Monthly Archives: August 2010

Paying Taxes

Posted on August 31, 2010 by posh| Leave a comment

I had been an employee in the past. I say in the past because I had been jobless for the last eight years. True, I have a job here and a job there, but everything is informal. In short, I could be classified as a bum. haha But I still have my taxpayer’s identification number (TIN) and taxpayer’s identification card.

Anyway, when I was still working, it was the company that computed by tax payments as well as paid my taxes. And would you believe? It was even our clerk who filled out the forms. haha That is why when I would get my ITR and W2, it is all ready for filing. Oh I miss those times. And sometimes, I would get some tax refund, too.

I never did see and have never really written on the rest of the tax forms, such as the California Franchise Tax Form. And I am thankful that I haven’t. I am not too keen on doing administrative or office jobs and filling up forms is one of them. I also don’t like queuing in public utility offices the whole day just to wait for my transaction. That’s why I was really thankful because in the last three companies that I had been associated with, all of them had clerks that processed our tax returns, tax payments, and social security transactions. And they never missed a deadline! Whew!

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My New Sony Cyber-shot

Posted on August 30, 2010 by posh| Leave a comment

Our Olympus digital camera broke down less than a month after its warranty expired. Would you believe that? ha! It is a bad testimony for Olympus cameras. But I am not bad mouthing them. I guess, for what it was worth, it did serve me well.

Anyway, my brother got me a Sony Cybershot W330 from the US. We had been eyeing that online for several weeks and then when Mother’s Day 2010 came, the red Sony W330 became on sale. It came with a 2GB memory stick and a really nice red case. Eventually however, when it got to me here in Bacolod City, somehow, the case got lost.

But anyway, regarding the camera. It is lightweight and at first, I found myself getting clumsy handling it. I kinda feel awkward handling such a light camera. Eventually however I cozied up to it. One thing that I like about it is that it has a powerful flash that takes great pixes even at low light. The pixes will come out a bit grainy when blown up really big, but for my purposes, they are okay. Then it has a setting that allows the flash to illuminate objects in the background and make them brighter, without “burning” or “washing” the image in front. The details are all very clear. This is possible, however, as long as the subject is still.

We are still studying the nighttime settings, though, as we couldn’t seem to perfect it. But as long as everything is lighted, indoors or outdoors, daytime or nighttime, this cam can really take great pictures. And guess what? It only cost us around P7500 including case and memory stick. It is a good deal, considering that I got my Olympus for P10,000.

There are four colors available and I have the red one. I really like it. :D

And oh, this camera takes great homemade videos too. My Olympus only took VGA quality photos and they are really dark and grainy. But I really like the videos of the Sony W330. Not professional or HD, but just enough for its price and for us to have some good quality memories on video and on print.

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Need New Bedroom Furniture

Posted on August 29, 2010 by posh| Leave a comment

My husband, 1 year old toddler, and myself live in a one-bedroom space in the home of my parents-in-law. We did not have the room remodeled when we got married but I think that we should have. My mother-in-law asked my husband if we wanted anything when we got married. But I was shy to make demands so we did not ask for that. After all, I knew their financial condition and I would not want to impose on them.

But after three years of living here, I am thinking of having our bedroom renovated. The old wall paper is already peeling off. This was the original wall paper from my husband’s teenage years. Imagine that. But it doesn’t look too bad, it’s just that the blue motif of the room has turned into a sad tint of gray because of the faded blue wall paper.

We will have to save up for this though as this room needs more than just a repainting or the replacement of wall paper, whichever we decide. I think we will need new bedroom furniture. Some of the old furniture will do but I think we will need a new bed and I like what I saw at Scenic Furniture.com. They have thematic bedroom furniture and they offer my designs to choose from. Their furniture pieces are really unique. I only have one bedroom to fill and so it is not much. But I really like their comprehensive offerings.

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