Expenses - August 2019

Total - S$3,684.98

Total expenses for August 2018 came up to S$3,684.98. Spent a fair bit eating out and catching up with different folks, this being the one of the few whole months that I was based in Singapore.

The 2nd largest category was Technology. Bought a small tablet that will allow me to borrow books through the Libby application (via local National Library online resource), which will hopefully ease the eye strain on reading via the phone. Also plonked down a good S$500 or so on a Secretlab Softwave fabric chair (by the way, this rocks socks), on the pretext on protecting my body health since I'm in front of the computer for a good period of the day.

The 3rd largest category was Insurance. Bought a new annual travel insurance given a sizable amount of foreseeable travel in the next one year.

Expenses for the month came in at 92% or so of budgeted expenses, leaving c.8% of surplus. This ain't too bad. Aug 2019 marks my first full year of F.I.R.E, and perhaps I'll do a detailed breakdown of my realised expenses for this full year in my next post.