by Alex | Feb 18, 2008 | Money
After two sleepless nights of thinking whether my hard-earned money will end up with PayPal, I finally got my answer. They restored my account’s functionality. $715 is worth 3 months’ salary in UP, poor us minimum wage teachers. Now I can try to sleep,...
by Alex | Feb 16, 2008 | Education
The Intensive English Program of the Department of English and Comparative Literature will be offering short courses this summer. The classes offered will run from April 5 to May 31, 2008 every Saturday. Class 1 Intensive Grammar and Vocabulary Review 9:00 am –...
by Alex | Feb 16, 2008 | News
For the past few days now, there’s at least one road mishap along Commonwealth Avenue. Since I live in the area, there’s no way to get to other places if not through Commonwealth. And since I drive down that road, I do get scared at times. We might just...
by Alex | Jan 19, 2008 | Education, Work
It’s just a few minutes since I arrived home from UP. For some reason, I feel like I’m in some intra-campus tour since I’ve been “booked” to have a few speaking engagements. Last week, I held a talk on resume writing for students from the...
by Alex | Jan 14, 2008 | Business, Money
The one reason why I didn’t believe in sending your car (especially if it’s a used car aging gracefully) to the dealership for repairs is the cost. For me, that was the sole reason why I avoided bringing our old Corolla to Toyota even if the dealership was...
