AsiaThisWeek: Investing Apps, Travel Without Flying, Fried Chicken Bouquet, A Dog as Mall Cop

On the second episode of AsiaThisWeek (ATW), we'll be featuring investment apps like Robinhood on how to avoid losing your bucks, a unique marriage proposal with chicken, travelling overseas without riding planes, and a stray dog becoming a mall cop.

How to avoid losing all your money on investing apps

Financial advisers suggest better ways to invest your money than day trading on Robinhood. It’s impossible to predict the market. Many professionals spend their entire careers trying to do so, with varying levels of success. And regular people who invest in individual stocks in the short term are likely to lose money. /Vox

/Travel

How This Guy Traveled From Singapore to Canada Without Flying

This university student is no different, except that he’s not your average jet setter. In fact, no planes were involved in his overseas trip at all. /Vice

/Culture

Dude proposes to the love of his life with fried chicken bouquet from KFC

People say that the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach. Because food is everything, obviously.It's how you show your significant other you love them. 27-year-old Darren Chua from Singapore took this to the next level when he decided it was time to propose to his girlfriend of 10 years. /Mashable

/Social Goods

Stray dog ventures into Manila shopping center and ends up becoming mall cop

When it comes to the stray animals we see roaming about, it's always best to exercise compassion. But when one stray dog ventured into Vista Mall Taguig in Manila, Philippines, no one expected it to have such a gentle exit. /Mashable

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