即将启程:也许是2024年最宝贵的3个月
后面两天就准备又再度启程去学习了,虽然课业上还是有一定的压力,但比起工作还是轻松太多了。 在2023年度下半年…
As I often use an overseas card linked to WeChat for payments at various small shops, I've recently noticed that WeChat has started to pass merchant names to overseas institutions.…
A while ago, I published an article about filing my personal taxes for 2023, see "The Thing About NRA Tax Filing: Successful Tax Filing for Cloud Residents with ITIN."…
Recently, I got some extra cash and am planning to throw it into my mortgage to pay off a bit in advance.…
March 2024 has arrived, and for most Resident Aliens (RAs) and Nonresident Aliens (NRAs) in the United States, it's another tax season. However, in distant places, there's a group of friends who, for various reasons, have obtained an ITIN, and now they are in a dilemma about whether to file their taxes.…
As a non-Hong Kong resident, it used to be very inconvenient to obtain a real-name Octopus card. I remember that one must physically be in Hong Kong and then go to the Octopus physical office to handle the process.…
Last time, in a hurry, I added another health insurance for myself, guaranteed renewable for 20 years. This weekend, I took a closer look at the 18th edition of Hao Yi Bao (Good Health Insurance) and this 20-year guaranteed renewable one.…
I remember casually buying myself and my family some basic health insurance or welfare insurance because it was cheap and I didn't take it seriously at the time, nor did I consider whether the coverage was appropriate or not.…
Last week, I applied for both USBANK (Chinese name: 合众银行) and CAPITALONE's premium card VENTURE X.…
HSBC FR was one of the later accounts I opened. I first received the HSBC France debit card around mid-2022.…