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Reasons Why I No Longer Use PayPal
Tonight my mother asked for my help regarding her PayPal account. Apparently, her boss sent her a bonus, but through an email address she wasn’t using with her regular PayPal account. So she tried...
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Emergencies Bring About Unexpected Blessings: Stories Surrounding A Forced...
Left to right: The laptop I borrowed as my temporary workhorse, an HP Pavillion G4, the Toshiba Portégé that served as my workhorse from 2011 to the other week, and my “dead” 2nd-Gen Macbook. I’m on...
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A Machine Replacement Cycle: Coping With Data Loss And Keeping Abreast Of...
Yesterday, I talked about how my 2-year-old machine-on-a-loan is breaking down and stuff, and that I now have to replace “her.” And while I will be keeping her and would still be negotiating on how to...
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Keeping Cool This Sweltering Summer
If you, like me, live in a tropical country, I’m sure you probably regret eating from styrofoam takeout boxes, using 1980′s non-eco-friendly fridges, and probably even airconditioning by now. Why?...
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Too Much Food
You may have the impression that overstocking the fridge or ordering too much food is limited to people who live in Northern America, however, this wasteful habit is actually spilling into middle to...
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“Doodads”: Rewarding Yourself Regularly To Curb “Binge Spending”
It was Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki who introduced the concept of “doodads” — “those material possessions that we spend our money on that are really liabilities,” as articulated by Bill...
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The Cost Of A Thing Over A Year
I usually replace my glasses once a year, or once in two years. Actually, I used to make my mom replace my glasses once a year or something. But this year, after realizing that I’m already 29 and...
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Things That Are Surprisingly Affordable #1: Airconditioning Project For My...
Of all the things I really hate in this tropical country, it really has to be the HEAT. Since I was a kid, I’ve learned to disdain certain types of cloth for our school uniforms, because they retain...
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A Tale Of Two Donuts
In Kalibo, where there are limited choices because of the market’s conservative tastes, my significant other and I are on the constant lookout for things to eat. One of the things he discovered were...
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Negotiation Works
So I finally have a Personal Finance post for you guys. Like my Author Blurb says, I’m a work in progress, when it comes to Personal Finance. I’ll be turning 30 this May, but I still haven’t gotten it...
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