The camera pans out to a living room, at the corner there is a young man sitting at a dimly lit table. There is guitar music playing from his laptop… His voice starts singing very loudly and very off-key, indeed an observer would even remark that the young man sings “poorly”. The young man is suddenly self-aware and stops abruptly to look into the camera… Oh, hi guys – ahem, excuse me there – for a second I got lost in the music, I was trying to find some inspiration online and stumbled onto some old tunes via Youtube. You know how it is – before long, one song turns…
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Grit and the Art of the Grind
Hi Frugal Samuraties! Welcome back to the latest from TheFrugalSamurai. Can you guys believe that it is the end of February already? Far out, soon it will be Easter, then June 30 (end of financial year), and before you know it we are heading into spring and knocking on the door of Xmas. Seriously, where oh where does the time fly. It’s been almost six months since The Frugal Samurai was born (the blog not me, I am older than 6 months), and during that time I’ve written a lot, said a lot and most of all learnt a lot. That’s why I started the blog and continue to plug…
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Investing in Real Estate 106 (Your Strategy)
Hai guyz! How y’all doing? Unfortunately, it’s a bit wet and miserable at the moment in Old Sydney Town – so what better than to snuggle up to your lover, switch on the mood lighting and play some soft tunes as you… read through the latest from your favourite personal finance blogger! Today, I’m going to continue the real estate series – it’s where the bulk majority of my net worth sits (read about in my numbers revealed) and an asset class which I am continuing to learn, develop and grow. Following on from the last post (here), where we discussed the team to build around you – this post…
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A Taste of My Own Medicine (Poor Customer Service) and 4 Ways to Cure It
What’s up fellow Frugal Samuraities! Oh no, not you again! Yes indeedy – you can’t get away from me even if you tried. Not that you will – because let’s face it, TheFrugalSamurai rocks! Self-congratulatory messages aside, I hope that wherever you are reading this – this blog can bring a little bit of light-heartedness to your life. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out. “Nods head solemnly”. Tonight’s post is really more of a message to myself than anything, for it is on a topic which every one of us encounters – bad customer service. Having worked in a client-facing role, I’ve been guilty…
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3 More Things I’ve Learnt From Planning A Wedding (So Far)
“Tick tock, tick tock…” What’s that sound? Whose watch is broken? Where’s the bomb located? Shall we sell this grandfather clock? Tell me QUICKLY. Whoa, calm down please, it’s just the days, hours and minutes counting down to MrsFrugalSamurai-to-be and I’s big day. oh… is that all. What you mean – is that all, with a couple of months to go – things are starting to heat up! Surprisingly though, our head space is relatively calm considering the timeline. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still a ton of stuff to do, plenty of items to be ticked off and surprises just waiting to rear their ugly heads around the corner. But…
