Alan Yu https://www.al6400.com/blog Daily Money Thoughts Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:41:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 102333828 Making Money or Experiencing The FIFA Event https://www.al6400.com/blog/making-money-or-experiencing-the-fifa-event/ https://www.al6400.com/blog/making-money-or-experiencing-the-fifa-event/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:41:34 +0000 https://www.al6400.com/blog/?p=18751 As a local in Vancouver it’s interesting to hear all the people who are normally not very entrepreneurial all of a sudden coming up with ideas on how they can potentially create some kind of side hustle during the FIFA games that there will be a lot of tourists. Everything from making food to acting as a tour guide a lot of people have the urge to do something. For others they are simply…

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]]> https://www.al6400.com/blog/making-anything-fifa-related-for-money/feed/ 0 18748 Using AI For Finance Planning Due To Shame https://www.al6400.com/blog/using-ai-for-finance-planning-due-to-shame/ https://www.al6400.com/blog/using-ai-for-finance-planning-due-to-shame/#respond Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:00:01 +0000 https://www.al6400.com/blog/?p=18746 This was an interesting talk in regards to using AI for advice when it comes to personal finance. To me it sounds like a good thing where if people are actively trying to better understand their finances then that should mean they will likely be debt free eventually if they aren’t already or perhaps, they are learning to invest smarter. For some cases though apparently people were turning to AI…

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]]> https://www.al6400.com/blog/using-ai-for-finance-planning-due-to-shame/feed/ 0 18746 The Interesting Controversy of The Grouse Mountain Canada Flag https://www.al6400.com/blog/the-interesting-controversy-of-the-grouse-mountain-canada-flag/ https://www.al6400.com/blog/the-interesting-controversy-of-the-grouse-mountain-canada-flag/#respond Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:58:11 +0000 https://www.al6400.com/blog/?p=18743 Recently there was this giant Canadian flag piece that was installed on Grouse Mountain where you can even see it from way below in the city areas. It apparently was a Guinness Record as well. While this should all be good, it seems the flag placement is incorrect from the traditional sense where the flag looks like it is upside down when you view it at a lot of angles from below.

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]]> https://www.al6400.com/blog/the-interesting-controversy-of-the-grouse-mountain-canada-flag/feed/ 0 18743 Avoiding Too Much Junk Deals https://www.al6400.com/blog/avoiding-too-much-junk-deals/ https://www.al6400.com/blog/avoiding-too-much-junk-deals/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:59:33 +0000 https://www.al6400.com/blog/?p=18741 Today the supermarket ap gave me some good deals where I could buy a dozen eggs for $2.99 and as well there was an offer to buy small bags of Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies for $1.99. I took advantage of the egg deal as normal price is usually about $ to $5 or so. While the cookies were a good deal too, this time I skipped it and actually just used the extra funds to buy another set of a dozen eggs.

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