FILAM FINANCE

My nephew’s birthday is coming up the first week of August and we are looking to buy a gift for him. It will be his thirteenth birthday. He stated that he wanted to get either a video game - Playstation CD or MP3 players. So my wife and I went to Fry’s. We actually went […]

Well, it is more like we are borrowing her this weekend from my sister but only if she comes with us. She normally have bad moods if she’s not with her parents. If you don’t know it yet, my niece is only two and a half years old and once in a while, we borrowed […]

One of my co-worker is retiring after working for thirty five years in the company. I mean, thirty five long years. Imagine working for just one company for that long. We had a buffet in one of the pizza places near our workplace and we have one section just for ourselves. It was heavily decorated […]

For the first time in our deparment, we had a picnic. There are only eleven staffs in our unit plus four managers and it has been a long time since a picnic has been held in the department. It was a potluck but we also ordered some tacos as well. If I am not mistaken, […]

We do not have cable because we don’t watch as much tv shows. Most of the tv shows that we like are broadcast on national channels. Most of the time my wife and I spent a lot of time online so this is another expense.
However, I do watch a lot of sports so pretty much […]

My birthday is not until next week but since my wife and I are going on a cruise, we have to celebrate it early for my family. This past Sunday, we got a chance to see our cute little niece and nephews. The oldest nephew is physically challenged and needs to sit on a wheelchair. […]

Most of us would like to work at for-profit companies because of the high salary they command and the bonuses that follow. While some of us actually choose to work at non-profit companies and probably make less money. Most of us do that not for the money but for the mission or principles. Sometimes it […]

This weekend, my sister and her family is moving into a new apartment. Actually, it is in the same apartment complex, they are just upgrading into a two bedroom. Her family has grown and a one bedroom apartment will not be enough.
We loaned her our plastic containers that we used when we moved. We like […]

We recently visited one of our friend who just moved to a new apartment. They don’t have that much furnitures to move but they do have a lot of other big items such as the refrigerator, mattress, exercise bikes, sofas, television, entertainment center, etc.
The apartment complex is pretty huge with at least 300 units and […]

Even when the housing cost going down, the prices are still way unaffordable for someone like us. What I like about our apartment is that it is very cheap and very close to work that I just walk sometimes. The gas and water are free and monthly payment is less than $900. I used to […]