medically organized

Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Money Matters | Leave a Comment

We have never been to a doctor more often than in the past year. After monthly prenatal checkups last year, we then proceeded to monthly well-baby check-ups. Even from the patient’s side, there are a lot of medical records to keep track of. I could only imagine the amount of medical records physicians need to [...]

yaya woes

Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Yaya stories | 5 Comments

Mateo’s new yaya arrived last Friday. Her skills in housework are superb but how she handles Mateo is a bit lacking. She’s not bubbly like Cat, Mateo’s old yaya. I’d rarely have her talk to me what more to Mateo? She’s not really a warm person and she has this tendency to be a push-over [...]

getting a small business loan

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Ramil and I have been thinking for the longest time of starting our own business. We feel that with our meager salaries our teachers, it’s the only way we can earn and teach at the same time. We’ve listed down a lot of our ideas already though we have yet to push through with any [...]

payday is here

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I could breathe a sigh of relief. Payday is finally here (well, tomorrow)! To be honest, I’ve already budgeted the money Ramil and I will be getting tomorrow and we have a really small breathing space. We don’t have that much extra to spare, just when I thought I could buy some things for the [...]

recovering from loans…

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About a year after I started working, I got my first credit card. I know what people say about credit cards but I was a wise spender. I would use my credit card only if I know I can pay for all my purchases once my statement arrives, thus being able to save myself from [...]