Archive | Personal Finance

24 June 2008 ~ 7 Comments

Savings Trackers and How to Set Up Your Automatic Savings Account

If you’ll notice my sidebar, I just put up two savings trackers. Being an entrepreneur, cash flows aren’t as predictable as the salaried. There are days when inflows are so delayed, I literally don’t have cash to spend so I have to use my credit card for groceries just to get by. My emergency fund [...]

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17 June 2008 ~ 7 Comments

How to Keep Track of Credit Card Charges

How to Keep Track of Credit Card Charges

The HSBC hotline 85-800 is practically on the quick-dial of my phone (sure, if it had that function!) I can be pretty OC about my outstanding balance and available balance.
How do I keep track of my credit card spending?
I have a dedicated sheet in my white Project Paper pad (I have 2, yellow and white [...]

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13 June 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Tips on How to Save Gas

From a guy who works with a petroleum company
Tips on pumping gas.
I don’t know what you guys are paying for gasoline… but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $4.23 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to [...]

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13 June 2008 ~ 35 Comments

Worst Pinoy Bank BDO Feedback

Worst Pinoy Bank BDO Feedback

BDO is so consistent with their terrible customer service. They make my life f*&king miserable.

I have to vent. If you’re having a great day so far, don’t read lest you absorb the negative vibes I have now after another horrifying blood-pressure-raising episode at the BDO Bagtikan branch.
What branch???
When I make a deposit, like when [...]

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14 January 2008 ~ 4 Comments

“Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties” Book Review

Get a Financial Life Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by Beth Kobliner

Written by Beth Kobliner; Published by Simon & Schuster New York
The title just reached out to me, you know? Even if it was a bit more expensive than my usual books, I got it for the simple hope that maybe, just maybe this book would be just right for me. And, yes, Get a Financial [...]

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