Life in Zambo

A couple of days ago, I posted about getting addicted to calendar-making . Addicted, because I started making calendars even with pocket-sized notebooks. I love notebooks, pens and lots and lots of paper. I love them so much, that I have way too many at home and I still have yet to use them. Their purchase dates go as far back as 2007 even. This is the current pocket notebook that I've been bringing along. It cost me only P40. We don't have any bookstores worth mentioning around here anymore. Even Golden Bell, which was like the ultimate school, home and office supply store that I practically lived in, has been closed for a while now. I bought it at Zamboanga Unisales Incorporated, which sells stuff at really cheap prices, but of course, don't expect them to last long. It's kinda like buying stuff at CD-R King, if you know what I mean. It's teeny-tiny, as you can tell from looking at the pen next to it. Since I didn't have a 2013 planner, and I don...

Since the Election ban, I admit, I haven't been very productive at work. So I found myself a hobby to keep my mind busy and also to sharpen some really rusty Photoshop skills. It turns out that managing my finances meant I have to pay bills on time, and that dates are important. It definitely meant that I need to get myself an organizer. Sure I have a digital organizer app installed in my phone, but it's always nice to actually have something to write on. I basically use my phone as an alarm clock and for reminders, as far as using it as an organizer is concerned. Since I can't find a decent calendar or organizer around here, and I really don't want to spend hours on the Internet looking for the right one and then buying it for like a thousand pesos. Even the Starbucks planner doesn't entice me. I love Starbucks, but not the fact that I have to spend almost P 3,000 just for a really thick book, which I am sure I won't get to fully use. What do I do? I make...

I've always wanted to do some investing. I've been trying to save up, but the thing is, I've always known that just saving is not going to make my money make more money for me. It's just going to stay there, waiting to be spent. I planned on saving enough money so I can get myself an apartment complex and just wait for the green stuff to come rolling in. Unfortunately, with what I'm making right now, things aren't looking too bright. So, what to do… Oh, what to do… Make whatever you're making grow. Putting your money in the bank which gives you an annual interest of 0.25% may be the easiest way that Filipinos know, but if you've got a goal, 0.25% is just too small and it will take a really long time before I get my target amount. What's worse is, prices go up, so your target of let's say, P10M, is probably worth P20M by the time you got the P10M. So I'm trying to do some investing now. The best part of it is that you just need P5,000 to...