Hello Grasshoppa, There are multiple sources have mentioned that we are entering a recession soon. Recession periods are usually tough periods for many as we will be seeing the global economic downturn, higher unemployment rate, high inflation rate & bear market. It is truly an uncertain period of time from the trade wars between China-USA, […]
How Can Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) Affect Malaysians?
Hello Grasshoppa, Recently, Bank Negara announced the increment of the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 2.25%. This was an additional increment on top of their announcement in May 2022 from 2.00%. Since July 2020, our OPR was at 1.75% before it increased in the period of 2 months to 2.25%. The overall OPR […]
The Journey Towards My Dream Home
Hello Grasshoppa, This post has been in my draft since January 2020. I started drafting this post to gradually track how much I have spent to get my house ready & as of April 2022, I am excited to announce that it has finally been completed. From the bedroom to a mini office area, a […]
How To Finally Get Out Of Debt After You’ve Tried EVERYTHING
Hello Grasshoppa, Do you ever dread paying your monthly credit card bills or other loans? I personally feel so even though I don’t have much debt aside from my house & car loan. I bought my second car in 2020 when my first car was in a condition where it was giving me multiple issues. When I […]
Types Of Income That Will Help Your FIRE Journey
Hello Grasshoppa, I am currently on my FIRE journey, and I have 6 years left before I officially retire to travel the world. It is a goal that I set for myself before I started writing my blog years ago. Writing BBM not only helped me to record my journey & share it with all […]
What Financial Advice I Would Tell My 19-Year-Old Self
Hello Grasshoppa, I dropped out of college at age of 19 in hopes that I would make a better living by working rather than earning my Diploma. I started working as a direct selling agent doing sales for an illegal Forex company (not knowing it was illegal at that time) where I had no basic […]
The Best & Worst Investment Advice That I Have Ever Received
Hello Grasshoppa, Since I was young, I have gotten a lot of investment advice from many people. Some of them have changed my view on investments in a good way while some of them have brought a negative light towards my investment journey. Advice and opinion is always free but varies as some of them […]
Improving My Personal Finance Skill Over Time
Hello Grasshoppa, Our personal finance journey starts from the moment you receive your first allowance from your parents or family. We learn to manage our money differently & our parents play an important role in educating us to manage our finances. No doubt, some of us are taught well by our parents, however, some may […]
2021 Personal Finance & Investment View From My BJJ Friends
Hello Grasshoppa, My Saturday is always BJJ training & spending time with my BJJ family. It is a bit unusual for me this time around as my coach has just left back to his home country to take over his father business & I am taking up the role as a BJJ coach alongside with […]
How Can Budget 2021 Benefit Malaysian?
Hello Grasshoppa, 2020 has been a rough year for many of us especially with the Trade Wars, change of government &tje global pandemic that is hitting the world. Month by month passes by & now we are approaching the end of 2020. Last year we heard the previous Pakatan Harapan government presenting us with quite […]