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Calling All Bloggers: Sign up for a FREE Personal and Practical Finance by Randell Tiongson, RFP

mommybanker — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:31:45 +0000

Blogging and Personal Finance. These are subjects which don’t normally go hand-in-hand. =) Randell Tiongson, Director of the Registered Financial Planners Institute of the Philippines will conduct a free seminar for bloggers on personal and practical finance. Randell will be talking about the various financial instruments that you can invest on so that you can break out [...]

Another freebie from Oprah.com: Jean Chatzky’s The Difference

mommybanker — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:21:22 +0000

I got so excited to hear the news from http://www.phbestdeals.com/: Jean Chatzky will offer her new book, The Difference, as a free download for 24 hours exclusively on Oprah.com. The book will be available for download from 11 a.m. ET Friday until 10:59 a.m. ET Saturday. Learn the top five things you can do to [...]

What is School For?

mommybanker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:51:11 +0000

A month ago, Seth Godin posted a very interesting question: What is School For? Here is his starter list: Become an informed citizen Be able to read for pleasure Be trained in the rudimentary skills necessary for employment Do well on standardized tests Homogenize society, at least a bit Pasteurize out the dangerous ideas Give kids something to do while parents work Teach future [...]

Ted and Jose Antonio Abreu’s wish: El Sistema to Go Global

mommybanker — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:12:20 +0000

For the past few days, whatever spare time I have has been spent surfing TedTalks.com. Today’s uploads were especially thrilling as I finally got to hear from the founder of El Sistema: Jose Antonio Abreu. Mr. Abreu is a retired economist, trained musician, and social reformer who founded El Sistema (”the system”) in 1975 based on [...]

Quote of the Day

mommybanker — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:18:15 +0000

For one of highest paid actresses in Hollywood, Julia Roberts has always struck me as being surprisingly levelheaded. In the latest issue of Allure, she shares: “The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.” Amen. ======================================= Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. ~Meryl Streep Subscribe to my [...]

Barry Schwartz on TEDtalks: The real crisis? We stopped being wise

mommybanker — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:31:10 +0000

This is one of best TED lectures I’ve seen: You don’t need to be brilliant in order to be wise. Without wisdom, brilliance isn’t enough. A wise person knows when to improvise, like a jazz musician. A wise person is made, NOT born. Wisdom depends on experience. It takes a lot of experience to learn to [...]

Greencard holder wanting to fast-track the citizenship process? Join the Military.

mommybanker — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:12:29 +0000

For the first time since the Vietnam war, temporary immigrants who have lived in the United States for a minimum of two years will have a chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months. All that is required is that they answer the call of Uncle Sam and join the military. The military [...]

A great idea for parents: Online Group Buying for New Parents

mommybanker — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:39:05 +0000

New parents quickly realize that with a new baby brings with it a whole slew of accessories from diapers to baby rails to car seats. With safety concerns being raised on a fairly regular basis on various items, we are deterred from sifting through garage sales to get bargains. Fighting my way through the horde during [...]

Who are you? How old are you? (in credit years)

mommybanker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:27:53 +0000

Who are you? We frequently get asked that question and and often talk about what we do for a living but seldom talk about our inner drivers – what motivates us to do the things we do. When buckling down to face a financial challenge, like paying off loans or budgeting for a house, we rarely take the time to figure [...]

Get With the (10,000 Step) Program

mommybanker — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:00:44 +0000

Kung Hei Fat Choy!! One of my many goals which I’m working on starting this January is be fit and trim… in the most frugal way possible. I recently learned of 10,000 Steps Program. Studies have shown that a person who walks 10,000 steps a day will burn between 2,000 and 3,500 extra calories per week, [...]