Category Archives: business

Small Business

I have heard this a lot of times from different people and yes, in fact, I have even heard myself tell me that : “When I have enough capital, I will put up a small business.”

Small business can mean being on the lookout for hot dog cart for sale or the recent trend, dimsum cart for a cafeteria concessionaire, maybe home-based business that involves cooking and baking. The list is long, depending on one’s capacity to produce products and give services that others may need to avail of.

Having your own small business is no easy feat, especially if you are not patient to reap the rewards and establish being the go-to for the specialization being offered. But you won’t know if you won’t try, right?

Intel DST Asia-Pacific Challenge 2012

The link to the INTEL DST with Online Application is found here – http://www.inteldstchallenge.com/

Intel DST Asia-Pacific Challenge 2012

Construction Work

Summer is the peak season for construction. I can’t imagine myself supervising or overseeing even a minor construction/remodeling projects, much less a major one. I don’t think I have the energy to learn about different Tubing Benders, paint rollers, door handles, kinds of woods, or even decide on what shade of paint I want to see on walls.

The minor repairs I need to have done in my little work space haven’t even begun yet and as of now, it feels like I am losing whatever enthusiasm I had at the start of the year when I was making plans about it.

With Holy Week happening a few days from now, I think I really need to start planning about this because I would really need to jump start my plans.

Paano Ba Magtipid

Paano nga ba magtipid, kung wala ka namang perang titipirin?

Naalala ko dati yung isang article na nabasa ko, inilista kung paano ang isang tao ay nakakapagtipid sa kabila ng pagiging penniless niya. Maabilidad kasi siya kaya ganun. Meron din namang mga taong di halata ng walang pangkain pero nakakakain sa mga mamahaling kainan ng libre kasi sila ay… huwag na nga lang baka awayin nila ako.

Paano ba magtipid? Narito ang ilan sa mga paraan para makatipid:

  • Sabi ng anak kong 9 years old nung mabasa niya ang titulong “Paano Ba Magtipid?” dapat daw “hindi bibili ng mga bagay ng hindi kailangan”. Sa palagay ko may punto siya dun. Agree ka ba?
  • Kapag nasa restoran, lalo na sa fast food na may value meals, magpadagdag ng ketchup packets kahit isang burjer lang ang inorder para may magagamit ka sa bahay.
  • Tutal humingi ka na ng ketchup packets, dagdagan mo na din ng tissue, sayang din yun, pamunas ng pawis o ng dumi sa mukha o kaya maaaring gamitin “in times of emergency” at wala kang ganun
  • Huwag na huwag mong gagamitin ang credit card kung hindi ka sigurado na mayroon kang pambayad pagdating ng bill. At para mas sigurado, huwag ka na lang kumuha ng credit baka lalo ka lang mapagastos ng perang wala ka naman in the first place
  • Bago bumili ng kung anong bagay, bag o sapatos o kaya ng isang supot ng tsokolate, isiping mabuti at maging honest sa sarili: “Kailangan ko ba talaga ito ngayon? Kapag ba hindi ko ito binili ngayon at binilikan ko sa isang araw, ganun pa din kaya ang pagnanasa ko na maging akin ito?”
  • Huwag magpapadala sa mga SALE signs dahil kapag nakakita ka ng blouse na 70% off, manghihinayang ka sa diskwento at malamang bibilhin mo, kahit na hindi mo kailangan ang blouse na yun. O sige huwag na nga ang blouse, yung table top oven na lang na 50% off, sayang din ang savings, malay mo, baka matutunan mo din mag-bake balang araw di ba? Sana nga paano kung hindi ka matutuo magbake?
  • Matutong magluto ng pagkain. Walang oras? Mag-set ng isang araw upang gawin ito, magluto ng 2 o 3 o higit pang bilang ng ulam at ilagay sa mga lalagyan at i-freeze. Oo nga’t nakakasawa pero nakatipid ka naman, sigurado pa ka pa sa pagkain dahil ikaw mismo ang nagprepare nito. At least, umuwi ka man ng gabing-gabi na at pagod na pagod pa, meron kang makakain sa bahay na iinitin na lang.
  • Kung mabilis ang internet connection mo, huwag ka na magsubscribe ng cable tv. Mas una pa nga mapapanood sa internet yung mga palabas kesa sa catv, basta lang alam mo maghanap kung paano.
  • Para hindi maging green with envy sa ibang may magagarang gadgets, mabuti pa, huwag na magbasa o tumingin sa mga gadgets site. Maiinis ka lang, lalo na kapag wala ka namang pambili.

Pasensiya na po sa bullets, tama naman pag tinignan sa dashboard pero sa published post, di pantay-pantay, grrr…

Tipid tips para sa mga homemakers.

Konting tips sa pagtitipid sa panahon ng summer.

Tipid tips para sa Time and Energy.

Napakarami pang tips na pwede i-share pero hanggang dito na lang muna ako kasi may nanggugulo na maglalaro ng Gardens of Time. Basta ang importante, maging satisfied sa kung ano ang meron ka at magstrive, pero huwag maging sobrang trying hard na nagkandarapa na magkaroon ng mga bagay ng minimithi na alam mong kailangan mo, hindi dahil sa gusto mo lang.

Yikes!

Conjugated linoleic acid is for weight loss? I’m not that knowledgeable with the different weight management fads and trends no matter how many times I’ve written about this topic because this is one of the things that I think a lot of aside from budget management, LOL.

If only thinking about the budget management makes me lose weight, then I would have been a skinny woman by now.

Speaking about budget management, the hubby once remarked that looking at the various online discount vouchers site I have accounts with will make an even poorer person than I already am. I don’t really buy a lot of these vouchers, only those that I know will make us contented.

As it is, I’ve heard that one or two of these local sites (glad I don’t have an account with these two, yey) have been having a lot of “oh no!” and facepalm reactions and not to mention angry customers.

Time like these, I wouldn’t want to be the company’s customer service rep. Yikes!