One of the strategies that the Heartland Couple adopted as first-time parents was division of labour. As simple as it sounds, it helps to minimise duplication of efforts and keep their sanity in check. As a counsellor, Heartland Girl naturally gravitated towards topics such as well-being and communication. Meanwhile, since Heartland Boy is passionate about […]
My HDB BTO renovation experience with an interior design company
When Heartland Boy’s supervisor at work asked him how his renovation experience was, he replied matter-of-factly, “No major issues so far and they handed over within the timeline as well”. Heartland Boy’s supervisor was surprised and commented that Heartland Boy was incredibly lucky. Indeed, luck could have played a part but Heartland Boy thought that […]
Boustead Projects Limited: Initiation Report
Boustead Projects Limited (‘BP’) is a leading industrial real estate solution provider listed on the SGX. It provides high-specifications industrial projects that are built to suit its clients’ needs on a turnkey basis. It is also the real estate business arm of mainboard-listed, engineering services group Boustead Singapore. By way of issuance of dividends in […]
The Open Re-Offer Of Balance HDB Flats Sales Exercise- First Come First Served!
HDB recently launched a new HDB Sales scheme whereby would-be home owners can choose to apply for unselected flats from the Re-Offer of Balance Flats (‘ROF’) pool at any time of the year! This was the “new scheme” that the National Development Minister was talking about on his blog back in February 2019. Being curious, […]
How to hire transfer maid without maid agency in Singapore
With a newborn and a new house to take care of, the Heartland family are constantly exhausted from all the household chores. With both of them having full-time jobs to handle, they needed to outsource some of the more menial daily activities to an external person. They tried a part-time maid but that was not […]
OCBC 360 Savings Account Changes Yet Again… But For The Better
OCBC 360 Savings Account has made its 4th major change in 5 years. Heartland Boy knows that you are probably getting change fatigue by now, especially if you are one of those early adopters back in 2014. However, hear him out (i.e. read this article) as there’s only good news to share this time round. […]
With ShopBack Button You Will Never Miss Out On Free Money Online Again
Heartland Boy has been a loyal user of ShopBack for several years now but a couple of things still annoy him: Forgetting to go to merchant store via the ShopBack website; Purchasing from a merchant store not realising that it is listed on ShopBack Such careless mistakes have agonizingly led to some hard-earned cashback going […]
How To Easily Earn Up To 3.5% Cashback On HSBC Advance Credit Card
For the past year, Heartland Boy has only been receiving up to 2.5% cashback on his HSBC Advance Credit card. That was because he did not think it was worthwhile to qualify for a HSBC Advance Banking relationship just to earn an additional percentage of cashback on the HSBC Advance Credit card. However, a recent […]
DBS Multiplier Has Upped Its Game Once Again
Back in 2017 when DBS Multiplier 2.0 was launched, Heartland Boy and Heartland Girl each opened a DBS Multiplier Account online. They even went one step further by opening a POSB eEveryday Savings Account at the bank branch. A joint bank savings account with POSB allows each of their DBS Multiplier accounts to aggregate both […]
Why Attend REITs Symposium 2019
The long-anticipated annual REITs Symposium 2019 is scheduled to be held on 18 May 2019 (Saturday) at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands. Online tickets are going for only $15 and first 30 readers of Heartland Boy will also receive a mystery gift worth $25 (more details on that later). REITs Symposium 2019 […]
