Should You Upgrade or Not?

Are you planning to upgrade your company’s computer system? Before you do just that, you’d better consider some of these factors first:

Posted in Computers, Productivity, Work and Career.

A Spic-and-Span Bathroom

A lot of people find bathrooms (whether their own or other people’s) the least desirable place when house cleaning. Here are several tips on how to make this chore a lot easier:

Posted in Home and Garden.

Teaching Your Kids the Value of Money

It’s never too early to teach your kids the value of money, especially of honest, hard-earned cash. This way, you won’t wake up late at night, ten years from now, worrying for your son or daughter who has been caught in some financial trouble. Here are a few tips on how to instill financial common sense to your children:

Posted in Family, Money and Finance.

Vacationing with the In-Laws

You get along with your in-laws? Great! But does that guarantee you a wonderful vacation? Well, just try to be on the safe side and don’t try to turn the dream vacation into the holiday straight from hell. Here are some tips you might want to look into before you pack the sunscreen (or ski poles) and go off with your in-laws.

Posted in Behavior and Ethics, Family.

Surviving a Toxic Work Place

A toxic work place (and I mean it in a negative way) often results to unhappy employees with poor morale, not to mention corrupt management with zero accountability. The easiest and probably the sanest way to get out of such a situation is to hand over your resignation and move on to greener and happier pastures. However, if for some unfortunate reason you can’t do so, you can always keep these coping mechanisms in mind, and be the ultimate work place survivor:

Posted in Attitude and Outlook, Work and Career.

Child-proof Entertainment System

Protect your kids from accidents by making your entertainment system child-proof. Or is it protecting the entertainment system from your kids. Depends on your priority I guess. Haha!

Posted in Family, Technology.

Planning Your Maternity Leave

Congratulations! Now let’s get on to the more practical side of things – how to go about your maternity leave.

Posted in Family, Work and Career.

Second-Hand Doesn’t Mean Second-Rate

There is nothing wrong in buying second-hand clothes. They are less expensive and of good quality if you know how to discern properly. Here are other reasons why you shouldn’t be ashamed of getting inside vintage clothing stores:

Posted in Alternative Lifestyles, Buying Used, Fashion and Grooming.

Accountability: Why People Refuse to Say, “I”

Accountability is owing to something. It is often synonymous to words such as “responsibility, and answerability.” Not all people will accept responsibility for their actions, especially in the day to day decisions, tasks, behaviors of a company. There are even fewer people who will admit committing mistakes. Most people will only admit to doing or saying something if it will entail something good, or rewarding.  Without a sense of accountability, people will have no qualms doing whatever they like because they refuse to see and ackowledge the consequences of their actions. This lack of responsibility is dangerous. If this is the case, why are there few people who are willing …

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Posted in Attitude and Outlook, Behavior and Ethics, Work and Career.

Getting a Prepaid Cell Phone

Buying a new cell phone? Still deciding whether to get a prepaid phone? Here are some considerations you might want to think about before making a decision:

Posted in Cell Phones.