She is $600 richer each month without any risk.

I have been doing quite a bit of cooking at home instead of eating out. 

Er, I think I heard a few of you going "Isn't that something you always do?" 

OK, I have been doing a lot more cooking at home.

Today, I received a message from a reader:

"My hubby and I are your readers. I started first when I asked a colleague who sat next to me at work what was she reading on her phone. She showed me your blog. She suggested to follow you on fb because you do a lot more sharing there than in your blog.

"For months now, we would prepare food to bring to work for lunch. Recently, we started lunch pooling. We are very pleased with the idea. It doesn't take much more to make another set of lunch for each other. 

"We have you to thank for this because you are constantly sharing about preparing your own meals. Please keep sharing photos of your meals. They keep us going.

"Since doing this, we have saved much money. We were eating out everyday before this. It also made me examine our family food expenditure. Instead of eating at restaurants every weekend, we now do it once a month or not at all.

"My husband is actually more enthusiastic about the changes now than I was when we first started because he sees the money. Roughly, we are saving $600 more every month now.

"Since preparing our own meals saved us so much money in the last few months, we have bought tickets to your first meet the readers session next month. lol"

I usually update my wall on Facebook with photos of my cooking but not here in my blog. 

OK, for those who do not follow me on Facebook, here are photos of my lunch today:

Fried rice with potato and egg.

Steamed some vegetable.

AK's Donburi!

If AK can cook, so can you!

Remember, saving money is probably difficult in the beginning but you will get better at it. It will become a habit and, suddenly, that $100,000 target doesn't seem too far away.

“The first $100,000 is a bitch, but you gotta do it. I don’t care what you have to do—if it means walking everywhere and not eating anything that wasn’t purchased with a coupon...” 
- Charlie Munger

Related posts:
1. My food bill and my weight.
2. First "Evening with AK and friends" in 2016.

First (and only) "Evening with AK and friends" in 2016.

For quite a while now, some readers have been asking me when am I going to have another "Evening with AK and friends"? It has been many moons since the last time we had one.

A thousand apologies but AK has been lazy this year, amongst other things.

OK, finally, there will be an "Evening with AK and friends" in July. Yes, that's next month. 

Depending on the response, it could be the only session this year or we might have another one. 

Actually, I hope that it is the only session we will run this year.

Yes, AK is lazy.

Bad AK! Bad AK!

Here are the details:

Date: 

15 July 2016 (Friday).

Time: 

7.00 pm to 9.45 pm.
Location: 

Lifelong Learning Institute, Event Hall 1-1.

This is next to Paya Lebar Square and the nearest MRT station is Paya Lebar. (Duh...)

My good friend, Kenji Tay, from The Fifth Person is helping me to organise this event and I am very lucky to have Victor Chng and Rusmin Ang join me on the panel. Some of you might know these two very intelligent young men who are brilliant investors too.

For those of you who are not familiar with how "Evening with AK and friends" operates, it is basically a gossip question and answer session. 

Fun and laughter with a bit of sharing thrown in? 

Yes, in that order. 

What? You think attending "Evening with AK and friends" will make you a successful investor?

Best to ask those who attended before.

If you still want to come to the event, tickets are priced at $28.00 each. Get your tickets: HERE.

Seats are limited. So, fastest fingers first.
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UPDATED ON 
4 JUNE 16 (11.30 PM).

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I have received requests from some readers for more tickets to be released. Unfortunately, we have already exceeded the room's "official" max capacity.

So, in the weeks leading up to the event, those who bought tickets but are unable to go might want to post a note here. There will be some appreciative buyers. 

Related post:

Evening with AK and friends: Photos.