Travel Guide to Singapore: Living Like a Local

There were three things that made me want to go to Singapore: Flor Contemplacion, James Clavell’s King Rat, and my cousin.

  1. Sleep Like a Local: HDBs and Shophouses
  2. Eat Like a Local: Hawker Centers and Food Empires
  3. Shop Like a Local: Giant and Ikea
  4. Tour Like a Local: Neighborhoods and Libraries
  5. Ride Like a Local: Buses and Trains
  6. Spend Like a Local: Value and Budget
  7. Singapore Like No Other
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Travel Budget: Using BDO Debit Card for Asia, USA

I am sharing this for everybody who doesn’t know it yet… but I have a feeling that I am the last person to know, that you can use your BDO Debit Card also for online purchases and for purchases outside of the Philippines. I’ve had this card since 2010, and it’s only this year that I’ve used it for online purchases. Specifically, it was only just weeks before I started planning our Singapore + Melaka trip that I learned from a BDO bank teller that I can use my debit card like a credit card.

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