Systems engineer, data expert and Omnistream founder Wendy Chen is strategising new ways to sell across South-east Asia.

What’s in store for you in the Year of the Earth Pig?

Stay on your toes and keep your cards close to your chest this month.

If you live from pay cheque to pay cheque – the way Clara How does – but your friends are buying homes, putting aside cash for retirement, and just generally adulting, read on. She’s on a mission to change her spending habits so she can put more pennies in her piggy bank.

Lisa*, a 35-year-old marketing analyst, developed an interest in astrology and psychic readings as a young adult. But this seemingly harmless pastime would almost destroy her happiness. AS TOLD TO SASHA GONZALES