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i just received a mailer from Jaime Lorenzo, Jr. MD of IMG-Wealth Academy. he's a licensed medical doctor who's become a Financial Educator. the mailer is an invitation to a financial seminar. while i've no permission to post this here, i believe dr. lorenzo wouldn't mind. ( FYI: he doesn't know me personally. so no strings attached here. not selling anything. i simply believe in making known avenues that can help filipinos rise from utter poverty) . i'm taking liberties here because the last time i attended the same seminar conducted by him and his wife, i was of the impression that financial literacy among filipinos is one of his and wife's advocacy. so, i'm copy-pasting most of the contents in the mailer here. i truly believe this is a seminar that EVERY FILIPINO, should attend.

i've been wanting to have an e-reader for the longest time. i like reading books and with the limited space i have, collecting books is becoming impractical. while i'm still arguing in my head that a real 'paper' book is far more superior than an e-reader, i still couldn't help myself into thinking about getting an e-reader. although i'm no techy and don't easily get envious with the latest gadgets available in the market, an e-reader is a different story. in fact, i'm envious of people who own a kindle. i want to have one, but the more practical me is unwilling to part hard-earned moolah for an expensive gadget. so my search to find a cheaper e-reader, led me to KOBO . i learned that kobo can be a good alternative to kindle. so i readily looked it up and learned that there are no KOBO retailers here in the philippines. darn. the closest retailer to the philppines is Swindon Books. B U T ---wait for it --- it's in HONG KONG. at that time, i

sometime back, i posted a few pictures about some bookshelves that i love i specifically mentioned that i love the bookshelf shown below the most. i love it because the message is direct: READ. it comes across to me as inspirational and encouraging. photo by Kim Yokota , taken from NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) in Stockholm Sweden

i love visiting new places. if i have money to burn, i'll probably be hopping from one island to another, one continent to next. while the possibility of ever covering the world may be impossible for me, it sure doesn't stop me from encouraging others to hop on planes and see the world. SO, i was mighty glad that sometime july this year, one of my teachers had the chance to travel.

unlike me, my couches aren't immune to transformation. when i moved into my pet house, i didn't have enough money. so, in order to make it livable, i bought pieces of furniture one at a time. one of the first few pieces i bought were these two couches. yep, mismatched couches! the small one is somewhat beige in color while the other is super dark brown. i was actually fine with these mismatched couches until boredom hit me and i turned to my sewing machine to make slipcovers . during a trip to manila in march 2011, i found these pink and brown striped fabric in one of the fabric stores in market, market.