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Identity Theft

Posted on June 24, 2011 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I love watching NCIS. It was the hubby who first “discovered” this tv series but it was I who kept on watching after he sort of lost interest.

In one of the newer episodes, they got a woman who had a credit card scanner. She was able to get credit card info if different people and used these info to shop till she dropped. Well she did shop but not till she dropped but till she was caught by the NCIS people. When I saw that episode I thought: “hi tech pickpocketing“.

Another episode showed Tim being anxious because there were purchases made using his credit card. And no, he doesn’t know who makes these, even if he was the tech geek in the show.

This was a super fun episode and I really LOLed at the end of the episode. Tony got the better of Tim in this one 😀

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What a Day!

Posted on June 24, 2011 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Today is like a roller coaster ride day.

Heavy rains. Rains stop. And the cycle goes on and on. This started yesterday. Or was it on Wednesday? Or Tuesday?

Dam levels are having spillover. Yeah, and La Mesa’s spillover goes directly to Tullahan River.  A block away from where I sit typing this.

Can’t sleep again.

Burning government office where mint is made.

Burning homes.

Twisters.

Flooding. Extreme flooding.

Evacuation, forced and otherwise.

My parents renting an apartment because our roof has given in and “no can do” with minor repairs. This needs a major repair of which we don’t have any budget to speak of.

Hubby went out for a while to check on that river. He wanted to bring the kids to MIL’s home where they can be safe and sound. They’re asleep so he can’t do that right now.

UPDATE 1

He’s back. I asked if there were barangay people manning the area of the river. he said he only saw tambays. Argh!

I wonder when all these will end.

I know I should have included the leaking ceilings/roof in the living room but considering what is happening to others, these are minor inconveniences.

I’m blabbering.

I should get some sleep.

UPDATE 2:

Wait, I just read this in Twitter:

“dost_pagasa PAGASA-DOST There is a rainfall break right now.In 30-45 minutes a rainband containing 15-30 mm amount of rain will reach the vicinity of Quezon City.”
OMG.

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Spa Pampering

Posted on June 22, 2011 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I availed of a GC yesterday (it was the GC’s last day for redemption!) on a Diamond Peel (a facial cleaning procedure) and a 15-minute liposuction  procedure (i requested to have the device go to the tummy).

Ahahaha! This is so funny, I don’t think 15-minutes did anything to my jelly tummy, especially after the appointment, I went to the supermarket and got me a pint of coconut/lychee sherbet.

Anyway, speaking of spa treatments, more and more bridal showers and parties are happening these days. The bridal showers happen a day before the wedding where the younger entourage have spa pampering before the big day. These gifts are usually served cocktails and food and they in turn, bring their gifts (sexy bridal lingerie perhaps?) for the bride.

I like going to the spa every now and then but I don’t usually go when I have to pay, I usually go when I have GCs to use or when I bought an online discount voucher 😀

 

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Use Your Gift Certificates

Posted on June 18, 2011 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

We are currently attending “free” art lessons. Well, not exactly me, but my youngest daughter. We availed the free lessons by using the gift certificate I got last year when I attended a roundtable discussion with the owners of the said art center. I wrote an article about the center but sadly the web magazine was has been offline for several months now. Since the GC has no expiration date on it, I decided to give them a call and ask if wecan still avail the services. And woohoo! we are now getting the free art lessons.

Gift certificates are wonderful to have because you get to save on what the GCs are offering. It is very important though that the due dates of these are noted so that these can be availed of before the expiration date. A magellan gps GC and/or a spa GC are both going to be welcomed with opened arms by moi, just in case 😉

If in case you don’t exactly have the time to avail of these services (like the 8 hour art lessons we are currently availing of), try to make time, especially if the gift certificates are worth your time, energy and gas.

We still have some GCs to use and I know we don’t have much time with some of it so I will definitely fix my sked to be able to avail these services and goods.

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Saving for the Rainy Days

Posted on June 1, 2011 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Two more quarterly payments for the insurance plans I am paying for and I’m almost free of these financial obligations. Even if the premium is not that big and the quarterly payments not too high either, there were times that I felt paying for these were a bit of a “burden” because of the unforeseen emergency expenses we meet here and there.

So I’m thinking, should I get another one? A senior life insurance or a retirement plan perhaps?

How did I save for the quarterly dues?

  • cutting down on expenses like eating out and impulsive buying
  • purchasing only the necessary things we need
  • saving extra money for the premiums’ payment
  • thinking about the savings I would make when the “right time comes”

The one who sold me the plans, a mom of a former student told me this: get plans that best suit what you can pay for so you won’t be disappointed for not being able to pay for something you can’t. It worked.

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