Blog Action Day – 15th October

Today is Blog Action Day. On The Action Blog there is a list of 88 items which you can pick from to make the world a better place. This year’s theme is on poverty. I feel that the choice of topic is really apt as it relates to the millions on this earth that are facing hunger and poverty and are helpless about their situation.

We should always be grateful for what little we have and be generous with our blessings. I believe in being frugal and to be generous to the less fortunate as the blessings that you will receive from GOD would be hundredfold.

This year I will be getting the boys to step up on saving water and electricity . [ Electricity tariffs have just increased by 21% this month] Our electricity/water bill has shot up from SGD $150-$220/mth. Added steps must be taken to reduce the utilities bills back to a more affordable $100-$150 range.

We will also be packing away and donating all their old toys and clothes which they have outgrown but still in good condition.

What are you doing this Blog Action Day?

October 11, 2008

Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Dominique Thoughts Thinking Aloud

[Picture taken while traveling through the newly opened KPE tunnel]

I have been doing quite a lot of thinking the past few weeks. Work has been piling up as I am in the midst of designing another multi page travel website which I hope to launch late next week. [ Hence the few posting here this week :)]

A few girlfriends and I have been chatting via MSN about the current gloomy global economic conditions. We are afraid that our spouses may lose their job due to the retrenchments and restructuring happening in many companies . The light at the end of this economic crisis tunnel looks dim. Cost of living here in Singapore is skyrocketing like every other part of the world and it is getting ever more difficult to survive.

Life seems bleak with inflation, rising costs of basic amenities and dwindling value of the dollar. All the more one needs to cut down on frivolous spending and adopt a more frugal approach to daily living.

For the past year my girlfriends and I have been brainstorming on how to best supplement our families income while at the same time taking best care of our own kids.

Even in today’s modern world where the govt is supposedly to be more Pro family there are still many obstacles being faced by women who want both – take care of their family/kids themselves and earn a decent living at the same time. Flexi-hour well paying jobs are almost non existent here in Singapore.

Do you face the same problem being a WAHM?