The holidays are the best time of the year, since all of us get an opportunity to spend more time with family and friends. However, a wonderful Christmas spirit can fade very quickly when you realize that there is so much to do both before and after it is all over. Getting your home into […]
5 Funny Gift Ideas for This Christmas
Christmas is a time of cheer, and what could be more cheerful than laughter? Instead of giving gifts that elicit oohs and aahs, bring on the ones that elicit ho-hos and ha-has! Surprise your family and friends with presents that will more than likely be shared with others instead of put in a drawer or […]
Is Christmas Becoming Too Commercialized?
It’s a day after Christmas, not to mention five days after the doomsday prediction that never happened, and much to everyone’s elation. The kids are miles away from home, spending their Christmas week off school at their grandpa’s. And much as my online clients are on their own holiday breaks, I had all the time […]
How to Spend Less on Gifts This Holiday Season
Provided we survive the Mayan apocalypse on December 21 (and we will, I’m pretty positive of that), there’s a chance some of us may not survive the financial beating the holiday season entails. Aside from the many holiday gift choices TV and print media present, lack of planning and the fact that we have “so […]
9 Gifts Some People Would Rather Not Receive On Christmas
Christmas is a spitting distance away, and I’m sure a lot of people are now frantically going through their last-minute Christmas list, making sure everyone they had planned to give a gift to had not been forgotten. For some, this post might be a second too late and therefore not at all missed, but for […]
This Christmas, I Wish PAGIBIG Would Send Bills On Time
While working on this post, I am sick, and I hate it. I feel feverish, but no, that won’t keep me from writing. Not yet, at least. I’ve got tonsillopharyngitis. The scratchiness in my throat started Monday afternoon, which was aggravated by the very cold temperature inside the airconditioned bus I boarded for Manila. And […]