. modern dance. Their moves can rival any of those you see on MTV or [...]