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talk to me: contact me here
location: canada/usa
works: business consultant
net worth: ~$155,000 as of Dec 2011
eats: sashimi, tartiflette, pho
drinks: earl grey cream tea
gadgets: macbook pro 17", ipod touch (pda)
beauty: fb's list of toiletries/makeup
wants: roland rd700-gx piano
reads: ayn rand, tom stanley, sophie kinsella
watches: bones, mentalist, castle, top chef
wears: wrap dresses & necklaces
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
hates: wearing shorts & being late for anything





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Statistics Archive
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For every 5 men who earn a 6-figure income there is 1 woman
Posted on March 28, 2011 | 32 CommentsAm finishing off the book The Millionaire Mind, and came across these facts on pages 265 and 266: For every 5 men who earn a 6-figure income, there is 1 woman Fewer than 10% of those earning 7-figures are women Women even in top paying... -
Can you really get rich off playing the Lottery?
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 25 CommentsI once wrote an article called: A Lottery Ticket is not a Retirement Plan, but I may just have to eat my words! Or at the very least, modify them to say: A Lottery Ticket is not a Retirement Plan, but a Scratch Lottery Ticket... -
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Statistics about Workplace Productivity
Posted on February 4, 2011 | 41 CommentsHere’s a fun little infographic on working Or should I say.. NOT working? Via Good Feed -
The Secret World of Shoplifting
Posted on January 31, 2011 | 31 CommentsBig thanks goes out to J$ of Budgets are Sexy for posting: True Life — I live in a hotel, my guest post on his blog today. —————————————————————————————————- I was watching a CBC documentary last night called The Secret World of Shoplifting, one of the... -
Unemployment in the United States
Posted on January 18, 2011 | 20 Comments -
Canadians and Debt: A look into how we manage our money
Posted on December 23, 2010 | 16 CommentsMint launched in Canada and sent out this cute little infographic. We are somewhat satisfied with our finances It’s weird to me that you can make $100,000+ and less satisfied than other incomes* WTF? *Money really doesn’t buy happiness We don’t seem to have high... -
60% of Canadians are Living Paycheque to Paycheque
Posted on September 14, 2010 | 6 CommentsThis exploded yesterday on the news (which my new futon potato, BF, was watching), and on the internet after the articles were posted. Household net worth dipped 0.6 per cent, or $34-billion, to $5.9-trillion, marking the first decline since the first quarter of last year,... -
Luxury or Necessity? You have all spoken!
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 3 CommentsThanks for taking the survey! The response was so fast, that I smashed through my Basic Survey Monkey limit (1oo votes) in no time, and this is what I got Click on the image to make it larger Looks like the following were in the... -
Playing around with Unemployment
Posted on November 15, 2009 | 5 CommentsSo the U.S. recession has hurt us all, even in Canada, we’re feeling the aftermath, but doing slightly better than the States, I’d say. But have you ever considered how it affects different races, age groups, education level and genders? Education is a given. If...









