How To Live A Rich Life With Your Current Income

Hello Grasshoppa, There are many ways for us to define how rich we or other individuals are. The most significant way of defining rich people is by how they dress or what car they drive. Maybe some of them are truly rich, but some actually put themselves in debt just to impress others who don’t […]

How To Start A Side Hustle Successfully

Hello Grasshoppa, In my years of trying different side hustles, I have been successful at some & failed most of them. Failing is not really a bad thing as I am able to learn from my mistakes & move on to my next side hustle & make it better. Before I started my BBM blog, […]

How To Prepare For Retrenchment

Hello Grasshoppa, For the past few months, we have seen many companies going through a job cut where many people are losing their jobs. To some long-serving employees, it can be a benefit for them as they can leave those jobs with a big fat compensation if they are getting paid fairly. That money can […]

Rounding Up My 2022. What Went Well?

Hello Grasshoppa, 2022 is coming to an end & it is time for me to share with all of you again what I did well in 2022 & what can I do better moving forward. 2022 is definitely a better year compared to 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic. For 2022, I find this […]

Why Can’t We Quit Our Jobs & Live Our Best Lives?

Hello Grasshoppa, Growing up, I noticed that many people especially foreigners travel the world in their 20s to 30s after quitting their job. They can be from just a normal blue-collar worker to white-collar workers that took some time off from their profession to travel the world. Usually, their travel period is between 3 months […]

My Take On Working From Home (WFH)

Hello Grasshoppa, The new normal, post-pandemic can be a good or bad thing for some of us, especially in our working life. I remember when I was stuck at home for a few months where I was only working at home, attending only web meetings & doing my work from my home desk. It was […]

How To Get Brands To Notice You

Hello Grasshoppa, It is a busy weekend for me & I am currently in the airport waiting to board my flight back to Penang. I had my first BJJ competition this year where I ended up winning silver, however, I had to pull out of my final match due to an injury. Overall, I had […]

How To Fund Your Passion

Hello Grasshoppa, In my previous previous few posts, I have touched on Turning Your Passion Into Income & also Why Should You Invest In Your Passion. In both posts, what was lacking was the actual process on “How To Fund Your Passion?”. Over the years, the investment of my passion was particularly in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where I have […]

Why You Should Always Invest In Your Passion

Hello Grasshoppa, In my previous topic of Turning Your Passion Into Income, I did touch a little bit on how I turned my passion into income by opening my gym in 2012. We have been on a roller coaster ride for the past 10 years but the journey has been pretty good so far. Even […]

Should You Consider Withdrawing Your EPF Savings For 2022?

Hello Grasshoppa, EPF has recently announced a Special Withdrawal facility effective 1st April 2022. As of my writing, there are not many details announced yet on the procedure but members below age 55 can withdraw as low as RM50 & up to a maximum of RM10,000. Members are required to utilize their EPF Account 2 […]