The Frugal Beagle

Living Within Your Means to Increase Wealth
Surviving in the Malaysian Economic Conditions

Make Your Own Cotton Balls

This week’s Frugal Friday tip will show you how to make your own cotton balls from a roll of cotton. Frugal Friday tips are short and easy frugal tips you can pick up as a weekend project.
If you have a baby, you will need to use a lot of cotton balls. Cotton balls come ready-made […]

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My Problems With 1 Sen Rounding Mechanism

The 1 sen rounding mechanism has been implemented in Malaysia without any major issues. However, being a frugal beagle I can’t help but to highlight some problems that I have come across.
I know that a few sen is not worth much, but frugal beagles never let a cent go to waste.
Recently, fellow blogger Paris B […]

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Download Full Version Free Games

If you’re bored of Solitaire or Minesweeper, I have found another way to find full version computer games.
I have written before about downloading free games.
Wikipedia actually has a list of commercial computer games released as freeware. If you take a look at the list, you will find a list of computer games released in the […]

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Making Tofu

In today’s Frugal Friday tip, I have a simple frugal project for this weekend.
I found this video that shows you how to make your own tofu from scratch. I know we can get tofu pretty easily here in Malaysia. I think we can use this to make our own specialty tofus, the kind we can […]

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Frugal Dad

I have been reading a blog called Frugal Dad, and I really enjoy reading the posts each day. I thought I’d share this blog with you today.
I’m especially attracted to this blog now that I have become a dad.
From the blog, the author’s objective is to “help families spend less, invest more, and ultimately enjoy […]

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11 Ways to Prevent Credit Card Fraud

I got these tips from Citibank, my credit card company a couple of weeks ago. I would advise every credit card holder to read through this list prevent credit card fraud.
1. Take Action When Receiving New Cards
When you receive your new credit card or a renewed card:

Check that the card is in your name, and […]

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Make Your Own Chicken Nuggets

It’s time for another Frugal Friday tip. Frugal Friday posts give you small tips you can use as a weekend project.
In today’s tip I will share with you a video I found that shows you how you can make your own chicken nuggets from scratch.

I haven’t tried this out yet, but it certainly looks simple […]

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