2SGD Mini Bank Project

ABBEY: We had our coin project in the year 2012 and the total amount of savings is 500sgd. The downside is each dollar coin has a deposit fee. This resulted to an almost 25-dollar-reduction on our earnings. We learned our lesson and come year 2013, we start saving 2-dollar bills. Twice the amount on the previous year and no fees. 

The savings surpassed the dollar coins but only a small percentage. We got 650sgd and invested it for the second phase of our "40 by 40" project. This year we continue saving those violet-colored treasures and expecting to surpassed the first 2 years.

WILL: Some people have other options to save a money for different purposes. Abbey and I save for additional sum for our investments. Last year we agreed to put a $1 coin on our Malteser's bank but we were deducted few dollars when we deposited it in our Citibank account. Lessons learned so we say hello to $2 bill. 

After receiving my boss ang pao from our Dinner and Dance party, a day after we open up our mini bank. We surpassed the previous amount. Then we both decided to send it to Philippines in addition to our "40 by 40" project. ;) 

Indeed this is a great way to save and invest. Oh, maybe you can do what my niece doing. She put a note wherein she can see always the purpose why she is saving up. 

Go and save. It is fun. 

Bucket of Gold

ABBEY: Wilma and I agreed to put one-dollar coin from our pockets and wallets to our Malteser-bucket-turned-into-piggy-bank. Day by day until up to two years we saved 518 $1-sgd-coins. We rolled them in sheets of paper (20 SGD per roll). 

Oh my, they're heavy. Putting them in a bank costs fees. 0.075 SGD per piece. So the 500-dollar savings became almost 475 only. Lesson learned but we enjoyed saving extra money that now became a habit for us.

WILL: "Oh my, Singapore's piso($1) is so cute!" As I exclaimed with delight Abbey got an idea to make a piggy bank and put only $1 inside. When we will open it?, we don't know. It started two years ago, its getting heavier and heavier every time I lifted it when I am doing a general cleaning of the room.

      We received a great news that Nuffnang will cash-out the earnings from our blogs and from there, we made that the Nuffnang cheque as a sign that we need to open the bucket once we received it from our sole advertiser.

      That day came, we received the 2 year earnings from our blogs then hurriedly open the Maltsers's bucket. Total of $518 coins was invested. Delighted?, yes too much. I don't expect this huge amount of money. On the next day Abbey went to Citibank to deposit those, there it will stay together with the Nuffnang's cheque until we made a decision where we will invest that sum.

      Happy but quite disappointed since the bank charged us $40+ coin counting fee. Huhu.. We learned our lessons in saving coins and that deduction will never happen again since our next project is to save for $2.00. I hope we can go for thousand plus.

Maltesers Milk & White

ABBEY: We ran in a chocolate shop for Neth to buy her pasalubong and we saw this variation of Maltesers. The balls were covered with white chocolate and chocolate but still has the same core. The price is also the same as with the original, not more than 30sgd. Maybe I'm just used to brown chocolate flavor that's why I found the taste of whites lacking. A good alternative for those seeking a new taste.

WILL:  We are checking out the chocolates with Neth for some pasalubongs and I saw this mixed chocolate of maltesers, instantly I asked my husband if we can buy that for me. Hehe. And of course he agreed! :)
      The taste? Ahm, how can i explain this, ok one word... Amazing! Haha. The sweetness of white and chocolate simply combined amazingly in my mouth! This bucket costs not more than 6$ and I ate this for almost 3 months. Haha! :)

Maltesers Ice Cream

ABBEY:
I'm looking for ham in Carrefour. I was strolling the freezers for that processed meat when I saw this confectionery, Maltesers ice cream. I thought since its chocolate treats are good then we must try this one also. Its a vanilla ice cream filled with dozens of small balls of Maltesers. A nice dessert after a nice dinner.


WILL: The chocolate is better than the ice cream version, why? This ice cream is way far from the sweetness of the choco version. Anyway, a nice alternative dessert. 

Maltesers Chocolate

ABBEY: What would you do if you were given your favorite chocolate? Happy? How about if they were too many for you to eat? You'd go crazy. You don't even know how to start :)

This bucket of sweets weighs almost a pound. It comes in 2 flavors, the original and with white chocolate. I prefer the former, very classic. And they are literally hundreds of them. Not much expensive, only SGD20 plus.

 

The good thing is, just like M & M's, and it melts in your mouth, not in your hands.

 

You can also make a coin bank out of the bucket as I did.

WILL: So surprised when Abbey send me a bucket of my favorite chocolate. So excited to eat those choco balls, di ko na natext si Abbey to say thank you. hehe. 

Well, I am fond of putting almost 6 balls in my mouth, then i'll let them melt in my mouth. After my Chichi (junk foods)i tossed in Maltesers after those salty chips. A week after, I got tonsillitis and 7 days of fever. The result of my stubbornness (not drinking water after eating sweets), pneumonia. 


Lahat ng sobra eh nakakasama talaga, kaya eat moderately.