Cheryl Zhao

Cheryl Zhao

Cheryl Zhao, a financial expert, has been a part of our team for five years. After earning her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, she worked as a real estate broker before turning to blogging. Cheryl’s extensive knowledge of the housing market and trends, coupled with her passion for financial literacy, makes her blog posts an essential read for anyone considering becoming financially independent.

Frontline: Sick Around America (2009)

Many of my readers (self included) use these days to catch up with watching movies or documentaries, reading books etc. Since laying on the couch  and watching something is easier, we’ll do this. The recommended show is a documentary I’ve…

A diploma won’t make you a designer

First of all a small trip down memory lane for me: started web design in 2002. I was working as a radio DJ back then and started a site just for fun. Since I didn’t have money, but had a…

Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five

Do you like war books? Cause I don’t. If I had the curiosity to read about the book and find it’s got to do with the War, I’d have skipped it from my reading list. And still, since I never…

How to set your freelancing rates

One of the hardest things for a beginner freelancer is to come up with rates that are both good for him and the clients. These rates would allow the client to receive top quality for a good price (don’t fall…

If you still want to use a FREE blog provider …

It’s pretty difficult for me to understand why someone wouldn’t want to blog in a ‘serious’ way. I am currently an active blogger, it’s a great ‘job’ and for me everything needs to be ‘perfect’. This is why I am…

J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye

I’ve read the book 8 years ago, as a college assignment. It’s been quite a lot since then, so weeks ago it felt good to re-read it and understand it as the over 30 year old person I am. The…

Beauty from within

Healthy inside, beautiful outside. This is my motto when it comes to anti-ageing strategy. My main focus is on keeping myself young on the inside so that it can be reflected on the outside too. It’s well known that aging…

The Basics on Tree Protectors

The first few years of a tree’s life are its most dangerous. Whether is nature’s onslaught of wind, heat, cold, or critters, to an unwitting homeowner and his lawnmower when he’s not paying enough attention- one mishap or one severe…

10 Reasons Why Your Blog WILL FAIL

I’ve been blogging for the past 4 years and got pretty involved in the phenomenon. Let’s say my reading list is never under 150 blogs/day, I follow all of them, comment and see how they’re all doing. At the same…