Oo, inaamin ko, cum laude nga ako… pero
Filed under: Barrio Siete, Career & Education, Culture & Society, La vida loca, Legaspi City
Me kaya ang lola ko nun. Boung bundok VentiDoz pag-aari nila. Dahil walong dosena, hinati-hati, isang paso ang napunta sa madir. Kinarir namen ang kakarampot na lupang yon. Picture this: talahib, nyog, saging, kamote, kamoteng kahoy, kalabaw, walang baka, mahal eh. Ako yung unggoy. Nag-aararo ako, nakapayong. Me ambisyon na kasi akong maging Mutya nang Pilipinas. Prinaktis ko na ang pang talent portion ko. Singing. Dulce. ?Dito ba??? Dito ba? Ang dapat kung kalagyan? Sa isang putik sa nyogan?? Taz sabay hataw sa kalabaw! Leche! Hirap maging poverty! Grrr!
?Mag-aral kang mabote anak? say nang fadir.
Heavy melo-drama ang buhay namen nun. Ewan ko ba. Ba?t walang nakadiscover sa balikwang historia de mi familia.
?Eh ano fa nga ba. Sukang suka na ako sa mukha nang kalabaw na to? say ko sa sarili ko.
?Yan lang ang maipa-pamana namen seyo? famas nang fadir.
?Wala naman nang natirang mamanain ah. Naisanla na lahat.” whisper ko habang ngino-ngoya ang kopra.
This is not a very good world’s santacruzan!
Filed under: Accounting, Barack Obama, Business & Economy, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, Home Equity, IndyMac, Jobs & Employment, Joe Biden, John McCain, OFW Life & Issues, Stocks and bonds, US Housing Market, Wall Street
World?s stock markets plunges! 
That was the news that greeted me when I woke up early this morning. Was I shocked? Not really. I was expecting these kinds of news. And the bad news continues.
Iceland is on the brink of bankruptcy. They?ll have to go back to fishing to sustain their economy.
Japan?s Nikkei Index fell 9.6%. What does that mean? Typically, when the stock market slumps like this, if you have investments with say, in stocks and bonds that are being traded in Tokyo, then on average, there?s a very high probability that you?ve just lost about 9.6% or probably even more of your investments. It just evaporated.
Let me explain.
Money Smarts features: Ross Delgado of USA
Filed under: Inquirer, OFW Life & Issues, Salve Duplito, Subprime, Wall Street
Last week, Salve Duplito of Money Smarts, interviewed via email Filipinos working all over the world to find out how the US global financial crunch is affecting one of the major sources of the country?s liquidity?the OFWs. She is publishing this week in installments the full version of their emails. Head over to this site and read the interview. Next up: Ross Delgado Dali! Habang naka-harap!!! Eh very shy ang mokong na to! Parating nakatalikod! Hahaha! What’s written on Salve’s blog was actually the un-edited version.
Visit: His Blog (Leche walang link! Mag spirit of the glass daw muna kayo! Hahaha)
