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Hindsight is the greatest teacher. While people are suffering due to the no work no pay policy during the ECQ, I cannot help but think that there’s invaluable lessons for employees from this ECQ experience. Not everyone goes through the same ECQ experience. Some people suffer than most. While many complain about not having any […]
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A woman is mad because she discovered her husband was talking to a recently separated officemate and offering her words of comfort as she goes through her separation. “Honestly, I felt jealous on how he comforts her,” she complained. “He already did this before when we were living together. He would still message his ex, chat […]
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1. Make sure you have savings to tide you even with a 6 month lockdown. Stop buying luxurious things if you don’t have any savings —- Do you really need a pair of Valentino shoes? 2. Work for a company that takes care of its employees. Reconsider freelance work. When crisis happens, nobody protects you. […]
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ORIGINAL QUESTION: My husband and I constantly fight over petty issues. Like just 2 weeks ago we fought over an officemate of his that would send him memes from FB through messenger. Anytime of the day even during weekends. His point is it’s not like he’s doing something wrong. My point is he should act […]
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We had an interesting experience at Daranak Falls Tanay. When we went to Tanay Daranak Falls, we heard the big voice of a man who was hawking his mango graham goodies. Mango Graham in a tub is super easy to make. A recipe can be found here. We just found it a bit weird that […]
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My father tells me a story of a man who won a helmet in a raffle. As people were congratulating him, the man became sad. When asked why he was sad, the man said, “Now that I have a helmet, I should buy a motorcycle. Once I have a motorcycle, I should install a basket […]
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This is repost from the Internet, but translated to English by me. I have an tita, or auntie who is is 46 years old. She has no boyfriend, husband or kids. However, despite her lack of a boyfriend, husband or children, she has a stable job, a 2-storey house, fancy cars and thriving businesses since […]
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A credit investigation field officer arrived today to ask whether a certain Jane** is working for our company. Apparently, Jane has applied for a car loan at the Philippines Bank. She is planning to buy a Mitsubishi Mirage which retails for around Php 650,000 brand new, and Php 365,000 second hand. The problem was, Jane […]
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In the Philippines, we have a saying that you should not have a Crab Mentality. Have you ever seen crabs in a barrel? Everyone wants to escape to avoid being eaten, but every time someone gets a leg up, the rest of the crabs in the barrel pull that crab down, until everyone gets eaten. […]
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Story 1: “Ma’m, it’s almost time to pay for the next round of classes again,” my daughter’s yaya said. She showed me the Statement of Account for the next session. “Huh? I just paid them,” I replied, checking the breakdown: In life, it is super duper important to double check your billing and look at […]
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My 3 year old is learning how to ride a bike today. If you’ve noticed, if you bike the wrong way — backward — the movement is super easy. But the bike won’t go forward. However, if you exert effort and pedal the bike forward, you meet a lot of resistance… but the bike goes […]
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My previous yaya opened up a joint account last July 2017. Our deal was to deposit php2,500.00 per cut-off of her salary so that she can save up for a house and for her three children’s future. After opening the account, she practically forgot about it, trusting me to drop php2,500 each payday to her […]
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