http://frugalpinoy.com Financial freedom and other money matters Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:45:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is part 2 of a series of articles on online buy and sell options for Filipinos. Click here for Part 1 of the series. Today, we'll look at two other buy and sell options online. Sulit.com.ph Sulit is a thriving community with thousands of members logging on each day to sell ... http://frugalpinoy.com/earning/online-buy-and-sell-options-for-filipinos-part-2/ I've been making money on the web since 2004, and have had some experience buying and selling things online. Some of you have probably considered doing the same thing, whether you're looking for a good deal on an mp3 player, trying to sell your own handicrafts, or you need to ... http://frugalpinoy.com/earning/online-buy-and-sell-options-for-filipinos-part-1/ There's a free personal finance ebook available at Mytwodollars.com . "Money Matters for All Ages: A Guide to Taking Control of Your Finances from Birth to Retirement" is a comprehensive collection of personal finance and frugality tips that may prove to be useful, no matter how old you are. ... http://frugalpinoy.com/frugality/free-personal-finance-ebook/ In a previous post, Goal for the month: No Fast Food, I wrote about the benefits of cooking your own meals vs. dining or eating out. Frugal Pinoy reader Jinoe sent the following comment: I would love to do this also for similar reasons (esp #4). But lately Im ... http://frugalpinoy.com/misc/cooking-in-batches/ Pinoy Money Talk (Thanks to Soli for the title and insight.) Here in the Philippines, it's ordinary to seek out the help of close friends and family whenever we're in financial need. There are even cases where mere acquaintances ask each other for monetary assistance. We're generally matulungin (helpful) as ... http://frugalpinoy.com/saving/bloodlines-as-credit-lines/ Pinoy Money Talk A recent financial IQ survey by Citibank shows some frightening results about the average Filipino's financial well-being. According to the survey, only 1 out of 10 respondents have saved up for retirement. only one out of 10 Filipinos is consciously saving up for retirement. The rest have some ... http://frugalpinoy.com/saving/only-1-out-of-10-filipinos-save-up-for-retirement/ Pinoy Money Talk I think it's about time that I wrote an "introduction"post in this blog that gives readers an idea of my personal ideas about money, how I make my financial choices, etc. This might help some of you understand why I've written some posts the way I did ... http://frugalpinoy.com/frugality/my-values-and-what-i-think-about-money/ Pinoy Money Talk I had this problem - my house was a collection of over 20 years of clutter. My mother and the other people who lived in my house, they kept everything. Even if it was broken, rotting, didn't work, wasn't used, can't be repaired, or better off ... http://frugalpinoy.com/earning/making-money-from-junk/ These slices of Chive Butter Toast accompanied my Valentine's day dinner with Scout.  It was yummy.  Here's the recipe (again, not exact measurements). Ingredients: 3 slices of bread, cut in half 3 onion leaves (chives), cut into 1/2 centimeter pieces 1 small clove of garlic, minced 1/4 of a block of butter Directions: Slightly melt butter ... http://frugalpinoy.com/food/cooking/recipe-chive-butter-toast/ For Valentine's Day, Scout and I had pasta in tomato, basil, and mushroom sauce accompanied by chive butter toast. It was obviously delicious, as there was none left over. Here's the recipe along with the approximate price of each ingredient. (Note: Since some ingredients were "cut" from a bulkier ... http://frugalpinoy.com/holidays/recipe-pasta-marinara/