Category: Financial Matters

Something that may not be easy to talk about, but still very important to discuss with your loved ones. 🙂 Who do you think should handle the money? Do you have a money story we can learn from? 🙂

MARICAR: I had a very talented assistant. I tried my best to pay her well because she was such a big help to me. One day, she showed me her bank balance which was almost empty! What happened???? My assistant was the only unmarried child with a stable job.  Her senior citizen parents expected her […]

MARICAR My friend Annie (not her real name) owes me money. One day I heard that she got a huge bonus at work. Part of me became very hopeful that she would begin to pay me back. But instead of returning my money, she spent it on a new car, new household items, and also […]

  RICHARD: I’ll never forget the day in 2010 when Ice came to my door with his big, black guitar. “Richard, can I leave this with you in return for borrowing P10,000 to find a place for me and Kat?”   My friend Ice spent ALL HIS LIFE-SAVINGS(that time) on fixing their(he and his fiance […]

MARICAR: As a child I felt very distant from my father. Strange, because he would often say, “I love you.” For a precious few seconds, he would gather me in his arms and pepper my cheeks with kisses, saying I was his one and only baby girl. Once in a while, he would come home […]