$100 spent in less than a day

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Hello guys! I am super duper, extra busy the whole day. From the moment I woke up the first thing I have done is to prepare breakfast, however we ran out of gas so I contacted the gas dealer near us. Then a few minutes more my husband was having trouble with regards with his documents. It was again rejected for the second time around and this time it was me to blame because I forgot to edit the correct expiration of his passport from his workers information sheet at POEA. I hurriedly went upstairs, opened the pc and the printer while I opened the POEA website on my husband's phone. After editing it I printed it right away and booked it to lalamove so that the document will arrived at my husband's agency office within the day. It was an important document because it will be needed to be pass at the POEA office and once it will be approved, Anthony will wait for the email from the HR regarding his final document which means he will be ready to dispatch. It will happen anytime this week since his flight details will be on the 16th at 12 am. Prior to that, he also needs antigen test 24 hours before his flight. The good thing is that no more quarantine for those individual leaving the country. By the way, as of this writing the document was finally approved.

I mentioned on my last article that our car was broken, so on that day, Anthony contacted the mechanics located outside the village. He diagnosed what was the problem and he easily detected it. Anthony was advised to buy the parts that needs replacement and then just call them once it is ready. I give Anthony 3000 php so that he can buy those parts. Few minutes later, the delivery rider of the gas I ordered came. Another 1000 php was taken out of my wallet. In fairness, since we were using a single burner gas stove, our lpg gas usually last up until 3 months. Tipid yarn! I got out of the house to buy something to cook for our lunch. I opted to buy fish since it is holy week. It has been part of Catholic tradition to abstain from eating meat products during this lenten season. I went back home and cooked our lunch while waiting for Anthony to get home too.

I was already cooking, when Anthony came back along with the mechanic who is going to fix the car. It didn't last long because it was fixed right away after the replacement. Then hubby went back to me asking for another 1000 php for the labor fee of the mechanic. What? A total of 5000 php or $100 was spent in less than a day. Such a pain in a wallet right? Well, I am glad my husband is going back to work so that all of his expenses from the car alone would be reimburse. To be honest, he is a little meticulous when it comes to our Dusky (the name of our car) I remember, on his last contract he alloted some of his tips he got from his guests for Dusky's repair and all. He wanted it to look presentable even though it is an old model. Who would believe that a 1995 model Toyota Corolla is still working fine up until this year. Lately, a lot of old car are roaming around the city because it doesn't consume gas fast unlike the new model cars, and as we all know gas price is a lot expensive recently.

Sometimes I am thinking of selling our Dusky because of its maintenance but then I remembered how it makes our life better most specially during pandemic that a lot of public transportation has been suspended to operate. It also takes us to whenever places we wanted to, so yeah all the maintenance costs will be worth it in the end.

So that would be all for today's article. I hope to see you next time.

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Ok lang yan maam yhanne part din namn necessities yung nagasta. Worth the spent after all.

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2 years ago

Ang bilis nalang talaga maubos yung pera ngayon sa sobrang mahal ng bilihin. Yung 1k mo parang 100 nalang

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2 years ago

Totoo, naku sana pati sahod tumataas ano

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2 years ago

Hahah, sana nga sis

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2 years ago

Yung pera ngayom parang hnagin nlang huhuhu. Bili2 maubos jusko 😭😭

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2 years ago

True ka jan sis, kamot ulo na lang dahil wala tayo magawa

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2 years ago

Things are unnecessary expenses this days,I went to get groceries yesterday. I came out with a small nylon,all the money is gone with almost nothing to go home with. At first I thought I lost the money,when I sat down to calculate things I bought,I find out that my money wasn't missing just that the cost of items increased🤣🤣

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2 years ago

Hahaha! I could relate to that. The prices of our daily needs have increased but then the monthly income stays the same. 😅

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2 years ago

That's where the problem is coming from,to balance the equation as prices of things are increasing,monthly income ought to be increasing as well. It's well though,we will all scale through.

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2 years ago

Worth it naman ang pinagkagastusan mo sis. Pero mahirap may sasakyan, yung sa dad-inlaw ko second-hand nila nakuha grabe pagnasira katakot takot yung babayaran.

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2 years ago

Hahaha! Ganun talaga sis, second hand din yang amin pero buti puro minor problem lang sa ngayon. Pero last time umabot kulang 30k paayos namin jan, sakit sa bulsa di ba buti wala pa pandemic noon😅

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2 years ago

Hehe nanghihinayang talaga ako sa pera sis.

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2 years ago

That's a lot of money to spend in a day, but since it was worth it, it's all good

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2 years ago

Yeah since it served as our service whenever we wanted to places we like. It is hard to take public transpo specially during this pandemic and having your own car or service is like a blessing in disguise:)

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2 years ago

Pagipunan na ang pambili ng bago hehe. Bilis talaga maubos pero ngayon hayst. Hirap kumita bilis mawala haha!

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2 years ago

Hahaha! By God's grace char! Tapusin muna ang bahay bago ang car, at matagal pa sya mangyari hehehe!

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2 years ago

Ate ito ba ung second hand ninyo? Correct me baka iba article nabasa ko ate hihi. Pero if ito nga un, I think mas better talaga mag invest sa mga brand new na.

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2 years ago

Naku sis di namin keri bumili ng bago, actually about 3 years ago balak na namin kumuha, may pang down na kami pero mabuti at di natuloy dahil kung nagkataon nahila na ng bangko dahil sa pandemic.

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2 years ago

ayun lang, minsan pag nagipit talga eh hahabulin kayo ng bangko jan.

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2 years ago

Ay oo sis, may kakilala kami na hinahabol ng sheriff dahil ilang buwan di nakabayad

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2 years ago

nako so mas okay na if wala talaga pang brand new eh second hand nal ang din no ate?

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2 years ago

Grabi umaabot nf 3 month gasul nyo? Samin matagal na ata ang 2 months. Lagi kasing luto ee tas yung isa sa umaga naligo de init pa ng tubig. Oldie na din kasi kaya need na aguy.

Pero grabi laki non ah, for just 1 day omg lang. Parang tinatae lang pera no sa bilis maubos haha

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2 years ago

Hahaha! Kami din araw araw naluto pero matipid talaga ang single burner.

Sinabi mo pa mare ambilis ng pera maubos pero ganun talaga kesa madisgrasya naman kmi kaya maigi na ipaayos sasakyan.

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2 years ago

Kaya nga, maigi na rin yan. Haha safety first bagocang lahat

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2 years ago

i must say sis that investing in a car was the best decision we had made since the pandemic... thanks to Kai (our car's name) .. hello Dusky!

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2 years ago

Hi Kai! Soon sis kapag may blessing, were planning to buy one, pero sa ngayon tiis muna hahaha!

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2 years ago

soon sis God willing.. God bless sa plans ninyu ni hubby

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2 years ago

Madali nlng talaga mawala ung pera natin na pinaghirapan. Ang mamahal na kasi bilihin sa isang libo konti nlng mabibili nyan kng d mgtitipid.

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2 years ago

Exactly sis ambilis maubos ng pera ngayon, napapakamot ulo na lang ako😅

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2 years ago

Ang laki nga sis grbe ano ndi pa tapos ang 1day un agad naubos mo, pero ok lng yan sis kasi mga badly needed tlga eh, ndi naman luho

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2 years ago

Sinabi mo pa sis, pag luho talaga it is a no no, sa hirap ng buhay ngayon kelangan magtipid

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2 years ago

Yun nga po advantage talaga ng may car eh. Kaso nabenta na po yung samin netong pandemic kaya eto stuck na kami sa bahay ng ilang taon hehe

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2 years ago

Muntik na naming ibenta sis, mabuti may dumating na blessing kaya ayun naitabi pa, malaking tulong talaga kasi ang hirap mag commute nung panahon ng early pandemic

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2 years ago

Ang daming gastos ate. Haha. May araw talaga na mapapagastos ka ng sobra dahil sa emergency eh. I'm sure mamimiss mo si hubby mo ate kapag nakaalis na ulit sya.

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2 years ago

Kaya nga sunod sunod sa isang araw nakakaloka, mabuti may nakatabi kung wala nganga 😁

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2 years ago

That's the reality of having a car. Maintenance fee is higher.

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2 years ago

Exactly friend, ganun talaga tapos ang mahal pa ng gas

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2 years ago

Oohh tipid nga yun like 3months! Saamin dati 2months tapos nung nagkatindahan/canteen di na umaabot 1 month 😂

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2 years ago

Para sa negosyo naman kaya ok lang kaya lang ang mahal din ng lpg ngayon no

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2 years ago

Ayyyyyu ang sakit talaga sa wallet niyan sis hehehhe, ako pag may pera akong ganyan mag shoshopping na ako hehehheh

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2 years ago

Kamot ulo na lang sis pagdukot ng last 1k sa wallet😅

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2 years ago

Yung mister ko din kakapaayos lang ng motorcyle niya at hindi naman masyadong kalakihan ang nagastos kasi motor lang hehe ,pag car na talaga sis malaki din ang maintainance at papayos no?Pero okay lang yan ,as long as okay na yung sasakyan nyo.

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2 years ago

Kaya nga sis as long as safe kami, mas malaki ang gastos kung madisgrsya kami

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2 years ago

Oo sis. Wag muna ibenta sis kasi malaking tulong sa inyo yan lalo na pandemic pa ngayon. Isang araw lang sis nuh 5k agad. May mga araw talagang ganyan sis. Mapapaspend kana lang bigla at least sa mahalagang bagay din. Worth it parin sis.

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2 years ago

Oo sis mukhang for life na sa min si Dusky, ipapamana daw ni hubby sa panganay namin hahaha! Importante ni minsan di pa kami itinirik neto, mag 6 years na din samin to eh.

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2 years ago

Oo sis sobrang sayang pag ibenta sis. Malaking tulong pa naman sa inyo. Tagal na pala sis nuh. 6 years na pala.

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2 years ago

My husband says that Toyota cars are really good. We have a Toyota Wigo and it's working good until now. We just have rare maintenance for it.

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2 years ago

That's the good thing about Toyota cars sis, tumatagal sya at hindi mahirap hanapan ng piyesa dahil kahit saan meron, unlike yung ibang brand ng sasakyan pahirapan at ang mamahal ng piyesa. Matagal na kasi etong amin pero buti puro minor lang ang sira kays gumagana pa at ang importante di kami tinitirik😁

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2 years ago