I don’t normally count my sukli (change). Lately, I try. I try to remember to count but I still forget. I know most of the time the sukli given back
Category: money
The antique collector (AC) successfully dodged his sure financial demise when he followed the casino’s card dealer sound advice. “Huwag ka ng babalik dito”. AC turned his back from his
How much pocket money do you need to bring to the US? The reason why I am asking this question is that I am traveling again this Christmas and the
Money is the biggest temptation in the economic world. Cash has the strongest appeal. Money buys us a good life, good food. We are constantly bombarded to want and spend
July 14, 2019, Cambridge We took Uber back to our hotel from Quincy Market. It’s very convenient that we don’t have to have the cash to take Uber. I counted
Did you notice how banks have become intrusive? They ask for too many questions that don’t make sense anymore. I do understand that maybe the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas has
The Lotto jackpot prize has reached $400 million today but unfortunately, I have no chance to buy a ticket because we are no way near a lotto outlet. I have to
We do know that prices of commodities have increased and they will keep on increasing no matter what. Naturally, the workers would expect that their salaries would increase also to
Sad naman, this bank in Bangkok doesn’t accept our money, the Philippine pesos. I wonder what bad experience they had in the past from accepting our money. What have we
For more than two decades now, the billions of OFW remittances have kept our economy afloat. The effects of the Asian economic crisis towards the end of President Fidel V.
I didn’t win the Ultra Lotto 6/58 last night. We all didn’t. The jackpot could hit a billion pesos in the coming draw or draws. My husband, Oyen, maids, drivers,
When Edmund saw my alkansya last Saturday he decided to give me two small pails of coins. Remember we scatter coins around the house before New Year’s Eve and we
I am happy when my alkansya is full. It took about three months to fill it this time because I was always away. My total loot? Pesos: 1,216. When there
Did you notice how banks now ask too many questions from their clients? When you are depositing a check, they ask where the check came from, where you got the
I went to see a female dermatologist yesterday afternoon. I have a small cyst on my forehead which I asked her to remove. We’ve known each other for about 20
My mom told me once when I was still in college that poor people always feel api. They always think na agrabyado sila. Lagi silang naaawa sa sarili nila. My