It’s sizzling up here in the Philippines as El Nido hits its stride. Water supply is rationed on a daily basis and at certain hours, no water comes out of our showers and faucets! This is the price we pay for living in a tropical paradise … More Net Worth Update 7 April 2019 Retirement accounts
Once in a blue moon, my and my friends’ schedules aligned and we went on a weekday trip to Siargao island. It was a short but sweet three-day two-night trip. … More Weekday trip to Siargao
Try searching on Facebook for any average advertisement for a new car or latest gadget. Majority of the comments will be, “how much is the monthly payment?” … More Why so fixated on monthly payments?
He hadn’t expected this to be so. He thought of the passage of time as so innocuous, you barely feel it sometimes. He regretted not pursuing and living his dreams and felt that it was now too late for what he deemed as now frivolous pursuits. … More Net Worth Update 10 March 2019 / Time
The last two weeks have been hectic! I was handling one of those cases that had the simplest of facts and issues but the accused invoked the most annoying defense: denial … More Barlife: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I recently came across this Youtube vlogger living the microapartment lifestyle. I’m a fan of microapartments and wrote about them as early as 2015. I also own a rental one myself. It’s about time I wrote an updated post on the microapartment trend here in the Philippines. … More Pros and Cons of Microapartments
If you are non-Filipino travelling in a foreign country and happen to run into Filipino travelers, have you ever noticed how they often take the time to buy a bunch of little knick knacks or souvenirs in almost every other tourist stop? The quantities they buy are more than enough for the average traveller and the trouble that they go to and the lengths they go to carry the stuff despite limited baggage allowance will amaze you. … More The Filipino culture of “pasalubong” and “pakikisama”
It is cool weather and sunny skies here in Cebu City. Who else is enjoying this weather? This type of weather makes it easier to get to work in the morning without my makeup melting off even before I actually get there! Lol. … More Net worth update 7 Feb 2019
In the interest of improving my frugal / domestic wife skills this year and improving our household’s collective saving rate, I started meal planning our household meals and brown-bagging lunches. … More My lazy meal planning / Brown bag your lunch and save money
In the last month, the lottery jackpot was so huge (about one billion pesos or 19.2 million USD) that I was persuaded to join the office money pot for buying lotto* tickets. … More Why I’m not ready to win the lottery
