Since one of my goals for this year is to save money, I told myself that I should become “OC” when it comes to financial matters so I could track where my money go—every single peso, that is. Before, I would often ask myself, “Saan napunta ang pera ko? (Where did my money go?)” It was only during the last quarter of 2009 that I have decided to use different tools to effectively track my finances.
Before I write about out my “concrete steps” in order to save money, I would like to share with you the five different tools I use to track my cash flow.
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Happy New Year! Last 2008, I started this “blog tradition” of writing a list of my goals for the year. However, I’ve become a “professional procrastinator” after that so even though I’ve accomplished almost all my goals, I failed to write my goals for 2009. I don’t have a year-end post (because I was so drunk last night) and I guess this one would do.
- Finish my associate’s degree and graduate by May 8, 2010 – Just like last year, my first goal is about school and graduation! A few only know that I should be graduating by May 8, 2010 (if God permits). I’m currently taking the last few courses I need to finish my associate’s degree from UP Open University. Graduating on time has been one of my worries upon entering college so I’ve been working my ass off just to graduate on time by taking more academic units per semester and taking summer classes. I hope my efforts would pay off. Click to continue reading »
For the past few weeks, I’ve been busy working on my latest web project, Brink Notes Entertainment Daily. If you’ve heard about it already then GREAT if not, go ahead, and check out the site.
Brink Notes Entertainment Daily is obviously, an entertainment news website that aims to give the latest Philippine entertainment news as well as foreign entertainment news. Aside from putting up articles, photos, and videos daily, I also produce podcasts from Mondays through Fridays for the site. So, if you want your entertainment news to be delivered in audio format, I suggest that you subscribe to the BED Podcast via iTunes.
Let me know what you think about Brink Notes Entertainment Daily, drop me a line at jeric.pena [at] brinknotes.net.
I currently have two more pending web projects – first is the website of our church, and the second one is still a secret. It’s great that I still have a short break from school despite my decision to take summer classes. This short break gives me time to work on things I love to do. Summer classes start after Holy Week.
By the way, Holy Week is fast approaching and I’m not sure if mom has plans to go out-of-own or whatever. May you have a meaningful Holy Week!
For the second time, I am joining NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)! My first time to write a NaNoWriMo novel was in 2007. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to reach 50,000 words because of so many things.
I’m excited to start writing my NaNoWriMo novel, which has the working title, “Is This A Mistake?” that revolves around Emmett, a 17-year-old student. I am eager to finish my NaNoWriMo novel this year for winners will get their novels printed by CreateScape for free! Isn’t that nice? I’ve been wishing to have my own book / novel published but I don’t have the money and time to do so.
Anyway, if you’re interesting in joining NaNoWrimo you could visit their official website, http://www.nanowrimo.org. If you want to meet other Filipino NaNoWriMo writers, check out the official website of the Philippine NaNoWriMo Community, http://www.pinoywrimos.com/.
Anyway, wish me luck!
