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How much do you spend in a week? 👀

I always feel that Zhin's the most sensible and most frugal. Good for him. Everything's getting more expensive so please do not take the money that you have for granted.

Actually Amanda and Zhin’s spendings are very reasonable. A bit expensive to have car in Singapore but if it helps his job (must often go place to place) then he’s paying for convenience. For things like healthcare, unavoidable. The other 2 don’t have to pay for big ticket items like house car kids or wedding etc yet.. so they can still spend frivolously and not feel the pinch. I was once like that. Everyday I will spend $15 on a meal 😅once they have to pay for the Adulting stuff, they will really feel the pinch 😅

Sew and Jeannette be keeping the economic going even though its inflation lol

I think Amanda is probably the most savvy in terms of budgeting/spending. Zhin's day to day spending is frugal, but he has bigger ticket items like rental and car. So it would be unwise/hard for him to spend like Sew. But is he really better off in his total budget? probably not. But of course, Sew might also be paying a lot for rental which we don't know.

Jeanette drinked bubble tea 3 days in a row. Is so concerning to me. Bubble tea is so high in sugar no matter how % you reduced unless if you choose no sugar at all. But 3 days in a row siaaoo add up with other food sugar content she ate daily, imagine in a week and total up to a month, this is potential diabetic patient type 2 in the future. Pls be careful and don't take your health for granted Jeanette. ❤️

I think there needs to be a no bubble tea for 72hrs challenge 😂

Thanks for this video. Really love how all the talents in this video are being honest with their spending. I can totally relate to Amanda in this video -- being early and taking public transport. I was once like Sew who takes Grab everywhere. But ever since the price hike like mad, I have gone back to public transport or staying in. This is really an honest showing of how your expenditure can go up with all the small unconscious purchases. Ever since I have started tracking my expenditure, I am more mindful of my expenses and have been able to think twice or thrice before making any purchase. The biggest shift was cutting down on my food delivery and it helped me saved a huge amount every month. So tracking really do help as it shows you where your expenditure and revenue come from... all the best everyone!

To the people criticizing the way people spend - at least siew and Jeanette are honest about what they spend to make the video interesting. They could have omitted their bubble tea starbuck addiction to make them selves look better but they didn’t. They were honest. If I’m them and I know that pple will criticize me left n right for being honest, I will just say everyday I eat $3.50 cai fan to look thrifty

Honestly although expensive, there are many benefits to moving out, not just for starting a family. I had to move out as I don’t get along with my toxic mother for years and I was having depressive episodes. After moving out my mental health improved greatly without even noticing it. Even though I had to share house with a stranger, my housemate was a better person 2 live with than my own family 😅I had to learn to do everything myself and it was expensive but u can’t put prices on mental health. Not everyone is fortunate to have family members that create a harmonious family environment at home.

14:23 Did she just say she got nothing to wear for a wedding... when like earlier in the video she had a shopping spree at Love Bonito lmao

Hi Zhin, could you share with us the recipe of your baked rice in the airfryer? Looks sooo good!

Kudos SmartLocal! A very creative way to show cost of living in Singapore. Shocked at the cost of grab rides.

TSL should do an episode where they send some of their more "unhealthy" staffs for a full medical checkup and see who wins at being the most "unhealthy" lol

Amanda husband so sweet nv let her pay 😍 Zhin so handsome

My love for the supermarket is Zhin's vibes 😍💸💸

Jeanette is so funny 🤣 the bubble tea never ends LOL

This episode just shows how well paid TSL staff are?!

Need to have a 2ND Video FOR THIS!! So fun to watch!

The problem is not inflation, but their spending habits.

This is a subtle ad for working at tsl their salaries must be incredible

I spent $1000 a MONTH and I thought I was a big spender.. unless I watched this video

Tsl is paying their employees well; taking grabs and buying hey teas and pop mart etc. No judgments on what they have bought but if sew is spending $50+ everyday, thats minimally 1.5k per month without savings... Also living in 2.9k rental condo and car thats like easily 3-4k per month.

Jeanette really be consuming those bubble tea drinks like they're water 💀does she not feel dehydrated at all?

pls do more of such videos, love it :) esp after 3 years!

Never shake my head so much while watching a video before..

I love the spending challenges especially when sea’s inside 😭😭

Smart locals pay their employees pretty well hor.

Really should do a "Bubble Tea ban challenge" X'D Who among the bubble tea obsess people can last the longest without drinking bubble tea

this was an interesting eps! get to see how different ppl have diff pending habits

sew and jeanette’s girl math is girl mathing and i love it

I don't take grab for transport or spend money on food deliveries because it is ridiculously expensive. I don't have to pay for rent and stuff and try to get my bfast free from office (Free oats) lol and try to eat my $4.50 caifan everyday and limit my total food budget to $15/day and occasionally splurge on bubble tea or sweet treats like brownies/cookies weekly. And I thought I'm quite a spendthrift alr 😂 Guess I was wrong.

How much is their average salary?

Zhin has a bigger spending problem as his expenses for big ticket items are significantly higher than what he can afford and he has to spend it every month (e.g. Rent, petrol). Sew just needs to control her impulse spending.

not sure about jeannette, but sew should be saving up for a house with her boyfriend if they are intending to get married in the foreseeable future... don't know how she is going to do proper adulting with this spending habits. probably thinks she can start saving later and it will be fine... :/

TSL must be paying well.

How does Zhin afford a car and rental of 2.9k month? That's like easily 4k monthly without even spending a single cent

Jeanette doesn't need to work or eat at all lol.. everyday just drink bbtea and go shopping, must be good life

Zhin is like me at supermarkets!

hey thanks for the video! I think it would be interesting to see how much tsl interns spend in a week too :)

Jeaneatte and Sue using inflation as the reason of their spending habits really irks me. First time to see people comfortably spending almost 10 dollars for a drink DAILY (almost 3x a day). Wah.

if per month Zhin’s rental and car loan/expenses alone sure outburst the rest liao.

Who votes for a ONE WEEK challenge for SEW (Mai) called: No bubble tea, Starbucks and Grab for one week 👇

I spend $750 per week on average. Most of my expenses come from food because I treat my family to meals, and I like to eat desserts after meals. $20 goes to transport, because I live far away from CBD, $70 goes to shopping like makeup or clothes, $30 goes to entertainment like movies, $50 goes to visiting polyclinic, and $50 for phone, and $10 for groceries (I buy my own toiletries like pads, shower gel).

Sorry, but please don’t blame high spendings on inflation. Having bubble tea or taking grab everyday just sounds like a big fat excuse.

sew and jeanette are impulse buyers ive noticed... gotta recognize that n prevent urself from buying stuff thats not worth it.... to top off my gas when the gas light is on cost me less then 50 bucks every 2 weeks.... my insurance for car every month is cheaper then what sew spent a week in transportation goodness thank god i dont live in sg

Saw the eatbook episode of we tried everything at saizeraya

now I know who took sweet bean pop mart…. I love sweet bean pop mart btw

Jeannette famous words.... Tmr I won't buy bbt

Siew and Jeanette spends in a day what I spend in 2 weeks..... And I thought I spend alot

wait a minute sew concert ticket isnt it some thing bought before hand? can count in for the week mehz

Zhin's run score🔥🔥🔥 damnn jiayous mann!

Jeanette spent 80 + dollars in love bonito but still doesn’t have anything to wear to wedding 😅😂 why do I relate to this so much hahaha

zhin is the most thrifty man i have ever seen

Public transport shld be the ONLY option if yall wanna save money… grab and gojek only when you’re truly late for something important🥹 or carpool..

I think sew is the biggest spender. And Brenda is the lowest spender. 🤔

Jeanette is so cute

16:36 to 17:55 - when you have to do a presentation on inflation be like:

how much do they earn ?? they should have shown that atleast an approx amount to get an idea who is the biggest spender

Change to ➡️ How much do we show off in a week

Isn’t kind of sad when you realize you’re unable to control your own spending:(

U should ask them to swap budgets for a week!! Like sew swap with zhin and jeanette swap with amanda

Geez I didn't know people grab this much...

Can I wash Zhin's car for free and in return, go on a date with him. 😂

Make this into a series with different people m

i hate that i relate to poor impulse control… T-T

I have roughly $10 a week. And I have reccess and lunch bc I tend to stay till 6pm. One meal is roughly $2 and a drink is at most $1, so $3 per meal. How can I plan my savings, for any suggestion, bc I am currently skipping meals sometime, and also have transportation fee to pay, $3 roughly a week for transport.

want to see Jeannette's LB haul :p

I wonder if sharing their spending at the start influence their behaviours a little as they “self stigmatized” and start exaggerating how they think they are expected to behave

I think jiahui should be the thriftiest

Wow if you spend this much w msia salary sure bankrupt😂

Can la, if you earning more than $3k… hahaha. Earning less than $2.2k plus with everything so expensive now, how to save?? I would prioritise my transport to work .. then i would either starved myself or eat something cheap. Sometimes, when life hits the hardest.. i only have 20. So i do what? I try to stretch out that money only for transport. Ya that’s life. 😅

1:10 "vices"*

how bout a one-month challenge to have a different perspective !!

Let's be honest, we were once in Jeanette/Sew's phase of spending habits

i keep a budgeting app, and whenever i buy something, even as little as a kopitiam teh-o, i key inside. and every week spending is around 150-180. so this video tells me that tsl employees are highly paid LOL PLS HIRE ME

What would be far more interesting is to see what their parents spend each week. I would think that t is a whole lot less.

$80 for how many litre?

How is TSL paying for them to spend so much hahahaa 😂

HOW MUCH DO THEY MAKE!!!!

Seems like TSL staff are paid very well. Haha

2.9k rental oooooof

😲😲😲 so cool!! Thanks😲

WHO DOESNT LOVE TRIX CEREAL... i know i do..

8:42 got me thinking abt the time. Is it 12pm or 12am

zhin's rental is 2.9k???? wtf

wash car every 2 weeks?? we don't even wash hah. wait for the heaviest rain to wash it for us, free 😜

I need to know much they earn 😮😮😮

I SPEND 15 -20$ a month

Sew is so Saks sea

I don't think it's a good thing if I relate to Sew -

Eh Khairul! 😄

I want to be amanda.

10m

*inflation* continue with $2.9k rent

First!

starbucks also not niceeeee 😅

Zhin's friend be looking hot xD

These youtube channels don't pay well at all. They do give exposure to their talents and 20somethings think fame is important. But they aren't paid well. They use their fame to maybe get freebies or sponsored stuff. But they are not cash rich. They spend all they earn, and put a lot of things on their credit card. They own no assets, wasting money on renting, because of wanting to have a certain image. Wait till they get to 35 years old, and develop some common sense about their finances and money matters.

Brenda so chio...