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Si Doreen, sinundan ako!

by reynz on May 14, 2009

Mag-aral ka uli!
I’m in the City. Sa isang swanking Hotel. Tini-train pa rin ako hanggang biernes to. Hindi nila makuha ang right formula kung pano ako ma-train. Hindi kasi ako maka-relate pag walang Chippendale Dancers. Kasalanan mo to Reesie!!! B.S. Midwifery meron na ako, me mga abakada pa sa dulo nang pangalan ko, wala pa [...]

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Bernard Maddoff and the Philippines very long list of scam and corruption investigations

by reynz on March 14, 2009

Long… very, very long.
The list is getting very, very long. Pero, wala pang kinu-kulong. Puro lang sya investigations chorva. Mga pa eklavu, sigaw dito sigaw dun, then another kurapsyon. “Days of our Stolen lives” mapapanood sa TV. Trauma na mga Pinoys. Hallucinations don’t work no more. After the show? Wait ka naman nang panibagong nakawan. [...]

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Iceland: from 1st world to 3rd world? What the Philippines can learn

by reynz on January 27, 2009

Iceland: Bankrupt and in political turmoil
I was following this news on Iceland, especially when this whole subprime crisis exploded in the United States. In October 2008, Forbes Magazine ran an article about Iceland Teeters On Bankruptcy. Today, the story got worse. Iceland’s government is toppled amid the financial mess. They’re in a political turmoil. It’s [...]

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Ay! Leche!

by reynz on January 21, 2009

Calm down!
Alright peeps! Calm down! Trust me, you don’t want me to give you some pagkahigpit-higpit na hugs and kisses! This blog is not owned by azucarera leche flan de filipinas. I don’t have any chocolates for you kundi blunt asphalt cookies. But these are the news that I am reading aujourd’hui. Karon. Right now. [...]

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I was blog-hijacked by a marketing company and a social networking site and I am not happy.

by reynz on January 19, 2009

What’s the buzz?
I was blog-hijacked by both the marketing company and a social networking site with a blatantly bad business social climbing strategy. And I am not happy. The organizer of that networking site and the business owner has to explain to me why they lied about their true business intent. I am not their [...]

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President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus bill

January 10, 2009

What’s the buzz?
President-elect Barack Obama wants a stimulus bill on his desk by mid-February, putting negotiations on a fast track. But the economic recovery plan are facing a barrage of criticism from some Senate Democrats. Key measures like the plan’s tax breaks were a return to “trickledown” economics. Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa [...]

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Unemployed Philippines: Bahala na

January 3, 2009

11 million Filipinos will be out of work
Former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that millions of Filipinos would either go unemployed or be underemployed as the export sector would continue to slow down. The number? 11 million. That’s almost the entire population of Metropolitan Manila.

Electronics: Layoffs planned
The electronics sector currently employs about 420,000 workers, the [...]

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Au revoir 2008: This is my 10 Point New Year’s Wishes and Resolutions

December 30, 2008

Kumbaya! Am your sleazy blogger, the proud whore blogger! Wishing you all a prosperous Happy New Year!

(This is New Year’s Celebration here in my lovely City of Philadelphia)
It’s that time of the year once again, together forever, one another. It’s time to reflect to all what we did last summer. So, here’s my very realistic [...]

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2008: reyna elena dot com: year in review

December 29, 2008

(L-R [Jing, Pusa, Reynz, Malen, Mitchie])

What can I say, it’s been one crazy year of blogging. Yet, no doubt, despite all the flames that burned on the internet, this was were I met the best bloggers around through some never ending social climbing! Yes, this is a virtual world, but make no mistake, the feelings [...]

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$50 billion biggest ponzi scheme ever!

December 17, 2008

Investors reel at $50b fraud

If those failing mortgage giants, investment companies, credit card companies were not enough, automakers in trouble, companies shutting down, employment downsizing, layoffs, well what about a hidden investment ponzi scheme?! This must be the mother of all the ma-fkrs! I’m telling, there are a lot of reasons to say putang ina [...]

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Managing people according to Reyna Elena

December 12, 2008

Job losses
See this? It’s unbelievable the number of jobs lost in the United States. Milions. And it is going to even increase further with the bad news in the auto industry. Lucky you if you still have a job. And these headlines brought me back to when I was still working. Managing people.

My Italian boss
Besides [...]

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The world is never short of dumb people

December 9, 2008

The world is never short of dumb people. I’m sorry for my rants. But, am fine. I maybe out of work, but the only stress I get is from blogging! I know, I know, kanya-kanya tayong dumbassness Hahaha!

(Photo Credits: Robert LZ)
As you all know, my full-time job right now, is to look for a job. [...]

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Que pasa la economia del america?

November 13, 2008

FORECLOSURES
Dios mio perdon mi amigos! Tienes bunduk mejores de problema ici Amerika por dios por santo! Por ejemplo, karon foreclosures es muy grabe que you will habla punyeta por que estan venchingko porciento (25%) up from last year that estamos more than 279,500 U.S. casas recebanditas una noticia foreclosure santisima. Y more than 84,000 casas [...]

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Unemployed America

November 8, 2008

Gano katindi ang unemployment problem sa Amerika? Titigan nyo ang lola. Di pa ako nag-sisimula sa punyetang trabaho ko sa Chicago, na-fire kaagad ako! Puta naman! Grrr! 10 million jobless people. I can’t believe kasali ako! The most in a quarter-century. Pasko pa naman. Ang masakit nito: It’s only going to get worse. At ang [...]

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What I expect from an Obama Presidency

November 5, 2008

I?m very excited with Barack Obama. America?s first black chorvalais. Can you imagine? Product ka nang leche-leche slavery, persecuted through the years, tapos rise up and be the President of the most powerful country in the world? I wanna be like him. Rise up sa blogosphere at maging hermana mayor. Sa persecution nang isang angel [...]

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Save the U.S. Homeowners, Stupid!

November 2, 2008

Typically, in the loan and mortgage industry, when a customer fails to live up to his obligation, then you take ownership of the property to cover your losses. No question, pretty understandable. As basic as all the Business Law we had in college.
But what happens when a customer fails to live up to his [...]

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My Obama in Philadelphia and McCain’s supporters rage!

October 12, 2008

I am so stressly busy with my Chicago move that I didn’t get the change to get a glimpse of my new President of the United States. Yes, my Barack Obama is in Philadelphia today. And yes, the McCain campaign has now brought this Presidential campaign as the super uber ugliest in history with McCain [...]

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My Barrio Siete

October 11, 2008

“Can u imagine if they ban these crap, instead build public housing or send barrio people to school or cement our kalsada sa barrio na puro na lang talahib with the monies that goes to this shit political advertising?!”
photo by: carsim
I write a lot about my Barrio Siete. It’s funny, wacky, a bit sad but [...]

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This is not a very good world’s santacruzan!

October 10, 2008

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 [...]

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Money Smarts features: Kengkay of Germany

October 9, 2008

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 [...]

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What don’t you know and how will you learn it?

October 8, 2008

If I would have to respond to this very smart and intelligent question from last nights’ debate, I will respond this way.
“Growing up in Barrio Siete is one series for Survivor Philippines. We don’t have what you people have in big cities. We only have fantasy and dreams guided by the wisdom of our lolas. [...]

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What made you decide to work abroad and where?

October 8, 2008

Considering that I am now swamped as ever with new Overseas Pinoys, I thought I would bring to top an entry I made last year which will hit you if you are an OFW. Especially now that things seems to be not looking good on the horizon. Sana naman wag sumama nang todo ang ekonomiya [...]

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Money Smarts features an Igorota from Tublay Benguet

October 7, 2008

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 [...]

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Bomba star na ang lola nyo!

October 6, 2008

Malaya, Ellen Tordesillas Section, Monday Edition, 10/06/2008
One of the entries I wrote about subprime and the US housing market became such a hot property that it ended up in a lot of financial forums in Singapore, the Middle East and the US. I’m glad it was a big help to a lot of non-financial people. [...]

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Electoral College is not a school

October 6, 2008

Let me take you to the 2004 Presidential Elections. The red are Republicans and the blue, Democrats. This was how the electoral map looked like when George W. Bush won the election.

My entry today discusses the Electoral College. It’s not a school sweetheart. They are the ones who will decide who is going to be [...]

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Bailout: Kaya kong maging Presidentress nang Amerika!

October 5, 2008

The Bailout
An sama-sama nang tama nang lecheng bailout chorva na to saken mga kunichiwa! Napa-praning ang Reyna. Leche sila! Mga tiga Wall Street ang minumura hindi mga blogista! Walang ba silang alam sa problema? Ano baaa??? Binasa ko ang Bailout, from page 1 to page 451. Hehehe! Charing lang! Haller!!! Porno lang ang binabasa ko [...]

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Ukay-ukay Cover Gurl

October 4, 2008

What financial crisis?! Makinig guys n gurls! You can still dress high society ala Gucci Gang with some imbudo vintage jeans na cheappanga lang. Ukay-ukay shopping truly makes a lot of financial sense, that’s why this is categorized under Business and Economics.

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I’m a Wall Street Shit Investor

September 29, 2008

Wall Street and Capitol Hill are in a frenzy. They are waiting for the much anticipated coming… the huge, gigantic $700 billion US dollar, superman bail-out of what seemed to be the obvious failure of corporate capitalism.

If you?re a Reyna reader, I?m sure you already know what this esoteric term ?mortgage-backed securities? means. Now, what [...]

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Where to start on stock investing

September 23, 2008

My entry today is dedicated to reyna readers from Hongkong, Singapore, the Middle East and a number of stock trading wannabes in Manila pati na tong mga blogfriends kong handa na ata akong umbagin because I have not posted nothing about this in a year. Yeah, I lurked in all of your forums and read [...]

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What should I do with this $5,000?

September 20, 2008

What do you do when you have $5,000 at your disposal? Right now? To me, I see a lotttta of boylets mga kunichiwa! Small, medium, big, tall and very wide boys! So, let’s do some conversion in pesos. Tadanng!

Who’s giving me access to this anda when according to Wall Street, credit is tightening ever??? I [...]

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Subprime Summary: Liquidity, bridge loan and bail-out, anoto?!

September 19, 2008

Earlier, I said, “At sa bawat hatsing nang America, magkakasipon ang mundo. Pati kayong mga Filipino kasali sa hindi magandang santacruzan na to.” Kaya naman, nung bineyl-out ni Tito Sam ang mga impakto sa Wall Street, nag-santacruzan ang mga stock exchanges around the world. Look at them! Pati sa Russia, an sasaya nila! WORLD PEACE [...]

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How home equity and home equity loan works

September 17, 2008

Pano daw ba nag-wo-work ang tinatawag na ?home equity?? Eto pa, and dahil na-mention ko dun sa last paragraph na nag-qualify ako nang statement ko dahil bawal nga ang nag-bibigay nang financial advice pag wa ka license, ano daw ang tax credits? So, as follow up entry and by this time, you guys are [...]

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Understanding Subprime and the US Housing Market

September 17, 2008

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO LINKED THIS ENTRY ON YOUR FINANCIAL FORUMS: MANY THANKS. IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING SOME HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING SUBPRIMES, HERE IS MY SUBPRIME SUMMARY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
My entry today will try to explain and give you an understanding why events like this happens, [...]

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How do you write a SONA 2008 Reaction Paper?, Part 2

August 3, 2008

At this point, you should have already read: Part 1.
It’s really very easy to write a reaction paper, makinig kayo sa lola. As discussed dun sa Part 1, nag-kaka-iba lang sya sa BODY of your reaction paper. Now, if you are familiar doing a Book Review Report, then walang pinag-kaiba to sa Book Report.
So, [...]

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SONA 2008, Part 4: The true state of the nation

August 1, 2008

The Philippine internet world is awash with SONA 2008 Summary interpretations and reactions. However, there is one entry that I thought I would share to my readers. Apologies to Cielito Habito of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. I am re-posting her article without permission. It’s so that I would have her write-up in my SONA Library. [...]

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SONA 2008, nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais!

July 29, 2008

Nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais ang SONA 2008 ni Gloria Arroyo mga kunichiwa. Wag na kayong mag-tanong kung bakit naghihirap ang ating mga ka-tribu. Watch na lang kayo and drool over this one! Hahahaah! Now, para di makalamang ang mga iba, nag-bahag naman ang isang mayor. Tingnan naten ang video hindi yong ari-arian nang mayor. [...]

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Starting a business in the Philippines

February 18, 2008

Aray ko! Nauntog din ako!
Believe it or not, it’s a lot easier to start your own successful business in the Philippines, compared noong panahon. True, medyo mahirap mag-start with all the lagay na gagawin ninyo, pero, let’s not let them win na mawalan tayo nang pag-asa to start our own. Di ba?

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Economics Class 201 ? Piktapos nang Recession, Bukang Liwayway

January 25, 2008

Mga kabisyooooo!!! They’re talking about this “R” word on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and every other major networks here in the United States. That we are now just weeks bago kami lumutang sa lecheng recession waters.
So, for a starter ? just what in the world is recession mga kabisyo? Well, since all of you are now [...]

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When buying or selling a house, the realtor matters a lot.

January 17, 2008

The sub-prime crisis might be bottoming now. This means, that this is now the right time to start looking and shopping for a house, in case you have been putting it off for awhile.
When shopping for a house, there are so many factors that you need to consider. Where you move, how close it [...]

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How to minimize property management expenses

January 13, 2008

If you own several rental properties and you want to minimize your operating expenses, one of the best strategies that you can do is have a powerful property management software that has all the functionalities such that you won’t need a full staff or property managers. It could be a headache managing a number of [...]

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How to be creatively successful in fundraising

January 11, 2008

In one way or another, I’m sure you must have been involved in charity work. If you have a son or a daughter in school, I’m sure you have been asked by the school several times to join or contribute your time to some charity work that benefits the school. What’s common is the usual [...]

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My disappearing retirement money!

December 14, 2007

I am just having such a bad day today with all these news about the Philippine peso! Grrrr!!!
It’s bad enough that my technorati ratings is going down drastically (napansin nyo?), I could see my 401-k disappearing forever!!! Now, I have to kayod forever para lang I could send the same amount of money na pinapadala ko sa [...]

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No Remit Days 1-5 bawat buwan

December 2, 2007

Ang sumusunod ay pahayag ng Migrants Association in Saudi Arabia (MASA), isa sa mga kasaping organisasyon ng Migrante Saudi Arabia.

Ipaglaban ang Kabuhayan ng Migranteng Pilipino!
No Remit sa a-1 hanggang a-5 ng bawat buwan!
Laging sinasabi ng gobyerno na gumaganda ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas. Patunay daw nito ang pagtaas ng reserbang dolyar ng bansa, pagliit ng depisit [...]

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Chapel of the social climbers

December 1, 2007

Kelan ba talaga magiging stable ang bayan naten? Nung panahon ni Marcos, ok na sana, kaso me bagyong dumating, ang super uver social climber na si Santa Imelda. Sino pa ang magiging dyosa nang mga social climbers kundi si Santa Imelda. Sana man lang, sa dinami daming kinurakot nang pamilyang to, nagtayo man lang sana [...]

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And the survey says? OFW kin tend to just sit back and wait!

October 11, 2007

Did you read the latest survey about OFW Families? 
Gi-summarize man nako ug survey bitaw at the bottom of this entry. Naa man usa nga nakakasilaw na findings. Eto:
Ang ibang pamilya daw nang mga OFW eh nakaupo na lang sa ilalim nang puno nang kamatsili at hinihintay na lang na bumagsak sa langit ang padala nang mga OFW.

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