It's almost the end of the month, which means PAYDAY! This usually means time to pay the bills. For most of us though, it means time for some rewards after a couple of hard weeks like:
- family bonding at the nearest Sagmyupsal restaurant with the family
- a visit to the department store because most malls also have these red tag sales on going
- maybe even a scroll to your add to cart section and clicking buy now on the whole list.
We do need to remind ourselves not to over do it, because if you save more instead of spend more, you're actually giving yourself better rewards.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas recently did a survey on consumer expectations for the first quarter of 2019. Long story short, 63.4% of pinoy households did not have any savings. Another survey of BSP showed that only 22.6% of Filipino adults had formal financial accounts (bank, e-Money, microfinance, cooperatives) and the rest remain unbanked. (BSP Financal Inclusion Survey)
This is a sad number because with today's financial technology, new platforms have come up to provide easier ways to pay and to save. Leading mobile wallet GCash for example is encouraging its users to save more by:
- July 30, 2019
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LG TV Philippines brings us an upgrade to our entertainment system with the launch of their new OLED TVs equipped with AI Technology that truly understand us and what we want. The TVs with a9 Gen2 & a7 Gen2 processors have intuitive recognition that works much like today's AI Phones with automatically adjusting the video's sharpness, depth, color and even sound to the best quality yet.
Last friday, SM Executives poured some color onto their model icebergs, signaling the launch of SM Baliwag's Arctic HUE-niverse Campaign. This is SM's efforts to help educate and remind the masses about the on going global warming, along with some facts and ideas about our friends in the Arctic, the Polar Bears.
Our usual Maynilad Bill is at 3,000 Php. We are a household of 10, but something weird happened starting a couple of years ago, ending with our monthly Maynilad water bill for March 2018 blowing up to 12,000 Php. This is outrageous because we are just a residential place WITHOUT any pool. We even checked if there are leaks around the house (and none were found).
Pop Studio Cosmetics was launched last month with a concert by its creator and Shopee's newest brand ambassador, Ms. Sarah Geronimo. I got here 3 shades from the Chorus 1 set that I will be reviewing for you.
