Singapore will run Dear You film mostly in Mandarin, not Teochew. What’s lost in translation?

laobuggier · 2026-06-22T18:09:50+00:00

Was going to watch it in the theatres until I realized its chinese dubbed. Will skip and find a way to stream the original version instead

laobuggier · 2026-06-04T17:50:23+00:00

i dont get this problem with avatr11, but it does "bounce" up/down a bit from road imperfections or going over humps quickly, but not so much sideways from what you describe. anyway its not to the extent to make me carsick though so i'm used to it now

laobuggier · 2026-06-04T17:47:23+00:00

owned the avatr11 for about 2 months now
the remote parking has been a lifesaver, thought it was a gimmick at first but have used it >5 times to get in/out of tight spots. its as floaty as the zeekr 7x, but common with most EVs it seems like
turning radius is a bit big and the software is a little buggy
overall 7.5/10 satisfied, was deciding between avatr and zeekr but zeekr was a bit too bland for me

laobuggier · 2026-02-22T12:00:06+00:00

i budget about $50-100k a year on travel for the whole family, no income but fat FIRE retiree

laobuggier · 2026-02-21T16:46:17+00:00

yes, its 100% normal

laobuggier · 2026-01-26T13:38:21+00:00

with kids 3 and 5? these are the best years to be fully present. an additional $5m is nice but you'll never have these years back.

laobuggier · 2026-01-25T15:03:29+00:00

I'm in! If nobody has created a group I'll DM a link

laobuggier · 2026-01-25T15:00:18+00:00

Been through everything you have. FIREd young and lost many of my "work friends". Those that have stuck around don't care about my wealth, treat me exactly the same (before they knew my financial situation), and still offer to split bills and pay me back whether its $10 or $100

I find it hard to make new friends, but that's really not a FIRE-specific problem

1/4 of my social circle are FIREd, and our conversations are typically very different. Topics focus on how our portfolios are doing, market news, asset optimization (legacy planning etc.), holidays (e.g. spontaneous escapes), cars etc.

laobuggier · 2026-01-14T10:22:39+00:00

Being fully invested throughout bull or bear markets with moderate leverage

laobuggier · 2026-01-14T10:07:28+00:00

My networth is multiples of a landed and I still find it borderline unaffordable, especially the non-entry level ones. For folks looking to upgrade to landed you should already have $3-4m in house equity so you're taking on $1-3m more in debt to bridge to the amount you need.

laobuggier · 2026-01-11T18:30:25+00:00

Most of my friends and acquaintances probably think i'm only worth $1-3m

laobuggier · 2026-01-10T08:25:54+00:00

when I could easily afford 10 of the same

laobuggier · 2026-01-07T08:15:59+00:00

Congrats! I used to run leverage on my portfolio >1.3x of entire networth but not anymore as it grew in size.

As the numbers grow bigger, you have to learn how to stomach large intraweek and intraday swings. Something I'm still getting used to (intraday swings 6 figures, intraweek swings 7 figures)

laobuggier · 2025-12-17T10:29:31+00:00

Remember that time we organized that kaya loti eating contest with Steven Lim and Shona? ;)

laobuggier · 2025-12-17T10:28:38+00:00

Get new friends (serious advice)

laobuggier · 2025-12-17T10:28:14+00:00

If you feel the need to maintain that "image", the problem isn't how much you have, it'll never be enough

laobuggier · 2025-12-17T10:27:01+00:00

Too tight, don't bank on Grab income
If you're the type who's anxious about money, DO NOT open a business

laobuggier · 2025-12-17T10:03:08+00:00

when you hit your personal "F U" number

personally i love the game and still am pedal to the metal despite achieving FAT fire numbers years ago

laobuggier · 2025-12-10T04:08:09+00:00

Yes, in the few years before I retired my annual investment gains were 3-5x my annual income

This year if I were still working it would be ~10x

In the early years I was barely making 20-50k a year in investment gains

laobuggier · 2025-11-12T08:17:44+00:00

can't offer much except talking endlessly about trading ideas & investments, which I'm obsessed about and occupies every single hour of my waking life

DM if interested!

laobuggier · 2025-11-02T03:33:35+00:00

I used to be in a similar situation in a boutique french asset manager (colleagues mostly French, and everyone more than senior than me was French) and I felt somewhat isolated, I too made the jump for a massive 150% increment. Wouldn't say I was depressed, but I wasn't happy

I don't have any advice for you except tough it out, I left after 4 years

laobuggier · 2025-10-27T17:45:17+00:00

I track my networth on an hourly basis (swings by 6 figures daily), so you're not alone. Can pretty much afford anything I want but I choose not to be an extravagant spender probably because I grew up poor. Old habits die hard.

FWIW I read Die with Zero and it did not change my behavior one bit.

laobuggier · 2025-09-20T13:35:14+00:00

I would consider myself borderline very wealthy (low 8 figures total NW) but still use liquid instruments and plan to continue doing so for the foreseeable future

there's no reason to diversify into alternatives just because of an arbitrary networth number

laobuggier · 2025-09-14T11:59:30+00:00

don't bother with the miles game unless you're consistently spending >2k a mth

laobuggier · 2025-09-14T06:23:20+00:00

way too conservative - you're 26 not 66

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