Sunday, November 18, 2007

Personal: Bonus = Expenses

Last pay day, like all other employees, I was excited that I was about to receive my 13th month pay. All the hard work(?) pays off(?)...But I have to admit that I got really frustrated at how much tax was deducted (could've bought another gadget with it! Darn!). Moving on... Darn!

Along with the bonuses are the expenses....My oh my... It didn't even took at least 2 days, and I got to spend almost every peso of my bonus... Paid some debts, paid other household bills, but the gravest of all, impulse buying...again. Well, at least I got to buy the Transformers Movie DVD that I promised myself that I'll buy, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' album (Don't You Fake It). And as a plus, Eagles' new album: Long Road Out Of Eden, haven't listened to it yet though.

The Transformers Movie DVD's packaging is nice. I love the way the DVD case was done. It has a black, glossy, metal-like finish with the Autobots' metal-like logo embossed in the front and the Decepticons' logo embossed at the back. The only thing I didn't like about the DVD is that the physical appearance of the discs (2 discs) are not so "original DVD-ish". It's just like the typical pirated discs: monochrome, plain design, nothing special. Content-wise...Well, I haven't watched the additional features yet since my weekends, until January, are fully-booked.

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' album is one of my current favorites. So, the moment that I saw their album on the racks, I immediately bought it. Been listening to their music since a friend of mine introduced Your Guardian Angel and Face Down to me. RJA has other good songs, such as: Cat and Mouse, Angels Cry, False Pretense. IMO, this album is a good buy, that is if you're into Rock (Emo). Our band (NME), was able to cover the two first mentioned titles but were not yet able to record it yet (due to schedule conflicts). Check my Imeem account for our messy cover of Your Guardian Angel (you've got to have an Imeem account to be able to listen though).

As for the Eagles' album, I would probably post a review about it once I get the chance to listen to it. Lol.

And those are some of the expenses that I had for the past 3 days...Darn! I have to open a savings account right away! Would someone strictly remind me of this!? Or better yet, invest on something, a business perhaps? Just like what I've read in an article somewhere: that I should spend on assets, not on liabilities. Well, noted. Just noted.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ehem! that friend you were talkin 'bout up there suggests "sheina" in it? coz im pretty sure.. pretty pretty sure it's MOI lol lol.. oo nga mag open tayo ng bank account at bwisit na practice at recording yan excited nko sana malinis na natin..

Ron Castry said...

I can hang on to the money for you. :-P

I have this great investment called an EOS 30 D. :-)

jare said...

@Sheina: yup. that friend is you. Blog edited.


@Ron: you don't need my money to invest on an EOS 30D...You have all the means... Anu ba naman yung 47K compared sa 199K, di ba? Birthday ko pa, pede pa akong humirit... nyahaha