Archive for the 'Money Matters' Category

laging gipit

kaka-upo ko pa lang sa upuan ko ng mag-ring ang telepono, since wala namang caller id ang phone ko, i pressume na work related ang tawag kaya sagot naman agad ako.
master: hello! good morning
caller: tutz! bilhin mo naman smart ko
master: [by this time alam ko na kung sino ang tumatawag] aanhin ko yan! saka [...]

word of the day ‘ratib’

ratib [Ar. راتب] salary
“bro, pwede ka ng umuwi ng maaga mamaya.” excited na sabi ng isang kasamahan ko sa trabaho, ang aga-aga tinawagan ako sa telepono. “bakit naman?” tanong ko. “sweldo na bro” sagot n’ya. “ganun ba? sige mauna na kayo, di pa naman ubos ang pera ko eh.” nak ng! [...]

some guys have all the luck

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians 4:19
‘get over it’ that’s what my friend told me one time. i was wondering how would i feel if i actually heared her saying that, we were chatting that day, it affected me [...]

budget deficit

nak ng teteng! bitin na naman ang budget ko!
grrr!!! 13 days pa bago uli makahawak ng riyal e paubos na ang pera ko sa pitaka. ilang scratch paper na ang ginamit ko at ilang calculator na ang pinindot ko, parehas lang ng resulta, “ricardo, ala ka na namang pera”.

inisip ko kung bakit? [...]

finally

i finally had what i’ve wished for. a friend lend some money to me, 500 riyals to be exact. i have posted my wish in my previous post, ref lang naman ang hiling ko dati but lady luck was on my side.
binenta ng bida sa akin ang ref n’ya for 150 riyals, mas [...]

with a little help from my friends

masakit ang tuhod ng lolo n’yo, nag-practice kami ng basketball kagabi, hindi na sana ako maglalaro kasi baka mapwersa, matagal na rin kasi akong di lumalaro. but since my team mates appointed me as their playing coach dapat maglaro din ako. the practice lasted for about 2 hours, isang laro and some drills [...]

200 Riyals in the pocket

Hmmm… B-12 is such a lucky room, I don’t know when the money will stop coming. Now it’s my two room mates turn to win the lotto.
Almost 40K Riyals entered the room today. As a consolation, they shared 100 each (that makes 200) for every KLASMEYTS.

The question is who’s next, maybe it’s [...]

Where’s the money?

Hmmm? you might be thinking, where’s my money. OK let us try to recall where that money went. That was 18,300. Here’s the thing, you don’t get the full amount, 10% of that 17,600 will be the collector?s commission. That leaves, 16,540 in my hand.

Balato [...]